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Microsoft posted an impressive quarter on Thursday, with Vista and Office sales setting the pace. The software giant also issued a strong outlook for the current quarter and all of 2008 -- something many of its fellow tech companies have been unable to do. Microsoft's earnings rose about 79 percent ...

The Federal Communications Commission began its long-awaited 700 megahertz wireless spectrum auction Thursday, setting in motion a process that could help determine how -- and by whom -- next-generation wireless services will be delivered. The FCC has said the auction could raise more than $15 billi...

eBay confirmed Wednesday that its president and CEO, Meg Whitman, will step down after a decade at the helm of one of the most successful e-commerce companies in the world. Investors brushed aside the succession news to focus on the auction company's relatively weak forecast for 2008. Whitman will l...

IBM continues to emphasize software as part of its future road map. In laying out a plan to use its Lotus franchise to expand the number of small- and medium-sized businesses using its applications, Big Blue is taking aim at a key part of rival Microsoft's core market. At its annual Lotusphere trade...

EA will launch a free Web-based online battlefield game, the first barrage of what may become an advertising-supported blitz which could help change the economics of the game-publishing industry. EA's "Battlefield Heroes" will be a free-to-download and free-to-play multi-player personal computer gam...

HBO will start to make its high-profile catalog of series, films and specials available online this week for some subscribers, a move that underscores the growing comfort content owners feel toward using the Web as a distribution channel. The service, known as "HBO on Broadband," will go live on Tue...

IBM's relatively robust outlook and the details of its fourth quarter performance have helped restore some investor optimism toward the tech sector after a wild week that saw recession fears rise on weak results from the likes of Intel. IBM, which earlier in the week preannounced its earnings, said ...

Seeking to streamline in the face of continued customer losses, No. 3 wireless telecommunications carrier Sprint Nextel will cut 4,000 jobs and shutter scores of retail outlets. Sprint Nextel described the moves as the "initial plans" and as part of "an ongoing review of operations and market approa...

Putting its money where its mouth is -- and where its corporate parent's future may lie as well -- Google's charitable arm, Google.org, on Thursday announced $25 million worth of new grants across what it now says are the five core areas that it will focus on going forward. Google.org will concentra...

In a move with potentially far-reaching implications for Web users and Internet companies alike, Time Warner Cable will test a new model for high-speed Internet access that charges users based on how much bandwidth they consume. Time Warner Cable will test the metered approach to selling high-speed ...

Just a day after IBM soothed investors with a solid quarter, fellow tech bellwether Intel raised fresh questions about the strength of the sector by missing its fourth quarter targets and issuing a softer-than-expected outlook. The dominant chipmaker managed to post a 51 percent profit increase for ...

Just months after it decided to stop its legal battles against the landmark EU antitrust finding, Microsoft now finds itself facing new inquiries into claims that the software giant abused its market dominance. The European Commission is looking into accusations that Microsoft used its power in the ...

IBM posted strong fourth quarter results Monday, beating profits and sales targets as it rode to the rescue of a sagging stock market by providing renewed optimism about technology earnings. Big Blue's profit rose 24 percent to $2.80 per share in the fourth quarter of 2007 while revenue increased 10...

Leading domain registrar Network Solutions is under fire for a controversial practice under which it briefly reserves domain names after it notices search activity on the names. Network Solutions describes the technique as a way to protect legitimate interest in domains from modern-day cyber-squatte...

Amazon.com will start selling songs from the massive library of Sony BMG in a format free of restrictions on copying and playback -- a major victory for the e-tailer's fledging music store and another sign that digital rights management controls on premium digital music may soon be a thing of the pa...

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating Intel for possible illegal business practices meant to keep rival AMD at bay -- the latest development in an ongoing antitrust entanglement for the leading chipmaker. Cuomo's office has issued a "wide-ranging" subpoena to California-based Intel...

The bizarre and controversial case of a Missouri teenager who killed herself after being bullied through MySpace, allegedly by the parent of a peer, has reportedly shifted to California, where the social networking site is based. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has issued a subpoena to MySpace, ...

More than a decade after they first rushed to search for exit-strategy gold in the e-commerce niche, venture investors are still finding plenty of early and mid-stage companies to back in the space. Often, however, the deals are more modest in size than they were when the dot-com bubble was building...

Comcast is launching an online video hub that will connect users with content in a variety of formats, joining a crush of companies aiming to leverage the Web to provide the ultimate on-demand experience. The cable giant's Fancast site will be the first such destination meant to connect users with c...

Microsoft is moving to buy Norway-based enterprise search specialist Fast Search and Transfer for $1.2 billion, a purchase that would instantly grow the software giant's business search footprint. Redmond is offered Fast shareholders about $3.50 per share, a 42 percent premium to the company's tradi...