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WASHINGTON — Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) told a senior Republican lawmaker concerned about privacy that the Internet search and advertising company supports a federal privacy law. Privacy advocates object to the amount of information that Google, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and other online companies collect about users. Google, in particular, has been under pressure to post a […]

BERLIN — Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), the world’s biggest computer maker, launched a new generation of touch-screen PCs designed to lift user-friendly computing out of its expensive niche and bring it to a wider market. The TouchSmart All-in-One allows users to work with photos, music, video, the Internet and television by tapping or swiping the screen, […]

NEW YORK — More than a third of U.S. technology workers would accept pay cuts of up to 10 percent to work from home and avoid the expense of commuting to the office, according to a survey released on Tuesday. In a poll of 1,500 technology workers, 37 percent said they would accept a salary […]

Apple’s Steve Jobs introduces the 3G iPhone. Source: Reuters SAN FRANCISCO — Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) on Monday unveiled a second-generation iPhone, a sleek black unit with faster Internet access. “It’s amazingly zippy,” Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said, showing off the highly anticipated encore to the device that melds a mobile phone, iPod media player […]

Top PC maker Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) said on Sunday it had settled patent litigation with smaller Taiwan rival Acer. The confidential settlement agreement resolves all claims asserted in three federal court lawsuits and two U.S. International Trade Commission investigations between the parties. Last October, Acer said it had sued HP for patent infringement, alleging violation […]

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation of semiconductor maker Intel for anticompetitive conduct, Intel and the FTC said on Thursday. FTC spokeswoman Claudia Farrell confirmed the investigation existed, but declined to detail the agency’s concerns about Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), which makes chips that power more than 80 percent of the […]

The trial date in a long-running legal battle between chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) was delayed until 2010, both companies said on Thursday. In the lawsuit originally filed in 2005, AMD accused Intel of giving computer makers illegal discounts and retaliating against manufacturers who used AMD chips […]

Source: Reuters Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it would buy rural mobile phone service provider Alltel Corp. for $28.1 billion, including debt, which would vault it to first place in the U.S. market ahead of AT&T (NYSE: T). Under the deal, Verizon Wireless would acquire the equity of Alltel for $5.9 billion and take on […]

Source: Reuters Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has inked a deal to expand distribution of its Web search services on personal computers via a pact with software-packaging firm Acresso Software, the companies said on Thursday. Acresso, which was recently spun off by entertainment media security company Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN), makes the widely used InstallShield, a technology used […]

TAIPEI — When 17-year-old Yuna Hua bought a new notebook computer for school, she chose a smaller, lighter and cheaper one to replace her bulky and expensive laptop. Like many consumers, Hua reckons she doesn’t need a $1,500 laptop for her everyday needs. “It’s a lot less expensive and much easier to use and carry,” […]

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sent a letter to Yahoo’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) board asking that the company rescind a severance plan for full-time employees he says is the biggest impediment to a takeover deal with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). In his letter to Yahoo, Icahn said “[Chief Executive Officer] Jerry Yang and a majority of the […]

Excitement builds for an expected iPhone revamp next week. June has arrived, and for investors and fans of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) that means just one thing: a new iPhone. The encore to the original iPhone, which launched nearly a year ago amid unprecedented industry buzz, is widely expected to be the main attraction when CEO […]