STEVE BALLMER

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer promised a Windows Phone update soon with more powerful Web graphics, and said new partner Nokia would supply absolutely phenomenal handsets.

A video from Microsoft shows of the potential for gameplay interactions between Kinect and Windows Phone 7.

With the dust finally settling after Microsoft-Nokia announcement, analysts weigh in on the new partnership.

Nokia is dropping its home-grown platforms and putting Windows Phone 7 on its devices, dropping the Symbian and MeeGo platforms.

Following is the full text of an open letter published by Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Microsoft Corp named veteran insider and expert engineer Satya Nadella as the head of its $15 billion server and tools business, as it looks to revitalize its push into cloud computing.

A possible management shake-up in the Microsoft camp is due to throw up senior product executives with engineering muscle at the top to tackle the might of Apple and Google in the smartphone, tablets and cloud domains.

Now that all the hype and the hoopla of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States are over, the same basic commercial question remains unanswered: How can American companies create more jobs for Americans by selling more American goods and services in China?

Microsoft Corp's quarterly profit fell slightly as the world's largest software maker was hit by slower-than expected growth in computer sales.

Microsoft Corp is set to report a dip in earnings on Thursday, a year after the launch of its Windows 7 operating system blew away Wall Street estimates, as sales of personal computers lag expectations and Apple Inc's iPad eats away at the fringes of its core market.

A year ago, Microsoft Corp blew away Wall Street's earnings forecasts with blistering sales of its new Windows 7 operating system and trumpeted optimism about the recovery in tech spending.

I was shocked when Google ousted Eric Schmidt from his CEO position. However, the reason that I didn't understand this move is the same reason that typical CEOs like Eric Schmidt can't thrive at consumer tech companies.

The government of China government has placed an order for 200 Boeing planes, according to senior U.S. government officials, as part of a $45-billion export deal with China.

A look at the unanswered question of leadership succession at three of the world's high-profile corporate organizations

Executives from General Electric, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola, Boeing, Intel and Carlyle Group will be among U.S. business leaders at a meeting on Wednesday hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama with Chinese President Hu Jintao, a White House official said.

Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Barack Obama will meet with U.S. and Chinese business leaders at the White House on Wednesday to discuss ways to expand trade and investment opportunities, with the U.S. executives seeking deals to tap into China's economic growth.

Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in the United States on Tuesday for a four-day state visit peppered by U.S. complaints about Beijing's currency policies but sweetened by some $8.5 billion in business deals.

After its last high-profile cloud-computing launch, the Office 365, Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, its cloud-based CRM offering, will be available worldwide.

Apple's CEO Steve Jobs has announced that he is going on medical leave, in an email to the iPad maker's employees, giving weight to a proposal for a CEO succession plan being pushed by some shareholders.

Several U.S. business leaders will meet with Chinese chief executives in Washington during President Hu Jintao's visit next week, all seeking new deals to tap into economic growth in China.

Steve Ballmer mentioned it and Paul Otellini now addresses it: Windows OS without x86 and Intel.