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Six days after unveiling a Windows 7 release candidate (RC) to techies on the MSDN Network and TechNet, Microsoft has released the operating system to the general public ...

Rumor has it that Amazon is poised to announce a larger version of its Kindle e-reader this week. ...

Video streaming site Hulu has struck a deal with Disney to make the media conglomerate's programming, including shows from its ABC television network, available online through its channel ...

Windows 7 has been tweaked and tuned a bit since the launch of the operating system's initial public beta in January, as is evident in the new release candidate (RC) Microsoft unveiled Thursday. ...

Although Twitter is growing at an incredible rate, it's having trouble retaining users, according to online activities research firm Nielsen Online ...

HP on Tuesday announced its new ProBook s-series, a new line of low-cost notebooks for business users ...

IT developers are moving toward higher-level languages that make their work simpler in order to keep up with business needs ...

Having developed Deep Blue, the supercomputer that famously beat out world chess champion Gary Kasparov back in 1997, IBM is now working on a computer built to compete in the TV quiz show "Jeopardy." ...

Yahoo announced Wednesday that first-quarter earnings fell by nearly 80 percent and that it will cut 675 jobs as CEO Carol Bartz struggles to revive the ailing Internet company ...

If it goes through without a hitch, Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems, announced Monday, could fill significant gaps in the database vendor's offerings ...

Oracle's announcement Monday that it is buying Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion in cash ($9.50 per share) has the potential to rock the hardware and software markets ...

The music industry cheered as a Swedish court on Friday found the four proprietors of The Pirate Bay guilty of copyright law violation ...

We know spammers are often the crooks behind online fraud, ID theft, data breaches and other acts of cybercrime. Now, however, we've learn that they're guilty of jacking up the planet's CO2 emission count as well ...

Application creators can get an early look at the software developer kit (SDK) for Android 1.5, the next version of the mobile operating system, according to Google ...

Microsoft has reportedly resumed its on-again, off-again talks with Yahoo on teaming up for online search and advertising. The discussions are apparently being held between Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his Yahoo counterpart Carol Bartz ...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has confirmed that an update to the wireless technology will be unveiled later this month ...

On Tuesday, computers infected by the Conficker worm woke up and downloaded a new variant ...

It's tax time again, and the online scammers are crawling out of the woodwork. Their goals are to intercept personal information about taxpayers nationwide, and in some ways, they may be benefiting from the IRS' push for people to electronically file their returns ...

A funny thing happened to visitors to the New York Auto Show on Tuesday -- they got to see a concept electric car created jointly by two companies: Segway and General Motors ...

Dell on Monday made a slew of announcements that considerably beefed up its offerings for the healthcare IT industry ...