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Quarter of US adults use Internet phone calls: Pew report

Microsof’t’s acquisition of the $8.5-billion worth Skype and heading to stitch it up to its other products like smartphones, sees great potential in American internet phone calling market.

Google's Eric Schmidt leaves Microsoft out of 'Gang of Four' tech leaders

Google Executive Chairman Schmidt attends the eG8 forum in Paris

According to Google executive chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt, Microsoft doesn’t figure among the top line technology companies that drive innovation in the consumer segment.

Microsoft and Korean research duo develop separate technology to block and delete porn

Software giant Microsoft and researchers from a South Korean university have announced two new methods that can be used to auto-detect pornographic movies and images

Apple iWork for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad: Efficient or just nice to have?

Apple announced that the three iWork office applications (Pages, Keynote, and Numbers) will now be available on all iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. This has been a dream come true for many users, especially busy business people on the go who access documents from their iPhones and tablets. But how efficient is it and can a lot of work get done with these apps?

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Ashton Kutcher’s Travel Advice: Stay with Strangers

Is Ashton Kutcher becoming a travel agent? Not quite, but he is the new “strategic advisor” to the travel startup airbnb.com.

Google to battle Microsoft and Apple with Chrome OS

Diehard fans of Google will have to wait if they are planning to own a Chrome OS run tablet PC. At the Computex PC show in Taipei on Tuesday, Google announced its plans to stick to Notebook computers for Chrome OS while mobile devices and tablets will be in queue.

Intel Unveils New Laptop Designs in Ultrabook

Chip giant Intel has launched thin and light mobile computers, called Ultrabook, which seems to be an inspiration from Apple's MacBook Air

Qualcomm: Set For Strong Second Half

Qualcomm is best positioned to take advantage of strong secular growth trends in 3G, smartphones and tablets.

Nvidia Unveils GeForce GTX 560M GPUs For Notebook Gaming

Graphics chip maker Nvidia has unveiled its first gaming notebook graphics processing unit (GPU) in its GeForce 500M Series of notebook GPUs.

Is Sony's NGP 'PlayStation Vita'? Focus on next week's E3

As the much-awaited video-game conference, known as E3, kicks off in Los Angeles next week, the focus is on gaming majors and the new offerings up their sleeves. There have been rumors that Sony will use the E3 platform to name its Next Generation Portable, or PSP2, as ‘Vita’.

Microsoft Windows 8 will come out next year, says CEO: A first look next week

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced that the new Windows 8 Operating System will be coming out in 2012. Microsoft will be planning to showcase the new Windows 8 for tablets starting next week at the All Things Digital conference.

Microsoft aims for post-PC ubiquity with Windows 8

Microsoft is making progress in prepping the next version of its ubiquitous Windows operating system, with new architecture promising a departure from its PC centric roots, and positiong the company to capitalize on new emerging form factors.

Cookiejacking: Glitch in Internet Explorer leaks user info, says researcher

A researcher dealing with online security has developed a method that tenuously compromises digital credentials needed to access accounts on Facebook and other websites by utilizing a glitch in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser.

3 Reasons Why Skype Will Fail Under Microsoft

Can any good come out of Microsoft's $8.5 billion Skype buyout? No. Microsoft will run Skype to the ground, and here are three major reasons why

Top Five Microsoft Blunders under CEO Steve Ballmer

Influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn wants Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to step down and he has good reasons for that call.

Microsoft not too late for tablet party: Citigroup

Microsoft is still not too late for the tablet party. And with its Next operating system closer than most expect, the software maker could corner meaningful market share in 2013 and beyond, Citigroup said.

Microsoft CEO stuck in the past Steve Ballmer must quit calls push stock price up

Shares of software giant Microsoft leaped up on Thursday amid reports that a group of investors, led by influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn, want CEO Steve Ballmer to quit.

Microsoft board backs Ballmer over Einhorn

Microsoft Corp's board stood behind Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer on Thursday, defending its longtime leader after influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn touched off a debate by calling for his dismissal.

Microsoft shares rise after Einhorn blasts CEO

Shares of Microsoft Corp climbed as much as 2.3 percent on Thursday after influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn caused a stir on Wall Street by calling on Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer to step down.

Mac Defender And Windows Malware May Be From Same Author

The malware that has been making the rounds of Macintosh computers in the last few weeks may have a similar author as a Windows-based scareware that appeared at about the same time.

Report: Skype Having Problems

Skype, the popular video and voice chat service, is down for some users.

Wall Street flat after data confirms weakness

Stocks were little changed on Thursday following a rise in weekly jobless claims that analysts said had been priced into shares.

Post-Microsoft acquisition, Skype crashes; download guidelines

VoIP and group video conferencing provider and latest buy of Microsoft, Skype has crashed as users from across the world are citing sign-in and communication issues.

Corporate profits fall, jobless claims up

Corporate profits contracted in the first quarter for the first time in more than two years and the economy grew at the same pedestrian pace as previously estimated, government data showed on Thursday.

Can Mango update save Microsoft's Windows Phone and Steve Ballmer's fortunes ?

Microsoft announced an update for its Windows Phone 7 OS under the moniker Mango which will be rolled-out this fall bringing a deeper integration between native services and apps.