Menlo Ventures, the biggest investor in 3Par Inc., is raising capital for a new fund, said two people familiar with the matter. The firm is attempting to bring in $600 million to $800 million, one of the people said.

Patience paid off for the venture capitalists who backed data-storage supplier 3Par Inc.

SAP AG aims to make China “a second home” as local companies seeking management tools and real-time business intelligence will provide “limitless growth” for the software maker, co-Chief Executive Officer Bill McDermott said.

Founded by Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google's China division, business incubator Innovation Works is funding 12 startups amid strong demand for Web technology

Menlo Ventures and the other early venture investors in 3Par reaped a $560 million windfall amid the HP-Dell bidding war

Billionaire Venugopal Dhoot’s Videocon group may sell a controlling stake in its wireless unit to an overseas partner to help fund expansion of the business.

Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed to buy 3Par Inc. for $2.35 billion, ending an 18-day bidding war with Dell Inc. for the maker of storage systems and stepping up its rivalry with EMC Corp.

Hewlett-Packard Co. may have paid more than it needed for 3Par Inc. because it outbid a Dell Inc. offer that 3Par already rejected, said two people close to the situation.

U.S. tax laws make cross-border takeovers attractive for American tech companies. Targets are not all that plentiful—or affordable

Intel is counting on its Atom embedded processors to help break its dependence on the slowing PC market

Zomm and Phone Halo aim to prevent the agony of the lost cell phone

The EPA chief is using her authority under the Clean Air Act to control carbon emissions

Verizon Communications Inc., the second-largest U.S. phone company, increased its quarterly dividend by the smallest amount in four years today amid slowing sales growth.

Lawrence Haverty, portfolio manager at Gamco Investors Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about Apple Inc.'s new television set-top box.

The new Apple TV fits into Steve Jobs' entertainment vision

India said it will ask Research In Motion Ltd., Google Inc., Skype Technologies SA and other service providers to set up servers locally and enable security agencies to monitor mail traffic.

Funai Electric Co., a Japanese maker of audio-visual equipment, plans to increase production capacity for liquid-crystal display televisions by 54 percent at its factory in Thailand amid rising global demand.

Three of the 10 biggest Cogent Inc. investors said a 3M Co. bid for the fingerprint-identification systems maker, supported by its chief executive officer and largest shareholder, is too low.

Apple, building on its dominance in the music industry, unveiled new iPod media players, added social-networking features to its iTunes software and introduced a movie-rental service

Verizon Communications Inc., the second-largest U.S. phone company, may increase its quarterly dividend by the smallest amount in four years tomorrow amid slowing sales growth, according to a Bloomberg estimate.