In comments confirming the open-source community's suspicions, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer Thursday declared his belief that the Linux operating system infringes on Microsoft's intellectual property.

Rumors that Apple Computer Inc. plans to launch a mobile phone next year are gaining momentum, although the company's Taiwanese manufacturing partners are giving little away.

Strange bedfellows Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have partnered to simplify how webmasters and online publishers submit their sites' content for indexing in the companies' search engines.

IBM Corp. has maintained its lead, and its bragging rights, over rivals in the number of supercomputer systems it operates throughout the world.

Mobile phones will undergo a dramatic transformation over the next few years, incorporating more powerful processors and more storage, as well as new technologies, a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. research and development (R&D) executive said Monday.

Motorola Inc. said Friday it would acquire Good Technology Inc., the software firm that provides the mobile e-mail application on Motorola's Q smartphone and on many competing devices.

The PS3 and the Wii aren't the only new gadgets in the house. Microsoft's Zune arrived here as well this morning. I'm working to get our review ready ASAP, but I thought I'd check in with a few very early first impressions.

Microsoft Corp. said supposedly pirated copies of its new Vista computer operating system (OS) "will be of limited value" to those who use them.

After several delays, the long-awaited update to the Windows client OS, Windows Vista, is expected to be on its way to manufacturers Wednesday.

Adobe Systems Inc. will contribute source code to the Mozilla Foundation as the two organizations aim to establish a standard scripting language that developers can use to create interactive applications for Adobe's Flash Player and Mozilla's Firefox browser.

Microsoft Corp. is investigating reports of a vulnerability in a Windows ActiveX control that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of a computer, according to an advisory issued Friday. One security company rated the vulnerability critical, while Microsoft said it allowed only limited attacks.

Sharp Corp. is increasing production of solar panels at its factory in Japan to meet burgeoning global demand for the products, it said Monday.

Slim Devices CEO Sean Adams revealed on Wednesday that computer accessory-maker Logitech is acquiring the company. Adams made the announcement on the Slim Devices community forum ahead of the official announcement.

A flaw that research firm Secunia ApS claimed to have discovered in Internet Explorer 7 just hours after its unveiling is not a browser bug after all, Microsoft Corp. said Thursday.

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) chief executive Carly Fiorina says the changes she made at HP have yet to play out in the marketplace so it's too soon to assess her impact, or that of her successor, Mark Hurd, on the company.

A Google Inc. employee mistakenly posted information to an official Google blog that she had intended to publish in her personal blog, the latest blogging faux pas for the search engine giant.

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday released the long-awaited version of the Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) browser for the Windows XP OS.

Winners of 10,000 MP3 players given away in a Japanese fast-food promotion got more than they bargained for, as their prizes contained a worm. If they connect the music players to their computers to fill them with songs then the worm, WORM_QQPASS.ADH, can infect the computers and steal personal data.

Microsoft Corp. said Friday it is on track to launching Windows Vista simultaneously worldwide. Less than a month ago it warned that antitrust problems could delay the launch in Europe and South Korea.

Claiming that IT spending is not contributing to business growth, Gartner said this week that eight out of every ten dollars spent is "dead money".