Industry

Apple’s first Macintosh: InfoWorld Product of the Year winner (1/14/1985)

It is the Macintosh's advanced user interface, far more sophisticated than anything that came before it in its price range, that clinched the award

Nokia sales disappoint as Microsoft readies phone group takeover

Windows Phone sales dropped sequentially despite the holiday shopping season

Update: Microsoft grows revenue and improves profits in Q2 thanks to Xbox, enterprise products

Revenue from Surface tablet sales more than doubled from the first quarter, but Microsoft still loses money on every tablet sold

New Windows malware tries to infect Android devices connected to PCs

Researchers from Symantec found a Windows Trojan program that uses ADBto install online banking malware on Android devices

Lenovo is buying IBM’s low-end servers — and its customers

Besides IBM's commodity server division, Lenovo wants Big Blue's client roster as a way to develop its own low-end business services division

Google taking JavaScript challenger Dart on the road

Flight School events in February will promote Dart language

IBM dumps server unit on Lenovo — EBAY spinning off PayPal? — Obama panel: NSA phone collection worthless, illegal — Protesters visit GOOGLE engineer home

Spam doesn’t lie: American consumers desert PCs for most mundane chore

Two-thirds of 'brand marketing messages' were opened in Q4 on a smartphone or tablet, not the personal computer

Windows 9 rumors freeze corporate Windows 8 uptake

Instead, businesses transitioning from Windows XP will likely wind up using Windows 7 as their new platform of choice

Windows 8’s latest victim: Windows Phone sales

Adding to the ongoing folly known as Windows 8, Nokia hints that Windows Phone sales tanked during the holiday quarter