TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
Governor's offices in four US states earlier this month received HP laptops that they hadn't ordered, and that were bought with credit cards that had not been issued by the states to any of their employees
Concerns grow after cases reported in France, UK and the US. Apple has refused to comment until it sees the devices concerned
US Times tech critic David Pogue and his Wall Street Journal counterpart Walter S. Mossberg found Apple's Snow Leopard to be speedy yet slim and to offer far more than Apple promised
Dell announced that revenue, shipments, income, earnings and gross margins were all up from the previous quarter, and put an emphasis on its growing enterprise assets
Microsoft delivers a Bing iPhone and Mac software development kit and makes the SDK available for download on the Microsoft CodePlex community development site
Microsoft found itself joined by two new allies, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, in its Texas court battle against a small Canadian company, i4i, which says Redmond violated its XML-related patent
Despite Nokia's Linux netbook, Maemo Linux not dead - it still lives on in a niche tablet product
The alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo was supposed to give Google cause for concern. Instead, says Don Reisinger, the two companies are still behaving like rivals, making them no danger at all to the search giant
Microsoft files its appeal brief in a patent-infringement case that could see copies of Microsoft Word pulled from stores
Microsoft has been targeted by the Free Software Foundation, which is insisting in a new "Windows 7 Sins" campaign that Redmond's new operating system represents a threat to the privacy and security of individuals and companies
Microsoft puts aside past rivalry with OASIS over document formats, to joins its campaign for smart meter standards
Broadpoint AmTech is optimistic about Dell and its second-quarter earnings report scheduled for 27 Aug, as well as the PC market as a whole
Microsoft's Windows 7 and Apple's Snow Leopard have begun drawing comparisons as both operating systems approach their respective release dates
Nokia will enter the market for mininotebooks or netbooks with the Booklet 3G, a Windows-based device with a 10.1-inch HD display, Wi-Fi, aluminum shell and 3G connectivity
China is the likely source - but also a victim of the Trojan campaign which installs malware on visitors PCs
Microsoft plans to release both a Family Pack and upgrades to its upcoming Windows 7 operating system in Europe
A federal district court decision that found that Microsoft Word violates an XML technology could prove to be a crippling market blow for the software giant's flagship Office desktop productivity package
We knew Nokia had a netbook up its sleeve, but why go with Microsoft Windows? Because Nokia's user interface skills aren't good enough, and Linux would delay it, says Peter Judge
Finnish phone giant Nokia has gone for Intel and Windows 7, and claims a 12 hour battery life for ts long-awaited netboo, the Booklet 3G
Windows 7 is faster and easier than Windows Vista, has some good user interface tweaks - and it has crazy desktop backgrounds. Nicholas Kolakowski lists his ten top Windows 7 improvements
More than a third of the students surveyed by Retrevo reported wanting small, lightweight notebooks this year, and more than half had a budget under £450
As Apple's 9 Sept event nears, the rumour mill kicks into overdrive as reports of tablet computers and a Beatles music deal with iTunes storm the Internet
Apple's reputation has been based on quality and reliability, says Don Reisinger. So the company needs to take reports of exploding iPhones seriously - alongside recent Macbook issues.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs tried to get former Palm CEO Ed Colligan to agree to not hire away each other's employees, according to a report from Bloomberg
Intel's upcoming 32-nanometer “Westmere” processor, aimed at desk-tops and notebooks, will be a key topic of discussion at the Intel Developer Forum in September, according to an Intel blog
Former hedge fund manager Andy Kessler said AT&T was the real villain behind Apple's ban of Google Voice from its iPhone App Store
An apparent bug in Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 software allows users to find e-mails even after they have been deleted from the user's in-box and trash folders
Microsoft has filed a motion to stay a court ruling that could pull Microsoft Word from store shelves within 60 days
While testing Windows 7 for eWEEK, Andrew Garcia found something nasty: in certain circumstances, Windows 7 provides anyone with an administrator account that has no password
The RTM version of Windows 7 has plenty of improvements, according to our long review. But Andrew Garcia has concerns over its security implementation