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This month marks the release of the latest and greatest of two iconic Internet browsers, but the alternative browser from the Mozilla foundation managed to garner nearly triple the downloads over its long-standing Microsoft rival.

Firefox 4 has surpassed seven million downloads in 24 hours.

A U.S. judge's ruling has rejected Google's deal with publishers that would have digitized every book and made them widely available.

Just days after Microsoft launched its 'beautiful' Internet Explorer 9, a new salvo has been launched into the web browser market - the faster and safer Firefox 4.

LinkedIn, the online social network for professionals and job seekers, now has 100 million members worldwide and more than half are from outside the United States.

Microsoft Corp filed lawsuits for patent infringement on Monday against bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc over its Nook electronic book reader, widening the software company's legal assault on devices running on Google Inc's Android system.

Citing patent multiple infringements Microsoft is suing Barnes and Noble over features in the Nook's Android OS

Nokia's strategy for entering the tablet computer market may not include Microsoft, its recently announced partner for smartphones, according to a person with knowledge of the company's thinking.

Microsoft and federal agents took down Rustock, a botnet responsible at its peak for nearly half of the world's spam.

Microsoft Corp claimed credit on Thursday for taking down one of the biggest producers of spam e-mail in a joint effort with federal authorities across the United States.

Benchmark Capital raised profit estimate of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) as channel checks reveal strong search advertising, which is driving double-digit cost-per-click (CPC) growth.

The newest version of Internet Explorer boasts impressive first-day numbers.

Senators, government organizations and even the President are throwing their support behind 'Do Not Track' legislation.

In a closely-watched patent case before the Supreme Court, i4i has fired a brief at Microsoft saying that the latter wants to overturn a century of precedent in patent law.

Intel is said to join hands with Taiwan-based notebook makers to push in to Android tablet PC market, a move after Microsoft said its Windows operating system will add support for ARM-based platforms.

Microsoft's answer to Apple's iPod, the Zune, met an early death just four years after it was launched, adding another casualty to its list of hardware flops.

Oppenheimer lowered its profit forecast on phone giant Nokia as the company is seeing greater than market seasonal weakness in demand in the first quarter of 2011.

Adobe is planning to release the fix for a critical vulnerability that affected certain versions of its flash player during the week of March 21, 2011.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) launched at SXSW gets a positive start with early reviews hailing the internet browser designed to counter Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

Microsoft Corp is not planning any more versions of its unpopular Zune digital media player, but is to continue offering music and video using the same software online, through its Xbox game console and on its Windows phones.

Leveraging its content and channel, Amazon could present a unique and significant challenge to Apple and its iPad.