Communications network equipment maker Ciena Corp. said Thursday that its second-quarter loss narrowed, helped by a 14 percent jump in revenue. Gary Smith, the company’s president and chief executive, said Ciena remains well positioned for future growth and still expects ...

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TORONTO — Struggling BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday that it is losing another senior executive as its chief legal officer is retiring from the company after 12 years. RIM said that Karima Bawa had been in discussions about ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Google has completed its $12.5 billion purchase of device maker Motorola Mobility in a deal that poses new challenges for the Internet’s most powerful company as it tries to shape the future of mobile computing. The deal ...

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A few weeks ago, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that language software maker Rosetta Stone could proceed with its lawsuit against Google over whether an Internet advertising program creates brand confusion. In 2009, Rosetta Stone sued ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A former NASA employee has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in an alleged copyright infringement scheme led by two Chinese nationals. Thirty-eight-year-old Cosburn Wedderburn of Windsor Mill, faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday. ...

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Ten years ago, Baltimore officials awarded an $11.4 million contract to Unisys Corp. to completely overhaul the city’s archaic property tax software. Phase one of the new system was to “go live” in November 2003. Since that time, there have ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Foreign language education company Rosetta Stone’s lawsuit against Google over use of trademarks in its advertising search terms may be headed to trial. That’s after a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in ...

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TORONTO — The new chief executive of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion said Monday drastic change is not needed after he assumed his new job following the departure of Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-CEOs and ...

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LAS VEGAS — CBS Sports is opening its fantasy sports platform to third-party developers, allowing them to sell league-specific apps that will likely make this year’s games a lot more competitive for millions of players and — developers hope — ...

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NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp. is stepping up its competition with Apple and plans to give developers who write software for Windows computers and devices a greater share of revenue sold through the company’s upcoming Windows Store. As long as ...

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