Guessing what eye-popping growth figures Microsoft Corp. will trumpet for SharePoint, its popular portal and collaboration app, has become an annual parlor game for fans and detractors alike. At Microsoft’s first global conference for SharePoint in May 2006, which 1,300 people attended in Seattle, Microsoft said the software had 75 million licensed users.

Google Inc. (GOOG) is open to making large and small strategic acquisitions now that the worst of the economic crisis has passed, the Internet search company’s chief executive said Thursday.

During Google’s third quarter earnings conference call today, one message came out loud and clear: Google’s mobile strategy is starting to pay off. “Android adoption is about to explode,” declared CEO Eric Schmidt, explaining that all the “necessary conditions” are set for growth: There are now 12 Android phones out there (most recently the Motorola Cliq) across 32 carriers in 26 countries.

Nokia reported a third-quarter loss of €559 million (US$833 million) that it blamed on charges related to its Nokia Siemens business. Sales of €9.8 billion were down 20 percent compared to last year, the company said on Thursday.The main reason for the loss is a €908 million impairment charge related to Nokia Siemens.

Despite the big marketing and advertising push Microsoft has given Bing, the new search engine failed to gain much ground among users in September, while Google increased its dominance, according to comScore.

Microsoft today delivered a record 13 security updates that patched 34 vulnerabilities in every version of Windows, including the not-yet-for-sale Windows 7, as well as in Internet Explorer (IE), Office, SQL Server and other parts of its software portfolio.

(Computerworld) Screen dimming, the tilt feature, shake and more You put it up to your ear and the screen goes blank. Turn it on its side, and the screen rotates. Walk outside and it can find your location, point a compass in the correct direction and post your geostatus on Google Latitude. Point it at [...]

(Taken from Computerworld) Move means Apple will presumably approve Google Voice for App Store AT&T reversed course today, announcing that it would “take the steps necessary” so iPhone owners could run voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications, presumably including Google Voice and Skype. Apple, meanwhile, said it will bring VoIP applications to its App Store “as soon [...]

Verizon and Google have entered into an agreement to jointly develop wireless devices based on Google’s open-source Android mobile platform.