Microsoft names everything after Halo now. Here’s what they should do next …
Halo offers fertile ground for names, and Microsoft’s previous choices have always been rather tame. Let’s change that
Microsoft’s ‘Star Trek’ Skype translator turns English into Spanish
Skype attempts to emulate the Universal Translator or Babel Fish, translating conversations between English and Spanish in real time
Clip Art is dead: five things we miss from 90s tech
With the demise of Clip Art, what other staples of 90s technology do we miss so much we want to use the cry-face emoji?
Can Candy Crush Soda Saga be a big hit? Today’s Open Thread
Have your say on King’s fizzy sequel, as well as Mozilla virtual reality, Apple iMessage lawsuit and more. By Stuart Dredge
Russian hackers suspected of Kremlin ties used Windows bug ‘to spy on west’
Cyber-threat intelligence firm iSight says ‘Sandworm Team’ used unknown bugs from 2009 to steal EU and Nato documents
Microsoft unveils Windows 10: ‘It wouldn’t be right to call it Windows 9’
New operating system comes three years after launch of the poorly received Windows 8 and skips 9 altogether
Surface Pro 3 review: the most lappable tablet yet
Redesigned to remove almost all the problems, except the most fundamental one: do you really want one device to replace both a tablet and a laptop? By Jack Schofield
Still running Windows XP? That’s the way Bill Gates planned it
Bill Gates's vision was of 'a computer on every desk, each one running Microsoft software'. Now the true cost is emerging, writes John Naughton
Former Microsoft employee arrested over Windows 8 leaks
Alex Kibkalo accused of leaking Windows 8 and anti-piracy code to a blogger. By Alex Hern
Cortana, Microsoft’s mobile voice recognition tool details leaked
A video claims to show Microsoft’s personal digital assistant Cortana in action on a Windows Phone. By Samuel Gibbs
Windows Phone momentum grows as phablets find mixed fortunes
New data shows Microsoft’s mobile software has achieved constant share over a six-month period in Europe, while sales of Apple’s iPhone 5C have grown - but BlackBerry dwindles even further. By Charles Arthur
US police force pay bitcoin ransom in Cryptolocker malware scam
Unprepared officials blindsided by sophisticated virus call experience 'an education'. By Samuel Gibbs
International Space Station attacked by ‘virus epidemics’
Computers aren’t even safe in space as malware spread from infected devices in orbit. By Samuel Gibbs
Dell users get claws out over laptops that stink of cat pee
Computer maker forced to offer replacements after buyers complain of smell from keyboard like 'tomcat's litter box'. By Samuel Gibbs
iPad Air: how does Apple’s new tablet compare to the competition?
Tablets are available to suit almost any budget, including the new iPad Air and iPad mini 2 – which is worth buying? By Samuel Gibbs