Nokia said it was replacing embattled CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with Microsoft's Stephen Elop, as the handset maker seeks to reverse steep declines in earnings.

Chinese business-to-business platform Alibaba.com is working on a business strategy to promote its clients' wholesale products to online merchants like those on eBay's marketplace.

EBay CEO John Donahoe said China has become one of the fastest-growing markets for the company's PayPal, with total transactions on the online-payment system rising 88% there in the first half.

KDDI said it will replace its top executive, who has run the company virtually since its inception from a merger a decade ago, as Japan's second largest mobile phone carrier by subscribers struggles to compete.

In an uncharacteristic about-face, Apple loosened its control over software development for its iPhones and iPads as the company feels heat from a U.S. antitrust investigation and rising competition from mobile devices powered by Google's Android sof...

Hewlett-Packard disclosed Thursday that a probe by U.S. authorities of possible bribes the company paid in Russia is now wider than previously reported.

National Semiconductor posted a sharply higher quarterly profit as strong demand from cellphone makers helped drive a 31% rise in revenue.

Vodafone announced a major restructuring of its divisions, placing all the minority stakes the company holds in other mobile operators into a single unit to be managed separately.

Next month, Billboard will launch a new ranking for undiscovered artists and a subscription service to help them get noticed by managers, promoters and labels in search of up-and-coming talent.

Dot-com bulls likely never imagined that technology stocks might one day look so pedestrian.

EBay won a lawsuit over Craigslist's move to cut the e-commerce giant's stake in the online-classifieds group, but a judge's ruling also means eBay is unlikely to regain a board seat.

Geoff Fowler tests two programs that aim to help semi-professional photographers edit and organize their digital shots.

Google introduced a predictive feature to its widely used Web search engine that speeds up the time it takes to find and deliver results.

Best Buy will add the Amazon Kindle to its selection of e-book readers.

NetApp and Oracle agreed to dismiss patent lawsuits against each other, ending a battle that began in 2007.

The company's games unit, Shanda Games Ltd., reported a 16% decline in second-quarter net profit because of decreased sales and margins.

Google's plan to buy travel-search software firm ITA raises two competition issues for U.S. regulators.

Intel's Paul Otellini says the chip maker is making selective acquisitions as it looks beyond PCs.

Swisscom said it will offer $324.9 million to acquire the outstanding shares in its Italian Fastweb business.

A Japanese government panel favored a team led by NTT DoCoMo over one led by KDDI to operate the country's next-generation mobile broadcasting service, ending a prolonged battle between Japan's two biggest wireless carriers.

The Bay Area trails regions such as Minnesota's Twin Cities and metropolitan New York in Internet speed.

Mark Hurd has something he hasn't had in many years: a boss. The ousted Hewlett-Packard chief will be reporting to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, and their chemistry is crucial as the company tries to expand.

An Indian court said officials can seek taxes from Vodafone on its purchase of one of the country's largest cellular companies, a decision that could cost Vodafone $2.6 billion.

Silicon Valley start-up incubator Y Combinator has become a go-to shop for nascent tech companies looking for advice and funding.

New companies are popping up to help people browse the Internet and send messages anonymously, but will people pay for Web-privacy software?

Vodafone's $6.65 billion sale of its stake in China Mobile highlights the challenges faced by foreign carriers looking to link up with Chinese telecoms.

H-P sued to block former CEO Mark Hurd from joining rival Oracle as a senior executive, citing trade-secret and other concerns.

Apple is attempting to boost its digital-music arsenal by bringing social networking to iTunes and by redesigning three iPods. The results are mixed, writes Katherine Boehret.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the Internet company plans to launch its Google TV platform globally next year, in the company's latest move to expand its reach outside its core U.S. market.

Netflix reached a deal to stream movies online from Nu Image/Millennium at the same time they hit pay-TV channels.

A surging yen is encouraging third-party websites to jump in with deep discounts on high-end luxury goods in Japan, where high-end retailers have been able to charge premiums for decades.

The Justice Department said Cisco and Westcon Group North America agreed to pay $48 million to settle charges that the companies made misrepresentations during contract negotiations with the federal government.

Signs of a sluggish back-to-school season for consumer electronics in the U.S. have hit prices of LCD panels, and some Asian makers of the components are forecasting continued weakness.

TPV Chairman Jason Hsuan is upbeat about industry growth prospects because of rising outsourcing orders from TV makers and the uptake of new products such as three-dimensional TVs and LED backlit TVs.

Connecticut's attorney general wants confirmation that Craigslist has closed its adult-services section, used for prostitution ads. Currently that part of the site says "censored."

Hon Hai is investing in China's hinterland, as the electronics titan bets that the country can retain its role as the world's factory floor for decades.

The Scrabble app lets players use the iPad as a gameboard and iPhones as tile racks. But isn't as challenging as the original, writes Mary Pilon.

Toshiba said that it will release by year-end a tablet computer that runs on Google's Android operating system as the company aims to compete with Apple's iPad.

Samsung is considering investing a record $25.55 billion next year to bolster its existing operations and expand into new businesses.

A deal to merge the telecom-tower assets of Reliance Infratel with telecom-infrastructure company GTL Infrastructure was scrapped, dealing a blow to the fund-raising and debt-reduction efforts of Reliance Communications.

After losing out to H-P last week in its bid to acquire storage maker 3PAR, Dell has other options as it looks to expand beyond its core personal-computer business.

Sir John Bond can't be blamed for all of Vodafone Group's perceived strategic weaknesses. But the departure of the chairman of the U.K-based telecom group would certainly appease disgruntled shareholders.

An investigation spurred by a surge in energy-bill complaints found new smart meters installed in Northern California are accurately measuring energy use.

Samsung Mobile Display, which has had difficulty meeting demand for ultra-thin screens for smartphones, expects its production capacity to increase sharply when its new facility opens in July.

Google said the Texas attorney general's office is conducting an antitrust review of the Web giant's core search-engine business, another sign of growing government scrutiny of the company.

South Korea's KT Corp. will start selling Apple's iPhone 4 in the country on Sept. 10.

Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a private class-action lawsuit that alleged its Buzz social networking service violated users' privacy.

T-Mobile USA is in talks to distribute Huawei Technologies's new Google-powered smartphone this holiday season. The Ideos phone could be priced under $100 in the U.S.

It wasn't the biggest bidding war the tech world has ever seen, but the battle between titans H-P and Dell for a humble maker of data-storage systems certainly qualified as one of the wildest ever.