Microsoft ups dividend, buys back $40 billion in stock
Microsoft says its board has approved a 22 percent increase in the company's quarterly dividend to 28 cents along with a new $40 billion stock buyback program.
View ArticleMicrosoft patches up browser exploit
Microsoft Corp released an emergency software fix for Internet Explorer on Tuesday after hackers exploited a security flaw in the popular Web browser to attack an unknown number of users.
View ArticleOracle simmers along in line with expectations
Oracle Corp said quarterly software sales and subscriptions grew in line with tempered forecasts, ending two straight quarters of misses and supporting expectations that enterprise tech spending may be...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Ballmer regrets losing out in mobile
Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday his biggest regret is missing the boat on smartphones
View ArticleOracle CEO pay drops 18% to $78.4 million
The value of Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison's pay package dropped 18 percent in fiscal 2013, to $78.4 million, after the company missed its internal financial targets and he declined his annual...
View ArticleMicrosoft reports powerful performance
Microsoft Corp cruised past Wall Street's quarterly profit and revenue forecasts on Thursday, helped by strong sales of its Office and server software to businesses, sending its shares up more than 5...
View ArticleStart-up AI cracks CAPTCHA code reading
A technology start-up said on Monday that it had come up with software that works like a human brain in one key way: it can crack CAPTCHAs
View ArticleMicrosoft advised against lead independent director
Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis has recommended that Microsoft Corp shareholders vote against the re-election of lead independent director John Thompson, who is in charge of the company's efforts to...
View ArticleSecurity companies tussle over patents
Seven years ago, Intellectual Ventures bought a patent on technology that helps detect malicious software embedded in digital content. The price? $750,000.
View ArticleAdobe data breach worse than thought
Adobe Systems Inc said on Tuesday that the scope of a cyber-security breach disclosed nearly a month ago was far bigger than initially reported, with attackers obtaining data on more than 38 million...
View ArticleOracle shareholders disapprove of CEO pay
A majority of shareholders opposed Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison's pay in a non-binding vote on Thursday following complaints that the world's third-richest man makes too much as his...
View ArticleMicrosoft offers free services to SA SMEs
Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner today (5 November 2013) unveiled an online hub that will give South African small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) access to a range of free products and...
View ArticleMicrosoft narrows down on next CEO
Microsoft Corp has narrowed its list of external candidates to replace Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to about five people, including Ford Motor Co chief Alan Mulally and former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop
View ArticleMcAfee to defend against murder charges
Computer software pioneer John McAfee said on Wednesday he will testify willingly about the murder of his American neighbor in Belize last year, as he seeks to defend himself from a wrongful death...
View ArticleMicrosoft in new fight against hackers
The maker of the most popular computer operating system in the world is launching a new strategy against criminal hackers
View ArticleIcahn not pushing Apple to buy Siri maker
Activist investor Carl Icahn said Monday that he would not push technology giant Apple Inc. to buy Nuance Communications Inc., maker of the software that runs the Siri feature on Apple's iPhones.
View ArticleMicrosoft CEO a complex role to fill: Gates
Chairman Bill Gates said on Tuesday he was pleased with Microsoft Corp's progress in finding a new chief executive but outlined the difficulties in picking the next leader of the world's largest...
View ArticleMicrosoft tackles research group over patents
Microsoft Corp filed a lawsuit against Acacia Research Corp on Wednesday, charging that Acacia broke a contract to license various smartphone and mobile computing technologies to Microsoft.
View ArticleAdobe fails to warn users about security breach
Adobe Systems Inc said it is taking longer than expected to warn customers about a massive data breach that compromised data on tens of millions of people, leaving some in the dark 10 weeks after the...
View ArticleIcahn drops 13% stake in video game company
Activist investor Carl Icahn will sell all his shares in Take-Two Interactive Software Inc back to the videogame company, netting a fat return on his investment in the "Grand Theft Auto" publisher.
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