Nokia puts brave face on 31% decline in sales as Windows smartphones launch
Chief executive Stephen Elop promises to break even in first three months of 2012 after posting €954m fourth-quarter loss. By Juliette Garside
Battle of the smartphones
Apple's on a roll and BlackBerry's maker is feeling the squeeze. But who else is fighting for control of the mobile internet? Is it game over or too close to call? By Charles Arthur
The history of smartphones: timeline
From the launch of the iPhone in 2007 to the resignation of RIM's bosses, a history of the most competitive technology market in the world. By Charles Arthur
Microsoft’s Windows division suffers 6% drop in revenues
Competition from smartphones and tablet computers combined with floods at components factories have dented PC sales
Yahoo’s founder Jerry Yang paid price for a long game of catch-up
Dan Sabbagh: The one-time internet big name has never recovered the momentum it had in its early days
Has Microsoft Word affected the way we work?
Thirty years after Word was invented, we are no nearer to understanding the impact it has had on writing, writes John Naughton
CES 2012: 10 things we learned about the gadgets of the future
Retailers and distributors show what they will offer in the year ahead at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. By Charles Arthur
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – preview
Mike Anderiesz talks character development, building new worlds and epic ambitions with two of the creative minds behind the new RPG on the block
Hitman Absolution – preview
Nick Cowen: The latest outing to star the bar-coded contract killer Agent 47 feels like a natural evolution of the series
Kinect for Windows to launch in February
Keith Stuart: A new version of Microsoft's Kinect motion controller will be coming to PC, complete with 'Near Mode' functionality and a $249 price tag
Ballmer’s parting message to CES: just Windows, Windows, Windows
Charles Arthur: Microsoft chief executive talks up the Metro interface, Xbox, Kinect and Windows Phone - but where's the vision that we used to see from his predecessor Bill Gates?
Nokia starts ‘new dawn’ in the US with two smartphones
Finnish company rumoured to have a marketing budget of between $100m and $200m for its latest push
CES 2012: will Microsoft announce an Xbox 720 console?
Keith Stuart: Steve Ballmer is making his farewell CES keynote tonight. Rumours suggest he'll go out on a bang with Xbox 720 news
Microsoft sees a future through cleaner Windows
Windows 8, the PC giant's new operating system, is stylish, award-winning, multi-platform – and critical to its future
New Xbox and PlayStation consoles could be revealed at E3 this year
Keith Stuart: Veteran games industry news site MCV says the next consoles from Microsoft and Sony will definitely be shown at E3 2012 in June. The manufacturers don't seem so sure, though