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Consumer technology giant Apple is set to gain share in the computing market during the second half, helped by new operating systems in desktop and mobile space.

A downgrade of United States' top-tier credit rating has Wall Street scrambling to figure out the knock-on effects for the financial system, from mortgages to banks to markets that rely on U.S. Treasuries for collateral.

Corrupt practices, nepotism, imagery and an inadequate education system responsible for lack of scientific spirit

Search giant Google has come up with three-pane viewing support for Gmail, allowing its users to see both message list and email content at the same time.

Market capitalization, also called market cap, means the total dollar market value of a company's all outstanding shares. It represents the aggregate value of a company or stock.

President Barack Obama on proposed $120 million in new tax credits for businesses that hire U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan at a time of high unemployment at home.

Shares of Research in Motion are at a yearly low. But they could recover with new Blackberry products. Or attract a bidder.

A recap of the battle of words between Google and Microsoft over patents.

In a world of never-ending battle for preserving intellectual property, technology giants Microsoft and Apple are hitting out at Google.

Google and Microsoft are trading jabs over the patent issue.

A recap of the feud that has developed between Google and Microsoft/Apple over patents.

Google Inc, fresh from losing a bid to buy thousands of patents from bankrupt Nortel, lashed out at its biggest rivals on Wednesday and accused them of banding together to block the Internet giant in the red-hot smartphone arena.

Google Inc, fresh from losing a bid to buy thousands of patents from bankrupt Nortel, lashed out at its biggest rivals on Wednesday and accused them of banding together to block the Internet giant in the red- hot smartphone arena.

The fierce patent war unfolding in the technology sector just got muddier as Google finally fired a salvo in a missive posted on its blog, calling patent lapping efforts by companies like Microsoft, Oracle and Apple as an attempt to sabotage Android's march.

AptiQuant, the company behind a study that claimed people who used Internet Explorer had low IQs, confirmed in a post on its Web site that the report was "indeed a hoax."

Google said the reason Apple and Microsoft teamed up to buy patents is because they want to take out Android.

Jefferies believes Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry Enterprise Server/BlackBerry Internet Service (BES/BIS) infrastructure could be worth $5 billion to $10 billion in a sale. But who will buy it?

A recent online research study indicating that Internet Explorer users have lower IQs than other browser users was likely bogus. The report, supposedly based on a survey of 100,000 Internet users, was released last week by what appeared to be a Vancouver-based, Web-consulting firm called "Aptiquant."

Google adds a top FTC lawyer to its internal team

Samsung may be eyeing InterDigital bid to challenge AppleSamsung Electronics, the No. 2 mobile phone maker, could be eyeing a bid for InterDigital?s 8,800 patents, Bloomberg reported. Rivals including Apple and Google had previously been reported as prospective bidders.Bloomberg said the South Korean electronics giant had been approached by investment bankers for InterDigital, which hired Evercore Partners and Barclays Capital last month to explore a sale. The King of Prussia, Pennsylvania...

A comparison between the all-new BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860, which is an all-touch phone, with Samsung Galaxy S2 to gauge as to whether RIM has done enough to stay in the smartphone race.