
Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment
Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for ...
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 ...

Internet sales tax bill faces tough sell in House
Traditional retailers and cash-strapped states face a tough sell in the House as they lobby Congress to limit tax-free shopping on the Internet.

Senate passes bill letting states tax online sales
The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject ...
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 ...

Internet sales tax bill to hit roadblock in House
A bill to require Internet shoppers to pay sales taxes for online purchases may be cruising through the Senate but it will soon hit a roadblock in the ...
Amazon shares fall after 1Q results
Amazon.com took a hit Friday after its revenue forecast caught investors off guard. THE SPARK: Amazon's first-quarter earnings were stronger than ...

Senate advances bill to tax Internet sales
The Senate moved closer Thursday to passing a bill to tax purchases made over the Internet. But a final vote in the Senate was delayed until senators ...
Amazon reports lower 1Q earnings, higher revenue
Amazon.com Inc.'s net income declined in the first three months of the year even though revenue increased 22 percent, as the online retailer continued ...

Amazon nears debut of original TV shows
There used to be just one way for getting shows on TV. Networks would spend tens of millions of dollars ordering scripts and shooting pilots and then ...
HP will integrate Leap Motion controllers with PCs
Leap Motion's 3-D motion controllers will be included in some personal computers from Hewlett-Packard Co. this year, a move that the San Francisco ...

Investors dump Microsoft, PC stocks on bleak news
If fewer people are interested in buying a new personal computer, then fewer investors want to own stakes in companies whose fortunes are tied to the ...

Microsoft assault on Google shows industry shift
Microsoft is skewering Google again with ads and regulatory bashing that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive ...

Google's Android target of new antitrust complaint
A group of companies led by Microsoft have called on European authorities to launch an antitrust investigation into Google's dominance of Internet ...

Broadcasters worry about 'Zero TV' homes
Some people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives around network show schedules

Facebook barges into Google turf with Home
Facebook Home, the new software that takes over the front screen of a smartphone, is a bit of a corporate home invasion. Facebook is essentially ...

EMarketer: Facebook US mobile ad revenue soaring
A research firm says it expects Facebook's mobile ad revenue to soar this year, hitting nearly $1 billion a year after the company started to splice ...
Amazon offers digital songs to vinyl record buyers
In an odd combination of old and new, Amazon says that every time a person buys a vinyl record from its online store, it will give that customer a ...
Authors Guild head blasts Amazon buy of Goodreads
Authors Guild president and best-selling novelist Scott Turow is condemning Amazon.com's purchase of Goodreads, a leading book recommendation website.
Facebook to hold Android event Thursday
Facebook has invited journalists to the unveiling of what it calls its "new home on Android." Next Thursday's event will take place at the company's ...

Google to deliver goods quickly to online shoppers
Internet search leader Google is taking another step beyond information retrieval into grocery delivery. The new service, called Google Shopping ...
Amazon to buy Goodreads for undisclosed sum
Amazon.com Inc., the world's biggest online retailer that got its start in bookselling, has agreed to buy book recommendations site Goodreads.