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.

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2008 (AFP) - Technology giant IBM said Monday it had been temporarily suspended from seeking new business with US federal agencies, amid an investigation into possible procurement irregularities.

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2008 (AFP) - Facing another squeeze on a visa program for skilled workers, US business leaders are stepping up efforts to raise the limits, arguing that the nation is running short of the talent it needs to remain competitive.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, 2008 (AFP) - Google wants US regulators to sign off on a plan to pack wireless Internet services into 'TV white space' left empty as buffer zones between television broadcasting frequencies.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 21, 2008 (AFP) - Wells Fargo & Company said Friday it plans to offer customers online safes for storing copies of wills, passports, tax records and other documents worth protecting.

The major US bank says its vSafe service will roll out this year as a first-of-its-kind virtual vault for storing digitized copies of precious paperwork.

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2008 (AFP) - A planned buyout of US technology firm 3Com by a private equity firm and and China's Huawei Technologies was formally ended Thursday because of US government opposition, the investor firm said.

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2008 (AFP) - A planned buyout of US technology firm 3Com by a private equity firm and and China's Huawei Technologies was formally ended Thursday because a US government panel intended to block the deal, the investor firm said.

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) - Facebook said Tuesday it is giving users more control over who gets to see personal information posted in profiles at the hot social-networking website.

Privacy updates to be available by Wednesday include letting Facebook users categorize friends into lists, with access to profile information determined by which list someone is on.