Computer News

An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including Google and Microsoft find some common ground in an unexpected place, Microsoft renews campaign to kill off its best-selling product ever, Dell tanks while Carl Icahn tries to rob its corpse, Gates is ironically number one again thanks to monopoly busting, the DOJ details its evidence ... (more)

's quarterly net income plummeted due to sluggish PC sales across the globe as consumers' preference shifted to mobile devices.

After years of criticism of the wireless service on its trains, Amtrak announced Thursday that it has upgraded its cellular-based Wi-Fi offering using broadband technologies that will improve the speed and reliability of the Internet in its passenger cars.

Jim Cramer sat down with 'Mad Money' research director Nicole Urken and TheStreet's Ross Kenneth Urken.

The Nassau IDA approved tax breaks for the We're Group's $33.8 million renovation project in Lake Success, the former home of Canon U.S.A. Already a paid subscriber but not registered for the online access yet? For instructions on how to get premium web access, click here .

Research In Motion Ltd. executives delivered a lengthy list of new announcements this week at the smartphone maker's annual conference, but the buzz has already shifted to what the company may be still hiding up its sleeve, including the possibility of a small tablet device.

Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets fell $1.04 billion to $2.582 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Dell's financial decay worsened during its latest quarter as the company slashed its personal computer prices in response to the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets.

Investors snapped up the stocks of companies that make computer networking gear Thursday after industry leader Cisco Systems Inc.'s latest quarterly earnings raised hope that business is picking up after a long stretch of lackluster demand.

After hitting new all-time highs on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 closed down 0.3% and 0.5%. The government reported that jobless claims were up from a week ago.

Former Convergys executive John B. Gibson has more than 20 years' experience in business services, and HR solutions and technology )--Paychex, Inc.

Most recently the company was embarrassed to reveal an estimated $8.8 billion write-down for a botched acquisition for British software company Autonomy, a deal that took place in 2011.

Hedge fund Highfields Capital bought 23 million shares of PC maker Inc in the first quarter, according to a securities filing by the fund on Wednesday.

RH ended Wednesday up 1.1% to $53.05. is liked by Piper Jaffray and Cramer thinks this is a "very gutsy call ahead of the quarter," but does believe the company is doing well.

Once again, the Police & Fire Pension Fund has done its work in secrecy. This time, it teamed up with the mayor's administration behind closed doors to hammer out pension reform - or "retirement reform," as the city is strangely calling it.

The lower-cost gadget, called the Q5, is the company's third smartphone to run the new BlackBerry 10 system.

Reaching the ripe old age of 30 this year, London-based illustration agency Central Illustration is reaching out to American clients with two limited edition screen prints and a brand new US-focused website to represent a host of its illustration talent stateside.

Until roughly six years ago, mobile computers and telephones were really separate things.

The trek by 24-year-old Ryan Chalmers, who is scheduled to be in Kansas City on Tuesday, aims to inspire people with disabilities and raise money for charity.

's stock had its "buy" rating restated by equities researchers at TheStreet in a report issued on Tuesday, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports.