SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) workers hand-delivered — literally — the company’s first 787 Dreamliner in the pouring rain on Monday to All Nippon Airways (9202.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), capping nearly a decade of development of the world’s most advanced jetliner.

The 500 Seattle workers, with help from a mechanical tug, hauled the carbon-composite plane about 100 yards to its Japanese buyers at a podium outside the planemaker’s mammoth Everett, Washington, production plant.

ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp handed out 5,000 sleek Samsung tablet computers running a test version of Windows 8 at its annual developer conference on Tuesday, hoping to stoke excitement over its new operating system.

The devices, powered by Intel Corp i5 chips, are the first chance for people outside Microsoft to play with Windows 8, the temporary code name for its next software system that includes features tailored for touchscreens and tablets. The company is betting the new system will stem the tide of consumers switching to Apple Inc’s iPad.

, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp
(MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) handed out sleek new tablet computers with a test
version of Windows 8 at its annual developer conference, to
spark excitement over its new operating system.

The devices are the first chance for people outside
Microsoft to play with Windows 8, the temporary code name for
its next system that includes features tailored specifically
for touch screens and tablets. The company is betting the new
system will stem the tide of consumers switching to Apple Inc’s
(AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) iPad.

SEATTLE, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Next week a high-ranking
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) executive will stand on stage and show
off a new version of Windows on a tablet computer.

It won’t be the first time. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer
did it last year. Co-founder Bill Gates did it 10 years ago.

SEATTLE (Reuters) – How does a company recover from the loss of an iconic leader like Steve Jobs at Apple Inc?

Sometimes, it doesn’t.

Sony Corp has never regained the dominance in consumer electronics it built under co-founder Akio Morita. Microsoft Corp’s stock price hasn’t budged in the decade since Bill Gates stepped down as CEO.

SEATTLE (Reuters) – How does a company recover from the loss of an iconic leader like Steve Jobs at Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)?

Sometimes, it doesn’t.

Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has never regained the dominance in consumer electronics it built under co-founder Akio Morita. Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) stock price hasn’t budged in the decade since Bill Gates stepped down as CEO.

SAN FRANCISCO/SINGAPORE (Reuters)- From San Francisco to Shanghai to Sydney, fans of Apple Inc paid extraordinary tribute to Steve Jobs after he resigned as CEO, calling him an icon for the entire technology industry, not just the company he co-founded.

The outpouring on blogs and Twitter began minutes after Jobs, who has been on medical leave since January, announced he would leave the chief executive’s post but carry on as chairman of Apple.

SAN FRANCISCO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – From San Francisco to Shanghai to Sydney, fans of Apple Inc paid extraordinary tribute to Steve Jobs after he resigned as CEO, calling him an icon for the entire technology industry, not just the company he co-founded.

The outpouring on blogs and Twitter began minutes after Jobs, who has been on medical leave since January, announced he would leave the chief executive’s post but carry on as chairman of Apple.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc fans paid tribute to Steve Jobs on Wednesday, but expressed mostly sadness at his resignation as CEO and aired their fears for the health of the technology giant’s guiding visionary.

Jobs, who has been on medical leave since January, will carry on as chairman of the company he co-founded in the late 1970s, but it is unclear how much he will contribute.

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Tim Cook, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, who has been standing in for CEO Steve Jobs during his medical leave, has been named the new CEO after Jobs resigned as Apple Inc Chief Executive on Wednesday, without specifying a reason.

The 50-year-old Alabama native, who has been at the company since 1998, was seen as a safe bet to run Apple’s day-to-day operations while Jobs was away for medical reasons in 2009. During that time, the company prospered and its stock jumped 60 percent.