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Microsoft Corp launched an update of its Windows phone software on Tuesday, hoping a host of new features will help it close the gap on smartphone leaders Google Inc and Apple Inc.

An 899 million euro ($1.3 billion) EU antitrust fine was excessive and undeserved, Microsoft Corp told an EU court on Tuesday in a case which could draw a line under a decade of legal battles.

Microsoft Corp launched an update of its Windows phone software on Tuesday, hoping a host of new features will help it close the gap on smartphone leaders Google Inc and Apple Inc.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) will be hosting its 2011 investor day on May 25. Caris & Co. said this time the focus of most attendees will be on international assets and especially the company's stake in Alibaba Group.

The days of Android-ARM exclusive partnership are under threat as Acer is due to launch Android 3.0 or Honeycomb-based 10.1-inch tablet powered by Intel's Oak trail chip.

The Google and Mozilla are testing versions of the Chrome and Firefox browsers to hide URLs.

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer confirmed on Monday, that the company's next generation of Windows systems will be released in 2012 and new Windows phone with 500 additional features will be launched in Japan at the end of this year.

International Business Machines (IBM) has edged past old rival Microsoft Corp in market value for the first time since April 1996.

Software giant Microsoft's next operating system Windows 8 will be available in 2012, said the company's chief Steve Ballmer at the Microsoft Developer Forum in Tokyo on Monday.

Microsoft will launch next year its much talked about Windows 8, the latest version of its operating system, CEO Steve Ballmer said in Tokyo on Monday. Ballmer said developers were hard at work on the next version of Windows, but did not drop any clue to its rumored features circulating around the Internet.

International Business Machines edged past old rival Microsoft Corp in market value for the first time since April 1996, marking the latest twist in the fluctuating fortunes of two of the world's most storied technology companies.

Microsoft will seek to cut its 899 million euro ($1.3 billion) antitrust fine in Europe's second-highest court on Tuesday, marking the last chapter of a decade-long battle with EU regulators.

A new malware attack in Mac has caused a queue of Apple customers reporting infected machines, renewing a timeless debate on the state of Macintosh security versus Windows.

Microsoft and Intel have appeared in public as partners until recently, when Microsoft rebutted comments made by a top Intel executive regarding Windows 8. There are few details surrounding the next installment of Microsoft’s operating system. But Intel senior vice president Renee James hinted on Tuesday that there will be four versions of Windows 8 running on the ARM processor. These versions, she said, will not support legacy software and applications.

Engadget, a multilingual technology weblog and podcast about user electronics, revealed Acer will delay the release of its 7-inch Iconia Tab A100 tablet till the second half of 2011.

ARM Holdings says Intel is not a competitor in the mobile market.

Day 1 Studios will be releasing the awaited F.E.A.R. 3 (short for First Encounter Assault Recon), a first person-shooter, on June 21 in US and June 24 worldwide, reports said

Microsoft, in a report, has announced students who buy a new PC for $699 or more will get a free Xbox 360 4GB console.

Google disclosed plans to make its social search available to global users in 19 languages over the next week, and more languages later.

Gartner says the smartphone industry continues to grow while Android and Apple are emerging as the front runners, others are sinking fast.

The longstanding Microsoft-Intel relationship codenamed Wintel, which ruled the PC market for more than decade, is starting to show fault lines after Microsoft refuted Intel's claims about the upcoming Windows 8 OS.