STEVE BALLMER

Google's SVP of Mobile Andy Rubin spearheaded an attack on one of Apple iPhone 4S' most important features - voice assistant Siri - saying the phone is a tool for communication and should not be an assistant. You shouldn't be communicating with the phone; you should be communicating with somebody on the other side of the phone, Rubin said on Wednesday at the AllThingsD AsiaD conference.

At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, rapper and angel investor MC Hammer announced a new search engine he's funding.

At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, SVP of Engineering Vic Gundotra and co-founder of Google Sergey Brin talk about the future of Google+ and how social media will be integrated with existing Google products.

Microsoft is reportedly working on a deal to acquire Yahoo, three years after its initial acquisition offer of $44 billion was turned down.

Nokia and Microsoft will unveil their new Windows Phones at the Nokia World Event on Oct. 26. Nokia will be showing off more than one phone.

Ballmer made a few noteworthy remarks, including about the upcoming release of Windows Phone powered Nokia devices.

During a discussion at the Web 2.0 Summit, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes shots at Apple and Google.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is back at it again at the Web 2.0 summit, bashing Google Apps, Android and even Apple iPhone asking to compare the appeal of Windows phone with Android phone and iPhone.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at San Francisco's Web 2.0 Summit and picked apart his competitors, including Apple, Google, and Yahoo.

Do you find Android smartphones too complicated to operate? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer agrees. According to him, people need to be computer scientists to use an Android phone properly.

Yahoo (YHOO) announced its quarterly results on Tuesday. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.04.

The Microsoft Corp. announced the closing of its $8.5 billion deal to acquire Skype Global, on Thursday. The Redmond, Wash.-based company originally disclosed its intention to do so on May 10.

Microsoft Corp. began the process of acquiring the Internet's leading video chat client, Skype, for $8.5 billion, earlier this year. On May, 10, a deal acceptable to all parties was worked out and, according to a report, the two companies have been given permission to proceed, by both the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the European Union.

Microsoft has finalized the $8.5 billion acquisition of VoIP service Skype, initially announced in May 2011.

When KFC founder and fast food pioneer Harland Colonel Sanders died in 1980, the fast food world mourned and competitor Wendy's ordered all the flags at its stores to be flown at half-staff.

Microsoft Corp is considering a bid for Yahoo Inc, resurfacing as a potential buyer after a bitter and unsuccessful fight to take over the Internet company in 2008, sources close to the situation said on Wednesday.

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer failed to clinch his maximum bonus for the second year running due to the company's slow progress in mobile phones and adapting to the tablet computer revolution.

Since July 1, 2002, IBM shares have tripled in value, while Microsoft stock has barely budged.

Microsoft is rumored to bring a pay television service through Xbox Live as early as next week.

The Facebook CEO is richer than Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page who have a personal wealth of $16.7 billion each

Mark Zuckerberg edged out Larry Page and Sergey Brin for the first time on the Forbes 400, its annual list of the richest people in America.