As Wall Street's giants take massive writedowns, fears are growing about the impact on technology budgets

  But a truly personal TV won't be coming anytime soon. All the technology to create it exists, but players from cable companies to film studios can't agree on the business model

  Operating results have improved and Vonage has settled its patent lawsuits, but it now faces a debt-refinancing crunch

  Fiscal fourth-quarter profits, excluding extraordinaries, sent the stock soaring, but the new CEO says the bar must be set higher

  New online-payment systems are drawing wary consumers into the world of Web commerce

  At India's HCL Technologies, workers get to grade the boss, and everybody can see the ratings

  Semiconductor makers such as STMicroelectronics are finding medical uses for the tiny chips they develop—from cancer and flu detection to insulin delivery

  Among the Asia telecom news this week, the U.S. networking equipment maker announced a multiyear China investment initiative

  Taiwanese rival Acer got Packard Bell, but Lenovo is surging ahead in Europe and other markets, leading to a quarterly earnings gain of 178%

  The iPod, iPhone, and especially the Mac fueled a record-breaking quarter. And Apple expects to beat the consensus again next quarter

  As the tech industry girds for third-quarter earnings, analysts are turning their attention to next year. Many don't like what they see

  The social network's new ad system delivers everything you say, do, and buy to marketers—with no opt out

  The Chinese B-to-B Internet company's public offering raises $1.5 billion, which will allow a buildup of its online auction and payment sites

  In congressional hearings, the Yahoo! co-founder and CEO addresses questions about the company's role in human-rights violations in China