Last week, in honour of the Windows 7 launch, we covered Microsoft's biggest successes in the computing field. This week, in the interest of balance, we're looking to the company's dark side..

Mozilla has released the 3.5.4 update for its Firefox browser, addressing a number of security and performance issues and adding several minor improvements..

The company said that its new Kindle Books application will allow Windows PC users to purchase, download and read e-book titles from Amazon's Kindle Store service..

Microsoft's Windows 7 could see a warm reception from businesses in the coming months, according to recent survey..

As Microsoft geared up to push the latest version of Windows into the retail market, big names in the cloud computing space have been levelling criticism at the new operating system, and pushing rival products.

Apple continues to defy hard times with solid sales, including the company's strongest quarter ever.

The massive network of pages compromised by the Gumblar botnet are now being used to spread malware, according to researchers.

An emerging Wi-Fi specification, called 'WiFi Direct' promises to allow users to link devices directly.

AMD has begun a campaign to step up the adoption of a new physics engine called Bullet Physics.

Google is to begin invitation-only trials of its Wave collaboration tool, which has been available as a closed developer test since its introduction in May.

Security researchers have warned that the growth of new botnets and the resurgence of existing networks has helped to push malware infection numbers to record highs..

Seagate has released several new hard drives that feature self-encryption as standard..

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HP has unveiled its latest line of wirelessly connected DreamScreen displays which allow users to wirelessly connect systems to a standalone external display.

McAfee is warning users following the discovery of a new rogue security application that masquerades as the company's flagship antivirus suite.

The company said that the new Norton 2010 release would focus on reputation-based malware detection, which spots malicious applications based on behaviour rather than code signature..

The new iTunes Genius Mix feature takes centre stage in latest release, analysing your music library to create channels.

Apple has posted major updates for its entire iPod music player line. For all the new models and prices, including the video and FM radio equipped Nano, read on.

A series of key Microsoft patents are reportedly on the verge of being sold to an open-source advocacy group..

Though neither company is willing to declare that the effort will make competitors such as AMD and Apple obsolete