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Mobile phone giant Nokia posted a loss of $1.74 billion on Wednesday in its second-quarter earnings report. Overall sales for the one-time dominant company were down 26 percent year over year, while smartphone sales were down by a third in the quarter. However, if there is a bright spot in this repo...

A UK judge is stepping up the pressure on Apple, and possibly complicating its legal strategies in other parts of the world, by ordering it to publish a notice on its UK website and in British newspapers stating that Samsung did not copy the iPad design. The notice must stay on Apple's website for s...

AT&T Mobility just announced its shared wireless data plans on Wednesday. Verizon Wireless did the same thing a few weeks ago. Verizon has been taking a lot of heat on this topic, but not because it's a bad idea. It's actually a great idea. The problem is its approach, which I'll discuss. I thin...

AT&T Mobility just announced its shared wireless data plans on Wednesday. Verizon Wireless did the same thing a few weeks ago. Verizon has been taking a lot of heat on this topic, but not because it's a bad idea. It's actually a great idea. The problem is its approach, which I'll discuss. I thin...

Facebook shares fell on Tuesday, as the social network faces problems adding new users in multiple markets. The number of users on Facebook in the United States actually slipped by 1.1 percent, according to a new report from Capstone Investments. Facebook has seen phenomenal growth since its incept...

AT&T on Wednesday announced new shared wireless data plans, which are similar to the ones Verizon Wireless unveiled in June. Both carriers' offerings let users put up to 10 devices, including laptops, netbooks, tablets and wireless connection USB sticks or cards, on plans that typically feature ...

AT&T on Wednesday announced new shared wireless data plans, which are similar to the ones Verizon Wireless unveiled in June. Both carriers' offerings let users put up to 10 devices, including laptops, netbooks, tablets and wireless connection USB sticks or cards, on plans that typically feature ...

Yahoo's Q2 earnings, which were publicly released Tuesday, underscore the challenges that new CEO Marissa Mayer will face as she takes over the struggling Internet company. Yahoo brought in $227 million in its second quarter, down from the $237 million it reported for the same time a year ago. Earni...

A technical error that affected 28 million Windows users in Europe could cost Microsoft billions in penalties. The glitch, which disabled the display of a browser choice screen in Windows, violates an agreement between Microsoft and European Union regulators. The maximum penalty for such a violation...

It's not enough to have just a website, or just social media profiles. Businesses need to have both -- and the traffic needs to flow seamlessly between them. Numerica Credit Union was looking for a way to offer customers a useful tool on its Facebook page while driving traffic from Facebook to its ...

Microsoft unveiled the new versions of its Office suite and and Office 365 subscription-based service on Monday. The updated Office has an intuitive design that makes it touch- and stylus-compatible, and usable across a variety of devices running Windows, including tablets and smartphones. It's also...

Yahoo's search for a CEO is over: The company has announced that Marissa Mayer, one of Google's most prominent executives, will take the helm at Yahoo. Her recruitment is seen as a major victory for Yahoo, which has churned through a number of CEOs in recent years. After the company's last chief exe...

The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism has released a study that suggests television news needs to revamp its approach to how it uses videos to support its reporting. The study found that YouTube has become a major news source -- in particular, for eyewitness videos -- that c...

Overall, the deal between Intel and ASML is pretty straightforward: Intel agreed to commit about $1.0B to ASML R&D programs to accelerate deployment of new technologies for 450mm microprocessor wafers and extreme ultraviolet lithography by as much as two years. The company also agreed to buy 10 ...

The MS part of MSNBC.com has pulled out of the joint venture. This ends the partnership between Microsoft and NBC News, which is now owned by Comcast. In 2005, Microsoft sold its stake in the MSNBC cable channel to NBC, and it now will sell its 50 percent interest in the website for an undisclosed a...