MICROSOFT

Software giant Microsoft said the non-commercial Kinect software development kit (SDK) for Windows would be available in spring 2011.

Microsoft Corp explained the delay in updating its new phone software on Wednesday, partly blaming handset manufacturers for the problem.

Microsoft's Joe Belfiore talks about some of the problems the OS had with updates.

Revealed at this year's MIX conference, the announcements are mostly focused on how developers themselves will be able to take advantage of the operating system's new features.

US stocks are trading mixed in afternoon session on Wednesday as declines from financials and raw-material producers weighed.

While major tech companies are on board, privacy groups say the McCain-Kerry bill falls short of their expectations.

Following the announcement by Microsoft about its new updated version of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac previous week, the MS Office for Mac SP1 is available for download. It has improved security and stability. Printing errors that cause wrong pages to print has been corrected.

Software giant Microsoft released 17 security bulletins, addressing 64 vulnerabilities in its biggest ever patch Tuesday update.

Updates on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other real-time content sites could be worth more than $30 million a day, or nearly $10.9 billion a year, to advertisers, researchers say.

Senators John McCain and John Kerry introduce a privacy bill that got mixed reactions from consumer watchdogs and major tech companies.

Speaking at its Mix Developer Conferences in Las Vegas today, Microsoft gave a sneak peak into the future of Internet Explorer.

Walker Digital, a research and development laboratory for technology patents, filed 15 lawsuits on Tuesday against more than 100 companies including Apple, Microsoft, eBay, Amazon and Google for unauthorized use of its intellectual property rights.

Shares of Microsoft's Bing search engine are up to 30 percent.

Taiwanese firm HTC Corp., introduced the HTC Sensation 4G and Nokia launched its E6 smartphone .

Intel Corp. has announced that its tablet specific Atom Z670 processor which brings in improved battery performance and enhanced video capabilities is now available.

Nokia announced Tuesday a pair of new smartphones as well as an update to its Symbian operating system as the company looks to soothe fears that its recent deal with Microsoft will cannibalize its own product offerings.

Mobile giant Nokia has launched two new smartphones --- E6 and X7 - based on its updated Symbian operating platform.

Adobe said a critical vulnerability has been found in certain versions of its Flash Player that could allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Microsoft Corp is making its strongest push yet into the steadily growing business software market in the hope that it can create another multibillion-dollar business.

Rumors of the update surfaced as early as last week, when Nokia released a teaser hinting - or perhaps directly announcing - that it was planning something big for Symbian.

Google is working towards crafting a tablet version of its light-weight, browser-based Chrome OS in its attempt to act as a catalyst to trigger creation of quality web apps to counter apps created for closed-walled companies like Apple and Microsoft.