Microsoft has offered up more information on exactly how owners of Windows 8 PCs will be able to upgrade to the free Windows 8.1 OS, including if they will have to reinstall their Windows 8 apps. More...

Microsoft has offered its first official look at the first major update for its controversial PC operating system, Windows 8.1, revealing some of the exciting new features on the way. More...

Two new colour variants are expected to join the existing black and silver versions of the HTC One. A red model was briefly spotted earlier this month, but a blue model also seems to be on the cards. More...

Been worried about the lack of rumours and leaks surrounding Microsoft's plans for Windows Phone? Microsoft has just revealed that it'll be sharing more about what's coming to Windows Phone in June. More...

Rumours surrounding the release of Windows 8.1 are flying thick and fast - the most recent of which suggests the Start Button will be returning alongside an updated Charms Bar. More...

Windows 8.1 build 9391 has reportedly shipped to OEMs ahead of a public preview at Build 2013 conference. Little is known about build 9391, except that it may be the version that is unveiled in June. More...

Windows 8.1 build 9385 has leaked which is the fourth copy of the upcoming release to make its way to the web well ahead of Microsoft's expected release in June as a preview build. More...

A new feature for Windows 8.1 was discovered in the latest build of Windows 8.1 but as of right now, the feature does not work with any apps that came with the build at this time. More...

Another report has surfaced that reinforces previous speculation and code changes in the latest builds of Windows 8.1, which show that there might be a boot to desktop option in the update More...

With tepid sales figures, Microsoft was rumoured to be considering merging Windows RT with full Windows 8. That is not the case, however, with Microsoft saying RT is part of a longer game. More...

Even though the Office team is not under the ‘Blue' banner for updates, new information is stating that they have their own rapid release codename and it is ‘Gemini'. More...

Microsoft has announced the its next iteration of the BUILD conference will be held in late June in San Francisco and registration opens at 09:00am PDT, April 2, 2013. More...

After the leak of Build 9364, it was quickly noted that Microsoft was working on a file manager app for the modern UI and now we have the first images of that app running. More...

After Windows Blue (build 9364) being leaked earlier today, we look at some of the new productivity applications Microsoft have decided to include in the upcoming Windows 8 update. More...

The leaked build of Windows Blue has revealed a number of new features, including larger and smaller Live Tiles, improved personalization, more Charm options, better mult-tasking and more More...

Windows Blue build 9364 has been leaked to the internet in a 32-bit ISO, and it appears to be sourced from a Microsoft partner build. A screenshot of the build has also accompanied the release More...

A new video show a prototype Bing application has highlighted a few new features and enhancement that Microsoft has been working on to improve the Windows Phone platform. More...

A new video that highlights Fresh Paint that will arrive with Windows Blue has been spotted and shows off a few new features of the upcoming update to the popular app. More...

More information regarding Windows Blue has surfaced, elaborating on the kernel changes made to the OS, as well as detailing search improvements and a release schedule for the update More...

New screenshots have appeared from Windows "Blue" build 9319 that show off IE11 (and not much else) while info has also arisen suggesting there will be a publically available Milestone Preview version More...

We have been hearing about Windows Blue for the past few months and what we initially thought would be an update to Windows 8 and possibly landing this summer but it may be much more than that. More...

A new rumor claims that Microsoft has now split the Windows development group into two teams; one working on the "Blue" update to Windows 8 and the other working on the next version of Windows. More...

According to a new report, an "update" for Windows will be released next year. It's unclear if this update is a new operating system or merely a service pack. More...

Mechanical keyboards represent a significant step-up from the normal membrane based keyboards. Now, the Das Keyboard family has a new model featuring media keys, to the delight of music lovers. More...

Western Digital has announced earlier today that it has commenced shipments of its updated Scorpio Blue hard drives, their mainstream 2.5" notebook hard drives. The new drive, WD10JPVT, will replace the current 1 TB Scorpio... More...

Blue, the color that has been holding back OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen technology may be one giant step closer to production. Previously scientists were only able to reproduce red and green OLED's but... More...

The creators of APE on Saturday denied that their application-enhancement framework is responsible for blue-screening Macs being upgraded to Leopard. Apple Inc., however, blamed the software in a support document advising users to delete APE... More...

Call this a preview of even better things to come...The fact is we have had the LG GGW-H10NI Super Multi Blue drive in our hands for a couple of months now, however we did not... More...

It's ironic that, a couple of days after the head of Mozilla Europe castigated Microsoft's attitude to Open Source and innovation in a TechCrunch interview, Microsoft today launches its own-label wine designed to promote innovation... More...

LG Electronics, a leading maker of consumer electronics, has reportedly announced its second-generation hybrid optical disk drives for personal computers (PCs). The novelties can read all four disk formats currently sold, including Blu-ray discs (BDs),... More...

On Wednesday, members of the hacking community willing to give Microsoft a hand arrived at Redmond, Washington, to show the software giant where it's gone wrong. This time the company's latest Blue Hat conference, typically... More...

Nichia Corporation of Japan has announced a new blue-violet laser that can fill up a 54GB double-layer disc at more than 10X record speed, compared to typical 2x and 4x Blu-ray/HD-DVD format disc recorders. In... More...

Officer Blue make surfing on Internet safer, especially for inexperienced users. It does not act as a classic virus protection, but offers protection from websites which want to lure user into a trap or to... More...

The dye in your blue jeans could soon be used to kill cancer cells, say scientists. UK researchers are employing tiny gold "nanoparticles", 1/5000th the thickness of a human hair, to deliver the chemical compound... More...

First there was Blue Frog, a community antispam effort that stopped operating last week after Blue Security, the company that started the project, came under a withering denial-of-service attack. Out of the ashes comes Black... More...

"According to The Washington Post, Blue Security has closed its doors, which can be confirmed by the Blue Security application failing to work today and their domain no longer resolving. Blue Security's CEO is quoted... More...

Cambridge Display Technology has presented new materials for red and blue OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diodes), said to have impressively extended lifetimes. This development has brought large-size full-color displays that make use of the new... More...

Microsoft Corp. today announced that McDonald's Corp. has selected Microsoft® Windows®XP Embedded as the foundation for its new point-of-sale (POS) platform.McDonald's selected Windows XP Embedded due to its exceptionalperformance and unique retail design, and the... More...

A new supercomputer dubbed "Blue Gene" was dedicated in a ceremony held at MIT on Thursday. The new computer will be used by MIT physicists comprised of faculty as well as post-doctorate, graduate, and senior... More...

Last week we reported on the hidden files that some Sony CDs install on Windows machines, quoting Sys Internals concerns that the software and files could not be easily removed. Facing unrest from the masses... More...

For the second year in a row, Microsoft Corp. invited a small number of hackers onto its Redmond, Wash., campus to crack the company's products for all to see. Blue Hat V2 was held on... More...

Nintendo has announced that it will ship pink and blue coloured DS consoles in Europe this coming October. This is to coincide with the release of the upcoming title, Nintendogs. People within the... More...

IBM plans to officially announce the creation of a new supercomputer later today, and is expected to rank as one of the fastest on the planet. The new supercomputer, named the Watson Blue... More...

PSO - BB is now out in beta. From the website: The Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst Open Beta has started! Everyone is welcome to join in for a month of free gameplay,... More...

Some Longhorn testers are seeing red. But never fear, Microsoft execs say: There will be no Red Screen of Death in the next version of Windows, due in 2006. As if the... More...

Microsoft plans to link hands with hardware and services companies on Tuesday in a push to win over IBM's midrange server customers, CNET News.com has learned. The Midrange Alliance Program, or MAP,... More...

There's something disingenuous about the announcement this week from Microsoft Japan that it will make Longhorn, the company's next major operating system release, compatible with the High Definition blue laser DVD from NEC and Toshiba,... More...

Sony debuted on Monday optical storage discs that use blue-laser technology to hold more data and that offer improved durability. The Sony Professional Disc for Data, which targets the business market worldwide,... More...

IBM has begun to produce PowerPC chips using a new manufacturing process that promises to improve their speed and energy efficiency. The tech giant plans to announce on Friday that it has... More...

NEC has built the first optical storage drive to support not only today's DVDs but tomorrow's High Definition blue-laser technology-based discs, the company said today. The machine uses a single optical head that contains one... More...