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.

Longtime technology guru Ray Ozzie wants to bring back the emotions of the human voice to phones.

Is Microsoft's purchase of Minecraft company, Mojang, a ploy to win over the youth? Siobhan Keogh investigates.

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.

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.

Oracle won a US appeals court bid to revive claims that Google copied its Java programming language to develop Android.

Stories carried overnight by international media say US and UK spies have spent years trawling online games for terrorists and informants.

Microsoft is wagering US$7.2b on the idea that owning Nokia's phone business will help the software giant grab a bigger slice of the mobile computing market.

Less than a year after Microsoft entered the tablet computer market with the Surface, the cracks are starting to show.