Companies reportedly close to finalising a deal.

Industries keeping a sweet outlook during these sour times.

We gaze into a crystal ball and and ponder the future, or possible demise, of some well-known technologies.

From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.

Allegations of undue influence raise eyebrows.

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..

Blue screens after installing the update are not an isolated incident, if online reports are to be believed..

Another knock-back for committed users of venerable OS.

Blue Blu-Ray discs banned by Sony.

From Betamax to Amiga, here's a list of those IT innovations that fell under the bulldozer. Some were cruelly robbed of their advantage, others threw it away with bad management

IDF is Intel’s main forum for new releases and updates on the older products and as such is key to understanding the company’s direction. Here's what impressed us.

The world wide web is celebrating its twentieth birthday. Over those last two decades, the web has changed the way society works, plays, and interacts..

The company promises that Windows 7 will be the best version of its operating system yet, critical acclaim has often eluded Redmond. We've decided to count down the ten best products ever to come out of Redmond, from DOS 5 to Flight Simulator and NT 4.0

Things that make you go aaaargh, including Vista, Bluetooth and other things that may or may not make you mad

Reveals predisposition to Parkinson’s.

Steve Jobs will not be attending Apple’s annual shareholder’s meeting later this month, the first time he has missed the event..

Cloud computing looks like threatening virtualisation for hype, but according to the famous Linux evangelist you'd be stupid to try it.

Houston, we have a problem.

Lie about your age, advises security firm.

Admittedly not much, but still ....