Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Today Microsoft allowed developers to take their first look at Internet Explorer 9 by releasing the Platform Preview, which is basically the IE9 browser without any of the user interface you normally associate with a browser.

HP has released a few teaser details of its upcoming iPad, um, I mean Slate device. While the company is betting the farm on Adobe Flash and AIR support being enough to give it the edge over the iPad, I can already see the device’s biggest weakness – Windows 7. Or more specifically, the problems of taking a cursor-based desktop OS user interface (UI) and expecting the Windows paradigms, complete with little icons, small click areas, scrollbars and so on, to work well without a mouse.

Today sees Apple’s legal hounds take on handset maker HTC. Apple claims the company is infringing on nearly two dozen iPhone patents.

Taking a first look at Opera 10.50 beta.

First look at Apple’s iPad

Excellent question in today’s hardware 2.0 mailbag: I want to upgrade my existing PC so it’s able to play the latest games. What upgrades do you recommend? By the way, I’m on a budget of about $600 … Let’s take a look!

NVIDIA has decided to drip-feed us some more information on its upcoming GF100 “Fermi” next-generation GPU.

Welcome to the updated and revamped Hardware 2.0 “Very Best Kit List” for Jan/Feb 10. Here I’ve put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range and budget components currently available. So if you’re thinking of buying, building or even upgrading a PC, this list is a must-read for you!

PC gamers, you’re living in good times when you can buy a high-performance graphics card that supports the latest DirectX platform for under $100 … this is what AMD’s new ATI Radeon HD 5670 “Redwood” offers.

VMware Player 3.0 has hit the Release Candidate (RC) stage and is available for public download. This latest release brings with it some neat new features.

Microsoft’s new anti-malware solution, Microsoft Security Essentials, is now available for free download to Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users.

A whistle-blower over on Overclock.net has posted details of how Best Buy staff are trained to counter buyers’ interest in the Linux operating system.