More companies are jumping into the business of refurbishing and reselling used cellphones and other electronic gadgets
Google has penalized Overstock.com in its search results after the retailer ran afoul of Google policies that prohibit companies from artificially boosting their ranking in the Internet giant's search engine.
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Investors voted down a shareholder resolution that called on Apple to develop a formal CEO succession plan. Meanwhile, Apple invited reporters to an March 2 event, where it's expected to show a new iPad.
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General Electric and Siemens are preparing to release their own lines of electric-car charging stations, injecting big name competition into a nascent business now dominated by little known start-ups.
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Department store operator Sears named former technology company executive Lou D'Ambrosio as its chief executive, tapping a permanent replacement after three years under an acting chief.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has quickly rounded up $1.2 billion for a new digital-growth fund, furthering Wall Street's bold push to capture stakes in fast-growing private tech companies such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc.
Facebook is hoping to win over its new neighbors in Menlo Park by engaging the community early in its move. But some residents remain wary of the company's impact on the city.
Google, taking aim at Microsoft's Office franchise, plans to release a free tool allowing users to transfer files from the software suite to the Web so that multiple people can edit and collaborate on them.
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Priceline.com Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit jumped 73% as a surge in international bookings fueled top-line growth and margins surged.
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H-P's quarterly profit jumped 16% on strong demand from commercial customers but sales declined in two of its biggest businesses: PCs and technology services. Shares slumped.
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Jonathan Lu's move into the top job at Alibaba.com marks a sharp change. His predecessor was an experienced executive but a relative outsider at the Chinese company. Mr. Lu has never run a public company but is deeply rooted in Alibaba's devoted and tight-knit corporate culture created by founder Jack Ma.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating potential conflicts of interest in the fast-growing market for buying and selling shares of private companies such as Facebook and Twitter.
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DirecTV Group swung to a fourth-quarter profit as the satellite-TV provider continues to take market share from its cable rivals.
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NetEase.com's fourth-quarter profit climbed 25%, topping analyst expectations, as the Chinese company's core online videogame and advertising services each posted strong revenue growth.
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Cisco is facing competition in its biggest business, the $13.6 billion switching unit, as H-P and Juniper try to lure customers. As it looks for growth, Cisco named a No. 2 executive to help CEO Chambers.
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Amazon.com added a free movie-streaming service to its $79-a-year Amazon Prime shipping membership, ratcheting up the competition with Netflix.
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Intel has vowed to replace the ever-proliferating number of computer cables with a superfast substitute. On Thursday, tech-watchers are likely to get an update on its progress, perhaps preceded by a key endorsement by Apple.
WSJ's Heard on the Street columnist Rolfe Winkler tells digits why H-P CEO Leo Apotheker may have a long road ahead of him - and why Mark Hurd couldn't have timed his exit from H-P any better had he planned it.
Microsoft has confirmed reports that an update that went out to new Windows Phone 7 handsets on Monday has a glitch affecting some handsets manufactured by Samsung.
If "The Social Network" wasn't enough Mark Zuckerberg for you, and even the Oscar ceremonies this weekend don't scratch your social media itch, maybe the comic book version will satisfy your craving to delve deep into the psyche of the creator of Facebook.
Mobile payments are the wave of the future. The trick is bringing the technology into the realm of the present.
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Motorola is launching its Xoom tablet on Feb. 24, and it's the first real competitor to Apple's hit iPad, writes Walt Mossberg. That is partly because it is the first iPad challenger to run Honeycomb, an elegant new version of Google's Android operating system designed especially for tablets.
Get out your library cards: Now you can wirelessly download electronic books from your local library using the Apple iPad or an Android tablet, writes Katherine Boehret.
Mubarak had no idea how to counter the power of social media. China, Russia and Iran know better.
Walt Mossberg reviews the Atrix 4G, an Android smartphone that acts as the brains of a small laptop device.
Katherine Boehret looks at charging pads, devices that make it easy to charge household mobile devices with just a single cord.
From a handy way to store a range of passwords to an application that will help keep track of ongoing alcohol consumption, The Wall Street Journal Europe presents 10 apps you can't live without.
"Augmented reality" is the latest buzz technology to grip the digital world. The commercial opportunities for companies that embrace it are vast, even if not immediately obvious.
It's been likened to the Industrial Revolution in terms of its potential to change lives. But just what is cloud computing and how can companies turn it to their advantage?
IPhone and Android apps are breaching the privacy of smartphone users, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. 13th in a series.
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, who recently struck a deal to build a corporate campus in San Francisco, talks about why he decided against moving his company to Silicon Valley.
San Francisco is installing parking meters that will be able to tell drivers where they can find an available parking spot, with the eventual goal of reducing traffic congestion.
Among the winners: computer screens that can bend, adjustable eyeglasses, a low-cost genetic test, an online marketplace for receivables and a new way to battle malware.
The Gold award in The Wall Street Journal's 2010 Technology Innovation Awards goes to Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute for technology that brings the commercial development of high-quality flexible displays closer to reality.
From computing systems to wireless, the most innovative technologies in 17 categories, as chosen by the judges.
An update on past winners of the Journal's Innovation Awards.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has quickly rounded up $1.2 billion for a new digital-growth fund, furthering Wall Street's bold push to capture stakes in fast-growing private tech companies such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc.
The U.K.'s venture industry is in dire staits, to be kind--should the government step in to help?
In this morning's Web roundup, BookRenter.com is shaking up the online book-rental space with a new $40 million funding round. Also, the SEC's inquiry into the fast-growing private-shares trading market just got more serious, British VCs ask for government help, and Demand Media actually scores a little profit.