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The most important tech startup in the world just scored a major victory.

The rivalry between AMD and Intel peaked during the first decade of the 2000s, when the companies consistently challenged each other with a stream of chip innovations.

When Google parent company Alphabet Inc. reported yesterday that its first-quarter earnings didn't hit Wall Street's expectations, execs laid the blame directly at the feet of the company's so-called moonshot projects.

Microsoft today released to testers the first real look at its next major Windows 10 upgrade, dubbed the "Anniversary Update."

Google and Microsoft have agreed to end their long-running regulatory battles and stop complaining to government agencies about each other.

Apple released a host of deeply interesting internal information recently, but much of this was masked by news of WWDC and other big events. So I’ve pulled together a few highlights in case you missed them.

When Orange Tsai set out to participate in Facebook's bug bounty program in February, he successfully managed to gain access to one of Facebook's corporate servers. But once in, he realized that malicious hackers had beaten him to it.

With Intel looking to lock in on the next big thing and cloud continuing to grow in importance, it makes sense for the chip maker to seize on cloud computing as a way to transform itself.

Uber Technologies has arrived at a settlement with drivers in two lawsuits that could see the company paying up to $100 million, but without a change in the classification of its drivers from independent contractors to employees.

Microsoft's Windows Phone is clearly dead. Redmond's already-bad Windows Phone sales plummeted over the last year to a mere 26% of what they were -- this is simply, spectacularly execrable.

Microsoft's Windows Phone is no more. Redmond's already-awful Windows Phone sales plummeted over the last year to only 27% of what they were -- these numbers are simply, spectacularly terrible.

Microsoft's decision to radically change the distribution and maintenance of Windows 10 put a $1.6 billion temporary dent in its revenue, the company said Thursday.

When Visa introduced its Quick Chip for EMV on Tuesday (April 19), it placed retailers in an awkward — but interesting — position. The effort is a different EMV implementation that will allow shoppers to remove their payment card from the card reader in about two seconds, rather than what they have to today, which is to leave the card in the reader until the entire transaction is complete.

I've learned in recent years that -- when it comes to laptops, smartphones and tablets -- bigger is better for my personal use and work. So spending time with latest round of Apple devices has been a bit odd, and a little nostalgic.

Acer is producing a Chromebook that is designed specifically for business -- and the truly clumsy.

This IT consultant pilot fish has been assigned to the same client for several years -- during which the consulting firm that employs him has changed hands, changed contracts and provided plenty of drama.

A Chinese regulator is said to have ordered Apple to shut down its iBooks Store and iTunes Movies only six months after the services were launched in the country.

Things just a lot more interesting in the x86 server market.

AMD has announced a plan to license the design of its top-of-the-line server processor to a newly formed Chinese company, creating a brand-new rival for Intel.

AMD is licensing its x86 processor and system-on-chip technology to a company called THATIC (Tianjin Haiguang Advanced Technology Investment Co. Ltd.), a joint venture between AMD and a consortium of public and private Chinese companies.

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Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia is proving to be quite the albatross. The company has stepped away from focusing on phones, and its handset sales revenue fell by almost half in the first quarter.

Every decade or so, a new era of computing comes along that shapes everything we do. Much of the 90s was about client-server and Windows PCs. By the aughts, the Web had taken over and every advertisement carried a URL. Then came the iPhone, and we're in the midst of a decade defined by people tapping myopically into tiny screens.

The Energizer EN100 Ultra Compact Plug-in Power Inverter provides 100 watts of continuous AC power to your devices. Designed for road trips or anyone who drives frequently, this device simply plugs into your cigarette adaptor and can charge everything from your laptop, to your portable DVD player, to your various phones and tablets simultaneously. Or keep it on hand for emergencies.

Swedish advanced materials start-up Sol Voltaics today announced a research breakthrough that allows nanowires to be used to boost the efficiency of thin-film solar modules by as much as 50%.

Qualcomm’s long-awaited server chips may start going into systems in the second half of next year, judging from comments by the company's president.