In its most recent fiscal year, Microsoft made more money divesting old acquisitions than making new ones. According to the company’s annual 10-K, Microsoft spent $267 million to purchase five companies in fiscal 2010 and made $600 million by selli...

So guess what Microsoft thinks of Yahoo Japan’s decision to swap it out for Google as main search partner? Yeah, not too happy about it. And it’s going to do all that it can to thwart the deal.

“MOM! BETHANY WON’T LET ME PLAY DOODLE JUMP!”

Does RIM really have a tablet in the works? “Two people familiar with the company’s plans” tell Bloomberg that it does and plans to launch it in November just in time for the annual holiday spending binge.

Intel has won a crucial victory in a lawsuit claiming that consumers were harmed by the improper discounts it allegedly used to discourage PC makers from buying chips from its rivals. Late Thursday, a court-appointed “special master” recommended...

With global shipments that rose 43 percent to 60 million units in the second quarter, the cellphone industry has been on a real tear lately. And while it’s not yet a top-five player there, Apple has been reaping the benefits of fast developing inte...

QOTD “The first time someone created a camera, there was someone who said, ‘Wouldn’t it be good for someone to take off their clothes in front of this camera?’” – Interpret LLC’s Michael Gartenberg on the p...

Microsoft--which foresaw the tablet PC, but failed to commercialize it--has a lot to prove in the market currently dominated by Apple’s iPad, and every intention of proving it. Bringing Windows-based slates to market “is job one urgency around he...

Evidently Google’s Mainland China Service Availability page is not the best indicator of the availability of the company’s mainland China services. Though that page shows Google’s Web search, YouTube, mobile and ads as blocked in the country, t...

The U.S. Department of Justice today said it is indeed suing Oracle for contract fraud, confirming June reports that it had accused the company of defrauding the United States government of hundreds of millions of dollars.

QOTD: If Only Steve Jobs Would Say the Same Thing About Our Tablet … “They’ve sold certainly more than I’d like them to sell, let me just be clear about that.” – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Apple and the iPad

Here’s a timely rebuttal to those who argue the merits of an “open” app store versus one that’s “closed”: Security firm Lookout says that an Android app called Jackeey Wallpaper has been harvesting personal information from the millions o...

QOTD: Church of iEntology? “The religious-like behavior and language surrounding Apple devotion/fandom is an example of ‘implicit religion.’” – Texas A&M University professor Heidi Campbell, author of “How the i...

An unexpected quarterly profit from Sony this morning. With strength finally returning to its television and videogame businesses, the company posted a $293.9 million net profit in its first quarter and raised its outlook for the full year. “Our r...

Motorola’s decision to “double down” on Google’s Android operating system was clearly a wise one. Though the company’s mobile-phone unit reported an operating loss for its second quarter, it shipped 2.7 million smartphones, up from 2.3 mill...