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Years ago, before Google grew into an Internet giant, about a dozen employees met to discuss the company's direction.

London Olympic officials on Friday replaced bankrupt Canadian technology sponsor Nortel Networks with Cisco for the 2012 Games, a move that will cost organizers $19.4 million in revenue.

Power.com, a San Francisco based aggregator of social networking sites, on Friday sued Facebook in a California court to try to resolve who owns data on social networking websites -- users or the sites.

General Motors is out of bankruptcy protection, presenting itself as a leaner, new company that will focus on customers, cars and culture.

General Motors completed an unusually quick exit from bankruptcy protection on Friday with ambitions of making money and building cars people are eager to buy.

Any share price weakness related to the early success of Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search engine should be used as a buying opportunity in Google Inc.

Software major Infosys Technologies today reported a 17.28 per cent growth in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,527 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, 2009.

Canadian musician Dave Carroll could have sung the blues after United Airlines workers at O'Hare smashed his guitar and the carrier refused to pick up the $1,200 cost to repair it.

It turns out the media elite aren't so different from a lot of less affluent folks: They think Twitter is a great communications tool, but can't figure out how the online messaging service is going to make money.

NEW YORK - New York's attorney general charged Thursday that Tagged.com stole the identities of more than 60 million Internet users worldwide _ by sending e-mails that raided their private accounts.

It's all pending an official announcement later this morning but both the New York Times and San Jose Mercury News are reporting that Best Buy and TiVo are forming a "broad partnership." Under the multi-year alliance, Best Buy will "heavily" promote TiVo products at its 1,100 stores across the US.

Merck & Co. and Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Thursday they have signed an exclusive deal to develop and market an experimental drug to prevent strokes in people with a dangerous irregular heart rhythm.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into what Apple Inc. said about chief executive Steve Jobs' health, according to a Bloomberg report.

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Head of Windows and Windows Live Engineering Steven Sinofsky is now one of a handful of Microsoft presidents.

Ned Hooper, who joined Cisco Systems 11 years ago through an acquisition, will now look for new deals in an expanded role at the communications gear giant.

Symphony Technology Group plans to buy MSC Software Corp. for about $360 million.

We're often asked why so many Google applications seem to be perpetually in beta.

A U.S. judge dismissed some damages claims in a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google Inc and its video-sharing Web site YouTube.com but left open the possibility that non-U.S. based rights owners could seek damages for live broadcasts, if they prevail.

Google is developing a new operating system for laptop computers in its boldest challenge yet to Microsoft's control over people's computing experience.