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Dell's largest shareholders are still not convinced they should accept the buyout offer. But the stalled privatization plan is the least of Dell's troubles.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just voted to move ahead with a proposal to bring faster Internet to almost every school in the country.

Motorola's not-so-secret Moto X, its first Android smartphone developed under Google, will officially be unveiled in a few weeks.

CBS on Thursday launched an ad campaign that is intended to scare TV watchers and make them angry.

By J.P. Gownder

Needless to say, investors' confidence was impacted by this week's flood of earnings news. Here's a look at what moved up, what moved down, and why.

With Gmail's new inbox, Google is creating its own flavor of spam.

Adobe has released PhoneGap 3.0, and it's full of new features to make cross-platorm mobile development easier for y'all.

The convoluted story behind the creation of The Hamptons newest luxury resort, a case of purists almost destroying a historic building in their zeal to prevent change.

This year Google made one of the biggest changes to the engine that drives its cash flow, ever. And that change was supposed to drive increased revenue and higher costs per click. I guess someone forgot to tell Google.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that his expedition company has recovered a engine used in the first moon landing spaceflight. No big deal.

San Jose State University is shuttering the five online classes it introduced in April, a decision that may prove to be a major setback for online education.

Detroit just filed the largest city bankruptcy in the history of the United States. And that's a great thing, according to the growing and vital cadre of startups that helping to repopulate its downtown core.

The Japanese designer will be creating a line for Uniqlo. Here are some of his runway looks for his label, Undercover.

This weekend, eyes will be trained on Tokyo for results of the upper-house election that is forecast to cement Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's governing majority. Only a tremor in the Nikkei stock market on Friday has suggested...

Elon Musk will reveal plans for his high-speed "Hyperloop" next month. But we have a sneak peek, thanks to the audacious imagination of an independent engineer.

Guest Post Why doesn't the press love you? Instead of harassing bloggers, manically posting press releases, and relying on buzzwords, try these techniques.

Sponsored Post Ford's director of technology Vijay Sankaran spends a lot of time thinking about what the "Internet of things" means -- and where cars fit into that vision.

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that law enforcement will first have to obtain a search warrant before getting cell phone tracking data.

The 'world's largest digital coupon marketplace' priced its IPO last night and raised $191 million. Share price has since surged by 34% and is currently being traded at $28.21 per share.

If you follow VentureBeat but don't regularly check our GamesBeat site, here's a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Social enterprise Piola Footwear sells sneakers manufactured using unusual sustainable rubber-making techniques., all the while paying farmers an above market price.