Microsoft lapse cause outages in Azure service
Microsoft unwittingly let an online security certificate expire Friday, triggering a worldwide outage in an online service that stores data for a wide ...
Microsoft joins list of companies recently hacked
Microsoft has joined the list of prominent technology companies confirming they have been hit by a recent computer hacking attack. In a blog posting ...

Google adds new touch to line of Chrome laptops
Google is adding a new and more expensive touch to its line of Chrome laptops in an attempt to outshine personal computers running on software made ...

NYPD, Microsoft create crime-fighting tech system
A 911 call comes in about a possible bomb in lower Manhattan and an alert pops up on computer screens at the New York Police Department, instantly ...

Sony PlayStation 4 with social, remote features
Sony's next-generation gaming system, the PlayStation 4, promises social and remote capabilities. The new controller resembles that of the PlayStation ...

Yahoo redesign aims to make site more inviting
Yahoo is renovating the main entry into its website in an effort to get people to visit more frequently and stay longer. The long-awaited makeover of ...

Microsoft's Outlook takes aim at Google's Gmail
Microsoft is so confident it has the Internet's best email service that it is about to spend at least $30 million to send its message across the U.S.

HTC shows off new phone for 'One' line
HTC Corp., the struggling Taiwanese maker of smartphones, is taking a page from longtime partner Microsoft Corp. as it launches a new phone under the ...

Another major Dell shareholder opposes $24.4B sale
A shareholder rebellion against Dell's proposed $24.4 billion sale to its founder and other investors is gaining more support, fueling a belief that ...
Dell's $24.4B deal opposed by major stockholder
Dell Inc.'s decision to sell itself for $24.4 billion to a group led by its founder and CEO is being ridiculed as a rotten deal by a major shareholder ...
Yahoo taps into Google's ad network, expertise
Yahoo is counting on rival Google to help accelerate its revenue growth. As part of a nonexclusive arrangement announced Wednesday, Yahoo's website ...

Dell to go private in $24.4B deal led by founder
Slumping personal computer maker Dell is bowing out of the stock market in a $24.4 billion buyout that represents the largest deal of its kind since ...
Sony likely to unveil next PlayStation on Feb. 20
Sony is poised to unveil the next PlayStation game console on Feb. 20, a date that would give the Japanese electronics company a head start over ...
IDC: Apple dominates in tablets, but share shrinks
Apple continues to dominate in tablet computers, although its market share is shrinking because of growing competition from Samsung and others, ...
'Grand Theft Auto V' to launch on Sept. 17
Video game publisher Take-Two says the next installment of the long-awaited "Grand Theft Auto" series will launch worldwide on Sept. 17. The game was ...

New BlackBerry won't be released in US until March
Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled new, versatile BlackBerrys after excruciating delays allowed Apple, Samsung and others to build commanding leads in ...

Review: Microsoft Office pricey, but good value
As much as I like Google Docs for word processing and spreadsheets, I find the online software clunky at times. So I was skeptical when I heard ...

Nintendo returns to profit, lowers sales forecasts
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. returned to the black for the first nine months of its business year and more than doubled its profit forecast ...

Microsoft retools Office for touch screen, Web use
Microsoft is aiming its redesigned Office software at the growing number of people who expect their favorite applications to be at their fingertips, ...
Former activist gets prison in Calif. for fraud
A former social activist convicted of defrauding a California charity backed by celebrities Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte was sentenced Tuesday to ...

Yahoo's 4Q report shows more signs of progress
Yahoo got a little healthier during the last three months of 2012 as the long-suffering Internet company took advantage of higher ad prices and more ...

Exxon passes Apple as most valuable company
Exxon has once again surpassed Apple as the world's most valuable company after the iPhone and iPad maker saw its stock price falter. Apple Inc.

Microsoft's 2Q earnings dip despite Windows 8 lift
Microsoft's latest quarterly earnings slipped, even as the world's largest software maker showed modest progress adapting to a shift away from the ...

Analysts to Apple: Bend your knee to Wall Street
Apple needs to start making nice with Wall Street, analysts said Thursday as investors hammered the company's stock. The sell-off put Apple a ...