Two or three customers were disappointed this morning after a six-month old Microsoft retail store was unable to open for business.
"There was a sign on the locked door that said, '0x74041161 Non-system Error'," said one customer, 24-year-old Ch...
Since the dawn of personal computers, to save a document, users have pressed the blue square. Back in the dark ages of the eighties and nineties, the operators of these archaic machines recognised the blue square for what it was, a picture of a so-ca...
A 34 Irish man is in hospital tonight after he accidentally recycled his recycle bin.
The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, was on his laptop at home when he made the fateful error.
A hospital spokesman said the laptop went into an infinite...
The first new video game console since 2006 is finally set to be released.
Microsoft has unveiled its newest video game console, which it says far exceeds the capabilities of any game console on the market. The same company known for releasin...
I bought my computer, but Bill Gates still owns it.
At least that's the way it seems.
I bought my Sony Vaio Mini (which I am happy with except for its unfortunate affiliation with the a fore mentioned gentleman) after a bad run of karma with my prior two computers. Both were Toshibas (again, both fine computers.). The first was 'permanently borrowed' by an thieving drug addict who, when I g...
Microsoft have set up a new system to help their estimated three billion customers. Whenever any slowdown happens, whenever a virus makes its way onto a computer, and whenever there is any kind of crash, they are instantly notified. This then allows...
Unless you are an Angry Birds game fan, this headline will be of no use to you, but owners of the Angry Birds franchise have said "no" to offering their new "Space" game version on Microsoft mobile devices.
Making the business decision to stick to...
Microsoft is currently busy promoting their upcoming Windows 8 operating system designed for use on tablets and mobile phones as well as their traditional PC market. However, as a result of making Windows lean and mean enough to run on these devices...
The next generation of PC performance software is here. WindX for Windows is a new program designed to keep your computer clean and ready for installation of any new programs.
"If you're ever going to install something, it's best for your compu...
In an unprecedented move in the computer software industry, Microsoft have indicated that their next generation Operating System, Windows 8, will be released on time.
"It was scheduled for release in June 2012," said Irvine Collateral, Microsoft r...
Microsoft's new cloud-based collaboration and productivity offering, Office 365, is designed to provide an 'anytime, anywhere' service. It promises 24/7 access for 365 days of the year. Unfortunately 2012 is a leap year, and Microsoft has confirmed...
Letters between Steve Jobs of Apple and Bill Gates have come to light that detail how the two hatched a plan to ensure that neither came under the gaze of the Federal Trade Commission in the USA.
"These letters show that Gates and Jobs worked in t...
It was never the intention, but so successful was a recent advert campaign staring Yoda, the diminutive Star Wars character has decided to go into business selling mobile phones with his own operating system that takes on Apple, Google, Microsoft and...
CUPERTINO -- A former employee of Apple Corporation claims he was forced to wear clothes he was "uncomfortable with" and adopt a personality that "was far from what he really was about" after a several-month long application, and only seven months on...
A local man was rushed to hospital yesterday suffering from what doctors describe as a severe case of "shock and utter bewilderment."
He was apparently taken ill after a phone call to computer software giant Microsoft's helpdesk.
Mr Antonin Dvo...
Many people who have owned a PC for longer than a year will know two things.
Firstly, the machine they own now is half as quick as the machine that they bought. Secondly, they will have been receiving more and more Microsoft updates the older the...
Following the announced cancellation of the Courier tablet project by Microsoft, other small engineering firms are standing ready to pick up the slack and build their own version of a thin and highly functional tablet. Enter technology industry vent...
The Microsoft offices in Sacramento are calling in the cleaners this morning after the servers hosting their Hotmail email accounts exploded covering everything with cooked Spam.
"A lot of people have been overusing their Hotmail email accounts of...