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Cisco's latest earnings topped analysts' estimates, but profit margins disappointed investors, and the stock plunged 15%. CEO John Chambers insists it's only temporary and that better days are coming. So far, though, nobody is buying that line.

The concept of the videophone is nearly as old as the phone itself, and prototypes predate the Beatles by many decades. But while other new modes of communication, from email to instant messaging to cell phones have been adopted at astonishing rates, video has lagged -- until now.

Yahoo was drawn into the growing cyber-war between Google and the Chinese government after it declared its support of the U.S.-based search giant. Google threatened to pull out of China after it became the victim of a massive cyber attack that is believed to be masterminded by the Chinese government.

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd has won Wall Street accolades for turning around the once-moribund company in just a few short years. Hurd expertly cut back in slow-growing units while priming faster-growing businesses for higher performance. He pulled off a string of acquisitions aimed at...