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Clearwire board approves higher Sprint offer

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Clearwire wants to accept a richer buyout offer made by Sprint this week and is recommending that shareholders vote in favor of it.
Tech Q&A: Which TV system for digital age?

QUESTION: If you were to start from scratch with a TV system in your home, how would you do it?
Ahead of the Bell: HP's 2Q results likely to sag

SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard will provide an update on its efforts to rise above the sinking PC market when it releases quarterly earnings Wednesday after the closing bell.
Sony mulls hedge fund's entertainment sale idea

TOKYO — Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai says the electronics giant's board will discuss a proposal by U.S. hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music division.
Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break

PHOENIX — It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet.
First Look: New Xbox elegant, but much unknown

REDMOND, Wash. — Will gamers want One?
Senate panel approves immigration bill

WASHINGTON — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.
Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action

WASHINGTON — Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on such a high-profile company could be the catalyst for Congress to take action to close loopholes or reform the law.
The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony

NEW YORK — Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony.
Germany's SAP to recruit tech staff with autism

BERLIN — German software giant SAP AG said Tuesday it plans to recruit people with autism to take make full use of their talents to process information.
US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline

HAVANA — The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well.
Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter

WASHINGTON — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations.
With high-tech guns, users could disable remotely

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it remotely.
Internet cable from Cuba to Jamaica comes online

HAVANA — A new branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has reportedly come online, linking the island to nearby Jamaica, increasing Cuba's potential international communications bandwidth and providing a backup for the main line.
Sprint boosts buyout offer for Clearwire

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Sprint Nextel Corp. is offering 14 percent more than before for the stake in wireless data network operator Clearwire Corp. it does not already own, but a large shareholder said the offer was still inadequate.