Applied Materials has reported a 79% jump in its third-quarter profit, aided by solid demand for computer chips and the machines used to make them.

The cuts come as Cisco continues to struggle in emerging markets and in its service provider video business.

Lenovo's notebook sales outperformed industry average.

Big data analytics and data from wearable computing offer potential to improve monitoring and treatment of Parkinson's disease. Intel-built big data analytics platform combines hardware and software technologies to provide researchers with a way to more accurately measure progression of disease symptoms.