Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the market closes Thursday.
Here is a summary of recent earnings reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of corporate spending and the overall economy:
Video-subscription service Netflix added another million customers during the spring to propel its second-quarter earnings past analyst estimates.
EMC Corp.'s net income more than doubled in the second quarter as corporations opened the spigot on spending for more data storage.

A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighboring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered _ hundreds of times more massive than the sun, scientists said Wednesday after working out its weight for the first time.

Apple Inc. blew past expectations with its latest quarterly report on Tuesday, selling almost as many of its new iPad tablets as it sold Mac computers.
The latest in the new, electronic world of book publishing: The Amplified Edition.
Facebook will try to get a New York man's claim for majority ownership of the website thrown out of court, attorneys for the social networking site said Tuesday.
U.S. consumers and businesses may get more options in wireless service starting next year, with the launch of a new wireless broadband network that aims to provide competition to the incumbent phone companies.