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SAP said Saturday it is paying $3.4 billion to acquire SuccessFactors, a software company specializing in human resources tasks. It is the latest move in the escalating rivalry between SAP and Oracle Corp., and underscores the increased interest in technology companies that deliver software over the Internet, or in the so-called "cloud."
A story about Carrier IQ Inc. erroneously reported that Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has called for an investigation into the information that the company's software records on smartphones. Franken sent the company a letter with questions, but has not called for an official inquiry. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has called for an investigation.
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s first earnings report with Meg Whitman as CEO highlights the troubles she faces in setting a new course for the besieged company.
When a computer attack hobbled Iran's unfinished nuclear power plant last year, it was assumed to be a military-grade strike, the handiwork of elite hacking professionals with nation-state backing.
The personal computer industry, already reeling from depressed demand, has been dealt another setback: Massive flooding in Thailand has curtailed production of a critical component — computer storage drives.
Intel Corp.'s third-quarter results Tuesday offered some comfort for investors jittery about the weak state of the global computer market.
IBM again demonstrated its skill at wringing profit from its software and services juggernauts.
Personal computer shipments continued to grow in the third quarter but at a sluggish pace, intensifying concerns about the industry's dimming prospects going into the all-important holiday shopping season.
He was a conjurer, a modern magician who reached into tomorrow and came up with things that changed millions of lives. And as people gathered at Apple Stores from Sydney to San Francisco to mourn Steve Jobs, the feeling was more than grief for an executive or even an inventor. It was something closer to awe for a wizard.
He was a conjurer, a modern magician who reached into tomorrow and came up with things that changed millions of lives. And as people gathered at Apple Stores from Sydney to San Francisco to mourn Steve Jobs, the feeling was more than mourning for an executive or even an inventor. It was something closer to awe for a wizard.
Steve Jobs was mourned around the world Thursday through the very devices he conceived: People held up pictures of candles on their iPads, reviewed his life on Macintosh computers and tapped out tributes on iPhones.
Steve Jobs saw the future and led the world to it. He moved technology from garages to pockets, took entertainment from discs to bytes and turned gadgets into extensions of the people who use them.
Suddenly, the next version of the iPhone doesn't seem so important. It's time to mourn Steve Jobs, the Silicon Valley maestro who always seemed to hit the right note as he transformed Apple Inc. into technology's greatest hits factory.
It was billionaire versus billionaire Wednesday as technology's top provocateur and his one-time protege traded barbs in a public clash that was likely fueled by equal parts legitimate animosity and cheeky self-promotion.
Hewlett-Packard is beefing up its defenses in an effort to fend off activist investors who, with enough shares, could demand drastic changes at the company, according to a published report.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has cut its revenue and profit forecast for the third quarter, blaming not the weak PC market in which it's a major player, but manufacturing problems that put it even further behind rival Intel Corp.
In a Sept. 23 story about Meg Whitman's challenges as Hewlett-Packard Co.'s new CEO, The Associated Press erroneously reported that H-P wants to get out of its PC and printer divisions. H-P is only trying to sell its PC division; it is keeping its printer business.
Stronger spending on business software helped Oracle Corp.'s quarterly profit jump 36 percent, but the company's server business further deteriorated, a decline Oracle attributed to its move to shed lower-margin deals.
A solar cell the size of a stamp. That's all Intel Corp. researchers needed to power a computer processor that could hold a tantalizing vision for the low-power chips of the future.
Apple has given Tim Cook 1 million shares of restricted stock as he takes over as reins of the company from Steve Jobs. At current prices, the stock package is worth more than $383 million.
Mark Hurd may get his $100 million payday after all.
Steve Jobs' resignation as Apple Inc.'s CEO on Wednesday was freighted with sentimental significance, the curtain call on a dramatic 14-year performance in which he rescued one of the world's most beloved brands from the brink of technological irrelevance.
Until recently, medical files belonging to nearly 300,000 Californians sat unsecured on the Internet for the entire world to see.
Hewlett-Packard, one of the world's largest technology companies, finds itself the underdog as it ditches most of its consumer businesses to become more like the well-oiled, corporate-focused machines of rivals IBM and Oracle.
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