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Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit on Monday released a free Office 2008 update with service packed 2 featuring improved speed, stability and compatibility, equipped with SharePoint technology.

Microsoft Corp. is updating its Office 2008 for Mac by offering a service pack that promises increased stability and performance along with new capabilities for PowerPoint presentations and document collaboration.

Apple, the iPhone maker, is scheduled to report their fiscal third quarter 2009 results after the market closes on Tuesday. Analyst estimate between $1.02 earnings per share to a high of $1.31, with a consensus estimate of $1.15.

Microsoft Corp will likely report the first annual sales dip in its history as a public company, but investors are looking beyond that for upbeat comments on Windows 7, signs of a tech sector recovery, and even a deal with Yahoo Inc to challenge Google Inc.

Microsoft Corp will likely report the first annual sales dip in its history as a public company, but investors are looking beyond that for upbeat comments on Windows 7, signs of a tech sector recovery, and even a deal with Yahoo Inc to challenge Google Inc.

Activist investor Carl Icahn spoke out in favor of a search deal between Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp, as talks between the two companies appeared to regain momentum.

Verizon Wireless is dialing back on its exclusivity agreements with handset makers after pressure from U.S. lawmakers and smaller carriers.

Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc are close to a long-discussed search and online advertising deal, which could be announced in the next week, according to the AllThingsDigital blog.

GE's poor outlook, More bank losses ahead, Giant web ad deal looms

Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc are close to a long-discussed search and online advertising deal, which could be announced in the next week.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has a new brilliant plan together with other co-inventors to control weather that can stop hurricanes.

Apple lawyers had asked Microsoft to stop doing its Laptop Hunter ad campaign saying they had already lowered its computer price.

Wall Street expects Google Inc to report tepid revenue growth for the second quarter on Thursday amid a tough advertising market and a sharpened attack on its business by rival Microsoft Inc .

Microsoft Corp will open stores close to those of Apple Inc this fall, according to its chief operating officer, as it looks to win back the initiative in the battle for Main Street PC and gadget buyers.

After more than a month's delay, space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts thundered into orbit Wednesday on a flight to the international space station, hauling up a veranda for Japan's enormous lab and looking to set a crowd record.

Microsoft Windows 7 pre-orders promotion is soaring high causing several stores to collapse including Microsoft EU e-store.

Microsoft Corp's market share of the U.S. Internet search market increased modestly in June, the first month that it fielded its new Bing search engine, according to the latest data from research firm ComScore.

Microsoft Corp. unveiled some of the pricing for its cloud computing platform, Windows Azure. It will offer a discount of 15% to 30% to developers and resellers who agree to work with them for six months or more. In the pay-per-use category, the company will charge 12 cents an hour for computing, 15 cents per gigabyte for storage and 10 cents per 10,000 storage transactions.

Microsoft is going to open its 'Windows Marketplace Business Center' for Developers on July 27, this year. The announcement was made in an ongoing Worldwide Partner Conference event in New Orleans.

Users of Microsoft's Office software for Windows PCs have suffered from attacks since last week through a zero-day leak, and local newspaper in China reported on Tuesday one million Chinese suffered from the attack since June 6.

Microsoft Corp warned that cybercriminals have attacked users of its Office software for Windows PCs, exploiting a programing flaw that the software giant has yet to repair.