The annual Microsoft Build developer's conference has a bit of Google IO glow surrounding it this year, thanks in no small part to the Windows 8 conundrum. Is it a failure? Is it the beginning of a software revolution? What about apps? How many Surfaces have been sold? When will we see new devices? And what the heck is going ...

News flash: The public cloud "ain't all that," says every cloud provider in the universe (except for Amazon Web Services.)

IntroductionWith the iPad mini selling for a mighty £269 (US$329, AU$369) despite its small size, it was never going to be long until those responsible for 2012's slew of 10-inch iPad beaters turned their attentions to Apple's newest, smallest pad. In truth the likes of Archos, Acer and Samsung were almost certainly working on 8-inch tablets well before Apple's launch ...

An industry report says there is no good technological reason for Amazon and Apple to restrict readers to their formats. Larry Greenemeier reports.

Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr is already being hailed as a brilliant move, securing a younger Internet demographic and a fertile field for native advertising, an innovative business model where content from brands lives side by side with users' contributions. In buying Tumblr, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made a nod to the company's past missteps in promising to "not ...