ThinkstockAmerican government officials often rue the divide between the Internet access advantage the middle class have over the poor or that urban and suburban residents have over rural ones. Those gulfs are minor compared…
ThinkstockThe social network for professionals, LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) today announced that the company’s total membership has risen to 200 million worldwide. LinkedIn said it has added 13 million members since its last report…
ThinkstockCypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) may be getting the chip sector off to yet another bad start for earnings season. The company said that business eroded in the final two weeks of December in…
courtesy of Google Inc.Search giant Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an agreement today to resolve concerns that some of the company’s practices could inhibit competition in the market…
courtesy of the White HouseThe Digital Policy Council released it annual report on which world leaders are on Twitter. The data show: Analyses as of December 2012 reveals that 75%, or three out of…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of November 30th in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corporation…
Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology has been ordered by a Pittsburgh jury to pay Carnegie Mellon University $1.17 billion in a patent infringement suit. The jury’s verdict is subject to post-trial motions and appeals, so…
Nielsen released its top Web brands for 2012, and comScore its most visited sites list for November. The two lists overlap, almost completely, when their top 10 are lined up against one another.
The NRA calls its website the NRA Digital Network (nra.org). It contains nine high-definition video channels, news on legislation about your right to keep and bear arms and a “Thank you for visiting — explore and…
IBM has put out its "5 in 5" report, detailing five important features computers will have in five years. The forecast indicates computers could be nearly human by 2018. That means millions of jobs…
ThinkstockFacebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has released what it says are better privacy controls for its customers. With the company’s one billion members, it should not take long for a vocal reaction to tell whether…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of November 30 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp.…
ThinkstockJohn Malone’s Liberty Interactive Corp. (NASDAQ: LINTA) this morning announced that it has acquired a controlling interest in TripAdvisor Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) in a transaction worth $300 million. Liberty acquired approximately 4.8 million shares…
Wikimedia CommonsGoogle Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) email product — Gmail — crashed for users across part of the world. That apparently caused the crash of a number of Google Chrome browsers as well. As the…
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is said to now be looking at a $6 billion debt offering in three different tranches. The company used the “for general corporate purposes” explanation but it also said it…