Reuters - Microsoft Corp unveiled a new initiative on Monday that will give college and high school students around the world free access to technology tools used to develop and design software.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp unveiled a new initiative on Monday that will give college and high school students around the world free access to technology tools used to develop and design software.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to invest heavily in Web search to competes against Google Inc, even if it fails to acquire Yahoo Inc, the company's chairman Bill Gates said on Monday.

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Reuters - Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, unveiled on Monday four new multimedia phone models, including successors to its top N95 and N73 models.

BARCELONA (Reuters) - More than a third of mobile phone owners in China, the world's largest mobile market, use their handsets to listen to music, more than in Britain or the United States, a study showed.

BARCELONA (Reuters) - After forcing Europe's mobile operators to cut rates for making and receiving phone calls abroad, the European Union's top telecoms regulator has set her sights on prices for downloading and surfing the Web wirelessly.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a nod to the notion that mobile phones have become fashion accessories, Israel's Modu says it can make $1 billion in revenue by selling "jackets" for its tiny new cell phone that give the device new functions as well as a new look.

USATODAY.com - The end of the high-definition disc war seems in sight, say industry observers, with major studio Warner Bros. jumping to the Blu-ray Disc camp and leaving the competing HD DVD format with a dwindling base of Hollywood support. But ahead lies the real uphill battle: selling high-definition discs - in any format - to consumers who appear more than satisfied with the DVDs they've already bought over the past few years.

Terry Semel stepped down as Yahoo Inc.'s chairman Thursday, severing his ties with the slumping Internet icon 7{ months after ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The head of telecom equipment maker Ericsson's Redback unit is leaving his executive position to become vice chairman of the unit, Redback's chairman said on Thursday.