Music download subscriptions aren't the problem with the Zune, but you can't say Microsoft isn't trying. Read >

It's "the end of Yahoo Search" says an employee tipster. Read >

Happy to do a search partnership, though. (So get on it, Yahoo). Read >

Build an awesome widget for a mobile platform Motorola is throwing out next year, win up to $25,000, and gain "global exposure." Read >

The NYC-based startup makes next-gen set-top box software; Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital buy in. Read >

Steve Ballmer will likely revisit the idea of buying Yahoo. Unless Yahoo pushes a sale at a super-low price, however, we doubt he'll go forward with it. A search deal, however, is a different story. Read >

Crispin Porter + Bogusky gets the pleasure of trying to convince us all to buy Zunes instead of iPods. Read >

Did you know YouTube handles twice as many search queries as all of Microsoft's sites? Read >

MSN, MSN Live, Windows Live or whatever will become more like Facebook. Read >

Gregory Peters will try to get Netflix's streaming service built into more devices, from Blu-ray players to Internet-connected TV sets. Read >

The first reviews of Windows 7 are starting to trickle in, and the critics don't love it. Read >

Will Google panic and intervene? Probably not. But if Microsoft is serious about search, it needs to get cracking on a new Yahoo deal. Read >

Cheap laptops used mostly to run Firefox are selling like mad. But so far, the best sellers still seem to be running Windows. Perhaps because it's easier/better to use than Linux? Read >

Surprise: None of them work at Dell. Read >

China threatens to retaliate against Microsoft's "black screen of death." Steve Ballmer responds by telling it like it is. Read >

Microsoft is recruiting college students with a weird intelligence test. Are you smart enough to work there? Click to find out. Read >

Time for Microsoft and Yahoo to get that search deal done. Read >

Windows 3.1 was available until just a week ago. Will we be able to buy Vista in 10 years? Read >

AC/DC are the kings of rock and roll and spreadsheets. Read >

But Nintendo probably comes out on top financially. Read >

But the companies are fighting over a tiny market: Few Americans use search engines on their phones.  And how much will owning the "default" search on phones even matter? Read >

Sure, Microsoft might sell the ad agency it owns -- someday. The real questions are when, to whom, and for what price? Read >

Microsoft hires away Time Inc's Robin Domeniconi to head U.S. sales operations. Read >

I might do a search deal with you, though. Read >

Nice try, Steve! Read >

But Yahoo still stands for "entrepreneurism at its finest." Read >

Watch out Amazon: Microsoft opens its cloud to startups for free -- complete with free Microsoft software and server licenses. Read >

Two mergers and new potential wireless technologies could mean changes for consumers and carriers. Read >

The Feds approve the use of wireless airwaves between TV channels -- so-called "white spaces" -- for Internet access. Read >

The FCC might open up more airwaves for Internet devices today; a plan pushed by Google and Microsoft. Read >