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U.S. search engine giant Google plans to offer internet users access to online storage services, a move which provides a boost to web computing and encroaches on Microsoft's territory, according to a report.

Game console makers, Microsoft and Nintendo, were under attack from Greenpeace as the environmental activist group said they are taking too long to remove toxic chemicals from their products.

Nintendo may face tough competition this holiday shopping season, but not from any of its competitors.

A non-profit's dream of giving away laptops to millions of kids in developing countries, bridging the technology divide, is being derailed in part by competition from well-known companies such as Intel and Microsoft, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and the DAISY digital talking books consortium are to work together on a tool for the blind and otherwise print-disabled that translates Microsoft Word documents into a digital audio standard.

Microsoft Corp. released on Tuesday a suite of free Web services that connect to its Windows operating system, delivering a major element of its strategy to maintain the dominance of its software while extending its reach on the Internet.

ESPN has signed a deal to bring full-length games and TV shows to Xbox Live, the online entertainment network for Microsoft's Xbox 360.

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday his firm's acquisition of a 1.6 percent stake in socializing Web site Facebook for $240 million was an important investment, not a mistake.

Microsoft Corp's Windows Vista is starting to see mass adoption from businesses nearly a year after it was released, the company said while predicting a strong first holiday season for the product.

Microsoft Corp. and International Trade Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Connect Africa summit in Kigali, Rwanda on Tuesday, so as to be able to expand the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure.

Intel Corp and Microsoft Corp are supplying Libya's government with 150,000 rugged laptop computers that cost $200 to build and are designed to meet the needs of children in developing countries.

U.S. stocks rose on Friday of optimistic profit forecasts from software giant Microsoft and mortgage lender Countrywide Financial.

Stocks jumped on Friday, driving the Nasdaq up 2 percent briefly and S&P 500 up 1 percent, after lender Countrywide Financial Corp. said it expects to return to profitability this quarter, easing some fears about financial sector losses.

Microsoft Corp has made progress in getting its Windows software to work on a low-cost laptop computer for poor children that currently runs on rival Linux software, an executive said on Thursday.

More than a year ago, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer stood in front a group of skeptical Wall Street analysts and insisted that the software maker was still a growth company.

Microsoft Corp lifted its full-year forecasts and posted 23 percent quarterly profit growth on Thursday, topping analysts' estimates on strong sales of Halo 3 and Vista, and sending its shares up 11 percent.

The technology stocks fell on Thursday despite strong profit showings by big firms including Microsoft and EMC.

Microsoft Corp lifted its full-year estimates on Thursday after posting a 23 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong demand for both computers running its operating system and Halo 3, sending its shares up 12 percent. The world's largest software maker beat even Wall Street's most bullish forecast with a net profit of $4.29 billion. Revenue rose 27 percent to $13.76 billion.

Sony Corp said Thursday that its net profit for the second quarter soared on turnaround in its electronics operations.

A deal between Facebook and either Google Inc or Microsoft Corp is expected to be announced in the next 24 to 48 hours, The New York Post reported on its Web site on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

Microsoft Corp said on Monday it is launching a reworked low-end version of its Xbox 360 in a bid to widen the game console's appeal to a broader audience that has flocked to rival Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii.