Images: A visit to Microsoft's California retail store 
Photos Although Microsoft's foray into retail bears a strong resemblance to Apple's approach, the software maker has added some distinctive features [13:30 GMT]
SAP price hikes delayed
News The UK SAP users group predicts rises will not arrive until Q2 next year, after SAP announced its value benchmarking timescale had slipped [13:08 GMT]
IBM's Tivoli heads to Amazon Web Services
News The Tivoli move highlights another addition to Amazon's stable of enterprise-class applications available on its platform [12:51 GMT]
Home Office faces criticism over FoI failures
News Three government departments have had FoI notices served on them by the ICO, in relation to a complaint or to assess compliance with the Freedom of Information Act [11:30 GMT]
BlackBerry goes with the flow for developers
Q&A The BlackBerry platform's focus on collaboration between apps helps it stand out in a crowded market, says Alan Brenner, the RIM executive in charge of the platform [10:37 GMT]
Spam leader fined $15m by US courts
News The US Federal Trade Commission has ordered Lance Atkinson to pay the fine for his role as head of a vast spam network [09:55 GMT]
European ISPs attack secret Acta copyright talks
News Secret international negotiations threaten the openness of the internet, the European ISP Association has warned after details of the talks were leaked [09:28 GMT]
Microsoft finds no flaw in November security updates
News The company's investigation found there is nothing in the latest Windows updates that should lead users to encounter a so-called 'black of screen of death' [08:57 GMT]
US gov't agencies sued over Facebook surveillance
News After agencies failed to provide info requested on policies for using Twitter, Facebook and other social networks in investigations, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has sued [08:43 GMT]
India blocks service to millions of handsets
News Mobile phones without a valid identification number were blocked in India on Monday as part of a government security drive [01 Dec 2009]
FreeBSD rushes out zero-day root patch
News The team behind the open-source operating system has moved quickly to close a flaw that gives local users administrative privileges to run any code they choose [01 Dec 2009]
Sun sees server revenue sink in Q3
News All top-five server vendors globally saw declines in revenue and shipment in the third quarter of 2009, according to Gartner [01 Dec 2009]
IBM buys database security start-up Guardium
News Guardium's technology is designed to monitor databases for suspicious activity by authorised users as well as attackers [01 Dec 2009]
Nokia sues Samsung, LG over LCD price fixing
News Nokia is seeking unspecified damages from several liquid display manufacturers, accusing them of conspiring to inflate prices for displays [01 Dec 2009]
eBay hit by £1.5m fine over LVMH injunction
News The online retailer has responded to the ruling by a French court, calling the injunction an 'abuse of selective distribution' that hurts consumers [01 Dec 2009]
Qt gets support for Symbian, multitouch
News Version 4.6 of the Nokia-owned graphical toolkit lets developers write apps within a single framework for a variety of desktop and smartphone platforms [01 Dec 2009]
Europe signs sci-tech agreements with Japan, Jordan
News Europe will work with Japan and Jordan on research in areas such as energy, the environment and sustainable development [01 Dec 2009]
Copenhagen's Christmas tree lit by pedal power
News With international climate change talks a week away, the host city has taken its Christmas tree off-grid with a rack of bicycles powering LED lights [01 Dec 2009]
Chrome OS adapted for Dell netbook
News With an experimental project, Dell has brought Google's browser-based operating system to its Mini 10v Netbook [01 Dec 2009]
Government five-year IT plan points to cloud, Web 2.0
News A draft strategy paper outlining the government's IT approach up to 2015 lists Web 2.0, cloud computing and service-oriented architecture as areas of particular interest [01 Dec 2009]
'Black screen of death' sparks Microsoft investigation
News The software maker is looking into reports that some users' systems are not working properly after installing the latest Windows security updates [01 Dec 2009]
3 to make amends for poor 3G coverage
News Customers whose mobile broadband connection is so poor that they cannot do basic web surfing or download email may be able to cancel their contract or get a discount [30 Nov 2009]
Nasa motion tech simulates lunar landings
Photos Inside the massive Vertical Motion Simulator at Nasa Ames Research Center in California, engineers test designs for next-generation lunar landers [30 Nov 2009]
LHC sets world record for particle acceleration
News Only 10 days after being restarted, the Large Hadron Collider has taken the world record for beam intensity from the Tevatron at Fermi Lab [30 Nov 2009]
iPhone officially launches in South Korea
News Enthusiasts waited in line overnight to get their hands on Apple's smartphone, the arrival of which is expected to challenge homegrown giants Samsung and LG [30 Nov 2009]
