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Research in Motion, the BlackBerry developer, needs a new “transformational” CEO or to be put up for auction now, activist investor Victor Alboini said.

EU regulators are investigating whether Google dominates in Internet search but have yet to decide if this is the case, the EU's antitrust chief said on Friday.

Microsoft has confirmed that the Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 will be a plug-in free browser.

Shares of Research in Motion are likely to plummet Friday after the Canadian BlackBerry maker reported second quarter results that missed the diminished expectations of analysts.

Sharp, one of Japan’s biggest makers of electronics, will scrap its Galapagos tablet on the market less than a year. The move demonstrates the market strength of Apple’s iPad line.

Intel, the world’s biggest chipmaker, introduced new low-power and multi-core chips specifically designed for cloud computing applications. Some could have as many as 50 core processor.

The age of the smartphones and tablets has come and traditional devices like PCs and laptops are losing their touch.

Continuing the strengthening of its intellectual property, Google acquired 1,023 patents from International Business Machines Crop. (IBM). The patents range from signature verification system for documents to display system with image scanning apparatus.

Facebook could by HP's webOS operating system to augment its mobile ambitions, according to a Wall Street analyst.

Apple’s upcoming operating system, iOS 5, which is going to power iPhone 5, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch next generation boats certain features which are already available with the Android based devices.

A rising tide of investor agitation over Microsoft Corp's static share price and bulging cash hoard made no mark at the software company's annual meeting with Wall Street analysts and fund managers on Wednesday.

Microsoft previewed its Windows 8 operating system at the BUILD Windows conference in Anaheim, giving techies their first peek at the long anticipated software for touch screens.

In the past day, two of the biggest traditional technology giants, Microsoft and Intel, both made commitments to the “post-PC” era where smartphones and tablets rule.

Legal filings show that Google initially offered to pay as little as $8.4 billion for Motorola Mobility before finally settling for $12.5 billion demanded by financial advisers.

Apple opened up what it called the post-PC era with the iPad and iPad 2, pressuring the PC-dependent Microsoft, but industry watchers believe Windows 8 may not only keep the company relevant, but may propel it into a tablet leader.

Pressure has been building against Microsoft as Apple and others tout a post-PC era, but the world's largest software maker may have bought more time with its anticipated Windows 8.

Intel has woken up to demonstrate a Medfield-based smartphone running on Android Honeycomb, to be a part of the fast growing mobile sector, after a long era of dominance in the computer and server market.

With the upcoming Windows 8 operating system, Microsoft hopes to edge Apple iOS by offering a single operating system for tablets, laptops, and PCs. Here are the top 10 features of the new OS that Microsoft announced in the conference.

Google introduces new flight search engine, based on the ITA Software, a flight data provider to let users search for airline flights and fares.

After Microsoft's preview of its upcoming operating system, Windows 8, on a prototype Samsung tablet at a conference in Anaheim, Calif., on Tuesday, tech savvy people have reportedly come up with prophecies of the downfall of Apple's iPad.