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Article | 11/05/2011 Ballmer: Microsoft won't tie Skype to Windows

Microsoft will integrate Skype's calling features into many of its key products, including Office, the Xbox and its Windows Phone software, but it wil...

Article | 6/05/2011 Man sentenced to prison for defrauding Cisco

A Maryland man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for directing a multimillion-dollar warranty fraud scheme targeting Cisco Systems, the U.S....

Article | 6/05/2011 ARM to bite into Intel's PC dominance by 2015, IDC says

IDC on Thursday predicted that ARM will capture a 15 percent share of the PC microprocessor market by 2015, as the company dials up development of pro...

Article | 5/05/2011 Anonymous not off the hook for the Sony PlayStation Network attack

The worldwide hacker group Anonymous may have played a role - even unwittingly - in the theft of personal data from 77 million Sony PlayStation Networ...

Article | 4/05/2011 FBI warns that fake bin Laden video is a virus

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned computer users Tuesday that messages claiming to include photos and videos of Osama bin Laden's death ...

Article | 4/05/2011 Chip maker Adapteva aims to speed up smartphones

Startup chip design company Adapteva on Tuesday announced the multicore Epiphany processor, which is designed to accelerate applications in servers an...

Article | 3/05/2011 BlackBerry Bold 9900 first impressions

This morning, Research In Motion (RIM) officially announced its latest smartphone, the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930, at its annual BlackBerry World Confe...

Article | 30/04/2011 Microsoft admits to more Windows Phone update problems

Yet another problem has cropped up preventing some Windows Phone 7 users from getting two software updates, adding a new chapter to the update saga th...

Article | 30/04/2011 AMD not pursuing ARM license, sticking to x86

Advanced Micro Devices shot down rumors that it is pursuing an ARM license, saying it will stick to developing chips for tablets around the x86 archit...

Article | 29/04/2011 China's ZTE fires back at Huawei with own lawsuit

Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier ZTE has fired back against its rival Huawei Technologies by filing its own patent infringement lawsuit a...

Article | 29/04/2011 China's Huawei files lawsuit aganist rival ZTE

China's largest telecommunications equipment supplier, Huawei, has filed lawsuits against Chinese rival ZTE for patent infringement involving mobile t...

Article | 29/04/2011 Taipei demands answers for Sony, threatens fines

The city of Taipei is demanding that Sony provide details about any leak of PlayStation Network user data following an intrusion last week or face fin...

Article | 29/04/2011 Xoom does better than expected

Motorola Mobility shipped 250,000 Xoom tablets in the first month the device was available, the company said on Thursday as part of its first-quarter ...

Article | 29/04/2011 Microsoft quarter rescued by Microsoft Office

Microsoft enjoyed strong income and revenue growth for its third fiscal quarter despite sluggish PC sales, with Xbox and Office doing well, the compan...

Article | 28/04/2011 Intel eyes post-Thunderbolt interconnect for 2015

A new interconnect technology being developed by Intel could be ready for use by 2015 and will be able to shuttle data between computers at up to five...

Article | 28/04/2011 Android, Chrome OS, and Ubuntu united in one platform

With so many exciting new operating systems to choose from today, it can be tough to settle on just one -- particularly if you're an open source fan.

Article | 28/04/2011 Windows 7 helps Microsoft boost OS share to 78.6%

Microsoft's Windows accounted for 78.6 per cent of worldwide operating system revenue in 2010, up nearly a full percentage point, despite growth in Li...

Article | 28/04/2011 The Sony PlayStation Network breach: An identity-theft bonanza

The massive Sony PlayStation Network data breach that exposed personal and password information -- and possibly credit cards -- of an estimated 77 mil...

Article | 28/04/2011 Apple denies tracking iPhone users, but promises changes

Apple today denied that it tracks iPhone and iPad users, saying that "users are confused" about the issue.

Article | 28/04/2011 Google patches 27 Chrome bugs, pays out record bounties

Google today patched 27 vulnerabilities in Chrome as it boosted the "stable" build of the browser to version 11 on Windows, Mac and Linux.