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The headline really should be "What Windows 8 and Windows on ARM mean to Microsoft and to you" but that didn't ring right to my ears.

In Facebook's initial public offering filing last week, it admitted it doesn't generate any "meaningful revenue" from its mobile products, which "may negatively affect our revenue and financial results." Next month its plan is to start showing advertisements to cellphone users in an attempt to succeed where Google and Twitter have so far fallen ... (more)

A Windows 8 Metro screen showing Microsoft Office 15 applications. Having a full version of Office on a tablet may be Microsoft's trump card.

WEST Mercia Police is warning people about unsolicited phone calls from companies telling them their computer has a virus and they need to access the system to fix it.

Google is working on a home entertainment system that will utilize WiFi to stream music to speakers installed in a home, and will likely control Google TV and other home products, a new report revealed.

Today, Microsoft held one of its periodic The Garage science fairs and we got to attend.

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Apple's stock has soared to a market capitalisation of $460 billion this week, buoyed by results and rumours of new products.

According to NPD's statistics Microsoft managed to shift in-excess of 270,000 consoles in January 2012.

Many of us are eagerly awaiting for Microsoft to release Windows 8 so we can use first-hand all the new features the operating system will provide.

Microsoft has announced it will preview the consumer edition of Windows 8 in Spain as another step in preparing to release the new operating system.

Microsoft's ambitious Windows Azure cloud is many things - it's a full-fledged platform as a service for developers.

Two industry luminaries - Google Fellow Amit Singhal and Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Henrique "Rico" Malvar - were elected to the The National Academy of Engineering A this week.

A new security tool lets enterprise IT groups set access and share policies for employees, including mobile users, who are working with the online Google Apps suite.

PC World - Next Tuesday is a big deal. Yes, it is Valentine's Day , but that's not what I'm talking about.

Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what they say about the state of spending on advertising: Jan.

Using Windows 8 on ARM devices "out of the box" will feel the same as on x86/64 PCs, and both versions will be released at the same time, Microsoft has said.

Talking about the status of women in Silicon Valley's tech industry is often a touchy subject.

The U.S. Justice Department will probably give antitrust approval next week to Google Inc.'s bid for Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., said two people familiar with the matter.

Microsoft has shut down the preorder deal for the Windows Phone-based 900, a company spokesman confirmed to CNET today.

Microsoft is joining forces with one of the country's leading publishers in a plan which aims to cut the cost to parents of school books.