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Apple’s Siri Goes to the Movies to Check ‘Her’ Out

Is Siri getting a little bent out of shape over Samantha, the leading lady in the new Spike Jonze movie, “Her”? With the film opening nationwide Friday after a brief…

Samsung, Apple CEOs to Discuss Lawsuit Settlement

The chiefs of Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. will meet to discuss settling a bitter two year legal battle over designs and technologies of smartphones and tablets. A filing…

Obama Likely to Accept Change in Spying on Leaders

President Barack Obama is expected to tighten restrictions on U.S. spying on foreign leaders and also is considering changes in National Security Agency access to Americans’ phone records, according to…

Marissa Mayer Unveils Yahoo’s Road Map for 2014

Marissa Mayer, chief executive officer of Yahoo!, said the U.S. Internet corporation’s future has a lot of news — as in apps, sites and acquisitions. Mayer told an audience at…

Fairfax Ups Investment in Troubled BlackBerry

Fairfax Financial Holdings said Wednesday it is buying another $250 million of convertible debt in BlackBerry in what Fairfax says is a show of confidence in the troubled smartphone maker’s…

Amazon, CBS Agree on Exclusivity for ‘Extant’

Amazon will have exclusive ad-free streaming rights in the U.S. to a CBS thriller this summer starring Halle Berry. Episodes will be available for free on CBS.com and CBS’ app…

Samsung Goes Big, Unveils 12.2-inch-Screen Tablets in Las Vegas

South Korea’s Samsung has stolen a march on a widely rumored yet still unannounced large-screen iPad from Apple by announcing two 12.2-inch tablets. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las…

Mulally Staying at Ford, Not Leaving for Microsoft

Alan Mulally is staying at Ford. The CEO, who was rumored to be in the running to become Microsoft’s next leader, told The Associated Press Tuesday that he won’t leave…

The Beatles’ U.S. Albums Collection! Exclusively on iTunes!

Celebrate 50 Years of Globe-Sweeping “Beatlemania” with 13 Albums Mastered for iTunes To commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ first U.S. visit and the band’s history-making debut on “The…

Sony Introduces New Line Of Wireless Audio Products

Sony Electronics today introduced four new wireless audio products; the SRS-X9 High-Resolutioni wireless speaker system, SRS-X7 and SRS-X5 wireless speaker systems, and the CMT-X5CD wireless all-in-one audio system. Each model…

Samsung’s 4Q Profit Falls 6 Percent

Samsung Electronics Co.’s fourth-quarter operating profit declined 6 percent over a year earlier, the company said Tuesday, underlining the challenges the world’s largest smartphone maker faces as sales of mobile…

Internet Radio Service Pandora Launches Ads in Cars

People who listen to Pandora Media Inc.’s Internet radio service in the car will now hear advertisements as the company tries to add revenue from the automotive market.The Oakland-based company…

Panasonic to Help Make Smart TV Firefox Software

Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox Web browser, is putting its software on Internet-connected television sets, starting with Panasonic’s. Firefox OS becomes the latest system to power so-called smart TVs,…

CES 2014: Internet Streaming Device Maker Unveils the Roku TV

Roku, the consumer electronics company best known for its devices that deliver Internet video to televisions, is making a more ambitious play for the living room — unveiling the Roku…

Sloan ‘Tech Trek’ Students Hit Road

Dozens of MIT Sloan School of Management MBA students will test the job market waters this week when they visit some of the nation’s top companies on their annual job-hunting,…