It used to be that baseball fans would head for the concourse to grab a beer between innings, a cold one as much a part of America’s pastime as hot dogs and Cracker Jack.

It used to be that baseball fans would head for the concourse to grab a beer between innings, a cold one as much a part of America’s pastime as hot dogs and Cracker Jack.

SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp. exceeded Wall Street's expectations with first-quarter earnings that jumped 29 percent, as businesses extended their yearlong buying streak and bought lots of new computers.

It looks like Arizona has finally stopped losing jobs.

LOS ANGELES — The critics have spoken. Here's what more than a few have to say:

Data Doctors: Q. I have a pop-up telling me that I am infected and to buy this software, or that I need to run a scan when my current PC-Cillin is running a scan. What is this worm called, and can you tell me how to remove it? - Jim

Even after sharply reducing its outlook for the fourth quarter, Intel Corp. said Wednesday that it would miss its revenue projection by about $500 million, a sign that personal computer makers and other buyers of its semiconductor products are being more tightfisted than it seemed only two months ago.

SAN FRANCISCO - Users of all current versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser might be vulnerable to having their computers hijacked because of a serious security hole in the software that had yet to be fixed Monday.

Just as vinyl once gave way to compact discs as the main physical medium for music, could CDs be replaced now by a fingernail-sized memory card?

SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp.’s second-quarter profit jumped 25 percent as blossoming sales of laptop chips helped the company cruise past Wall Street’s estimates Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp.’s first-quarter profit matched Wall Street’s subdued expectations, a sign the company’s core microprocessor business remained healthy amid fears of a broader slowdown in technology spending.

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Q. When I was having trouble with my computer last year, you recommended an online virus checker that worked great. I need to use that online virus-checker again, but I can't remember what it was. Can you remind me, please? I promise to save it this time.

The past 12 months have been good for most of the largest private sector employers in the East Valley. Many of them have expanded their work forces and are planning to do more hiring in 2007.

High Definition TV is any screen with 720 pixels or more from top to bottom, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. HDTV gives the viewer a sharper image, but with an array of competing initials such DLP, LCD, PDP and LCoS the picture can get pretty fuzzy for a consumer searching for the right TV.

Intel Corp. will easily retain its ranking as the world’s largest semiconductor company this year even though its sales are projected to drop 11 percent from 2005, according to a Scottsdale-based market research firm.

For a man whose only crime was losing the most dubious U.S. presidential election in the nation’s 230-year history, Al Gore continues to inspire an amazing amount of contempt. Nixon-like, one might say.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Worldwide server shipments jumped 12.7 percent in 2005 while revenues increased 4.5 percent to $51.68 billion as companies turned to lower-end - and less expensive - systems for their computing needs, the research firm Gartner Inc. reported.

NEW YORK - The first thing women might want to put on their shopping list for fall is a pair of long leather gloves. They've emerged at New York Fashion Week as a surefire trend. And they're practical, too, considering many of the coats and sweaters on the runway have only 3/4-length sleeves.

NEW YORK - Working women rejoice: You'll actually have stylish-yet-appropriate clothes to wear next fall. Even better, there also will be clothes for you to wear to dinner, parties and play dates - with or without the kids.

NEW YORK - Working women rejoice: You'll actually have stylish-yet-appropriate clothes to wear next fall. Even better, there also will be clothes for you to wear to dinner, parties and play dates - with or without the kids.

Q: This last week I received numerous e-mails with the Sober virus attachment and didn’t open any of the attachments. But a couple of them were addressed from my employer. How do they get this info? — Penny