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Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire, has been dethroned from his status as the world's richest person by Bill Gates after a recent rally in Microsoft stock.

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Microsoft has begun to construct “the house that Xbox built," its Xbox Reveal event, scheduled to be held next week.

The Maloofs want to sell the Sacramento Kings to the group that want to relocate the team to Seattle.

Amazon launches Coins, a new digital currency for games and apps, by giving away $5 to Kindle Fire owners.

Google’s Android operating system powered 59.5 percent of 308.7 million smartphones, tablets and notebooks shipped in Q1.

Microsoft's CMO and CFO Tamy Reller says Windows 8.1 will release sometime in 2013.

It has been feared that Microsoft’s Xbox 720 next-generation console, codenamed “Durango,” would ship in an “always-online” state.

Hotmail is "dead" following Microsoft's transfer of its users to Outlook on Thursday.

An annual report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation ranked 18 major Internet companies' efforts to protect their users' privacy.

Xbox has announced a "special unveiling" for May 21 where the Xbox 720 is expected to be revealed.

Reports suggest that Microsoft will bring the Start button back in Windows 8.1 and the boot-to-desktop option in later updates.

Microsoft Corp. reported a $6.06 billion net profit for the third quarter of its 2013 fiscal year.

Vertex, UBS AG, Barrick Gold, Microsoft, Newmont, Google, prevailed in the pre-market trading Friday.

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open on Friday ahead of another round of quarterly earnings reports.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Amarin, AMC Networks, Microsoft, and Cepheid prevailed in the Nasdaq post-market trading Thursday.

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Thursday ahead of the publication of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data.

Rumors suggest the Microsoft's upcoming Windows Blue OS may bring back the boot to desktop feature and the start button.

Microsoft's earnings are expected to rise as global software sales offset weak PC revenue.

A Facebook director's statement inspired rumors about Facebook Home coming to Apple and Microsoft. Could it happen?

Xbox Live experienced outages on Saturday, while many are concerned about the 'always on' connectivity rumored to power the upcoming Xbox 720 console.