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Microsoft is set to officially launch IE9 at SXSW in Austin, Texas next week.

Starting next year, HP will bring its mobile OS to its consumer computers.

The launch of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad 2 is pointing to an increasing risk of bubble burst in the tablet market in the second half of 2011, according to an analyst from JPMorgan.

Jefferies & Co. believes that Google Inc., Apple Inc., Adobe Systems, Microsoft Corp., and the large advertising agencies are potential acquirers of Velti Plc (NASDAQ: VELT).

NVIDIA's chief executive officer, Jen-Hsun Huang, said the company will focus on making its signature graphics processors more energy efficient with parallel architectures, with its innovation targeting the mobile computing sector.

The following is the prepared text of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's budget address:

A list titled The Philanthropy 50: Americans Who Gave the Most in 2010 compiled by The Chronicle of Philanthropy includes names of some key tech honchos who have allocated portions of their fortunes for various philanthropic causes following Bill Gates' example.

RBC Capital Markets expects tablet market to reach 185 million units in calendar 2014, up 83 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 17 million in calendar 2010. RBC Capital forecasts global tablet revenue to increase from $11 billion in calendar 2010 to nearly $70 billion in calendar 2014.

Google's Android operating system captured the top spot among smartphone platforms for the first time in January, followed by RIM and Apple, says a report from comScore.

Announced in February, the deal between Nokia and Microsoft has Redmond spending significant sums.

Nervous analysts have worried for years that the stellar stock prices of technology giants Apple Inc and Google Inc could tumble back to earth.

Time Inc.'s Fortune magazine released its fourteenth annual World's Most Admired Companies list.

A decade after the release of Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft is making another attempt to rid the world of the browser.

Microsoft has put the Internet Explorer 6 on the winding road as the company renews efforts to kill the web browser with a new website.

A day after it announced a new service which would bring Groupon-like daily deals together, Microsoft’s Bing announced a partnership with Kayak to feature flight deals.

As Android popularity grows, here is a look at five possible reasons why Android powered devices are faring better than others.

Late to the party, Microsoft will release its tablet OS in 2012, sources say.

Apple iPad 2 will not face competition from Microsoft as the Windows OS maker will not release its tablet specific OS until 2012.

Longstanding rivals Google and Microsoft seem to have found friendship in a common enemy - GeoTag - whom they are teaming up to sue over patents.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Spreadtrum Communications, Identive Group, Allos Therapeutics, Flow International, and SuperMedia. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Energy Recovery, Marvell Technology Group, Dot Hill Systems, BSQUARE, and EV Energy Partners.

Microsoft Corp's Bing search engine said it launched 'Bing deals' for both the desktop and mobile, allowing consumers to find the best deals locally, a service that will pit it against daily deals website Groupon.