computers

Intel's stock is up just 2% this year compared to the Nasdaq's 17% rise, and investors fret that the explosive growth of smartphones and tablets will crimp the market for the PC chips that produce the bulk of Intel's revenue. But the tech giant has a plan.

Jeopardy will have an unusual contestant next year - an IBM (IBM) computing system named "Watson." Watson will take on the show's two most successful contestants, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter (pictured left to right), in February, according to the show's website. IBM scientists built Watson to...

Social media websites such as Facebook make people more sociable, researchers say. The findings contradict a widespread belief that online socializing is replacing in person contact as people shun the world beyond their computer screen. "Our findings suggest that Facebook is not supplanting...

An Apple I, one of only 200 computers the company made for its first-ever sales model in 1976, sold at a London auction for about $210,000, the Associated Press reported.

Hewlett-Packard'sfiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 5.2% as the world's biggest computer maker saw increased demand for high-margin products such as servers and networking and storage equipment that offset lackluster consumer demand for PCs.

Dell's third-quarter profit more than doubled from a year earlier as demand for its computers from larger companies and governments offset the effect of tepid consumer growth.

Cisco Systems grew its fiscal first-quarter profit 8% from a year ago, beating analysts' expectations, but lower margins have pushed its shares down more than 12% in extended trading.

IBM says it will donate a total of $50 million in free technology and services to 100 U.S. cities that can best use it to boost their efficiency in healthcare, education, transportation and other areas.

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), sold 2 million shares in the company. Gates sold the shares in the open market on Nov. 2 at an average price of $27.23, according to an SEC filing. The transaction left Gates with 618,973,551 shares in Microsoft. Gates co-founded technology giant...

International Business Machines on Monday said its new Federal Community Cloud will provide cloud-computing services to the U.S. government. IBM is already working with 15 federal departments and is now aiming for state and local governments as well.