The first crack to defeat the anti-piracy mechanism built into Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 7 operating system has been reported three months before general release.
Google has arranged an event at its headquarters in California which could reveal more details about the operating system it hopes will challenge Microsoft's dominance.
With the availability of Windows 7, IT users can expect the usual round of application upgrades from commercial software providers - with their associated costs.
Microsoft and Nokia today announced an alliance that will see MS Office products such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote ported to Nokia's business-oriented Eseries mobile phones.
Apple has released an update for the Snow Leopard OS less than two weeks after the official release of this latest version of the Mac OS X operating system.