Ashton Kutcher, the television and film actor who has recently made forays into the technology sector, has been hired by Lenovo to serve as a product engineer and brand ambassador.

Yesterday, Apple announced that it had made the next version of Mac OS X available to users for free, the first time the company has offered users an upgrade of its desktop operating system without attaching a price tag.

During the "dot com" era, there were a few efforts to develop same-day delivery services that would allow customers to purchase products from home and receive them within hours of placing the order.

Reuters is reporting that there could be delays in the iPad mini supply chain that would prevent Apple from going into full production of the device until next year.