US courts bash patent trolls

It is starting to look like the US courts are losing patience with copyright troll companies and they are starting to find themselves on the wrong side of the law. 
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

Microsoft-Google war goes thermonuclear

Software giant Microsoft has kicked off a nasty marketing war directly against Google and ended any pretence of niceness between the pair. The Vole has released a series of attack ads in the US which have upped the ante considerably in its trade war against Google which began five months ago.

Microsoft's Xbox 720 will interact with your cable box

Microsoft has spared little effort in transforming its flagship Xbox 360 into a versatile entertainment hub, making the system much more than a gaming console.

Vatican fingered in porn trace

The Vatican is the only country on the planet with zero live births. However that doesn’t mean that the residents of this tiny city state, which was granted independence by Benito Mussolini in 1929, do not indulge in sexually explicit shenanigans. 

Windows 8 blamed for poor PC sales

The first quarter of 2013 was the worst for PC sales since 1994, IDC said.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran wants its own version of Google Earth

The Iranian suspicion of Western mapping systems is getting a little silly.

Android phones can hijack planes

Anyone who thought that airport security would allow smartphone use on a plane in the future might be a little worried to know that it is possible to hijack a plane with one.

British hacker admits he's guilty as sin

A UK-based computer hacker who worked under the LulzSec banner has admitted attacking Sony, Nintendo, Rupert Murdoch's News International and the Arizona State Police.

Obama spends more on cyber defense

US president Barack Obama has promised to increase spending to protect US computer networks from internet based attacks.

LG displays go all bendy

LG Display is apparently gearing up to ship its first flexible displays later this year. 

Office for iOS, Android delayed

Microsoft has apparently been forced to delay the rollout of Microsoft Office for iOS and Android by almost a year.

Intel's Bay Trail silicon promises significant performance increase for tablets

Faster performance for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets is always a plus - assuming battery life doesn't suffer as a result.

Radeon details leaked

A Reddit user who goes by the handle of Repilur has got his paws on AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 7990 GPUs and posted information on them online.
Apple's iPad 3

Next Apple iPad to start production this summer

Taiwanese original design manufacturer (ODM) is one of three or four companies that put together notebooks and now tablets for multinationals.
Keith Richards

Medical science investigates a spleen-on-a-chip

Harvard scientists are developing a new device that could help replace the good old spleen. The spleen’s job is to filter our blood and prevent potentially fatal sepsis.
Marijuana plant

NASA scientist to aid pot growing mission

What do manned missions to Mars and marijuana have in common? Well it seems that NASA’s only way to get to Mars is by getting high and now a former NASA scientist is looking to apply his life-support expertise to marijuana growing.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini (left)

Intel renews efforts in server market

The maker of fashion bags, Intel, is planning to push out a lot more hardware to the lucrative server market.

Foxconn accused of firing suicidal workers

Foxconn has reportedly come up with a cunning plan to reduce the number of suicides in its dormitories in mainland China. Rather than improving working conditions, the company seems to be firing workers with suicidal tendencies. 

Tech jobs for US workers fall

The US is facing an increase in the unemployment rate for people at the heart of many tech innovations, even while IT companies claim they are short staffed.
TSMC's Morris Chang

TSMC foundry business booms

TSMC, the world’s biggest foundry for hire, has seen its sales surge 18.9 percent in March from a year earlier