GlobalFoundries has asked a state judge to decide whether its tax assessment is too high. GlobalFoundries is building a $4.6 billion computer-chip manufacturing plant in Malta, N.Y. The company and...

job cuts of about $1.6 million taken in the second quarter, net income would have been $323,000 in the second quarter. Revenue for the Roseville-based company was flat at $60.5 million in the second...

Quasar Aerospace Industries Inc. said it plans to change its name to Quasar International Holdings Inc. Quasar (PINK: QASP) said it has created two new divisions in the automotive and marine...

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved $534,000 in funds to help construct a building to house the Contingency Response Group, a new unit of...

has been filed. The suit was filed against Eden Prairie-based ADC (Nasdaq: ADCT), its board of directors and Tyco Electronics (NYSE: TEL) in St. Paul's U.S. District Court Wednesday afternoon by...

's highly-anticipated "Streak" tablet computer/smart phone. The Round Rock-based computer maker (Nasdaq: DELL) confirmed this week that the mini computer and Internet-capable phone...

Central Regional Transportation Authority — Lynx — is rolling out technology called quick response (QR) codes that will allow riders with smartphones or cellphone cameras to access...

previously served as Missouri’s vice president for external affairs from the company’s St. Louis office. Jim Epperson, senior vice president of state legislative and regulatory affairs...

Opponents of a proposed $5.5-billion pipeline to Canada's West Coast have seized on a crude spill in Michigan to escalate their fight against Calgary-based Enbridge Inc., which is behind both...

Defence Department computers in Ottawa have been used to vandalize information on a Wikipedia site critical of the Conservative government's decision to spend billions on a new stealth...

Those of you looking for your 15 minutes of fame are in luck. YouTube announced Thursday that it has increased the maximum length of uploaded videos from 10 minutes to 15 minutes for all users. The...

Microsoft executives pledged to "lead with the cloud" on Thursday, acknowledging that offering business customers a choice between packaged software and cloud-based services had been a mistake. ...

Motorola reported lower revenues but higher profits for the second quarter of 2010. Sales in both its personal devices and home segments were down compared to a year ago, although the company touted...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- In a newly released market forecast report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications...

the Amusity , it is still pretty darn cool. The Float was designed by RockPaperRobot - a Brooklyn based company. Now, we're not suggesting that you're daft enough to think that these 64 individual...

Computerworld - The Dell Streak could well be a promising new five-inch tablet that doubles as an Android smartphone. However, potential U.S. buyers have already gone ballistic over pre-sale order...

The District will launch a two-month tax amnesty program on Aug. 2 in the hope of recovering a portion of the roughly $170 million in taxes, fees, penalties and interest owed to D.C. coffers by more...

will spend 5 years studying “infrastructure disruption” for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security at its Palo Alto laboratory. This $7 million study will look at possible terrorist...

, a Wayne, Pa.-based group of the individual investors known as angels, has opened an office in its Port business incubator. Robin Hood focuses on investing in early-stage companies located in the...

Alliance Tech Inc. released this week a smart phone application for event organizers. The Intelligent Connect Mobile app for iPhones, Android, Blackberry and other mobile phones is meant to act as a...

The team is working under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a ceiling value of $70 million. CRAVE contracts cover a wide range of tasks for human spaceflight programs...

Home-Account for an undisclosed sum. San Mateo-based Bills.com said it will develop the Home-Account mortgage software to help homeowners and prospective homebuyers more easily shop for loans. It...

stores. The company (Nasdaq: CLWR), in which Sprint (NYSE: S) is majority shareholder, on Thursday announced that the Minneapolis-based retailer (NYSE: BBY) would use Clearwire’s 4G network on...

Nextel -branded wireless services in Latin America, reports higher revenue and raised its full-year forecast, though rising expenses pulled earnings lower. The company had fiscal second quarter...

(NYSE: RTN) after the United Kingdom government canceled a border control contract with the company. Profit dropped to $208 million, or 55 cents a share, for the quarter at the Waltham, Mass.-based...

LG on Thursday confirmed that it is prepping an Android-based tablet. Tucked away at the end of an announcement about the upcoming Optimus Z smartphone for the Korean market is a line that says...

Droid Incredible . According to iSuppli, the handset's bill of materials is $163.35. Once the manufacturer cost is added in, the Incredible costs $172.25, iSuppli said. The most expansive element...

Nuance Communications on Thursday released an updated version of its Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech-recognition program, which includes social-networking components and promises speeds up to three...

Nvidia said late Wednesday that it expects lower revenue for the current quarter, based on lower graphics-chip sales. Total revenue is now estimated at $800 million to $820 million, compared with...

That My Little Pony wallpaper that you just downloaded for your smartphone—what does it really want from you? According to mobile security firm, Lookout, it may be a lot more than you bargained...

Facebook Launches Safety Page Facebook unveiled a new safety page intended to complement the safety center the social-networking site launched in...

Oracle said Thursday that rival hardware vendors Dell and Hewlett-Packard intend to certify and resell its Solaris and Enterprise Linux operating systems as well as Oracle VM on their x86...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has announced mass production of what it calls the industry's first two-gigabit Green DDR3 using 30-nanometer-class process technology. According to Samsung, the chips...

Welcome to the HardwareCentral Biweekly CPU Prices. This is a biweekly update on CPU prices we find around the net. We have several different tables to help you find what you are looking for, sorted...

IDG News Service - Oracle said Thursday that rival hardware vendors Dell and Hewlett-Packard intend to certify and resell its Solaris and Enterprise Linux operating systems as well as Oracle VM on...

Baltimore is one of four cities picked for the debut of a new national high-speed wireless broadband network set to launch in 2011. The city joins Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver as the first sites...

posted a second-quarter profit of $91.6 million, or $1.62 per share, on sales of $961.1 million. That's a 15.5 percent drop when compared to a profit of $108 million, or $1.92 per share, on...

has filed suit over alleged knockoff accessories for its popular iPod, iPhone and iPad devices. Cupertino-based Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) said in a complaint that many such accessories -- including...

to offer 4G wireless broadband service beginning next year, the electronics retailer said Thursday. Earlier this month, Richfield-based Best Buy launched its own mobile broadband service under the...

has increased its work force by about 10 percent in the first six months of the year and says it plans to keep up the hiring pace. The Mountain View search giant added about 2,000 jobs to grow to...

’s net income in the second quarter. The Atlanta-based provider of medical transcription services (NASDAQ: TRCR) reported net income of $1.6 million and earnings of 15 cents a share, compared...

on Thursday named Karl Chicca chief operating officer. The Sunnyvale company develops and manufactures LED lighting technologies and products. Bridgelux said Chicca has extensive experience in...

reported a profit of $19.7 million for the second quarter, compared with a loss of $4.9 million a year ago. The company recorded revenue of $426.1 million for the three months ended July 4, up 24...

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and other technology companies are reportedly pushing for countries in the European Union to adopt a single set of privacy rules. The Wall Street Journal reports that the companies argue that...

Center for Sensed Critical Infrastructure . “We like to think that IBM is a global leader for a smarter planet and business analytics,” said Wayne Balta, vice president of corporate...

ManTech International Corp . reduced its forecast for the year despite reporting double-digit growth in revenue and earnings in the second quarter. The company reported fiscal second-quarter...