The beleaguered Dow Jones Industrial Index surged back up above 9,000 in its largest single-day point gain ever Monday in the US, with Apple, Microsoft, Dell, and other tech companies capturing double-digit gains.
US technology giants have taken a beating on the stock exchange this week as the country's House of Representatives failed to pass a bailout plan for the financial sector.
An open-source rival to a Microsoft identity tool has been in limbo for months, awaiting the software giant's go-ahead on certain patent-related issues.
Apple Computer welcomed IBM to the fledgling industry in 1981, but it turned out to be an invitation for IBM to become synonymous with the PC and relegate Apple to a niche player.
IBM wasn't the first company to sell a personal computer when it introduced the 5150 in August 1981. But its entry is credited with igniting the PC era. Take a look at PCs now, 20 years later.
Mouse, we've been together for a long time. But the time has come. I'm breaking up with you. My new trackball is serving all of my needs.
bootstrappr is a new blog that will track the fortunes of Australia's technology start-up scene. We'll hang out at Barcamp and keep an eye on twitter, test out the latest and greatest from Aussie entrepreneurs, and be the first to tell you when they fall in a heap.
Overnight IBM announced it would this week release software, dubbed iNotes Ultralite, that allows people to access their Lotus Notes/Domino collaboration suite on Apple's iPhone. We take you on a brief tour.
We take a nostalgic look at the original Apple Macintosh Classic.
In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.
Andy Hertzfeld, co-creator of the Macintosh, talks about his work on the Mac, his reasons for writing a book on it and the reaction from his former co-workers.
The remaking of the post-Trujillo era of Telstra continues apace, with Catherine Livingstone starting to put her own stamp on what was a fractious and fractured boardroom.
Apple's petite 12 inch PowerBook gets a boost of power and a few new features. Pound for pound, it's the best PowerBook.
The smallest notebook from Cupertino gets an update, including a faster processor and graphics, room for more memory, and analog and DVI outputs.
The company is making a play to lure Unix and Linux users to its Mac OS X operating system. Will a windowing environment do the trick?
The world of enterprise IP telephony is varied and complex. Here's our round-up of the major players and what they can bring to your business.
Today's notebooks come with a vast range of processors, but will they give you the best performance? Our comprehensive review benchmarks 19 of the latest mobile processors, giving you an insight into the best chips on the market.
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