Twitter adds security measure to logins
Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users' accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that ...

Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action
Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on ...

Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal
After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO ...
Panel: Apple uses firms outside US to avoid taxes
Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate ...

'Sonic' video games coming to Nintendo
Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo. Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the popular blue critter on Nintendo ...

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus
It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a ...
Update to address Windows 8 confusion will be free
A planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft's new operating system will be made available for free this year, the ...
Microsoft embraces a Google service for a change
Microsoft's disdain for Google doesn't extend to all of its rival's products. In a rare bit of cooperation, Microsoft's Outlook.com is giving users ...

Icahn, Southeastern challenge Dell takeover plan
One of the biggest critics of Michael Dell's plan to take the company he founded private has launched a fresh challenge to that $24.4 billion bid and ...
Microsoft appoints new CFO from Office division
Microsoft says its new chief financial officer is Amy Hood, previously CFO of the Office division. She replaces Peter Klein, who announced his ...
Microsoft extends search guarantee in Yahoo deal
Microsoft has extended a guarantee that provides Yahoo with financial protection as part of the two companies' Internet search partnership.

Common Windows 8 gripes and possible solutions
Microsoft is preparing an update to Windows 8 for release later this year. It says the changes are designed to address complaints and confusion with ...

Microsoft touching up Windows 8 to address gripes
Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a ...

Adobe shifts to subscriptions for software package
Adobe says it is moving to an online subscription-based model for the software package it sells to designers, Web developers, video editors and other ...

B&N to add Google Play app store to its Nook HD
Barnes & Noble is teaming up with Google to vastly increase the number of apps available on its Nook HD tablets. The bookstore chain says it will add ...

Intel's CEO pick sticks to tried-and-true formula
In picking Brian Krzanich as its next CEO, Intel Corp. stuck to a familiar playbook amid a game-changing shift in computing that has raised worries ...

Intel taps COO Krzanich as chipmaker's next CEO
Intel, one of the pillars of Silicon Valley, is following its traditions and promoting an insider to the job of CEO. The world's largest chipmaker is ...
Tablets with Windows RT see slow sales, IDC says
Microsoft is seeing slow sales of a version of Windows designed for thin and light tablets, even as the tablet market as a whole is growing, a ...
Toyota, Microsoft beef up Gazoo.com Net service
Toyota is teaming up with Microsoft for an Internet service that links cars, home computers and smartphones so users can find nearby tourist spots, ...
Google agrees to change search display in Europe
Google has agreed to change how it displays search results in Europe — including a better labeling of its promoted content and displaying links to ...

Nintendo returns to profit on weak yen boost
Nintendo Co. returned to profit for the fiscal year ended March 31 as a lift from the weakening yen offset sales struggles caused by software delays ...
Obama's inaugural raised $43 million
President Barack Obama's inaugural committee raised more than $43 million for his second inauguration, with corporations chipping in a major portion.
Suitors back away from Dell bids amid PC slump
Buyout specialist Blackstone Group LP is dropping its effort to acquire Dell, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly unlikely to follow ...
Microsoft shares up after reassuring 3Q report
Microsoft bucked the gravitational pull of a recent report on flagging PC sales and its shares rose Friday after topping Wall Street expectations for ...

Microsoft beats Street, readies new mobile devices
Microsoft is working with manufacturers to produce a line of small touch-screen devices powered by Windows, apparently intended to compete with 7-inch ...