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The Texas Comptroller's Office recently made revisions to its sales tax rules that could ensnare many companies that merely use computer servers located in Texas, requiring them to collect the state's sales tax on sales to customers there. In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a state can only ...

Tech circles are buzzing about a pilot project Intel is trying out at select Best Buy stores, initially brought to light by Engadget. Intel is apparently marketing a $50 "upgrade" card for the Pentium G6951 dual-core LGA1156 Clarkdale processor that powers the Gateway SX2841-09e. The card offers the...

Monday's announcement that Oracle and HP have settled the lawsuit triggered by Oracle's hiring of former HP CEO Mark Hurd may seem surprising, given that the suit was filed just two weeks ago. However, there are many reasons both companies would want to end this battle now. HP filed the suit the day...

IT conferences come in all shapes and sizes, with participants ranging from tens of thousands of general technology enthusiasts to mere hundreds of professionals with highly specialized skills. Intel's annual Developer Forum is relatively small compared to CES and Oracle OpenWorld, but attendees inc...

IBM has made a $1.7 billion offer to acquire Netezza, a data warehouse specialist that allows users to analyze huge amounts of data very quickly by integrating hardware with analytics applications. Since IBM announced its offer, Netezza's stock price has risen past the $27 per share price it reflec...

Today's consumers are more connected than ever with mobile devices in hand. Mobile solves many problems, with its high reach and in-the-moment communication. A well-designed app can place flashy content in the hands of the consumer. SMS provides the consumer with valuable tidbits of information. SMS...

Two tech stalwarts -- Oracle and Research In Motion -- posted solid quarterly earnings, not only goosing their own shares, but delivering a boost to the stock market in general. The bigger surprise was RIM, which posted higher-than-expected second quarter earnings and gave a forecast for the third q...

ComScore's latest tally of smartphone operating system market shares in the U.S. showed RIM's BlackBerry OS continues to hold a dominating lead in the smartphone arena. Apple's iOS owns the No. 2 spot, but it saw a slight decline. The big story in the ComScore report is the third-place OS -- Google'...

Consumers will spend $237 billion on online purchases in the United States alone in 2010, Javelin Strategy & Research predicts. That's almost 15 percent more than in 2009. Online retail is also growing globally. MasterCard announced a global agreement with cross-border e-commerce shopping firm B...

Consumers will spend $237 billion on online purchases in the United States alone in 2010, Javelin Strategy & Research predicts. That's almost 15 percent more than in 2009. Online retail is also growing globally. MasterCard announced a global agreement with cross-border e-commerce shopping firm B...

Consumers will spend $237 billion on online purchases in the United States alone in 2010, Javelin Strategy & Research predicts. That's almost 15 percent more than in 2009. Online retail is also growing globally. MasterCard announced a global agreement with cross-border e-commerce shopping firm B...

After resisting pressure from advocacy groups and attorneys general for more than a year, Craigslist has decided to permanently remove its adult services section from its online classified ads in the United States. Elsewhere around the world, the section will remain live. The site closed the section...

Will Stephen Elop, the new Nokia CEO, be able to turn the company around? That is the question. It all depends on what he does -- this is a big job. He has to focus on transforming not only the technology, but also the brand. He has to reinvent Nokia's image in the mind of the customer. Will it work...

Intel on Tuesday announced it's taking its AppUp app store out of beta, just eight months after announcing the portal at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. The store has 450,000 users, Intel claims. Developers must use the AppUp software development kit, and apps can only run on ...

It appears that Google is about to take on social networking stalwart Facebook in stages. The company's Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told reporters at an Arizona conference Tuesday that Google plans to gradually introduce social networking features beginning this fall. Google intends to add layers o...