Michael Liedtke

Microsoft is trying to lift its stock price by boosting its dividend by 25%, the largest increase since the company started its quarterly payments.

Google’s online advertising system is facing a US Justice Department investigation that is expected to cost the search leader at least $500-million.

YouTube is doubling the size of its online video store in an expansion that will make more movies available for internet streaming.

Google has delayed the debut of cellphones designed to connect with its internet services in China, widening the void between the company and Beijing.

Google’s initial public offering has a lot of people salivating for a piece of the action — an appetite that the internet search engine leader hopes to satisfy by inviting the…