Microsoft beats profit forecasts, shares jump

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp cruised past Wall Street's quarterly profit and revenue forecasts on Thursday, helped by strong sales of its Office and server software to businesses, sending its shares up more than 5 percent after hours.

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Amazon's third-party deals must change, German watchdog says: paper

(Reuters) - Germany's antitrust watchdog accused Amazon of undermining competition when dealing with third-party merchants and said it would impose reform unless the Internet retailer changed its rules, a German newspaper reported.

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Exclusive: Motorola looking to exit wireless LAN business - sources

(Reuters) - Motorola Solutions Inc is exploring the sale of its underperforming wireless LAN business, which has grappled with declining share in a market dominated by rivals such as Cisco Systems Inc, people familiar with the matter said.

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EBay's Omidyar and his 'Next Adventure in Journalism'

(Reuters) - EBay Inc founder Pierre Omidyar has become the latest self-made tech baron to plunge into the struggling news industry - hot on the heels of Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos, who just paid $250 million for the Washington Post.

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Analysis: Take HP's slide personally, CEO Whitman tells employees

(Reuters) - When Hewlett-Packard Co was removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average a month ago, Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman sent an impassioned email to the company's 300,000-plus employees.

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Panasonic to exit plasma TV panel business by end-March 2014

(Reuters) - When Hewlett-Packard Co was removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average a month ago, Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman sent an impassioned email to the company's 300,000-plus employees.

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SAP CEO says China to become as important as U.S.: paper

                     
(Reuters) - German business software maker SAP sees potential for one million new customers in China, five times the number it currently has world-wide, German weekly paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung said.

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RIM shares dive as fee changes catch market off guard

                         
(Reuters) - Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd plunged more than 20 percent on Friday on fears that a new fee structure for its high-margin services segment could put pressure on the business that has set the company apart from its competitors.

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Oracle beats outlook, shrugs off fiscal debate

                
(Reuters) - Technology giant Oracle Corp said software sales growth will stay strong into the new year despite a looming fiscal crisis that investors have worried could cause a slump in IT spending.

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Clearwire investors unlikely to get higher Sprint bid

                     
(Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp's $2.2 billion offer for Clearwire Corp is likely to face resistance from Clearwire's minority shareholders, but accepting the offer may prove to be their best option.

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Andreessen denies Internet bubble, advises Times to stop printing

                  
(Reuters) - Far from experiencing a bubble, Silicon Valley has been in the throes of a "technology depression," Netscape co-founder and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen said at the New York Times Dealbook conference on Wednesday.

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In giant "garage sale", Japan's TV giants hawk $3 billion of assets

                          
(Reuters) - Panasonic Corp, Japan's struggling maker of Viera brand TVs, owns more than 10 million square meters of office and factory space, dormitories for its workers and sports facilities for its rugby, baseball and women's athletics teams.

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Lenovo Group's parent plans China IPO as early as 2014: report

                              
(Reuters) - Legend Holdings, the parent company of personal computer maker Lenovo Group, plans to list in China's A-share market sometime between 2014 and 2016, China Business News quoted the firm's chairman as saying.

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Cisco bets on software and services for mid-term growth

                   
(Reuters) - Cisco Systems laid out its mid-term growth strategy on Friday, betting on increased demand for software, services and security as it strives to become the world's leading information technology company.

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