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Shares of Microsoft Corp. dropped more than 6% in after-hours trading after the software giant posted a fiscal fourth-quarter profit that fell short of Wall Street’s estimates as it forecast lower-than-expected revenue for the following quarter. Net income rose 42% from year ago results to $4.3 billion, or 46 cents per share. Analysts polled by [...]

The device, which measures 102 mm by 51 mm by 11.33 mm and weighs in at 110 g, is smaller than the iPhone and will be available in North America later this year and earlier in other parts of the world.
HTC isn’t new to the touch screen game. The Touch Diamond is the latest update [...]

HAVANA — Communist Cuba has authorized the unrestricted sale of computers and DVD and video players in the first sign that President Raul Castro is moving to improve Cubans’ access to consumer goods.An internal government memo seen by Reuters Thursday said the appliances long desired by Cubans can go on sale immediately, although air conditioners [...]

Stuff.co.nz has been named an Official Honoree in the news category of the 12th Annual Webby Awards.
Hailed as the Oscars of the internet by the New York Times, the Webby Awards is the leading international award honouring excellence on the internet.
The awards are judged by a global organisation that includes David Bowie, Harvey Weinstein, Arianna [...]

The chief executives of Hornby and Lego said they remained confident their companies and the industry would weather the economic crisis, which has left the United States on the brink of recession and Europe with dwindling growth.
The feeling I get from Wall Street and from talking with analysts and my people, is that consumers will [...]

Johnny Taylor, chief executive of IACs Black Web Enterprises unit, said the site aims to attract tens of million of black people, of whom half are regular Web users. At its heart is a search technology that could serve the specific needs of other groups or communities, if proven successful.
What we have created is the [...]

NEW YORK, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Freddie Mac (FRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said
Friday it plans to sell $5 billion of reference bills on
Tuesday.
The scheduled offerings are:
— $3 billion of three-month bills due April 21, 2008 to be
sold Tuesday, Jan. 22, and settle Wednesday, Jan 23; and
— $2 [...]

By Michele Gershberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would test a new way to measure the effectiveness of Internet advertising in a challenge to an industry standard that has helped the likes of Web search leader Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft’s “Engagement Mapping” is due to begin [...]

By Rhee So-eui - Analysis
SEOUL (Reuters) - You can spend thousands of dollars and endless hours in crowded lecture halls to gain a South Korean real estate agent’s certificate.
Or you could study for the license in the comfort of your own room with a broadband connection to a TV for a [...]

(Recasts with comments from panelists)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A top U.S. regulator on
Monday said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is ready
to stop broadband providers from interfering with users’
access, while a leading Internet service provider denied
accusations it discriminates against users.
“I think it’s important to understand that the [...]