Review: Demise of Google Reader leads to alternative with more features
NEW YORK (AP) -- On July 1, we say goodbye to Google Reader, a handy tool for bringing headlines and articles from your favorite websites into a single place....

Los Angeles to give every student an iPad, places $30 million order with Apple
NEW YORK (AP) -- Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks....

Ahead of the Bell: Investors ready to find out if Oracle bounced back in fiscal 4th quarter
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Oracle's end-of-quarter report should give investors a better handle on whether a disappointing performance earlier this year by the business software maker was a hiccup, or a symptom of problems that are more deep-seated....

Stratasys to buy 3-D printer rival MakerBot for $403 million in stock; deal to close by 3Q
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Stratasys, a leading maker of 3-D printers, is buying another 3-D printer manufacturer, MakerBot, for $403 million in stock....

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom 'in tears' after European firm deletes files from shuttered site
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was "in tears" after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site....

Microsoft says Xbox One doesn't need a regular Internet connection after gamer outcry
NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft rolled back a much-criticized requirement that its upcoming Xbox One gaming console be regularly connected to the Internet and made clear that there will be no limitations on sharing games....

Red Hat 1st-quarter profit grows 8 pct on subscription revenue gains; shares rise after hours
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Red Hat Inc., the company behind the Linux open-source operating system, said Wednesday that net income in its fiscal first-quarter grew 8 percent as subscription revenue increased....

DreamWorks says Netflix deal will help TV revenue double to $200 million by 2015
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the studio behind "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda," said Tuesday that a new deal to provide original TV shows to Netflix will help it double the revenue it gets from TV shows to $200 million by 2015....

France threatens Google with privacy fines, says other European countries to follow
PARIS (AP) -- France is giving Google three months to be more upfront about the data it collects from users - or be fined....

Icahn proposes $14-per-share Dell stock buyback as latest bid to thwart Michael Dell buyout
NEW YORK (AP) -- Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday proposed a $16 billion share buyback in his latest effort to thwart Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell's effort to take the struggling computer maker private....