Microsoft said that makers of over half of all Android devices are now its licensees.

Heartland Payment Systems figured it was in pretty good shape when it took out a $30 million cyber insurance policy. Unfortunately, the credit card transaction processor was the victim of a massive data breach in early 2009 that resulted in losses estimated at $145 million. The insurance company did pay Heartland the $30 million, but the company was on the hook for the remaining $115 million.

Microsoft fools analysts and reports better-than-expected quarterly revenue.

Shane Robison, who directs the company's research efforts, is retiring Nov. 1.

The judge cancelled the Oct. 31 start of the jury trial and has yet to set a new trial date.

The European Commission concluded that a merger of the hard disk drive makers will not impede competition.

Speaking at a conference, the Microsoft CEO also expressed satisfaction with the progress of the Bing search engine.

IBM's new mainframe and Power-based servers come with analytics and database software.

In a court brief related to its battle with Oracle, Google also says the offending code has all been removed in the next version of Android.

IBM's growth slows in major markets, though the company remains enthused on emerging markets.

Australian datacentre hardware market is expected to reach $1.83 billion this year.

But the PC market expands more slowly than expected.

The company also topped Wall Street expectations.

Skype CEO Tony Bates is president of the Skype Division of Microsoft.

HP's PC shipments also grew by 5.3 percent year-over-year in the quarter.

The son of the company founder presided over sales of the world's first commercial cell phones.

The phone maker has a strategy to bring smartphones to the masses.

Backup system also didn't work, RIM explains.

The slowdown may have been the result of a half-hearted attack by Anonymous.

The system will separate personal and business uses of mobile handsets.