Microsoft lifts net, as well as outlook
The company reported quarterly earnings that slightly surpassed Wall Street's expectations, and it provided an optimistic outlook for its 2009 fiscal year, which begins in July.
- Microsoft threatens to drop Yahoo bid

2 setbacks for Deutsche Telekom
The telecommunications company lost a legal bid to block competitors from gaining low-cost access to its fiber optic network, and faced a separate antitrust inquiry.

France to require apartments to come wired
The government will seek to make fiber-optic cabling a requirement for all construction projects of 25 or more apartments.

Axel Springer to focus on Web
The biggest newspaper publisher in Europe said it would also develop its international holdings as it looks to rebound from its failed acquisition of Pin.

Spike Lee and Nokia team up for film
Lee will direct a short film comprising YouTube-style videos created by teenagers and adults using mobile phones.

U.S. teens earn :( in writing
A study finds that informalities like emoticons are creeping into the writing of those born digital.

Apple's sales defy U.S. economic downturn
Signs of a consumer slowdown abound in the United States but Apple customers appear not to have noticed.
- Amazon's earnings beat expectations

James Brown's estate sues Morgan Stanley
The estate's guardians are accusing the investment bank of failing to prevent the estate's previous manager, David Cannon, from draining millions of dollars held for Brown at the bank.

How-to video: From Jane Fonda to the Net
Do-it-yourself tips, self-help, cooking and beauty tips, sports and musical instruction are all available in a smorgasbord that offers the serious alongside the satirical.

What awaits the iPhone in Europe?
Sales of the Apple device have not been as robust on the Continent, leading some to suggest that the company needs a strategy change.