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Yahoo, as expected, announced earnings and revenue declines but said for the first time a technology tie to Microsoft had been extended to 2013.

Oracle announced plans to acquire privately held Endeca, a leader in business intelligence analysis to explore unstructured data.

Will the shares of semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) benefit from the iPhone 4s/5 Wave, now that Apple (AAPL) has introduced its new smartphone?

While Apple’s fourth quarter results won’t be known until late Tuesday, one thing is nearly certain: for the first time annual revenue will exceed $100 billion, maybe by as much as $10 billion.

The private memorial service of Steve Jobs, the visionary and creative tech genius, was held at Stanford Memorial Church on Sunday evening, moving hundreds of celebrities to tears.

IBM, the No. 2 global technology company, reported third-quarter results that narrowly beat analyst expectations. They could be a bellwether for the entire technology sector.

IBM, the No. 2 global technology company, is scheduled to report third-quarter results late Monday. They could be a bellwether for the entire technology sector.

Apple’s iPhone 4S, which released on Friday instead of an iPhone 5 nudged away most of the speculations developed around it for a while.

Will microprocessor giant Intel (INTC) benefit from a ripple-effect from the iPhone 4s Wave? Most likely that will be the case, as millions of new customers in this holiday shopping season and in 2012 beyond consider the iPhone 4s and other technology products/gadgets -- and that's good news for Intel's operation.

The private memorial for Steve Jobs, legendary tech visionary and creative genius who passed away on Oct. 5, will be held in Stanford University on Sunday evening.

The Microsoft Corp. announced the closing of its $8.5 billion deal to acquire Skype Global, on Thursday. The Redmond, Wash.-based company originally disclosed its intention to do so on May 10.

With the $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype having been confirmed, it remains to be seen if Microsoft Corp., with access to Skype's desktop and mobile apps, can use the technology to upgrade its line of existing services.

Microsoft Corp. began the process of acquiring the Internet's leading video chat client, Skype, for $8.5 billion, earlier this year. On May, 10, a deal acceptable to all parties was worked out and, according to a report, the two companies have been given permission to proceed, by both the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the European Union.

With one-third of the Dow components and crowd favorite Apple reporting results next week, U.S. stocks are setting the stage for another week of gains.

What will Google buy with all that cash? Here are some suggestions.

Internet entertainment site Hulu is no longer for sale, keeping it for now under the umbrellas of media giants Walt Disney, News Corp. and Comcast UniversalNBC.

Despite Microsoft's initial announcement in May of acquiring Skype for $8.5 billion, the deal was finally sealed on Friday after both companies received approval from the European Commission.

Microsoft has finalized the $8.5 billion acquisition of VoIP service Skype, initially announced in May 2011.

Five months after Microsoft said it would acquire Skype for $8.5 billion, the deal was approved and the transaction closed. Is Microsoft now ready to battle Google, whose proposed $12.5 billion takeover of Motorola Mobility is expected to close next quarter?

That bar of search possibility from Google that world has come to know and use as an everyday part of life is getting a challenge from another little-known search engine which aims to take on the global leader.

Add some more private equity bigfeet to the cluster that may be looking to acquire Yahoo: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Blackstone Group.