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The Google and Mozilla are testing versions of the Chrome and Firefox browsers to hide URLs.

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer confirmed on Monday, that the company's next generation of Windows systems will be released in 2012 and new Windows phone with 500 additional features will be launched in Japan at the end of this year.

International Business Machines (IBM) has edged past old rival Microsoft Corp in market value for the first time since April 1996.

Software giant Microsoft's next operating system Windows 8 will be available in 2012, said the company's chief Steve Ballmer at the Microsoft Developer Forum in Tokyo on Monday.

Microsoft will launch next year its much talked about Windows 8, the latest version of its operating system, CEO Steve Ballmer said in Tokyo on Monday. Ballmer said developers were hard at work on the next version of Windows, but did not drop any clue to its rumored features circulating around the Internet.

A new malware attack in Mac has caused a queue of Apple customers reporting infected machines, renewing a timeless debate on the state of Macintosh security versus Windows.

Microsoft and Intel have appeared in public as partners until recently, when Microsoft rebutted comments made by a top Intel executive regarding Windows 8. There are few details surrounding the next installment of Microsoft’s operating system. But Intel senior vice president Renee James hinted on Tuesday that there will be four versions of Windows 8 running on the ARM processor. These versions, she said, will not support legacy software and applications.

Engadget, a multilingual technology weblog and podcast about user electronics, revealed Acer will delay the release of its 7-inch Iconia Tab A100 tablet till the second half of 2011.

ARM Holdings says Intel is not a competitor in the mobile market.

Day 1 Studios will be releasing the awaited F.E.A.R. 3 (short for First Encounter Assault Recon), a first person-shooter, on June 21 in US and June 24 worldwide, reports said

Microsoft, in a report, has announced students who buy a new PC for $699 or more will get a free Xbox 360 4GB console.

Google disclosed plans to make its social search available to global users in 19 languages over the next week, and more languages later.

Gartner says the smartphone industry continues to grow while Android and Apple are emerging as the front runners, others are sinking fast.

The longstanding Microsoft-Intel relationship codenamed Wintel, which ruled the PC market for more than decade, is starting to show fault lines after Microsoft refuted Intel's claims about the upcoming Windows 8 OS.

Microsoft says Intel's Windows 8 claims are factually inaccurate and misleading.

Barclays Capital has increased its profit forecast for PC maker Dell, given prospects for higher gross margins, partially offset by lower revenues.

Nokia’s share of the mobile phone market has dropped by 25 per cent in the first quarter of 2011, a report revealed by Gartner said on Thursday.

Intel’s general manager of software and service Renee James is not worried at the fact that Windows 8 will be available for ARM-based PC because it will not run legacy applications. Windows 8 for Intel’s x86 will.

San Francisco chooses Microsoft to host its cloud-based email client.

Bill Gates approved and supported the Microsoft-Skype deal.

Microsoft has promised to give a brand new Xbox 360 for free if the upcoming update makes new game discs incompatible with the player's console.