Asus, the folks who helped define what we think of as a netbook with its Eee PC line, is now looking at Google's Android OS — which, as we recently reported, will be busting its way off of cellphones very...
Microsoft is officially wading into competitive retail with its own slew of storefronts, and the company just hired David Porter, the new VP of Retail Stores, to lead the charge when he starts on February 16th. "Defining the time frame,...
You'd think Microsoft would want to limit comparisons to Vista, but the corporate giant is at it again — Windows 7, which has been well received so far, will launch in six different versions. Hearing them listed out makes it...
While we were in Vegas earlier this month covering CES, we got a sneak peek at the New American Home, a posh house on town outskirts that Microsoft and a few other select tech companies were involved in designing. Built...
The promise of CES is to show off cool new gadgets that can improve all aspects of your life. But the Real Touch is just taking things too far: It's a computer-controlled "stimulation" device that uses specially encoded content...
A team of four engineering students from Michigan State University have created — and won an award for — an automated window cleaner that requires a human to do no more than push a button to get it started....
Yesterday, Valleywag wrote that Microsoft was canning its $300 million ad campaign featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld after only two commercials. Today, it turns out the ads won't be pulled, just reformulated. Microsoft's campaign drew a mix of...
You don't have to be a PC fan to appreciate this piece of sushi art: a roll flattened out and decorated to resemble a Windows laptop. I sure hope the fish isn't running Vista. It would feel like a...
The One Laptop Per Child program — the program that aims to put cheap but functional notebook computers in the hands of children in impoverished countries — has been shipping the distinctively green XO laptop since the end of...
Summer's almost here, and it’s warm enough to throw open the windows, letting the fresh air in. Don’t forget to put up those window screens to keep the bugs out. But that's not all good. Not only do those...