iPad numbers fail to impress Wall Street analysts
Quarterly results beat Apple's own forecasts but Wall Street analysts had predicted higher profits
Microsoft Windows 8 launch and Surface event – as it happened
Josh Halliday: Microsoft has unveiled its latest operating system for PCs and tablet computers, and given more details about its own tablet, Surface
Windows 8 – review
Charles Arthur: With its innovative 'tiles' approach, Microsoft's latest OS is a huge leap forward – although it may take some getting used to
Windows 8 launch: Microsoft aims to make ground on Apple and Google
Software for PCs and tablet computers seen as attempt to compete in Apple- and Google-dominated market. By Josh Halliday
Wanted: a box to do catch-up TV
Ask Jack: Pat Sweeney would like something that handles all the UK's catch-up TV services, not just the BBC's iPlayer, along with movie services such as LoveFilm
Microsoft once ruled the world. So what went wrong?
Microsoft is suffering a slow death by committee as bureaucracy stifles the company's core creativity, writes John Naughton
Wanted: a tablet for a 15th birthday boy
Ask Jack: Nick's son wants an Apple iPad 3 for his birthday, because all his friends have one, but Nick can't really afford one. What can he do?
Microsoft loses EU antitrust fine appeal
Europe's general court turns down bid from Microsoft to dismiss £721m fine levied in 2008, but software giant wins £32m discount. By Charles Arthur
Microsoft reveals Surface Windows 8 tablets
Microsoft launches bid to compete with Apple in tablet market with new devices that will run versions of forthcoming OS
Wanted: A type-and-talk system for deaf telecoms users
Ask Jack: Mike and his wife find it's almost impossible to have a telephone conversation with her parents, who are both very deaf and technophobes. Is there an acceptable technological way of combining talking and typing?
Microsoft revenues beat forecasts but Xbox and Bing disappoint as profits dip
Strength in Windows and Office divisions continues but online services and games console weakness drags profits back. By Charles Arthur
Reports of the death of the PC are greatly exaggerated
Tablets may be selling like hot cakes but there will always be a place – and a market – for the personal computer, writes John Naughton
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
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