Microsoft's Windows disappoints on lukewarm PC sales

By Bill RigbySEATTLE (Reuters) - Sales of Microsoft Corp's Windows software fell short of outsized expectations, rekindling fears that the spread of mobile gadgets will erode its main PC-focused business.Microsoft surprised Wall Street with a better-than-expected...

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News Corp to launch iPad newspaper on February 2

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp will launch its long-awaited digital newspaper created for Apple Inc's iPad on February 2, two weeks after the two companies were widely expected to introduce the new product.News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch and Apple...

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Microsoft sells 2 million phone software units

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp sold more than 2 million units of its new Windows Phone 7 software to handset makers last quarter, a strong start for the new software launched in October, but still far behind Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's Android...

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Google hires, but Yahoo fires

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is planning its second round of layoffs in six weeks, while rival Google Inc is preparing its biggest-ever year for hiring, underscoring the divergent paths of two of the Internet's biggest names. Yahoo said on Tuesday...

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