Wednesday,February 22, 2012 09:02 am

AUCKLAND (Reuters) - U.S. crime-fighters failed in a bid to keep alleged Internet pirate Kim Dotcom behind bars on Wednesday when a New Zealand court freed him from jail and instead put him under effective house arrest and banned him from using the Internet.

Tuesday,February 21, 2012 19:02 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency told software vendors on Tuesday that it plans to revolutionize the way it does business with them as part of a race to keep up with the blazing pace of technology advances.

Wednesday,February 22, 2012 06:02 am

(Reuters) - Shares of Dell Inc fell more than 7 percent in premarket trading on Wednesday, after the world's No.3 personal computer maker forecast weak sales for the current quarter.

Wednesday,February 22, 2012 07:02 am

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook is in an enviable position - market leading products, a $98 billion warchest and a seemingly gravity-defying stock price.

Tuesday,February 21, 2012 14:02 pm

TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion on Tuesday gave its PlayBook tablet computer the ability to handle email as easily as a BlackBerry does, with new software that eliminates a shortcoming that has throttled sales since the PlayBook launched last April.

Tuesday,February 21, 2012 10:02 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday an appeal by South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc to take up the question of whether chip designer Rambus Inc illegally sued for patent infringement.

Tuesday,February 21, 2012 04:02 am

LONDON (Reuters) - Twitter and Russian search engine Yandex have agreed a partnership that will allow Yandex to show new tweets in its search results almost instantly, as Twitter becomes an increasingly important source of real-time information.

Tuesday,February 21, 2012 17:02 pm

BOSTON (Reuters) - LightSquared Inc., the wireless company backed by hedge fund manager Philip Falcone, said on Tuesday it plans to lay off nearly half of its employees to save money.

Tuesday,February 21, 2012 09:02 am

(Reuters) - Ciena Corp slashed its first-quarter sales expectations, hurt by delays in recognizing revenue as its customers take time to close deals, sending the network gear maker's shares down as much as 7 percent.

Tuesday,February 21, 2012 07:02 am

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Josh Buckley, chief executive of an online gaming start-up, is looking forward to next month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, particularly for the parties and the accompanying schmoozing with industry A-listers.

Wednesday,February 22, 2012 11:02 am

LONDON (Reuters) - The Prince of Wales' private estate and financier Jacob Rothschild are among a group of investors who plan to invest more than 65 million pounds ($103 million) in a clean...

Tuesday,February 21, 2012 07:02 am

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Josh Buckley, chief executive of an online gaming start-up, is looking forward to next month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, particularly for the parties and...

Wednesday,February 22, 2012 08:02 am

BOSTON (Reuters) - Taking on a new job doesn't mean stomping all over the people you are now working with and overriding the existing dynamics without first learning what they are, says Harvard...

Tuesday,February 21, 2012 04:02 am

LONDON (Reuters) - Just weeks before the birth of her first child, Gem Misa could be found handing out samples of her home-developed salad dressing range in a high-end London department store, an...

Tuesday,February 21, 2012 07:02 am

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Jason Goldberg set out to raise a new round of funding for his flash sales site Fab.com, he dispensed with the usual PowerPoint presentations and instead gave potential...

Tuesday,February 14, 2012 12:02 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Confidence among small U.S. business owners rose for the fifth straight month in January and many are having trouble filling vacant positions, according to a survey released on...

Friday,February 17, 2012 08:02 am

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Healthcare-focused venture capital firm Vivo Ventures said on Friday it would accelerate investment in Chinese and U.S. companies with a strategy of fostering collaboration...

Thursday,February 16, 2012 16:02 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Exchange operator Nasdaq OMX is trying to gain support for a legislative proposal that would give it a competitive edge over both rival exchanges and banks that operate...

Wednesday,February 15, 2012 07:02 am

CHICAGO (Reuters) - For Jeff Chimenti, a rock keyboardist who plays with offshoots of the Grateful Dead, it has been anything but a "long strange trip" getting his medical product to market.

Thursday,February 16, 2012 13:02 pm

LONDON (Reuters) - The clean energy sector is unlikely to sustain its frenzied rate of investment growth and looks set for consolidation led by Asian players, said Gil Forer, head of global cleantech...