Analysis: New Microsoft mantra after Sinofsky – teamwork
(Reuters) – The sudden departure of powerful Windows boss Steven Sinofsky this week is the first step in a plan by CEO Steve Ballmer to...
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Microsoft and Google financials could surface at trial
(Reuters) – Microsoft and Google’s Motorola Mobility unit are set to square off on Tuesday at a trial with strategic implications for the smartphone patent...
Microsoft’s Windows unit head, once a possible CEO, exits
(Reuters) – The executive most widely tipped to be the next chief executive of Microsoft Corp has left the world’s largest software maker barely two...
Apple and HTC settle patent disputes
Apple and Taiwanese phonemaker HTC have settled all their outstanding disputes over patents, ending a fight that began in March 2010. The two firms also...
Microsoft demos instant English-Chinese translation
Software that can translate spoken English into spoken Chinese almost instantly has been demonstrated by Microsoft. The software preserves intonation and cadence so the translated...
Exclusive: Google Ventures beefs up fund size to $300 million a year
(Reuters) – Google will increase the cash it allocates to its venture-capital arm to up to $300 million a year from $200 million, catapulting Google...
Twitter mistakenly resets passwords of large number of users
(Reuters) – Twitter said that it mistakenly reset the passwords of “a large number” of its more than 140 million active users while conducting routine...
Exclusive: SEC left computers vulnerable to cyber attacks – sources
(Reuters) – Staffers at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission failed to encrypt some of theircomputers containing highly sensitive information from stock exchanges, leaving the data...
AOL ad sales, strongest in seven years, boost profit
(Reuters) – AOL Inc (AOL.N) reported higher-than-expected revenue and profit on the strongest advertising growth the company has seen in seven years. At the same...
Microsoft pulls out the stops for Halo 4
(Reuters) – “Master Chief” springs back into action on Tuesday with the release of Microsoft Corp’s Halo 4, the latest installment of the Xbox blockbuster...