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Alibaba reported a record $9.3 billion dollars in sales on Singles Day in China, flexing its muscles to investors and smashing records on its busiest shopping day of the year.

A firestorm of debate over the lack of women executives and directors at Twitter – and CEO Dick Costolo’s sense of humor.

Is Twitter the most powerful media platform in history or just a giant waste of time for an attention deficit culture that’s addicted to distraction?

We all want to have our Internet and our privacy too. The truth is you can’t have it both ways.

Marissa Mayer’s first year at the helm of Yahoo: Lots of action and acquisitions, plenty of glitz and glitter, but so far, no turnaround in sight.

What do tech giants General Electric, IBM, Amazon and Accenture all have in common? The search for a smarter world.

Seven reasons why the reports of Silicon Valley’s death have been, and probably always will be, greatly exaggerated.

A handful of technology CEOs somehow managed to beat the odds by successfully reinventing themselves and their companies.

Is a Facebook phone waiting in the wings?

T-Mobile will hold an exclusive event in New York City that may shake up the mobile industry. The invitation points to possible changes to the carrier’s pricing strategy.

The era of the subtle Steve Jobs launch is over. Now, flash, pizzazz and Broadway dancers are what sell smartphones.

Apple is increasingly at risk of losing its U.S. iPhone dominance as competitors like Samsung roll out innovative, and competitive, offerings. 

There are conflicting reports of the origin of recent hacks, with speculation that the culprits sat in China, Russia or even Eastern Europe. But the common denominator in all of the attacks is the abuse of Java software an entry point into internal systems.

Microsoft unveiled its new Outlook.com product on Tuesday, giving a new look to the hundreds of millions of Hotmail users around the world.  

Google Maps might be all the rage among Apple fans now, but Old Saint Nick is a Bing fan, and we don't mean Crosby.

Days after launching Windows 8, Microsoft Corp is mounting a strong campaign to win over the software developers it needs to kick-start its new operating system.

Advanced Micro Devices said second-quarter revenue would fall by 11% from the prior quarter.

Who says the developer crowd is geeky?  Skydivers, omniscient spectacles and after party with international DJ sensation Paul Oakenfold, an unusual combination of eclecticism that kicked off Google’s I/O developer conference.    

Just when we thought Apple, Facebook and Google were to always dominate the tech agenda, Microsoft showed us it still has a trick up its sleeves.

Despite a flood of computing products in the market with everything from netbooks to ultrabooks, Vizio believes that not only is there room for its new PC products, but that consumers have been deprived of choice.