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Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.

One year after a record initial public offering that made Facebook more costly than almost every company in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, its stock lags its $38 IPO price.

An internal Scoogled ad from Microsoft has leaked online today, revealing that Microsoft has plans to take a jab at Google Chrome's 'Now Everywhere' feature.

Microsoft has responded to a high-profile put-down by Google CEO Larry Page, but Oracle, at least for now, won't be drawn into a public fight with the executive.

"Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco Wednesday for the opening day of Google's annual showcase for its latest breakthroughs.

Money manager IPO activity should be strong this year, despite the pricing of the May 2 ING U.S. initial public offering below its initial range.

Verizon customers, it's time to stop feeling envious of folks on AT&T who can get the Lumia 920.

A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's website, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party.

In these images taken from TV, Google executive Matt Brittin gives evidence to a parliamentary Public Accounts Committee on tax avoidance, in the Boothroyd Room, London Thursday May 16, 2013.

Telstra has issued a formal apology to affected customers after phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google search.

BT has published the stats to mark the number of Wi-Fi hotspots in the South-West region passing 500,000. Jon Reynolds, of BT in the South-West, said: "We are seeing growing use of our network as Wi-Fi users spend more time online and use more data."

Security Compass CEO Nish Bhalla kept this ATM receipt to illustrate the $14 million his firm fraudulently transferred into a bank account it created.

Google will face a fresh grilling over its tax affairs after the global corporation was recalled to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry.

Amazon.com's main UK unit paid 2.4m in taxes in 2012 on sales of 4.3bn, newly-published accounts have revealed.

We're all used to the idea that Google tracks what we do online. But if you go to Google I/O, you'll find that the data-hungry company, in partnership with the O'Reilly Data Sensing Lab , is keeping tabs on the physical world, too.

By Darren McRoy Should Metra get Wi-Fi? Even if it's expensive and hard to implement and maintain? The commuter-rail network is considering the possibility, the Chicago Tribune and other news agencies report, but price and technology continue to be two major barriers, despite that a DePaul University report shows 48 percent of Metra riders use ... (more)

Google Inc has signed licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment to launch a subscription music service that would compete with fast-growing start-up Spotify, according to a report on Tuesday in technology blog The Verge.

Vietnam's booming Internet scene is littered with failed startups that tried to take on Google and other entrenched U.S web companies.

This June 27, 2012 file photo shows an Android display at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco.

When it comes to networking tools and hardware, you know that you will not be able to go wrong with the name D-Link, as this is a trusted brand name which treads the thin line between quality, performance, and of course, price.