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Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its Internet-leading search engine.

Microsoft Corp. is buying a Munich, Germany-based Web comparison shopping site and its parent company for about $486 million in cash.

Jerry Seinfield will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen in Microsoft Corp’s $300 million advertising campaign aimed at changing its image, the Wall Street Journal said Thursday.

Yahoo Inc's board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO, receiving 85 percent of the vote in his favor.

Investors holding nearly 76 percent of Yahoo's 1.38 billion shares gave solid votes in favor of all nine current directors, in what represents an endorsement of their tough stance with Microsoft Corp in talks on a merger or partial sale.

The message to top Microsoft Corp. executives wasn't that different from many others -- written by an aggravated Windows user who simply wanted to install a piece of the company's software on his computer.

Except that it was Bill Gates venting his frustrations.

"We are filing this appeal in a constructive effort to seek clarity from the court"

Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order. via Chicago Tribune

Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 11 per cent from a year earlier, when the software maker reported more than $1 billion US in deferred revenue tied to delays in the launch of ... via CBC News

Yahoo Inc. delivered first-quarter results that surpassed analysts' modest expectations, but the performance might not be enough to fortify the Internet pioneer's defense against software maker Microsoft Corp.'s takeover bid.

Yahoo Inc. delivered first-quarter results that eclipsed analysts' modest expectations, but the performance did little to support the Internet pioneer's demands for software maker Microsoft Corp. to raise its takeover bid above $45 billion.

Yahoo Inc.'s first-quarter performance was a little like Goldilocks' favorite soup — not too hot and not too cold, and that has set the table for a bitter battle over Microsoft Corp.'s bid to take over the Internet pioneer.