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  • News: Michael Dell back as Dell chief quits

    Two and a half years after handing the chief executive officer (CEO) title to his hand-picked successor, Kevin Rollins, Michael Dell is again running the company he founded.

  • News: Live Messenger for Vista now available

    Microsoft has released the final version of its new IM (instant message) client optimised for Windows Vista. The company says Windows Live Messenger 8.1 offers enhancements that make it more compatible with Vista, with updates in the IM client including new looks for emoticons, contacts and display photos that take advantage of Vista's new and improved user interface.

  • News: Microsoft has world's most-popular websites

    Microsoft drew the largest number of website visitors worldwide in December, a recurring accomplishment that makes the company's disappointing online ad business all the more disconcerting.

  • News: Casio launches 10mp compact camera

    Casio has released a second compact, stylish camera with a 10.1-megapixel CCD. The Exilim Zoom EX-Z1050 is smaller than the EX-Z1000 and features a new image processor for better-quality output.

  • News: Windows Vista DRM cracked already

    A hacker claims to have written a code to break Windows Vista’s encryption, within hours of the operating system’s consumer launch.

  • News: Smart card offers safer online shopping

    Smart card vendor Gemalto NV plans to introduce new technology designed to give online shoppers an easy way to log on to their accounts using a smart card device that plugs into any PC.

  • News: Gamers targeted by online thieves

    Gamers have been warned to be more security conscious due to the increasing number of online criminals stealing virtual assets and selling them on for real money.

  • News: Apple adds a splash of colour

    Apple has announced that its 1GB iPod shuffle is now available in five colours.

  • News: Spammer fined for sexually explicit omission

    An internet-based provider of sexually explicit entertainment has agreed to pay a $465,000 civil penalty for sending unwanted email, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced.

  • News: Biggest-ever Linux desktop deal signed

    European car manufacturing giant Peugeot Citroën has agreed to one of the Continent's largest-ever deployments of open-source Linux software on desktop computers.

  • News: Vista focuses on security over compatibility

    Windows Vista will be the most secure operating system that Microsoft has released, a company executive said a Vista launch event in Washington, DC yesterday.

  • News: Intel opens healthcare research centre

    Intel and the Irish government are building the largest research initiative in the world dedicated to developing healthcare technologies specifically for the elderly.

  • News: Sony settles with FTC on rootkit fracas

    Sony BMG has finally reached a deal with the US Federal Trade Commission over its use of a stealth program to enforce digital rights management on its music CDs.

  • News: EU to get different versions of Vista

    European Commission forces Microsoft to make security, search and fixed document format changes to Windows Vista

  • News: Google Notifier's hidden secret

    A Mac software engineer who works at Google has published details of a cool hidden feature in Google Notifier.

  • News: Vista partnerships revealed at UK launch

    Bill Gates and a host of Microsoft partners were on hand at the British Library this morning to launch Windows Vista in the UK and to show off a selection of new tools designed specifically for the new OS.

  • News: Vista: analyst predicts slow uptake

    Australian analyst Hydrasight has predicted a poor adoption rate for Windows Vista, suggesting that businesses will question the value the new Windows OS can provide. Enterprise adoption rate for Vista in Australia will be less than 10 percent during 2007, according to the company.

  • News: TomTom satnav devices ship with virus

    Popular navigation aid TomTom has admitted that a batch of its latest devices have shipped with a virus pre-installed.

  • News: Analysts predict bright future for Apple iPhone

    Analysts at Needham & Co yesterday raised their target price on Apple stock from $115 to $135. The move was made based on the strength of anticipated iPhone sales.

  • News: AMD: 'Intel moves don't worry us'

    AMD isn't fazed by rival Intel's recent announcements of 45nm (nanomater) processing technology, and its deal to supply Xeon chips to Sun Microsystems, an AMD executive said yesterday.