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Beyond BlackBerry, high-tech execs shun gadgets

NEW YORK (Reuters) - You'd think the leaders of the world's biggest and coolest tech companies would be total gadget freaks, 'tricorder'-carrying whiz kids sporting the latest doodads months before the masses.

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Facebook and Twitter hunt for revenue

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook and Twitter have helped make social networking a household word. Now they need to make money.

Tech execs say two mobile devices is enough

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With all the smartphones, laptops, netbooks and mobile Internet devices on offer these days, how many gadgets do you really want to cram in your bag?

Where would you invest a million dollars?

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If we gave you a million dollars today, where would you invest it?

Tech companies look for deals as values fall

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cheap valuations and glimmers of economic recovery are tempting cash-rich technology companies to seek acquisitions, and the second half of 2009 could see some steady dealmaking.

Few victors seen in "me too" App Store race

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Mobile firms could struggle to match the success of Apple's App Store when creating their own online software supermarket, hampered by technical issues, a lack of applications and increased competition.

Mobile Web, cloud to attract tech spending

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The next wave of technology spending is expected to flow toward gadgets and software that help people access the Internet from any location, and interact online in more innovative ways.

Recovery: When the alphabet is not enough

NEW YORK (Reuters) - There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, but that doesn't seem to be enough when it comes to describing the shape of the global economic recovery.

LEDs pump life into flat-screen TV market

SEOUL/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Leading flat-screen TV makers, whose sales are holding up even in the global downturn, are placing bets on TVs using light-emitting diode (LED), hoping the slimmer, more power-efficient sets help them fight falling prices and expand their market shares.

Acer sees second quarter better than expected

TOKYO (Reuters) - Taiwan's Acer said its second quarter earnings will likely be better than its original estimates, helped by strong sales of its netbook PCs and a smooth launch of the latest notebook model with longer battery life.

Tech execs cautious, Asia to lead recovery

TAIPEI/PARIS (Reuters) - Shares of technology companies are surging on hopes of a recovery, but their executives remain only cautiously optimistic until they see signs of a pick-up in consumer demand that will likely be led by Asia when it comes.

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