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World's second-largest PC maker considers acquisition of IBM's X86 server business, rumoured to cost as much as US$6 billion.

Microsoft announces Q3 results, with revenues of $20.49bn and earnings per share of $0.72, thanks to success in cloud services.

Kim Dotcom alleges that illegal information gathered by New Zealand intelligence is stored overseas, urging the 88 wrongly spied-upon Kiwis to act.

Twitter launches #music, a new service using tweet trends to find your next favourite track, transforming how we discover music online.

In either an act of increased scaremongering, or genuine concern, Microsoft says a quarter of computers are at risk for not using up-to-date antivirus software.

Palo Alto Networks aims to mend the rift between IT and business units by informing IT policies with business needs.

Study reveals aggressive advertising apps pose a significant privacy threat, breaching user data and blurring lines with malware.

Charlie Kindel, ex-Microsoft GM, teases a 'secret' project at Amazon, sparking speculation on April Fools' Day. Fact or jest?.

At just 17, Nick D'Aloisio sells his news app to Yahoo for £24m, sparking hope for young entrepreneurs worldwide.

Has BlackBerry's new operating system launch has been hit with a hammer blow? Has the British government's security agency questioned it's security levels?.

Scammers target holidaymakers with spammed malware through flight and hotel deals, hitting a high of 6% of all spam. Stay vigilant!.

Following a lengthy outage to Outlook and Hotmail last week, Microsoft has responded, blaming an overheated data centre as the problem.

Fresh from becoming New Zealand's latest billion dollar company, Xero has announced the appointment of Stuart McLean as it's new chief revenue officer.

The European Commission has stung Microsoft with a US$731m fine for violating terms of its settlement of an ant-trust case - but will it care?.

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Microsoft's Surface RT lands in New Zealand on March 15, exclusively at JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman, priced from NZD $739.

Malware attack which plagued Apple and Facebook now targets Microsoft, infecting a small number of its computers.

China refutes US hacking claims, deeming accusations by Mandiant as scientifically flawed amid a heated cyber espionage row.

ARANZ Geo enhances global presence by appointing Richard Ertel as operations manager and Bonnie Struthers as Key Accounts manager.

Reliable source claims search engine is in the early stages of building stand-alone retail stores across the U.S.