XP is going down in the Windows market, in order to make room for Vista, although the last operating system to come out of Redmond has had a rough ride since the launch.
Vista has managed to establish itself as Microsoft’s main source of income, driving a revenue of $4.14 billion. “Microsoft announced revenue of $13.76 [...]

Good news for PayPal users from India. Now you can add your Indian bank account to your PayPal account, so you can withdraw your money directly to your bank.
Right now, State Bank of India , Bank of India, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, ING VYSYA Bank, UTI Bank, Standard Chartered [...]

Microsoft just announced that it would invest $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook. The social networking site is now valued at $15 billion.

As part of the deal, Microsoft will start selling ads for Facebook worldwide. By investing $240 million, Microsoft is not really going to have any control over Facebook or even [...]

Blu-ray outsells HD-DVD in U.S. for first 9 months. According to Home Media Research, sales of Blu-ray titles from January 1st to September 30th of this year now total 2.6-million units, while the HD DVD camp has moved some 1.4-million flicks in the same period.
Paramount Home Video said that “Transformers” had the biggest [...]

BBC Worldwide, the international arm of BBC, has acquired Lonely Planet, the Australia-based travel information group. Although the amount of the deal was not disclosed, Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler get to keep a 25% share in the company.
Lonely Planet has been creating travel guides and programming for channels like Discovery.
[ Via Mashable [...]

Larry Page and Sergey Brin (both 34), tied for fifth on the new Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans released Thursday. They are each worth $18.5 billion.
That makes Page and Brin the youngest ever to crack the top 10 on the Forbes list. Their net worth has more than quadrupled since [...]