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The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: PDF Solutions, Oclaro, Research In Motion, Ensign Group, Deckers Outdoor, Internap Network Services, CoStar Group, CROCS, Oncothyreon, TeleCommunication Systems, and Microsoft.

Microsoft said late Thursday that the company's third-quarter earnings rose 31 percent increase, propped up by the company's entertainment division, but saw weakness in its core businesses.

Research in Motion cut its quarterly earnings and revenue forecasts, expecting to ship fewer BlackBerry smartphones.

Microsoft Corp reported a dip in quarterly sales of its core Windows operating system, mirroring a recent downturn in personal computers and sending its shares down slightly.

Thirteen years after the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing the software giant of using its market power to pummel potential rivals, the case will soon be history.

Microsoft Corp is expected to report an 18 percent jump in quarterly profit, as its reliable Windows and Office franchises keep growing.

Futures on major U.S. stock indices remained range-bound on Thursday ahead of economic data including key US GDP figures from the government.

Nokia has announced 4,000 people will be without a job by the end of next year; and 3,000 more will be transferred to Accenture to help the company transition to Windows Phone 7.

FBI continues to work on the Coreflood Botnet, remotely uninstalling it from countless infected PCs.

The U.S. International Trade Commission is stepping into another legal battle over gadgets, this time between Nokia and Apple.

Budget woes have temporarily shut down the only telescope array in the world dedicated to seeking signals from other worlds.

Microsoft might be about to report its earnings grew more than 20 percent on climbing revenue but the results will fail to rouse the software company's shares from a decade-long slumber or douse fears its dominance of personal computing is waning.

The ILOVEYOU virus of early 2000s fame is getting its own movie.

The Iranian government has not issued any details about kind of damage the Stars virus did. While Jalali did not accuse the U.S. or Israel directly, he did refer to attacks from the U.S. and Israel on Iranian web sites and Internet infrastructure.

Greenpeace says a number of tech giants have dirty data centers, which consume large amounts of energy from non-renewable sources.

The latest official update on the PlayStation Network (PSN) outage has alerted the users that the Network is set to be down for a full day or two, even as several questions and raging conspiracy theories on the outside attack on Sony emerged online.

Large blue chips, including some consumer-oriented companies, will have to show they can counter sluggish developed economies by leveraging growth in emerging markets and technology -- if Wall Street is to maintain earnings momentum next week.

U.S. videoconferencing company Polycom Inc forecast strong second-quarter sales as it continued to benefit from its partnerships with companies like Microsoft and from business disruptions at bigger rival Cisco.

Microsoft Corp plans to broadly raise salaries and stock awards to attract and retain top talent, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said in an internal memo obtained by Reuters on Thursday.

A slideshow which showcases Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen's many indulgences:

Nokia's earnings fell less than expected in the first quarter and the company signed a final agreement to start using Microsoft software, sending its shares 3 percent higher.