Stocks managed to pare their losses Friday despite plenty of bad news.

 In purchasing Aardvark, Google looks to extend its social media reach with a service that taps into the knowledge of the online community for answers. What do competitors say?

 Analysts see bellwether computing giant on solid ground as it prepares to report earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, an event that promises insight into the state of the larger technology industry.

 The security software vendor hit analysts' targets in its latest quarter and offered a strong outlook for 2010, helping its shares gain ground Friday while most tech stocks retreated.

 The struggling firm said it thinks it will be better able to focus as two companies instead of one.

 New York Times columnist David Pogue pokes some fun at Apple's CEO and interviews Star Trek's (and Mac fan) LeVar Burton.

 News Corp.-owned social network undertakes another executive shuffle as it continues to pursue an entertainment strategy.

 Report warns that the Valley is in an economic downturn that could be very hard to recover from, though signs of hope include a transition to hot new areas like green tech.

 The release of a pair of new security applications for the BlackBerry comes amid rumors that none other than Microsoft could be looking to buy the Canadian smartphone maker.