Google targets Microsoft with launch of Chromebook laptop
Search giant to use its own operating system on new laptops in audacious challenge to Microsoft's £5bn-a-quarter software
Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5bn in its biggest purchase and gamble yet
The once-dominant software company has agreed to pay more than three times Skype's valuation just 18 months ago. By Charles Arthur
Skype’s purchase by Microsoft signals strong spell for dotcom sales
Analysts say the deal will give Microsoft a boost in its increasingly bitter battle with Apple and Google
Microsoft confirms $8.5bn Skype deal
Takeover of internet phone service is tech giant's biggest ever deal. By Josh Halliday
Microsoft’s move for Skype: a gamble unlikely to pay off
Charles Arthur: Skype is a great service but it will be hard to monetise – and Microsoft may well alienate potential allies in mobile networks
Microsoft’s $8bn Skype deal shocks analysts
Business experts question whether internet phone service Skype could be worth price after recording losses last year
Brink – review
Nick Cowen: Brink deserves to be ranked among the finest co-op games. As a multiplayer experience, it is exquisite
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean – review
Neil Davey: With lovely visuals and great throwaway gags, Lego Pirates of the Caribbean is more fun than you can poke a cutlass at
Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft by Paul Allen – review
Paul Allen's account of setting up Microsoft with his schoolmate Bill Gates is a riveting read, writes John Naughton
Nokia chairman to step down as purge at top continues
Jorma Ollila led company during glory days from 1992 to 2006 but missteps cost lead to Apple and Google, say analysts
Gears of War 3: beta test impressions
Keith Stuart: Epic's space blaster is in the third week of its public beta. Here's what we've discovered out in the viscera-splattered testing zone
Paul Allen: ‘I think Bill Gates was surprised by my book. He’ll want an intense discussion about it’
The Microsoft co-founder and multi-billionaire talks about his autobiography in which describes his bizarre working relationship with Bill Gates – and how it was he, not Gates, who had the visionary ideas
Microsoft falls behind Apple for first time in 20 years
Company's revenues and profits rise but are eclipsed by those of main rival as PC market shows signs of decline. By Charles Arthur
Xbox Live security alert follows PlayStation Network hack
Keith Stuart: It's a much smaller issue than the PlayStation Network nightmare, but gamers are naturally jumpy at the moment