With Wednesday's announcement that it will be revamping its web TV offerings, Apple has made its most serious push into an emerging, and increasingly crowded, field.

ZTE and Huawei Technologies, China's two biggest telecommunications hardware makers, said they will offer new mobile devices that use Google's Android operating system, with ZTE planning a tablet computer.

Toshiba is recalling 41,000 laptop computers due to concerns they can overheat where the AC adapter plugs in, posing a burn hazard to users.

Russian telecom operator Vimpel Communications said it's in talks to buy Egyptian and Italian telecom assets, as it reported a 52% decline in net profit.

Dell on Thursday withdrew from the bidding for 3Par, which agreed to be acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $33 per share.

Dell said it will pull out of the bidding war for 3PAR after rival Hewlett-Packard raised its offer for the data-storage company yet again to $33 a share, or roughly $2.1 billion.

Samsung introduced its Galaxy Tab to rival Apple's iPad tablet. The device could help the company make up for lost ground in its smartphone business.

Capgemini has reached an agreement to buy a majority stake in Brazilian information-technology business CPM Braxis for $298.3 million, as the French IT consultancy looks to expand its presence in emerging markets.

The tiny Go Pro HD Hero camera can take incredible photos and high definition video, all while being submerged in water or attached to a surfboard, bicycle or motorcycle.

Google and AOL have reached a five-year global partnership pact, extending their cooperation into video and mobile search.

Apple's iPad tablet isn't just for geeks, yuppies, and rich people. It's also for grandparents.

Twitter has a new app for the iPad -- and along with it, a new approach to design and usability.

Deutsche Telekom will lose exclusivity for Apple's iPhone in Germany ahead of the crucial Christmas holiday shopping season.

Syncing Microsoft Outlook 2010 with a BlackBerry.

Grown-ups don't text as much as teens -- at least not yet. A new survey suggests they may be catching up.

The company said it wanted to keep better track of teachers who were new or who had departed and use more methods of communication.

Steven Jobs's comments about social network privacy suggest companies are responding to demands that new services come with simple privacy controls.

Amazon.com cut the price on some downloaded TV shows to 99 cents from $2.99 in the wake of Apple's announcement it will begin streaming some shows for 99 cents.

Inflection, the start-up behind genealogy site Archives.com, is introducing a people search engine.

China started requiring cellphone subscribers to register their identities when setting up an account, prompting concerns over privacy in the world's largest mobile market.