Oracle's acquisition will end one of the most inspirational high-tech companies in Silicon Valley history. And it's a sad day for the open-source community, which loses a champion, says Joe Wilcox

Content owners may be pleased with The Pirate Bay verdict, but they will lose out. Illegal downloads of movies and TV shows open massive marketing opportunities. Piracy is not all bad, says Joe Wilcox

We asked - could the recession help the Mac against the PC? The answer is no. Price pressure and the recession took their toll

A court has ruled that Microsoft's piracy-busting Product Activation system used technology patented by someone else. Meanwhile it was fined in Germany over pricing

A Microsoft exec has announced the death of the Linux netbook. He's ignoring the world picture, and speaking too soon: Linux is still alive on the tiny laptops at least for now, says Joe Wilcox

The Twitter service is not a social network. It's profoundly anti-social, says Joe Wilcox. That's why it's important to Microsoft to invest, and break any Google purchase

In March, Gartner released a heart-stopping new PC forecast warning of record declines this year, but what about Apple?

An aggregated feed of Tweeting CEOs? Backed by Microsoft?  Is this the big Twitter revenue opportunity? Don't make me laugh, says Joe Wilcox.