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The world's-largest software company posted a 60% jump in earnings on record revenue, powered by strong sales of its latest operating system. The results are further evidence of a recovery in consumer tech spending that began during the holiday season.

Just when they come out with a Windows 7 release that most of the tech world seems to like, an update wreaks havoc with what's likely to be a limited subset of users. Naturally, the media gives this problem a highly colorful term -- the Black Screen of Death.

(With our sincere apologies to Dr. Seuss) Every Who down in Whoville liked Google a lot, But the Grinch, who lived up in a penthouse, did not. The Grinch hated Google, didn't find Google pleasin' -- Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be his head wasn't screwed on...

The laptop price wars continue and retailers aren't waiting for Thanksgiving to offer great Black Friday laptop deals! After Walmart fired the first shot with a pre-Black Friday Laptop deal last weekend, Best Buy is responding with its own Black Friday computer deal -- priced at just...

Microsoft's (MSFT) new Windows 7 operating system has launched with a sales boom. In its first weekend, sales were 234 percent higher than what predecessor Windows Vista racked up, according to retail sales measurement company NPD Group. That's a very strong sign for Microsoft, considering that the...

One thing you should never do is run a Windows computer without some form of virus protection. In the past, in order to get any decent virus protection, you had to spend big bucks on security suites like Norton and McAfee; but now AVG Free protects you against the viruses and spyware for free. AVG...

Here's an idea for Seth MacFarlane, creator of the raunchy cartoon Family Guy on News Corp. (NWS)'s Fox Network: Take the script for the Nov. 8 episode that Microsoft just backed out of as sole sponsor. Find any mention of "Windows 7," cross it out with a pencil, and replace the term with the...

My jaw hit the floor when I read the "what could they be thinking?" announcement that Microsoft had commissioned an entire half-hour special by the maker and cast of the adult cartoon hit "Family Guy". The show was to include plugs embedded in the narrative extolling the virtues of its new Windows...

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) on Friday reported lower quarterly earnings of 40 cents a share, but that surpassed analyst estimates by 8 cents a share. The maker of Windows software and Xbox games reported fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 18 percent to $3.57 billion from $4.37 billion a year ago....

After intense anticipation and buildup, Microsoft (MSFT) on Thursday unveiled its new operating system, Windows 7, ending what New York Times gadget guru David Pogue called a "three year Windows Vista nightmare." The critical response was generally positive -- perhaps not particularly surprising...