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NEW YORK — IBM reported a better-than-expected 24 percent rise in preliminary quarterly earnings on Monday on strong sales in Asia, Europe and emerging markets, driving its shares up as much as 10 percent and spurring a broader tech rally. The surprise report ahead of IBM’s scheduled earnings release on Thursday eased some investor concerns […]

As the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas winds down to lackluster reviews, Apple is expected to grab the spotlight with an ultraslim laptop computer and online movie rentals at its biggest annual show next week. The new products are seen more as enhancements to Apple’s current offerings rather than ones that pack the […]

ZURICH — Shares in Swiss-based computer peripherals maker Logitech International SA gained up to 12 percent on Thursday amid speculation Microsoft would launch a takeover bid, traders said. But board member Daniel Borel, who is the group’s largest shareholder, said he had no reason to sell his 6 percent stake and declined to comment on […]

LAS VEGAS — From tiny music players that dance as they play tunes to smarter toothbrushes and curvy computer screens, U.S. consumers can count on being wowed by another year of cool digital gadgets in the coming year. But technology industry leaders attending the annual agenda-setting Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week […]

LOS ANGELES — British rock band Radiohead scored its second No. 1 album on the U.S. pop charts on Wednesday with a release that was initially sold on the Internet under a revolutionary “name-your-own-price” system. “In Rainbows” also topped the charts in Britain, Canada, France, Japan and Ireland, a representative for the group said. The […]

NEW YORK — The office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said it launched a formal investigation into Intel Corp to determine whether the world’s biggest chipmaker violated state and U.S. antitrust laws to squeeze out its rival, Applied Micro Devices. Cuomo said his office on Thursday served a wide-ranging subpoena seeking documents and […]

LAS VEGAS — Lenovo’s chairman said the company is insulated for now from a possible U.S. recession as the company introduced its first nonbusiness PC line in that country. But Yuanqing Yang cautioned in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that the Chinese economy has become highly dependent on U.S. market […]

Sprint Nextel is on track to launch commercial services for its next-generation WiMax high-speed wireless network at the end of April, Chief Technology Officer Barry West said on Tuesday. Speaking on a WiMax panel at the Consumer Electronics Show, West said Sprint would sell the service at reasonable rates with options including per day, week […]

Viacom’s MTV Networks Group has signed deals to make videos available on five online video services and Comcast’s broadband site, as the company aims to increase its presence on the Web. Dailymotion, GoFish, iMeem, MeeVee and Veoh Networks entered agreements, MTV Networks said on Tuesday at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The […]

LAS VEGAS — The world’s major technology companies are trying to convince consumers they need an expensive, digitally connected home with the latest high-tech gadgets. But there’s a problem: An increasing number of consumers are having trouble just paying for the roof over the heads, much less a 150-inch television. Few company executives at the […]

Apple will soon announce steps to resolve European Commission charges that its iTunes stores broke EU rules by setting prices country-by-country in Europe, people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. The announcement may come later on Tuesday or at the latest by Thursday, the sources said. After that, the European Union competition regulator is […]

Chipmaker Intel said on Monday it had responded to antitrust charges filed by the European Commission and would seek a hearing, an Intel spokesman and a Commission spokeswoman said on Monday. The Commission charged Intel in July 2007 with slashing prices below cost and offering huge rebates in an illegal attempt to drive smaller competitor […]