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While investigators trudge through pig farms and remote villages in Mexico, searching for clues about the new swine flu, answers about the virus' origin may finally appear on a computer, based on genetic codes.

Experts say the breakthrough holds the promise of being a big step forward in digital storage with a wide range of potential uses.

Chip maker Intel posts results beating expectations - but it fails to provide an earnings forecast, citing economic uncertainty.

Hewlett-Packard confirmed Tuesday that it is testing Google's Android operating system as a possible alternative to Windows in some of its netbook computers.

Silicon Graphics filed for bankruptcy-court protection and agreed to sell its business to server provider Rackable Systems for $25 million.

Beijing issues written statement denying involvment in GhostNet hacker network, calls accusations part of 'propaganda campaign.'

IBM's reported plans to lay off thousands of U.S. workers and outsource many of those jobs to India, even as the company angles for billions in stimulus money, doesn't sit well with employee rights advocates.

The merger, if completed, would mark a big consolidation step in the market for server computers used in corporate data centers, one that could prompt an antitrust challenge.

After all that excitement in the run-up, Apple's done just about the bare minimum that was expected in a Mac mini update. The new SKUs both run 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo processors and are backed up by the same NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics that've done wonders for the MacBook. For $600 you get 1GB of RAM and a 120GB hard drive, $800 nabs 2GB of RAM ...

Punished by plummeting sales of computers, Dell presented investors with its lowest fourth-quarter profit since 2002.