The globally available Kindle could mark as big a shift for reading as the printing press and the codex.

  Book publishers are worried they and retail chains could be caught in the crossfire as Amazon.com and Wal-Mart ratchet up their price war over online book sales.

  Google shook off the recession and said its Internet advertising business picked up steam during the third quarter, as marketers began spending again.

  IBM's third-quarter profit jumped 14% as better margins more than offset lower revenue. The tech giant again raised its full-year profit target.

  Samsung Electronics said it will set up a joint venture to build a 7.5-generation LCD panel plant in China, that will cost about $2.25 billion.

  The Finnish mobile-phone maker said Chief Financial Officer Rick Simonson will leave his role on Nov. 1 as part of a reshuffling of its executive team.

  Advanced Micro Devices reported a narrower net loss than expected in the third quarter, benefiting from a rebounding PC market that also aided rival Intel.

  Wal-Mart launched a price war against Amazon.com, saying it would sell 10 hotly anticipated new books for just $10 apiece through its Web site.

  Microsoft said it has been able to recover the personal data lost on many of T-Mobile USA's Sidekick messaging phones.

  As Oracle prepares to shift from just selling computer software to also selling hardware, CEO Larry Ellison is making it clear that Oracle is gunning for a new rival: IBM.

  Amid the hype surrounding the release of Windows 7, Microsoft will quietly take the wraps off another big gamble: its first retail stores.

  Shareholders representing 24% of the shares in Tandberg rejected Cisco's recent $3 billion offer for the video-conferencing-equipment maker, fuelling hopes that the company might raise its bid.

  The rising popularity of electronic book readers such as Amazon.com's Kindle bodes well for Taiwanese electronics companies that make the key components and are investing to grab an early lead in the market.

  AT&T accused Google of blocking calls to Benedictine nuns, a congressman's office and a myriad of rural small businesses, in the latest escalation of their battle over Internet network rules.