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Six predictions the movies got right
We don't have Pitbulls or Mattel hoverboards yet, but Japanese car company Lexus recently unveiled a prototype for a real, rideable hoverboard.
We don't have Pitbulls or Mattel hoverboards yet, but Japanese car company Lexus recently unveiled a prototype for a real, rideable hoverboard.
This week's Apple conference marked the first time female executives had been on-stage since 2010.
That Apple should buy Greece with all the useless cash it has on hand is just a joke that won't go away.
People no longer need to sign-up to use a preview version of Skype Translator, which handles English, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin.
Something very weird is happening in the tech world: Under the watch of Satya Nadella, Microsoft looks cool again.
Microsoft's upcoming annual developer conference is seen as crucial by industry experts to introduce appealing new products from the tech giant.
Dame Jenny Shipley wants NZ firms to take advantage of her appointment to the the board of the Boao forum, which has grown to become a major event for world leaders.
How things change: whereas only a few years ago Windows was my main platform for work, last year before I knocked off for the summer holidays, I realised that if Microsoft disappeared, life would go on without skipping a beat.
Microsoft is looking to recruit yet another type of diverse employee: people with autism.
Team Estimeet, the winners of Microsoft's Imagine Cup innovation award last year, have headed off on an all-expenses-paid month in London being mentored by Microsoft.
The richest people on Earth got richer in 2014, adding US$92 billion ($118 billion) to their collective fortune in the face of falling energy prices and geopolitical turmoil incited by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
This week, as The Interview's December 25 US release date loomed, the Guardians of Peace threatened "the world will be full of fear", hinting at a 9/11-style attack.
It's taken a while but the tech giant is back on track following the launch of Apple's smartphone, writes Bill Bennett.
Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are part of a growing number of firms that are entering into power purchase agreements with wind farms.
Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella won't need to worry too much about asking for a raise.
It has been 14 years since China officially banned console video games, worrying they would dumb down the brains of Chinese youth.
Private information stored online by European computer users could be scrutinised by American law enforcement agencies.
Tech blogger Juha Saarinen has used iOS 8 since the early betas and says its not that different from iOS 7 in terms of use, just more refined.
Mojang founder Markus Persson has put his sanity first in selling Minecraft for $2.5b to Microsoft, saying he never expected it to be such a big hit.
Unlike video games that had spectacular success and then fizzled Minecraft is a create-it-yourself platform that has staying power.
Nanotechnology will experience huge growth in the coming years and affect most areas of our lives, says an expert in the field, Auckland University senior lecturer Michelle Dickinson.
Michelle Dickinson says the field of nanotechnology is going to experience huge growth in the coming years, and will affect most areas of our lives.
A Microsoft employee travelling to speak at New Zealand’s largest IT conference died on the way to the event after a mid-flight heart attack.
A team of Auckland University students this month won first place in the innovation category of the Microsoft Imagine Cup for their meeting app, Estimeet.
A team of Auckland University students have won first place in the innovation category, a $50,000 cheque and the experience of a lifetime at Microsoft's Imagine Cup World Finals.
A group of aspiring student technologists from the University of Auckland has won $50,000 at Microsoft's Imagine Cup in Seattle over the weekend.
Chinese regulators met with managers at Microsoft in four cities in preparation for a potential probe into whether the company engaged in monopolistic practices.
Warren Buffett made his largest single charitable contribution with a gift of $2.1 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Microsoft's CEO unveiled his first vision statement, saying that more engineering and organisational changes are needed as he attempts to turn around the software maker.