Microsoft will not reduce the price of Windows 8 upgrades, as it did three years ago before the roll-out of Windows 7, a retail sales analyst said today.

The iPad is giving Apple entree to millions of customers who have never purchased one of company's products before, a research firm said today.

It wasn’t so long ago that, when Ted Ellis needed to get one of his company’s Mac laptops fixed, he’d have to make an appointment at a nearby Apple Store’s Genius Bar, just like anyone else. Being a business customer didn’t get him any kind of special service.

Microsoft will probably trim the number of Windows 8 editions it will sell later this year, but won't mimic Apple's online-only approach to OS upgrades, a retail sales analyst said today.

With tablets and smartphones generating so much buzz these days, it's easy to write off the good old personal computer as a dying platform. However, the latest numbers from the NPD Group show that the PC market is doing "pretty well."

Legacy VGA (Video Graphics Array) and DVI (digital-visual interface) display ports will likely no longer be used in PCs over the next five years as newer interfaces gain in popularity, NPD In-Stat said in a study released on Thursday.

Every day, stories appear about a price drop for this or that tech gadget. As a result, consumers have a tendency to delay spending. After all, why buy something today that will be cheaper tomorrow?

The smartphone is on a device-killing rampage, and camcorders are next on its hit list.