Microsoft: Vista successor may not arrive until 2011
However well customers are taking to Windows Vista, its replacement is only in the earliest stages of development, according to a statement from Microsoft.
Steve Jobs to Apple investors: 'hang in there'
In a private communication last week, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs acknowledged the beating his company's shares have taken during this time of economic uncertainty, but remained confident that investors would inevitably recoup their losses and then some.
Unlocked iPhone sales as high as 40 percent in Europe - report
Wall Street folk remain immersed this week in the hunt for Apple's missing iPhones, with one firm saying it believes that the majority of the unaccounted for units are in the hands of unlockers rather than idling in inventory.
Apple details potential fix for mis-ordered iPhone SMS messages
Apple Inc. has responded to complaints from customers who say the recent iPhone 1.1.3 software update has caused their handsets to display text messages out of the order in which they were sent or received.
Briefly: 70K iPhones in Germany; HD DVD cuts; Office 2008 flaw
Germans have purchased only 70,000 iPhones since the handset went on sale in November. Meanwhile, HD DVD is said to be on its last leg, prompting Toshiba to slash the price of its HD DVD players across the board. And Microsoft is promising to fix a flaw discovered in its just-release Office 2008 suite for Mac.
Free service promises over 25 million iPod-compatible tracks [u]
A once controversial peer-to-peer file sharing service said this week it is relaunching with the blessing of the recording industry under an ad-supported model that will see its vast music catalog made available as free downloads, even for Apple iPod owners.
