Microsoft open sourcery under the bonnet

The latest beta of the open source Linux distribution Ubuntu 9.04 is now out and has loads of interesting things to play with.

And the Internet switched off

The 50 year old programming language COBOL is the code that won't go away, and can be found at the heart of ATM transactions, ticket purchases and telephone calls

It looks like Linux has stolen the march on Microsoft and Apple when it comes to the new USB 3.0 standard

A British boffin has come up with software that detects whether or not you are looking at your computer and switches off the display if you are doing something more important

Two HP security experts are planning to tell the Black Hat USA 2009 security conference next week about their plans to build a browser-based darknet

It was born when Microsoft indicated a move to Windows 95 and is still on version one today. The non-Microsoft version of DOS, the FreeDOS project turned 15 years old on Sunday

Linux distributor Red Hat has released its latest beta of its free Linux OS Fedora with new security, desktop and developer features.

The US Army is splashing out on ipod touches, according to Newsweek. However the newspaper is so keen on selling Iplods to its readers it is not really clear what the soldiers will be using them for.

Overpriced video cables are on the way out, being replaced by wireless HD video signal boxes pumping video around your hours.

It is starting to look like things are going to heat up on the GPU front as Nvidia and AMD go head-to-head in the next month or so.