Microsoft Corp.'s claim that customers pay a $3,400 “Apple tax” when they buy Macs rather than Windows-based PCs is “silly” …
Conficker botnet could flood Web with spam
Windows PCs infected with the Conficker worm have turned into junk mail-spewing robots capable of sending billions of spam messages …
Bluetooth group to release spec for Wi-Fi
On schedule, Bluetooth is about to get a big boost in data rate and in some cases distance. On April …
Conficker, the Internet’s No. 1 threat, gets an update
Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions of computers worldwide has been reprogrammed to strengthen its defenses while …
Windows now on 96% of netbooks
Almost all of the netbooks sold in February 2009 were running Windows, rather than Linux, says NPD. According to the …
Unified communications start-up aims to challenge Microsoft, Skype, Google
Dutch start-up Perzonae Unified Communications is working on a service that will combine e-mail, instant messaging and, later, calls and …
Acer pushes multibrand strategy with product barrage
Acer Inc. took a big step forward with its multibrand strategy on Tuesday, aiming at increasingly smaller demographic slices of …
Report: Nokia Siemens bids for much of Nortel
Nokia Siemens Networks, Avaya and Siemens Enterprise Communications are moving in to buy parts of troubled Nortel Networks, the Wall …
Apple updates Xserve with Nehalem Xeon processors
Apple on Tuesday updated its 1U rackmount server, Xserve. The new sever is based on Intel's latest Nehalem Xeon Processors, …
Analyst: Netbooks to stick with 10-inch screens
Despite a new crop of netbooks sporting 12-inch displays, vendors will mostly build models with 10-inch screens in coming years …
Poll reveals user love for Windows 7
Beta testers of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 7 are four times more likely to be happy with what they're seeing than …
Google beefs up Gmail for Android and Apple’s iPhone
Google Inc announced an update of its hosted Gmail and calendar services for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and devices based on …
Wireless USB: Was it worth the wait?
As the Universal Serial Bus (USB) approaches its 13th birthday, like other adolescents it's eager to start thinking and acting …
Are Linux netbooks really returned more often than Windows models?
Windows' dominance extends to 96% of netbooks sold in the U.S. in February. Worldwide, three-quarters of the 15 million netbooks …
Leaked HP memo details XP reprieve until 2010, report says
Microsoft Corp. acknowledged today that it has “broadened the options” for PC makers to continue offering the eight-year-old Windows XP …
Asus woos Skype users with fancy videophone
Asus has exported its expanding 'Eee' brand to videophones, putting on sale a standalone device that lets Skype users videoconference …
15 secrets of next-gen browsers
The browser market is heating up, with the major players poised to release new versions this spring, and Google having …
Conficker copycat prowls for victims, says Microsoft
An old, but little-known worm has copied some of the infection strategies of Conficker, the worm that raised a ruckus …
Dell keeps new Vostro laptops free of bloatware
Dell Inc. today added three new models to its Vostro line of small-business laptops, continuing a two-year-old policy under which …
Attackers exploit critical PowerPoint vulnerability
For the second time in five weeks, Microsoft Corp. warned that hackers were exploiting a critical unpatched bug in its …