Microsoft stop employees buying Apple products

Mary Jo Foley from ZDNET claims she has access to an internal email regarding a new purchasing policy for Microsoft's sales, Marketing, IT, Services and Operations Group. The email was sent to empl... more.

Foxconn have been dealing with a publicity nightmare in the last year, requiring key partners such as Apple to step in to mop up the mess. The situation was so bad that Apple made a big deal of joinin... more.

The bizarre events of the NDA-blowing launch and sale of Intel's new chipset mainboards has moved onto a new stage. Price discounting. KitGuru makes screen grabs and calculations. From the time Fut... more.

Following on from existing story about the early launch of Z77, a reader suggested that we also look for signs of the lower cost H77 chipset boards. We looked and to our surprise, found them. But this... more.

Most times modern technology will launch under strict guidelines from manufacturer. Bigger launches have more rules and the possibility of serious consequences for flaunting them. All mainboard vendor... more.

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom could be facing an extradition to America as the United States Federal Government have filed a request in a New Zealand Court to bring him and three of his colleagues to ... more.

Nightline presenter/anchor Bill Weir was invited to the factories that build Apple products such as the iPad and iPhone. In his report for  the ABC 'Nightline' show which is due to air tonight he sai... more.

Digitimes Research have published a forecast showing that vendors are aiming to ship 14.97 million tablet computers, which is down 30.6% on quarter. While this is a huge drop from the previous quar... more.

MySpace have announced over 1 million new sign ups as a result of the launch of the new MySpace Music Player. The American account sign ups have risen to around 40,000 new registrations every day. ... more.

World famous hacktivist group Anonymous have taken down the CIA website over the weekend due to an organised DDos attack. Anonymous also targeted the FBI recently and a CIA representative said "We ... more.

Nintendo have extended their full year forecast, after yesterdays report, focusing on lower than predicted sales for their 3DS handheld console. The net loss ending in March 2012 may be up to 65 bi... more.

We reported on Apple's fiscal earnings earlier this morning, but a staggering piece of news is that they sold 15.4 million iPads, which is higher than the Hewlett Packard PC sales over the same time p... more.

The founder of Megaupload has been held in custody in New Zealand as he denies charges of internet piracy and money laundering. He said the authorities were trying to make him look as bad as possible.... more.

Many of the websites which were shut down by well known hacking group Anonymous were back up and running today. Megaupload.com leaders were arrested, with the site subsequently shut down and Anonymous... more.

McAfee, creator of world renowned Anti virus software have said that there is a flaw in one of their products which could cause vulnerability issues for the PC, potentially leaving the machine open to... more.

After a buying a shiny new Apple phone, the first move for many people is to buy a protective case. After all you don't want to be dropping that expensive investment on the concrete. It is much easier... more.

Nokia are said to release their Lumia 900 smart phone this coming March in the United States. Other countries will get the new high tech phone shortly afterwards. A newsletter was published on the ... more.

Stephen Hawking, the iconic scientist was too unwell to deliver a speech at his own 70th birthday, with special guests such as Richard Branson missing the opportunity to meet the man face to face. Gue... more.

Google have acquired 217+ IBM patents in the run up to the end of 2011. The patents are varied and one has attracted the attention of the press, as it may offer the company another tool for their soci... more.

Sony Ericsson are causing a stir in the industry with the news of their upcoming LT28at 'super phone'. According to theverge the device has "just appeared on the official Bluetooth Special Interest Gr... more.

2011 has been a year that Research In Motion would like to forget, even though they still produce some of the best business phones available. The latest news to leak would indicate that Nokia and Micr... more.

Twitter showcased their new headquarters yesterday in San Francisco. They have invested a lot of money in the new expansion and are also improving their microblogging service. The new Twitter h... more.

Microsoft are under fire today for their announcement that they will be taking a 30 percent cut of all sales in the Windows 8 App Store. This will drop to 20 percent however once the software generate... more.

Intel are planning to help smaller companies to build ultrabooks, with the goal of ensuring the customer base has a wide selection of options to choose from. CNET published an article which claims ... more.

Reports from the Wall Street Journal are surfacing that Google may be going to challenge Amazon's Prime service, launching sometime in 2012. Google reportedly want to set up a service which would allo... more.

Scammers have decided to target online shoppers who are looking for bargain deals on Monday. People in America often head online after Thanksgiving looking for cheap online products. Last year almost ... more.

Crytek GmbH (Crytek) announced that it closed a licensing deal for CryENGINE 3, its proprietary real-time development solution, with Crystal CG, a world leading digital image service provider. Crystal... more.

Spotify are positioning themselves in a strong position, after a somewhat rocky start, three years ago. Claims have been made that they were struggling to convert users from free 'advertising funded' ... more.

The TouchPad was a disaster for Hewlett Packard. They spent millions researching and developing the product, then released it, killed the operating system and decided to stop production leaving them w... more.

As the price of regular hard drives goes past silly and into the area of 'downright painful', many enthusiasts will be taking another look at Solid State Drives. The Pro Class TV team gives the faster... more.