Reuters - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth quarter revenue and income rose more than expected as companies upgraded their networks.

AP - The thousands of people who waited an hour or more to get into Defcon drove home what a hot ticket this 14-year-old computer-hacking event has become.

Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc. is expected to post higher quarterly sales as companies upgraded their communications networks, but analysts say the outlook is clouded by an economic slowdown and mergers among rivals.

AP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced an agreement Monday to bypass the Bush administration and work together to explore ways of fighting global warming.

AFP - Biotechnology will play a key role in the British economy in the years to come, Prime Minister Tony Blair said as he met with some of the leading US players in the sector.

AP - Britain and California are preparing to sidestep the Bush administration and fight global warming together by creating a joint market for greenhouse gases.

Reuters - A risk-taking culture and close ties with universities are big reasons for the success of the U.S. computer industry, some of Silicon Valley's brightest stars told Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday.

AP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bush hope to revive the deadlocked World Trade Organization talks sometime in the next few weeks, according to a speech Blair planned to deliver Sunday.

USATODAY.com - Cisco Systems (CSCO) CEO John Chambers is often outspoken about technology trends, the economy and other issues. On a recent trip to Washington, D.C., he visited USA TODAY for a wide-ranging session led by reporters Kevin Maney and Michelle Kessler. These are edited transcripts.

The Motley Fool - Not content to rest on its laurels, networking expert Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO - News) is looking to expand its market in a couple of different ways today. First up is some new hardware of the kind you'd expect from this company. It's an end-to-end lineup of cable modem equipment, intended to make 100-megabits-per-sec­ond, consumer-level Internet connections commonplace -- with the option of gigabit Internet access under some conditions.

Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc. on Thursday said its board has approved a management succession plan that designates John T. Chambers as future chairman of the company in addition to his role as chief executive.

Reuters - Three Saudi firms led by mobile telecommunications operator Mobily (7020.SE) will award a deal worth 1 billion riyals ($266.7 million) to Cisco Systems and France's Thales , a Mobily spokesman said on Saturday.

Reuters - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday posted quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, but shares dipped in after-hours trading on the company's revenue forecast.

AP - Networking gear provider Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday reported a slightly lower fiscal third-quarter profit as stock-option expenses ate into sales that grew more than 18 percent.

AP - Networking gear provider Cisco Systems Inc. saw a slightly lower fiscal third-quarter profit as stock-option expenses ate into higher sales.

Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday posted a slight fall in quarterly profit on stock options expensing, although revenue beat Wall Street views, boosted by the acquisition of cable set-top box maker Scientific-Atlanta.

Motorola and Cisco Systems stopped development of a planned dual-mode cellular and Wi-Fi phone recently in favor of phones that would allow multiple devices to work with any vendor's enterprise IP (Internet Protocol) phone switch. The IDG...

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sharply criticized the Bush administration Saturday for refusing to declare a pre-emptive federal disaster for California's fragile levees.

Google has partnered with Oracle Corp., Salesforce.com and Cisco Systems to come up with a new version of its system to probe for information into business software programs and databases. This new feature, named as "Google...

Reuters - Widevine Technologies, which designs technology to prevent digital video theft, on Wednesday said it had received $16 million from several investors, including network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. .