NEW YORK (AP) – Facebook users who check in to a store or click the “like” button for a brand may soon find those actions retransmitted on their friends’ pages as a “Sponsored Story” paid for by advertisers. Currently there is no way for users to decline this feature. Facebook says this lets advertisers promote [...]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp showcased a new handheld gaming device, the first to feature 3G wireless connectivity, as it battles with Nintendo’s best-selling DS and tries to fend off rising competition from smartphones and tablets. Sony said the new device, which it has codenamed “NGP” for Next Generation Portable, will go on sale around [...]

BEIJING (AP) – China says it plans to step up efforts this year to develop clean energy and other high-tech industries in a strategy that has strained trade ties with Washington and other governments. Officials said Thursday that areas targeted by the government this year include energy-saving technologies, new energy cars and next-generation mobile phones. [...]

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is set to report a dip in earnings on Thursday, a year after the launch of its Windows 7 operating system blew away Wall Street estimates, as sales of personal computers lag expectations and Apple Inc’s iPad eats away at the fringes of its core market. The world’s largest software [...]

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it sold more than 2 million units of its new Windows Phone 7 software to handset makers last quarter, as it looks to counter Apple Inc’s iPhone and the rise of Google Inc’s Android system. The world’s largest software maker, which launched its new phone software in [...]