TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft Corp. reported second quarter results that beat estimates by a penny but still fell from a year earlier due to the slump in PCs.

Vine is a mobile video-sharing service launched by Twitter on Thursday. But what exactly is Vine, how does it work and how did Twitter end up getting into the video market?

Computers were perceived as cold and impersonal machines until Steve Jobs introduced the first Macintosh on Jan. 24, 1984.

PS3 Skyrim players finally have a solid release date for DLC expansion packs. All three Skyrim additions will come next month, with Dragonborn being the first to launch on Feb. 5.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), the No. 1 social networking website, plans to host Gov. Chris Christie at a fundraiser.

A French court has ordered Twitter to hand over data for users accused of sending racist and anti-Semitic messages on the social network.

Reports have surfaced indicating that the release date for Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean has finally come to Galaxy S2 users in the UK and China.

Shares of Apple fell as much as 12.4% in Thursday trading, erasing more than $50 billion in its market value.

IKEA deeply offended many LGBTQ activists and groups with a video ad that portrayed a transgender shopper in a bad light.

No official release date for "The Elder Scrolls Online" has been announced, but beta registration has officially begun. The folks over at Zenimax Online have also launched an eye-catching cinematic trailer.

Amazon.com Inc. said it has acquired Polish voice-recognition specialist Ivona Software to improve its Kindle Fire tablets.

A new report has said that iOS hackers, working on the iOS 6 untethered jailbreak, are apparently waiting for Apple to release the final version of iOS 6.1 before they finish and release “the long awaited jailbreak.”

Kim Dotcom, founder of the legal and private Mega, has issued a challenge in the wake of the debate surrounding the privacy of their cloud storage site. Dotcom is so confident of his encryption scheme that he will give a cash prize to anyone who can decrypt the security measures surrounding Mega.

THQ has officially been dissolved, with most of its studios and assets to be sold off to other video game and media companies.

On Wednesday, various news publications believed an anonymous tipster claiming to have information about Microsoft's plans for its next Xbox.

Amazon has introduced in-app purchasing for video games downloaded through the Amazon Digital Games Store, the company announced Wednesday.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported second-quarter earnings that beat estimates due to solid demand for new products including iPhone 5.

A photo claiming to be the Galaxy S4 has garnered some attention on the Internet this week, along with a flurry of other rumors concerning Samsung's next flagship smartphone.

Why would Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) invest in a buyout of Dell (NASDAQ:DELL)? Better return plus customer support.

Microsoft has finally announced that its Surface Pro tablet hybrid will hit stores on Feb. 9. Here's what critics had to say about the device.

The world’s biggest semiconductor buyer in 2012 was Samsung Electronics (KRX:005930), which bypassed Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Gartner said.

Nintendo is launching a virtual console for its newly minted next-generation gaming hardware, the Wii U.

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) will phase out units that assemble the motherboards for PCs for some customers to focus more on mobile.

Apple is planning two iPhone models for this year, both of them featuring a 4-inch screen and in-cell touch technology.

AT&T is expected to report substantially higher fourth-quarter earnings despite slightly lower revenue, due to wireless sector gains.

Putting an end to a long wait, Samsung has started rolling out the official Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean firmware update for the International Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) Wednesday. Here's how to install it manually.

Revenue from Google's core Internet trade outpaced analysts' expectations during the 2012 fourth quarter, and ad rates fell less than in previous periods.

Etsy has acquired the creators of Mixel, an iOS application that allows users to make photo collages, as part of a renewed effort to spruce up its mobile presence.

Apple's next-generation iPhone, likely called the "iPhone 5S" or "iPhone 6," is said to feature an embedded fingerprint sensor in the "home" button for enhanced security.