At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, rapper and angel investor MC Hammer announced a new search engine he's funding.
Microsoft Corp's quarterly profit rose 6 percent, meeting Wall Street's modest expectations, helped by strong sales of its popular Office applications package, but limited by only slight gains from its flagship Windows operating system.
At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, SVP of Engineering Vic Gundotra and co-founder of Google Sergey Brin talk about the future of Google+ and how social media will be integrated with existing Google products.
Communications company Polycom, Inc.'s stock dropped by over a quarter on Thursday, in the wake of the company's third quarter earnings report, which missed analysts' expectations.
Microsoft is reportedly working on a deal to acquire Yahoo, three years after its initial acquisition offer of $44 billion was turned down.
Nokia and Microsoft will unveil their new Windows Phones at the Nokia World Event on Oct. 26. Nokia will be showing off more than one phone.
Ballmer made a few noteworthy remarks, including about the upcoming release of Windows Phone powered Nokia devices.
Researchers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University have produced a wearable touch screen sensor system that can transform virtually any surface into a manipulable interface.
U.S. stock futures point to a higher opening on Thursday, ahead of economic data, including key weekly U.S. jobs data from the government.
Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street Thursday after a guidelines document said the European rescue fund will be able to buy bonds on the secondary market.
Microsoft Corp. looks set to report flat or lower demand for its flagship Windows product on Thursday, a victim of limp personal computer sales, casting a shadow over otherwise strong earnings in a troubled global economy.
The companies which are expected to see active trade on Thursday are: Microsoft, AT&T, Altera, eBay, Sandisk, Wynn Resorts, Southwest Airlines, Boston Scientific, Capital One Financial, Eli Lilly, Key Corp and Philip Morris International.
Stuxnet was first discovered by the security company VirusBlokAda in June 2010.
Some potential buyers of Yahoo Inc are balking at the Internet company's demands for confidentiality that would prevent them from discussing joint bids, according to several people close to the situation.
Some potential buyers of Yahoo Inc are balking at the Internet company's demands for confidentiality that would prevent them from discussing joint bids, according to several people close to the situation.
Yahoo reported a 23 percent decrease in third-quarter earnings as its search engine revenue halved down from last year. However, its earnings and revenue came in above Street expectations.
Some potential buyers of Yahoo Inc are balking at the Internet company's demands for confidentiality that would prevent them from discussing joint bids, according to several people close to the situation.
During a discussion at the Web 2.0 Summit, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes shots at Apple and Google.
Groupon Goods has announced a big discount on two lower-end tablets running the Android operating system. Users can receive up to 50 percent off the retail price.
Apple shares lost 5.6 percent of their value Wednesday after narrowly missing analyst estimates for fourth quarter earnings.
Google added more than 50 new features to its Docs Presentations offering to help it compete with Microsoft's and Apple's popular presentation software.
In June 2010, the Stuxnet worm infected tens of thousands of computers. Now, experts believe the worm is back, and is much more sophisticated and cutting edge.
