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RIM Shares Drop after Minor Board Shuffle
Shares of Research In Motion fell 2.5 percent on Thursday after the struggling BlackBerry maker named a financier to replace a telecom executive on its board, disappointing investors looking for more sweeping changes.
Nokia Cuts 10,000 more Jobs as Losses Deepen
Nokia plans to cut 10,000 more jobs, bringing the total to one in three staff, as it loses market share to cellphone rivals Apple and Samsung and burns through cash, raising new fears over its future.
Analysis: Rostelecom Mobile Push May Stir Russian Price War
State-controlled Russian telecoms group Rostelecom may enter the lucrative Moscow mobile market with discounts of up to 20 percent, likely starting a price war that will hit the three big established operators' profit margins.
Retailers Feast on Free Facebook Tools, Shun Ads
Krishan Agarwal, president of online luxury watch vendor Melrose.com, told a roomful of attentive Internet retailers last week how Facebook had helped his company generate about 25 percent more sales in two years.
Facebook to File Motion, Discuss Nasdaq Role in IPO: Report
Facebook is set to file a motion to consolidate all the shareholder lawsuits against the social network site, and is expected to place some blame on the Nasdaq for its botched IPO when it files the motion, the New York Times reported Thursday.
Taiwan's HTC Boosts Patent Bank; Not Worried over Disputes
The head of Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp, embroiled in patent battles with Apple Inc and others, said his company had completed the purchase of U.S. graphics chipmaker S3 Graphics, arming itself with more than 200 patents.
Amazon, Google Lead Rush for New Web Real Estate
An unprecedented land grab for new Web addresses began in earnest on Wednesday with fierce competition for new internet real estate including .app, .blog and .web from applicants hoping to break the near-monopoly of the .com top-level domain.
Dell to Cut $2 Billion Costs, Counts on Acquisitions
Dell Inc plans to slash more than $2 billion in costs over the next three years, primarily from the supply chain and sales group, as it sharpens its focus on the technology needs of corporations.
Nokia Siemens Aims for 35 Percent of Brazil 4G Network
Nokia Siemens Networks aims to supply more than a third of Brazil's nascent fourth-generation (4G) wireless network, the head of its Latin American board said on Wednesday.
Accused British Hacker Charged in U.S. over Lulzsec Attacks
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a 20-year-old British citizen on charges related to attacks by the LulzSec hacking group on the Fox and PBS television networks and Sony's film and TV studio, authorities said on Wednesday.
Apple Fails to Fend off Mobile Tracking Lawsuit
Apple Inc must defend against a lawsuit accusing it of letting advertisers secretly track the activity of millions of mobile device users, a federal judge ruled, but Google Inc and several other defendants were dismissed from the case.
Nokia to Cut One in Five Jobs
Nokia plans to cut one in five jobs at its global cellphone business as it loses market share to rivals Apple and Samsung and burns through cash, raising new fears over its future.
Zynga Shares Dive as Facebook Game Craze Wanes
Zynga Inc shares fell more than 10 percent on Tuesday, extending three months of steady losses, as the social gaming company's user numbers wane and investors worry that the craze for games on Facebook may have passed its peak.
Verizon Hikes Data Fees in Pricing Revamp
Verizon Wireless is undertaking a massive overhaul of its prices by raising fees for data services like mobile web surfing while offering unlimited calls and texts, as it aims to increase data revenue and protect its older business lines.
Dell to Dole out more Cash, Corporate Push Quickens
Dell Inc aims to raise its target on dividends and share buybacks to 20 to 35 percent of free cash flow, saying its corporate software and services business is on track to grow by an average of 10 percent annually until fiscal 2016.
Facebook Consultant Argues That Website's Ads Work
Marketing on Facebook influences consumer behavior and leads to increased purchases for the brands that leverage the social-networking site, consulting company comScore said in a report released Tuesday.
Linkedin Says to Provide Extra Security Layer
Social networking website LinkedIn Corp said it will provide an additional layer of online security to its members following last week's data breach, while adding that stolen passwords were not published with corresponding email logins.
Analysis: Apple's Big Enemy in Smartphone Wars: Delay
Apple Inc has spent nearly three years fighting its rivals in a global smartphone patent war. Now, setbacks in two key U.S. court cases are laying bare why a drawn-out battle could be bad news for the iPhone maker.
Apple Takes on Google with Own Maps, Better Siri
Apple Inc took the wraps off its own mobile mapping service and improved the search capabilities of its Siri voice assistant, taking the fight into Google Inc's domain.
Some Flame Code Found in Stuxnet Virus: Experts
Two leading computer security firms have linked some of the software code in the powerful Flame virus to the Stuxnet cyber weapon, which was widely believed to have been used by the United States and Israel to attack Iran's nuclear program.
Verizon Wireless Unveils Shared Data Plans; Rivals May Follow
Verizon Wireless is revamping its prices with new service plans that include unlimited calls and texts and the ability for customers to share their data allowance among multiple devices as it looks to shake up the U.S. wireless industry.
NetApp Sticks to Pessimistic View of Economy
Data storage company NetApp Inc said the economic view in Europe was increasingly uncertain, justifying the pessimistic outlook it gave at the time of its last quarterly results.
Aging Microsoft Lures Young Tech Idealists
The young interns, some of the nation's best and brightest in technology, business and design, had plenty of enthusiastic words to describe their summer employer.
Andy Rubin Not Quitting Google, Says 900K Androids Activated Daily
Rumors were making rounds in the Internet that Andy Rubin may be planning to leave Google. But the head of Google's Android unit has put an end to the rumors with his tweet that also includes latest update on Android activations.
Linkedin Sheds more Light on Security Breach
LinkedIn Corp, criticized for inadequate network security after hackers exposed millions of its users' passwords, said on Saturday it had finished disabling all affected accounts and did not believe other members were at risk.
Analysis: Stakes High as 'Wintel' Puts All Its Chips on Windows 8
The world of Wintel - Microsoft, Intel and the Taiwan-based companies that build the computers their products power and run on - is taking a huge collective bet on Windows 8.
New App Allows Sharing of Mobile Internet Access
Traveling and looking for Internet access? A new smartphone app allows users to share mobile Web access for free with other people nearby who have the same app.
