A look at recent tech-industry earnings
Here is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy:

Dell's strategy questioned as shares dive

(Reuters) - Shares of Dell Inc plunged 17 percent Wednesday after a disappointing revenue forecast spurred fears that global tech spending is weakening faster than anticipated and raised doubts about the PC maker's strategy. The stock plunge erased more than $4 billion in the company's market cap. Rival PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd , which reported results overnight that benefited from its dominance in the rapidly expanding Chinese market, fueled concerns after warning that it too saw a slowdown in U.S. and European corporate spending on PCs. Shares of global leader Hewlett Packard Co closed 3. ...

CISPA: Your Privacy at Risk?
A new piece of controversial technology-related legislation is making its way though the House and now the Senate – the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA. What is the bill and what's going to happen next?

Cocktail Crossfire: Are Nasty, Evil, Anonymous Commenters Good for Anything?

Currently there are bills in both houses of the New York State Legislature that would, reports Wired's David Kravets, "require New York-based websites, such as blogs and newspapers, to 'remove any comments posted on his or her website by an anonymous poster unless such anonymous poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post.'� The purpose of this proposed legislation is to limit cyberbullies and their impact, and to cut down on "mean-spirited and baseless political attacks. ...

Obama orders agencies to shift services to mobile apps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, hoping to spur U.S. innovation in the explosive field of mobile communications, on Wednesday ordered all major federal agencies to make many more of their services available on mobile phones within the next year. "Americans deserve a government that works for them anytime, anywhere, and on any device," Obama said in a statement. ...

Apple iPhone Designer Is Now a Knight
Jony Ive, the man who designed the iPod and the iPhone, might already be considered technology royalty amongst geeks.  Now he’s an actual British knight. Apple’s lead designer, was knighted this morning in London and given the title of Knight Commander of the British Empire....