Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs
The software multinational plans 18 months of layoffs in response to a slump in demand
The Asus Eee Top
The Asus Eee Top is a small but imperfectly formed netbook in the guise of an all-in-one PC
New Windows system unveiled as Microsoft tries to fix problems
Microsoft unveil Vista's successor, Windows 7, and promise improvements to operating system
Windows 7 gets personal
Microsoft unveils the successor to its much-criticised Vista operating system, but users will have to wait at least another year for it. Bobbie Johnson reports
Gadget clinic
Bobbie Johnson on transferring music from an iPod to a Windows laptop
Can enthusiasts keep ahead of the game?
A move to a new set of graphical tools has made Windows gamers angry, as it requires them to upgrade both hardware and their OS
Crime fears as cheap PCs head for Africa
Initiatives such as the OLPC and Classmate could mean an explosion in botnets in the developing world, warn security experts
Bill Gates turns his genius to the world’s greatest ills
The retiring chairman of Microsoft may be the perfect person to turn the tide of diseases like malaria and HIV in the developing world
PC gaming isn’t entirely lost to Mac addicts
I recently capitulated to peer pressure and jumped on the Mac bandwagon, says Aleks Krotoski. The last time I had an Apple computer, the first Clinton to run for US president had just thrown his hat into the ring and Windows 95 was a twinkle in Bill Gates's eye
Real problems with Vista, using the BBC’s Listen Again
Dick Williams upgraded to 64-bit Windows Vista and now can't use the BBC's Listen Again.
Bill’s coffee-table wheeze ground down by General Jobs
Modern computing is built on the theft of a metaphor.