SAN FRANCISCO, April 1, 2008 (AFP) - Microsoft said Tuesday it will soon release a version of its Internet Explorer web browser tailored to put surfing the web with mobile telephones on par with using desktop computers.

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2008 (AFP) - Microsoft is not planning to raise its 44.6-billion-dollar bid for Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

The newspaper cited people close to Microsoft's hostile February 1 offer for Yahoo as insisting that no higher bid to its original price of 31 dollars a share is forthcoming.

SHANGHAI, March 19, 2008 (AFP) - Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba is in advanced talks with investors to buyout a 39 percent stake in the company held by Yahoo to help ensure future independence, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, 2008 (AFP) - Microsoft and Intel said Tuesday they are teaming with US universities to unleash the mighty potential of multi-core computer chips.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, 2008 (AFP) - Yahoo on Tuesday assured investors the firm's revenues will soar to 8.8 billion dollars by 2010 and that it is smart to resist Microsoft's 44.6-billion-dollar takeover offer.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 5, 2008 (AFP) - Yahoo on Wednesday extended its deadline for nominating board members as the Internet giant maneuvers to thwart a hostile takeover by US software titan Microsoft.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3, 2008 (AFP) - Microsoft announced Monday that it is expanding the range of business software it makes available as a service on the Internet.

The move comes as people increasingly use writing, accounting, email and other programs online instead of buying packaged software and installing it on their own machines.

HANOVER, Germany, March 3, 2008 (AFP) - An acquisition by Microsoft of Internet giant Yahoo would benefit both firms' shareholders as well as advertisers and consumers, Microsoft's chief executive said Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) - Microsoft announced Friday that it is cutting prices of packaged Windows Vista operating systems it sells in stores.

The move comes as computer users rebel against the software, contending it is too complex for many machines and conflicts with programs they rely on or enjoy.

TOKYO, Feb 28, 2008 (AFP) - A senior Microsoft Corp. executive expressed optimism Thursday about the software giant's takeover bid for Internet firm Yahoo, saying the two companies' top managers were in close discussions.

'We continue to have a very close dialogue with Yahoo's shareholders (and) Yahoo's management,' Microsoft senior vice president Jean-Philippe Courtois said.