Microsoft is set to announce a Windows 8 tablet later today — but new rumours suggest it’ll involve US bookseller Barnes & Noble. Does that mean it’ll be a rival to the Amazon Kindle Fire rather than the iPad — and does it mean it won’t come to the UK? we were expecting a Microsoft-branded tablet that shows off Windows 8, in the style of Google’s Nexus phones, which...

Electronic Entertainment Expo, the industry’s biggest interactive entertainment show, is underway in Los Angeles, California and Microsoft juts announced an interesting software solution for wireless media streaming to the Xbox 360 console from devices powered by Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android mobile operating system. Called SmartGlass, the app lets you beam video from your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad...

A close-up of a driver sending a text message while driving. WATERLOO, Ontario (AP) — Research in Motion ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, is in steep decline. the company, once the crown jewel of the Canadian technology industry, is now worth 1 percent of Apple’s market capitalization. One way for RIM to stop the downward...

Wall Street is playing the Facebook blame game. As shares of the social network tumbled in their second day of trading, bankers, investors and analysts wondered what had gone wrong with the initial public offering of Facebook, the most highly anticipated technology debut in years. Some fingers are pointing at Morgan Stanley, the lead banker on the I.P.O.,...

In case you hadn’t heard, one of the most anticipated floats in recent history is likely to come to market this year. And no, it’s not Mighty River Power. Facebook, already the stuff of Hollywood movies, is gearing up for an initial public offering (IPO) that will add a new chapter to the social network’s story. It’s easy to see why investors are excited. Along with...