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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. online sales are projected to grow 12 percent this holiday season, their lowest-ever jump, as consumers curb spending, Forrester Research predicted in a report released on Tuesday.

AP - Yahoo Inc.'s leaders still have jobs despite investor misgivings about their decision making, but at least 1,500 workers will be shown the door after the slumping Internet company's profits tumbled yet again in the third quarter.

Reuters - U.S. online sales are projected to grow 12 percent this holiday season, their lowest-ever jump, as consumers curb spending, Forrester Research predicted in a report released on Tuesday.

Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday posted a sharply-reduced third-quarter profit and said it will trim its workforce by at least 10% as the Internet company struggles to mount a turnaround despite the troubled economy.

CNET - A new report from security services provider ScanSafe finds that companies are at increasing risk of having employees inadvertently download backdoors and password stealers onto corporate computers from Web sites that have malicious software hidden on them.

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is set to announce a content-licensing agreement with the Everyday Health network, the New York Post said.

Though fewer servers were sold, the research firm points to the trend in virtualization and consolidation.

Consumers say Apple must lower the phone's $500 price for them to make the move.

HP still rules, Sun is making money again and mainframe sales keep on chugging.

10 GbE makes large strides but the technology still has a few years to go until it leads the Ethernet segment.