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Google's stock rides rally to new high

Google's stock climbed to a new high Friday as Wall Street's best known indexes approached record territory, too.

Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, speaks during the introduction of new Sony PlayStation products, as part of the Entertainment Electronics Exposition (E3 Expo) in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. (AP Photo / Reed Saxon)

Sony likely to unveil next PlayStation on Feb. 20

Sony is poised to unveil the next PlayStation game console on Feb. 20, a date that would give the Japanese electronics company a head start over Microsoft's expected announcement of an Xbox 360 successor in June.

Apple blocks Java on Macs due to vulnerabilities

Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple blocked Java due to security problems.

DISH Network president and CEO Joe Clayton greets the company mascot, Hopper, at the start of a news conference during press day at the Consumer Electronics Show, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

CEA thumbs nose at CBS, grants award to Hopper

Inquiring Consumer: Weeks after the International Consumer Electronics Show, Dish Networks' new commercial-skipping technology wins the award it was supposed to win.

Credit-reporting companies know more than they tell you

Jeff Gelles: Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. You can barely function in today's world without them - not if you want a home loan, credit card, job, or apartment. But to them, you're primarily a product - the name atop a valuable credit file - rather than a customer.

Mayfair-native Stephen Felice is president and chief commercial officer for Dell. (Photo: Dell.com)

How Dell's Philly-born prez learned to sell

PhillyDeals: Dell Computer President Stephen Felice, a Mayfair native, talks about Verizon's origins - and the people who helped him up the corporate ladder, including a salesman who taught him to listen.

Facebook gift cards will be accepted in many brick-and-mortar retailers.

Facebook unwraps new gift cards to Target, others

Facebook's newest e-commerce idea: A gift card users can buy for each other that can be spent at retailers and restaurants including Target, Jamba Juice and Olive Garden.

Apple said it sold 3 million iPads of all types in the first three days of the iPad mini launch.

IDC: Apple dominates in tablets, but share shrinks

Apple continues to dominate in tablet computers, although its market share is shrinking because of growing competition from Samsung and others, research firm IDC said Thursday.

UK sends hand-held helicopter drones to war zone

British soldiers in Afghanistan have been issued with surveillance drones so small they can fit in the palm of a man's hand.

Oracle to buy Acme Packet for about $2.1B

Oracle is buying the network gear company Acme Packet for about $2.1 billion.

Earnings Preview: Time Warner reports Weds.

Time Warner is expected to report more robust earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter Wednesday, with rising fees from TV distributors and higher ad revenue offsetting declines at its movie studio and magazine division.

Foxconn to widen scope of union elections

Taiwan-owned Foxconn Technology Group, a leading maker of Apple's iPhones and gadgets for other global brands, is widening the scope of union elections at its sprawling facilities in China.

Chinese portal Sohu says profit down, revenue up

Sohu.com Inc., which operates a popular Chinese Internet portal, said Monday its quarterly profit fell 9 percent as rising expenses offset strong revenue growth for online games.

Ride-hailing apps offer new way to get around town

When Hesky Kutscher needed to get across town, he didn't call a taxi. He tapped a smartphone app called Lyft, which allows users to request car rides.

Ride-hailing apps offer new way to get around town

Fed up with traditional taxis, more city dwellers are tapping their smartphones to hitch rides across town using mobile apps that allow connect riders and drivers.

FTC offers privacy guidelines for mobile industry

The Federal Trade Commission is offering recommendations for companies in the expanding mobile industry like Amazon.com and Apple Inc. on how to protect users' privacy.

In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies manager, Lori Weiss relaxes to music synchronized with color LEDs, inside the Lighting Stage X, the institute´s latest LED-filled sphere used to help create realistic virtual characters in Playa Vista area of Los Angeles. The technology is used by the "Virtual Survivor Visualization," part of a collaboration with the Shoah Foundation to digitize aging Holocaust survivors to create three-dimensional holograms that would not only be able to tell their stories to future generations but to engage in dialogue with them. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Stories of Holocaust survivors retold by holograms

For years, Holocaust survivor Pinchus Gutter has told the tragic story of watching his parents and 10-year-old twin sister herded into a Nazi death camp's gas chambers so quickly that he had no time to even say goodbye.