Kenyan soldiers and members of an extremist Islamist militant group have been fighting each other in Somalia since Kenya invaded two months ago. Now, their spokesmen are taking the battle onto Twitter, with taunts, accusations and insults being directly traded in a rare engagement on the Internet.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - HTC Corp, the world's No.4 smartphone maker, has filed a criminal complaint against Citigroup Inc's Taiwan unit, alleging the bank published false information that led to a fall in HTC's share price, a Taiwan prosecutor said on Tuesday. HTC, whose rapid rise in the cut-throat handset industry had made it an investor darling until early this year, has lost much of its luster in recent weeks as its models struggle to compete with Apple Inc's iPhone and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy range. Its shares have tumbled from a high of more than T$1,200 ($39. ...

Apple Inc. spent $460,000 during the third quarter to lobby the federal government on issues such as patent reform, technology funding for education and green technology, according to a quarterly disclosure report.

Avago Technologies said Monday that it has agreed to drop a lawsuit that claimed Cypress Semiconductor Corp. infringed on its patents.

Although the holiday season is a shaping up to be a good one here in the States (if the Black Friday sales are any indication), there are servicemen and women all over the world that will be away from their loved ones while they are off serving. This contest is for you.