Nick Heath

Twenty-five years ago, Apple released the Macintosh, and the world was never the same. Here’s a look back at the studs and duds from the Macintosh lineup. Remember Macintosh TV?

The latest version of the KDE desktop environment, mostly used on Linux, arrived last week (4.2 RC1), with the final product due on 22 January. We had a peek inside to see what this overhaul offers.

It seemed like nearly every TV manufacturer at CES was touting its Internet integration on new sets via widgets, small apps that can provide updated streaming information from online. Many of them are making use of the Yahoo-and-Intel-developed Widget Channel platform, though some are trying to roll their own. Here are a few shots of widget-related products that were displayed in Vegas

Chipmaker Qualcomm has been showing off a prototype touchscreen laptop-to-tablet powered by its 3G Snapdragon chipset, which it claims will enable a new generation of always-on, low-power mobile computing devices ready to rock the mobile data world.

Silicon.com has rounded up and rated 10 of the most interesting and absurd patent applications submitted by Apple in recent years.

New virtual worlds are popping up as tools for businesses to make the workplace a little more interesting. Silicon.com’s Tim Ferguson visits some of the new office spaces.