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Sprint Nextel Corp. has reached a long-rumored deal worth as much as $5 billion to turn over day-to-day management of its network to Ericsson. Ericsson will take over daily operations and maintenance of Sprint's voice, data, and wireline networks. It will also take on 6,000 Sprint employees.

Google Inc plans to attack Microsoft Corp's core business by taking on the software giant's globally dominant Windows operating system for personal computers.

Microsoft on Wednesday said Steven Sinofsky has been promoted as President to the Windows Division, and will lead its business, from development and marketing functions for Windows, to Windows Live and the Internet Explorer.

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as investors scooped up bargains in the commodities sectors a day after Wall Street slid to a 10-week low, but sentiment was dampened by the start of the quarterly earnings season.

Google is preparing to launch an operating system for personal computers next year, taking direct aim at the dominance of Microsoft Corp's Windows franchise.

Netscape founder Marc Andreessen said in an interview that he expects Facebook's revenue to be in excess of $500 million in 2009, and estimates that in five years, it'll be well into the billions.

In the search engine area, Google has reined king for most of recently memory but new moves from Microsoft and its Bing search engine is heating up competition.

Microsoft Bing Travel is unavailable for services due to an accidental fire at a Seattle building where Bing Travel data reside.

Intel Corp's former chief executive and chairman, Craig Barrett, said on Thursday it would take a few years to see whether Intel's technology partnership with Nokia succeeds. Last week Intel announced a technology partnership with Nokia that could potentially give the chip maker the breakthrough it has been looking for into the mobile market.

Analysis surveyed by StatCounter.com on Wednesday said Google still dominates the search engine markets despite its slide back from April from 79.07 to 78.48 percent share last month.

Microsoft Corp's new Bing search engine gained U.S. market share in its first month in operation but still trails dominant rival Google Inc, according to data released on Wednesday.

Cisco Systems Inc is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft Corp's popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the Internet.

Cisco Systems Inc is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft Corp's popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the Internet.

Maria Belen Chapur, an Argentinean woman with whom South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford admitted having an affair, broke her silence with a statement published on the CN5 TV station in Argentina on Sunday.

Microsoft has hired Morgan Stanley to sell Razorfish, its digital agency, and French marketing company Publicis Groupe SA is thought to be a possible bidder, the Financial Times said on its website late Sunday.Microsoft acquired the agency, formerly called Avenue A Razorfish, as part of its $6 billion takeover of aQuantive in 2007.The report cited an analyst valuing Razorfish at $600...

Microsoft Windows 7 pre order starts June 26 until July 11th in the United States and Canada. Japan is also included on the list for June 26th pre order release but will end earlier on July 5TH or while supplies last.

A U.S. recovery is likely to begin this autumn, the worst of the crisis has passed and it is reasonable to be optimistic for 2010, internet search giant Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt said on Friday.

Microsoft rolled out prices for its new operating system, which will be officially available in October this year. Prices for upgrades vary from different Windows 7 versions.

Microsoft Windows 7 pre order will start tomorrow until July 11th in the United States and Canada. Japan is also included on the list for tomorrow’s pre order release but will end earlier on July 5TH or while supplies last.

Microsoft Corporation on Thursday said its price cut for the Windows 7 operating system will deferre its revenue by 50 percent from eligible sales compared to its predecessor as it vies to revive its flagship product.

Microsoft and VivaKi, the digital arm of Publicis, on Thursday unveiled a broad cooperation deal spanning the fast-growing digital advertising sector to targeted television advertising.