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Report: Panasonic Eyes 37-inch OLED TV
(News) Panasonic plans to put TVs featuring 37-inch OLED screens on sale in the next three years, a Japanese newspaper reported on...
Broadcom Cofounder Pleads Guilty to Lying to SEC
(News) In a plea agreement, Broadcom's cofounder admits that he lied to the SEC and agrees to pay $12 million.
Managed Objects Adds 'Facebook' Twist to CMDB
(News) Managed Objects is adding social networking capabilities to make its configuration management database system more...
Study Calls for 1G Broadband in US
(News) The U.S. government needs to do more to encourage broadband rollout, a study says.
Free Service Tracks Amazon Cloud's Performance
(News) Hyperic is launching CloudStatus, a free site containing performance metrics for Amazon Web Services.
Microsoft Teams With AT&T, Covisint for E-health Exchange
(News) Microsoft teams with AT&T and Covisint to bolster its e-health strategy around its HealthVault patient-information...
Linux Kernel Developers: Say No to Closed-source Modules
(News) A group of Linux kernel developers issued a statement decrying closed-source drivers and modules on Monday.
Sony Launches Lower-energy Bravia LCD TV
(News) Sony is adding to its Bravia LCD TV range with a new 32-inch model that consumes 25 percent less power on average than...
Microsoft Security Fix Clobbers 2 Million Password Stealers
(News) Microsoft's latest security update has detected and removed more online game password-logging software from 2 million PCs.
NYPD to FCC: Don't Re-auction Safety Spectrum
(News) The New York City Police Department calls on the U.S. FCC to give a piece of unauctioned spectrum to public-safety agencies.
Microsoft's Post-Gates Management Team
(News) Though Bill Gates leaves his full-time duties at Microsoft on Friday, he remains nonexecutive chairman and will participate in...
The Quotable Bill Gates
(News) Some of the most oft-repeated comments attributed to Bill Gates through the years were not uttered by Bill Gates. Take for...
Crystal-ball Gazing With Bill Gates
(News) Over his years at Microsoft, Bill Gates gave dozens upon dozens of speeches and in many of them he would offer his vision of...
Ozzie Is Key to Microsoft's Success Against Google
(News) The departure of Microsoft's founder and iconic leader Bill Gates comes at a pivotal time in the company's history as it...
House Approves Surveillance Bill
(News) The story "House approves surveillance bill, protects telecoms," posted to the wire Friday, has been changed on the wire to...
Non-compete Pacts Called Bad for Tech Innovation
(News) Non-compete agreements have helped California's tech culture boom and hampered Massachusetts, a Harvard University panel said...
Report: Yahoo Plans to Reorganize
(News) Yahoo is planning a reorganization to improve communication among staff.
Data Center Operators to Share Energy Tips Next Week
(News) Data center operators will gather in Silicon Valley next week for a summit that aims to tackle growing energy usage.
Wall Street Beat: Small M&A Deals Flourish
(News) M&A announcements show how strategic, and sometimes smaller, deals are still important for the sector.
Arm to Duel With Intel in the Server Space
(News) Arm is getting ready to challenge Intel by moving its mobile chip architecture into servers.
100G Backers Seek to Prevent Repeat of 40G Delays
(News) Carrier backbone vendors working on 100G bps gear want to head off a repeat of the rocky development cycle for 40G.
Oracle Raises Prices Significantly for Some Products
(News) Oracle has raised prices on its core products by 15 percent to 20 percent.
Icahn Launches Blog, Highlights Corporate 'absurdities'
(News) Activist investor Carl Icahn launched a blog on Thursday.
Red Hat Summit Panel: Who 'won' OOXML Battle?
(News) A Microsoft official said Wednesday that ODF clearly benefited from the fight over the OOXML standard.
Final Olympic Technical Rehearsal Successful
(News) The second of two technical rehearsals for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was declared a success Thursday.
Microsoft Extends Life of MSN Music Tunes
(News) People who bought songs from Microsoft's now-defunct MSN Music service will get three more years to move the music to new PCs...
Samsung, Siltronic Open $1B Wafer Factory in Singapore
(News) Samsung and Siltronic opened a US$1 billion silicon wafer factory in Singapore.
China Government Office Denies Microsoft Investigation
(News) A Chinese government office denied it was investigating Microsoft for possible antitrust violations.
OLPC Spin-off Developing UI for Intel's Classmate PC
(News) Intel has tied up with Sugar Labs to develop a version of the Sugar, the UI originally developed for OLPC's XO laptop, for its...
Electrical Contractor to Pay $3.3 Million for E-Rate Fraud
(News) A California electrical contractor pleads guilty to E-Rate fraud.
Red Hat Network to Be Open-sourced
(News) Red Hat is open-sourcing its Red Hat Network system management platform, according to the company's CEO.
Red Hat Unveils New Virtualization Initiatives
(News) Red Hat boosts virtualization with an embeddable hypervisor and management console.
Flickr Founders Leave Yahoo
(News) The founders of Flickr are the latest high-profile officials to leave Yahoo.
Sprint Nextel to Launch WiMax in September
(News) The Sprint-Clearwire WiMax service will launch commercially in Baltimore in September.
Microsoft Unaware of Reported China Investigation
(News) Microsoft said it is unaware of an investigation into whether the company unfairly dominates China's software market as...
Report: China Launches Microsoft Antitrust Probe
(News) China has reportedly launched an investigation into whether Microsoft unfairly dominates its software market, state media...
India's Tata Invests in Chinese Telecom Company
(News) India's Tata Communications will invest in Chinese networking company China Enterprise Communications.
Neusoft Opens Global Delivery Center in Dalian
(News) Chinese outsourcer Neusoft opened a software delivery center in the northeastern city of Dalian Wednesday
Citrix Sets up Second Indian Product Development Center
(News) Citrix is investing US$200 in a second development center in India that will hire up to 500 staff over five years.
Carriers Say Telecom Fuels Economic Growth
(News) Carrier executives told the NXTcomm trade show their companies are helping to drive economic growth.
Firefox 3 'Download Day' Cripples Mozilla Site
(News) Mozilla's big plan on Tuesday to set a world record for downloads with Firefox 3 hit a snag when its Web site would not work...
JBoss Joins Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon EC2
(News) JBoss became the second Red Hat software offering to become available on Amazon.com's EC2 infrastructure as a service.
BMC Scoops up ITM
(News) BMC has acquired ITM Software, maker of business-centric IT management software.
UK Insurer Scraps GPS Vehicle-tracking Policy
(News) One of the UK's largest insurance companies has scrapped a high-tech vehicle insurance plan that tracked drivers using GPS.
EU Says Governments Could Bar Microsoft From Bidding
(News) Microsoft can't necessarily be banned from competing for government IT projects because of its antitrust problems, according...
SAP to Buy Visiprise for Manufacturing Software
(News) SAP is buying Visiprise, maker of plant-level software for manufacturers.
BI Vendors Trying to Reach the Rank and File
(News) BI vendors are looking beyond power users to the rank and file.
Microsoft Unveils First OS for Portable Navigation Devices
(News) Microsoft unveiled Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 for mobile navigation devices.
Takara Tomy Develops World's Smallest Karaoke System
(News) Takara Tomy has developed what it claims is the world's smallest karaoke system, the 7-cm cube Hi-kara.
Intel Puts Solar Technology Into New Company
(News) Intel plans to transfer its solar energy technology and invest in a new solar venture.
China Mobile Signs $1B Wireless Deal With Alcatel-Lucent
(News) China Mobile inked a US$1 billion wireless deal with Alcatel-Lucent for 3G equipment.
AMD Goes Hollywood With New Graphics Chips
(News) AMD is targeting Hollywood with the new Radeon 4800 series graphics chips, which can render lifelike images in real time.
Citrix Executive to Replace Sourcefire CEO
(News) Citrix Systems' executive John Burns has been named CEO of Sourcefire, effective July 14.
Trade Agency Rejects GPS Patent Claims Against Broadcom
(News) The U.S. International Trade Commission has rejected patent claims against Broadcom by GPS (Global Positioning System) vendor...
State Worker's Child Porn Charges Dropped; Virus Blamed
(News) The government has dropped child pornography charges against a state employee after determining that his laptop was badly...
Judge: White House Doesn't Have to Turn Over E-mail Records
(News) A judge rules that the U.S. White House does not have to turn over details about e-mails to a watchdog group.
Microsoft, Nortel Offer Hosted Unified Communications
(News) Microsoft and Nortel introduce a fully hosted unified-communications and collaboration service for carriers.
Telecom Industry Focuses on Video, Fat Pipes
(News) Carriers will meet up with network vendors this week at NXTcomm to figure out how to meet the fast-growing demands of...
EU Mobile Operators May Charge for Making and Getting Calls
(News) Europe's telecommunications commissioner will soon announce plans to cut the cost of termination charges for mobile phone...
AMD's Latest FireStream Processor Hits 1 Teraflop
(News) Advanced Micro Devices previewed on Monday the latest version of its high-performance chip package, the FireStream 9250, which...
Brothers Squabble Over Indian Telecom Merger
(News) A squabble between Ambani brothers may come in the way of merger between Reliance Communications and MTN.
Microsoft Now Sponsor of Open Source Census
(News) Microsoft is now a sponsor of the Open Source Census, an effort to track open-source installations worldwide.
Greenpeace Says E-waste From US Stopped in Hong Kong
(News) Environmental group Greenpeace says it has identified three containers of electronic waste as they were about to be unloaded in Hong Kong Port over the weekend.
Microsoft Xbox Executive out Amid Reshuffling
(News) A key Xbox marketing leader is leaving Microsoft amid executive restructuring in the company's gaming business.
Intel Developing Video Search Technology
(News) Intel said it is working on video search technology that makes it easier for users to zero in on specific moments inside a...
3G Growth Raises Qualcomm Forecast
(News) Higher-than-expected shipments of handset chips and more expensive phones led Qualcomm to raise its revenue and profit...
New Data Research Sees the Forest From the Trees
(News) Two new research papers outline how new mathematical models can more accurately predict how climate change could affect the...
EU's Reding Proposes Networks Get Half of Radio Spectrum
(News) EU telecom Commissioner Viviane Reding proposes giving half of radio spectrum to mobile and wireless networks by 2010.
EU Telecom Ministers Dismiss Plan for Regulatory Body
(News) EU telecommunication ministers unanimously reject a proposal to create a powerful central regulatory body, similar to the U.S...
Mozilla Sets June 17 for Firefox 3 'Download Day'
(News) Mozilla has set Tuesday for release of the next version of Firefox and an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for software...
NetSuite Aims at SAP With Manufacturing Edition
(News) NetSuite said Thursday it is going after SAP with a new manufacturing version of its hosted ERP system.
EU Official to Operators: Cut Data Roaming Fees
(News) European telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding on Thursday dismissed efforts by mobile phone operators to cut data roaming...
US FTC Settles With Marketers of 'free' Software CDs
(News) The U.S. FTC settles a complaint with a company that offered free CDs containing software but included hidden charges.
US Hacker Gets 41 Months for Running Rogue Botnet
(News) A U.S. hacker who hooked up a botnet within Newell Rubbermaid's corporate network was sentenced to 41 months in prison on...
Gartner: Indian Outsourcers Gaining Global Share
(News) India's top outsourcers increase their share of the IT services market, taking a dominant position in application development...
G8 Nations Talk ID-crime at Tokyo Summit
(News) Ministers from G8 nations agreed to further study the issue of ID crimes at a meeting in Tokyo on Thursday.
Japan and France Agree to Closer Ties on Cybercrime
(News) Japanese and French government ministers agreed at a meeting in Tokyo on Thursday to work more closely on cybercrime.
US Congressmen Accuse China of Hacking Their Computers
(News) Two Congressmen on Wednesday accused China of hacking their offices' computers, possibly compromising information on Chinese...
USB 3.0 Host Controller Spec Will Be Free, Intel Says
(News) Intel will make its USB 3.0 host controller specification freely available during the second half of this yeuar.
Intel Was Slow to Embrace Low-power Chips, Exec Says
(News) Intel first rejected the idea of a low-power processor before chasing it with Atom.
Obama Campaign Hopes for Better Web Security
(News) Barack Obama's campaign is looking for a Web security expert to help lock down Obama's official site.
New Features for IT Pros Coming in Next IE8 Beta
(News) Microsoft described some improvements aimed at IT professionals that will come with the second beta of IE8 in August.
Vista Woes Could Hurt Microsoft's Revenue, Analysts Say
(News) The negative perception of Windows Vista caused a financial analyst firm to lower its revenue target for Microsoft.
Study: SOA Deployments on Rise
(News) A new IBM study finds added momentum for SOA.
Indian BPO Company Genpact Gets Into Training Business
(News) Indian BPO company Genpact invests in training joint venture, as access to quality staff in India becomes a problem.
Mobile Operators Claim Falling Data Roaming Prices in Europe
(News) In an effort to avert regulation by the EU, mobile phone operators said Wednesday that the market is expanding rapidly and...
Intel Waiting for a Hit Product to Get MID Market Rolling
(News) Intel is counting on a hit product to get demand rolling for mobile Internet devices based on Centrino Atom.
Perimeter Buys Edgeos to Boost Security Offerings
(News) Perimeter eSecurity on Tuesday acquired security vendor Edgeos for an undetermined amount to boost security in its products.
Microsoft Hires Anti-phishing Crusader
(News) Microsoft has hired the founder of anti-phishing Web site Castlecops.com to help with its efforts to clean up the Internet.
Safari 'carpet Bomb' Attack Code Released
(News) Attack code that exploits the "Safari Carpet Bombing" attack has been posted.
Microsoft Site Leak Hints at 2009 Release for Office 14
(News) A leak on a Microsoft Web site hints at a 2009 release for the next version of Office, code-named Office 14.
Oracle Previews On-demand 'social' CRM Module
(News) Oracle is previewing an upcoming "social CRM" modules at Enterprise 2.0 this week.
Groups Raise Concerns About Google/Yahoo Pact
(News) Rural groups raise concerns about a potential advertising deal between Yahoo and Google.
Microsoft Fixes IE, DirectX Security Bugs
(News) Microsoft has issued critical patches for IE, DirectX and Bluetooth.
CIA Uses Wiki Technology to Share Information
(News) CIA officials said Tuesday the agency's Intellipedia project is gaining serious momentum but much work remains.
DOJ Requires Verizon to Divest for Merger
(News) Verizon will have to sell off parts of the Unicel mobile network in order to merger with the smaller company, the US DOJ said...
EU Competition Chief Advocates Open Standards
(News) Europe's competition commissioner Neelie Kroes delivered a thinly veiled warning to Microsoft on Tuesday.
Microsoft Highlights Virtualization at TechEd, Week 2
(News) Microsoft will highlight virtualization during week two of TechEd.
Upcoming Xbox 360 RPGs Previewed in Tokyo
(News) Microsoft previewed several upcoming role-playing games for its Xbox 360 in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Microsoft Hits 21 US Resellers With Piracy Lawsuits
(News) Microsoft has filed 21 lawsuits in 14 U.S. states against resellers in which it alledges they engaged in the sale of pirated...
VMware Updates Application Virtualization Software
(News) VMware has announced an upgrade to its application virtualization software, which aims to reduce the cost of deploying new...
Jobs Announces IPhone 3G to Much Fanfare
(News) Apple launched its updated iPhone to a raucous audience, adding support for 3G broadband wireless networks and built-in GPS...
Clearwire, Cisco, Intel Form WiMax Patent Group
(News) Leaders in the WiMax market launched a group aimed at making it easier for consumer electronics companies to license WiMax.
Microsoft, Kaiser Pilot Integration of E-health Systems
(News) Microsoft and health care insurance provider Kaiser Permanente unveiled Monday that they will be sharing data between their...
Study: IT Execs Report Lack of License Compliance
(News) A new study found that many IT shops fear they are not in compliance with their software license deals.
Startup's SaaS Helps IT Shops Pinpoint Costs
(News) A Marc Andreessen-funded startup is pushing financial management software for IT.
Microsoft, Others Push New 2.0 Wares
(News) A flood of large and small vendors are pushing new products at this week's Enterprise 2.0 show.
Momentum, Some Confusion Mark 'Enterprise 2.0'
(News) As this year's Enterprise 2.0 show begins, the space is showing both momentum and confusion.
HP, Acer Settle Patent Dispute
(News) HP and Acer signed a confidential agreement ending all patent disputes between them.
Reports: Attacker Kills 5, Injures 12 in Tokyo's Akihabara
(News) At least five people were killed and 12 injured in an attack on shoppers in Tokyo'a Akihabara on Sunday, local media said.
FCC Delays Free Spectrum Proposal
(News) The FCC does not plan to discuss at a meeting next week a proposal that would require the winner of a spectrum auction to...
Verizon-Alltel, Fast Times at Broadcom
(News) Verizon reached a deal to buy Alltel for US$28.1 billion, which would make the combined company the largest wireless carrier...
HP Shakes up Research Labs, Places 'big Bets'
(News) HP is forging ahead with a revamp of its research labs that it hopes will pull cutting-edge developments from its labs and...
Do Geeks Make Good Jurors in Tech Cases? Not Always
(News) A Bay Area federal judge says that geeks sometimes make bad jurors in tech cases.
Strong Demand for Drives Propels Storage Revenue
(News) Disk-based storage revenue grew during the first quarter of 2008, with companies like Dell cashing in on the increased demand...
No Nvidia Chipset for Via Yet, but Watch This Space
(News) No Nvidia chipset for Via processors was launched at Computex, but the partnership between the two companies is just getting...
DOJ Staffer Tapped to Head US-CERT
(News) The Department of Homeland Security has named Mischel Kwon as head of US-CERT.
Cell Trade Group Says FCC Plan Doomed to Fail
(News) The CTIA cellular trade association criticized an FCC spectrum auction plan in a filing with the agency on Thursday.
Cornell Bests HP in Patent Case
(News) Hewlett-Packard disagrees with a jury that ordered it to pay $184 million to Cornell University for infringing a patent.
Grandmax Shows off Portable IPod Speakers
(News) Grandmax is showing its Tweakers, nifty portable speakers for iPods and other music players.
Indian Services Company Tanla Acquiring Openbit
(News) Tanla, an Indian provider of mobile products and services, has acquired Openbit, a Finnish provider of mobile payments...
Yahoo Denies 'poison Pill,' Icahn Accusations
(News) Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock rejected charges by Carl Icahn that an employee retention package was designed to discourage a...
Researchers Say Notification Laws Not Lowering ID Theft
(News) Researchers at Carnegie Mellon say state data breach laws have not cut down on identity theft.
Korea Fines Intel $25 Million for Antitrust Violations
(News) The Korea Fair Trade Commission has fined Intel a reported $25.42 million for antitrust violations.
Microsoft Gets Mixed Ruling in Latest Alcatel-Lucent Case
(News) A San Diego court ruled mostly in Microsoft's favor in an ongoing dispute between the software giant and Alcatel-Lucent.
In India, Rural Workers Run Call Centers
(News) Venkat Pullaiah, a local university graduate, migrated in search of a job to Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh...
Microsoft to Aid Developer Teams With Modeling
(News) Microsoft plans to add architecture modeling and validation against application code to its Visual Studio Team System.
Microsoft to Spend Another $20 Million in Indian Education
(News) Microsoft spending another $20 million on education in India.
Yahoo Releases Address Book API
(News) Yahoo is opening up the API for its Address Book service, its second major step in its Open Strategy initiative.
US Corporate IT Spending Outlook Still Murky
(News) IT spending trends for the rest of the year remain murky, according to new research.
AMD Plans External Graphics Module for Laptops
(News) AMD and Fujitsu Siemens are developing an external graphics module that can be used with Puma notebooks.
Music Industry Groups Denounce 'incorrigible' Baidu
(News) Music industry groups lashed out at Baidu Tuesday, with one official calling it, "the largest and most incorrigible purveyor...
Yahoo Will Hold Annual Shareholder Meeting on Aug. 1
(News) Yahoo will hold its annual shareholder meeting on Aug. 1, according to a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Hands on With HTC's Touch Pro
(News) Taiwan's High Tech Computer launched its latest Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, the Touch Pro, on Wednesday and I got a chance...
Intel Embraces Overclocking, Doesn't Extend Warranty
(News) Intel has embraced overclockers, but won't guarantee its chips if something goes wrong on an overclocked system.
SSDs Give Overclocked Nehalem Extra Oomph
(News) Intel showed off an overclocked Nehalem system equipped with two solid-state disk drives.
AMD Lets Cat out of Bag With Puma Launch
(News) Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will uncage its Puma laptop chip platform at events in Taipei and Paris on Wednesday.
CRM Systems to Get Free Company Contact Data
(News) Contact-list provider Jigsaw is now providing company data for free to a number of CRM systems.
Live Video and CGI Mix Seamlessly in NHK's Future Studio
(News) Japanese broadcaster NHK has developed a high-tech studio where robotic cameras move automatically to always get the best...
Google Highlights OpenSocial, Gears at I/O Event
(News) Google announced enhancements to its OpenSocial platform and Gears offline access technology.
Mozilla Shooting for Record Books With Firefox 3 Release
(News) Mozilla is aiming to create what may be the geekiest world record ever with its upcoming Firefox 3 browser release.
FTC Halts Pretexting Operation Connected to Hewlett-Packard
(News) A judge orders a Florida business to stop pretexting to obtain phone records.
Symantec Backtracks on Adobe Flash Warning
(News) A bug originally reported by Symantec to be a new, unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player was actually patched last...
Ozzie Hints at Microsoft's Search Future, Downplays Yahoo
(News) Microsoft's Ray Ozzie suggested that Microsoft has some clear ideas on the next direction it will take for search, downplaying...
VMware Buys Application Performance Vendor
(News) VMware plans to buy an application performance vendor, in what one observer calls a game-changing move.
US Files Trade Complaint Against EU Tech Product Taxes
(News) The U.S. government files a tech-related trade complaint against the EU.
Sony's Sountina Speakers Aim to Be Seen and Heard
(News) Sony has developed an all-glass speaker that emits sound in a circle and carries a cool price tag of almost US$10,000.
EU Dismisses Reports It Has Reached Intel Antitrust Decision
(News) The European Commission has not yet decided whether to prosecute Intel for abuse of its dominant position in the...
Google Cements Commitment to Developers With I/O Event
(News) Google's I/O conference this week is the company's most important to date for external developers.
Sony, Sanyo, Others Settle LED Patent Complaint
(News) Four electronics companies settle a patent complaint by a Columbia University professor.
New Adobe Flaw Being Used in Attacks, Says Symantec
(News) Symantec says that hackers are exploiting an unpatched flaw in Adobe's Flash Player software.
DOJ Settles Internet Complaint Against Real Estate Group
(News) The U.S. DOJ settles an antitrust complaint against the National Association of Realtors.
Microsoft Open Policy Faces Scrutiny
(News) Microsoft faces an uphill battle in trying to convince the market that its efforts at openness are sincere.
Paglo's IT Search Engine Moves Into Open Beta
(News) Paglo's search engine for IT went into public beta on Tuesday.
Retailer GameStop Discontinues Zune Sales
(News) GameStop is no longer going to sell Microsoft's Zune digital media players in its retail stores.
RightNow CRM Update Fleshes out Feedback Loop
(News) RightNow CRM's latest release, announced Tuesday, adds the ability to send customers a survey direct from a chat.
European Commission Urges Rapid Adoption of IPv6
(News) The European Commission is urging rapid adoption of IPv6 to keep Europe at the vanguard of Internet use.
Yahoo Files Lawsuit Against Lottery Scammers
(News) Yahoo is suing a group of unidentified companies and individuals loosely called the 'Yahoo Lottery Spammers' for running an...
Infineon CEO to Quit Over Strategy Disagreements
(News) Infineon's president and CEO, Wolfgang Ziebart, will resign June 1 over differences of strategy.
Vodafone CEO Sarin to Step Down
(News) Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin will step down as head of the mobile operator.
IBM Offers Translation Services From India
(News) IBM has set up a center for language translation services in India.
Vanco Sold to India's Reliance for $77 Million
(News) India's Reliance has acquired U.K. managed network services provider Vanco for US$77 million.
Merger Talks Fail Between India's Bharti and MTN in Africa
(News) Bharti bows out of merger talks with MTN, even as another Indian company, Reliance Communications appears interested.
Report: Nvidia to Release CPU at Computex
(News) Nvidia is planning to announce a line of Arm-based CPUs at the Computex exhibition in Taipei next week.
China Announces Telecom Restructuring, Clearing Way for 3G
(News) China has unveiled plans to restructure the country's telecommunications operators, a final step towards the release of 3G...
Does the US Need a New Broadband Policy?
(News) Ken Hubbard worries that broadband speeds in the U.S. aren't adequate for the next wave of Web content.
Broadband Policy: The Connected Nation Model
(News) Connected Nation claims significant success in connecting broadband providers to needy users.
Broadband: How the US Stacks up
(News) Groups calling for a more robust broadband policy in the U.S. say the county has fallen behind in several key statistics.
Member of Online Piracy Group Faces Prison Term
(News) A New York man is convicted for his part in an online music piracy group.
Microsoft's ODF Support Points to OOXML Challenges
(News) Microsoft's plan to include ODF support in its Office suite next year reflects continued challenges for the OOXML file format...
IBM-Cognos to Refund $13 Million to Massachusetts
(News) IBM will repay $13 million to Massachusetts due to a software procurement deal state officials concluded was flawed.
Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft
(News) It felt like all Microsoft, all the time this week. CEO Steve Ballmer was attacked by an egg-throwing Hungarian, the company...
Appropriate Technology and the Humble Mobile Phone
(News) It's not often you read a book and find that, 10 years on, it remains central to your thinking. Ideas come and go, paradigms...
Craigslist Tops U.S. Mobile Browsing
(News) Mobile Web surfers in the U.S. spend more time on classifed-ad site Craigslist than on any other Web site.
Wall Street Beat: Salesforce, HP Weigh in as Tech Steadies
(News) Solid earnings from Salesforce.com and Hewlett-Packard helped investor confidence in the tech arena this week.
HP Puts Green Labels on Black-and-white Printers
(News) HP wants printer buyers to pay more attention to the environmental impact of its printers, and is introducing a new labeling...
Vendor Goes After SMBs With BSM Offering
(News) Business service management vendor Firescope is launching a low-cost product for SMBs.
Google's Page: US Government Should Open up Its Spectrum
(News) Google's Larry Page calls for the U.S. government to share its wireless spectrum.
Chinese Police Detain Woman Over Quake Video
(News) Chinese police have detained a 21-year-old woman in Shenyang for an online video
Singaporean Blogger Arrested, Charged With Racism
(News) A Singaporean blogger has been arrested for allegedly making racist comments online.
Lawmakers See Cyber Threats to Electrical Grid
(News) Lawmakers and an auditor's report raise concerns about cybersecurity among U.S. electric utilities.
Time Warner to Make $9.25 Billion From Cable Spin-off
(News) Time Warner will gain $9.25 billion from the spin-off of Time Warner Cable.
US Trade Agency to Investigate Semiconductor Complaint
(News) The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate a semiconductor trade complaint from Tessera.
China Shows off Olympic Tech...sort of
(News) An exhibition of technology being used in the Beijing Olympics opened here Wednesday, with mixed results in demonstrating one...
SugarCRM Launches Data Center Edition
(News) Customers and partners of open-source CRM (customer relationship management) vendor SugarCRM will be able to deploy and manage...
Yahoo Comes to High-def TV Screens in Japan
(News) Japanese TV viewers could soon find something extra alongside the high-definition television channels on their sets' menus: a...
Citrix Makes the Desktop Virtual With XenDesktop
(News) Hoping to stay a step ahead of rival VMware, Citrix Systems is now shipping its XenDesktop product line of desktop...
Surge in Laptop Sales Drives HP Results
(News) A 31 percent jump in laptop PC sales helped drive Hewlett-Packard's strong quarterly results on Tuesday, although there were...
Microsoft Launches Mobile Display Ads
(News) Microsoft on Tuesday began letting advertisers display banner ads to mobile users of Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live...
First Call Completed on North Korea's 3G Network
(News) The unlikely story of advanced 3G cellular service in the world's most tightly controlled and secretive country has turned...
Game Consoles Contain Environmental Hazards, Says Greenpeace
(News) Games consoles contain toxic chemicals that would not be allowed in young childrens' toys, even though the technology to...
Bangalore's IT Industry Faces a New Hurdle With Airport Move
(News) Bangalore, India's outsourcing hub, has been grappling with poor roads, traffic jams, and power cuts. From Friday, the city's...
AU Optronics Shows off Curved LCD Screen
(News) Taiwanese display maker AU Optronics will show what it calls the world's first curved TFT (thin film transistor) LCD (liquid...
Diamondville-based Motherboard on Sale for $104
(News) An online retailer in the U.K. is taking preorders for a motherboard equipped with the upcoming Diamondville version of...
Startup Launches 'Internet-scale' Database
(News) Startup Aster Data Systems is coming to market with what it calls an "Internet-scale" cluster database, and has landed a major...
Application Acceleration Goes Virtual
(News) Virtualization has moved beyond applications themselves to software that makes those applications run faster over a network.
SEC Goes After Eight Former AOL Executives in Fraud Case
(News) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed a lawsuit against four former AOL Time Warner executives, charging...
Group Says MySpace Cyber-bully Prosecution Goes Too Far
(News) A digital advocacy group has blasted the federal government's prosecution of a Missouri woman whose fake MySpace profile...
Amid Buzz, Workday Revs On-demand ERP
(News) On-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor Workday announced an update to its software Monday as it rides a wave of...
Microsoft Launches SharePoint Planning Services
(News) Customers using Microsoft's SharePoint enterprise portal can now get deployment help if they subscribe to the Software...
The Future of Enterprise Search
(News) A startup company called Powerset gained a slew of headlines last week when it launched a beta version of its search engine...
China Mourning Suspends Entertainment Web Sites
(News) China began three days of national mourning for the victims of the May 12 earthquake, restricting access to entertainment...
EDS Buy Could Give HP Edge Over Dell, Analysts Say
(News) Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Electronic Data Systems won't hurt Dell in the next few years, but it could affect Dell's...
Microsoft: Don't Misunderstand UAC, Other Vista Features
(News) In its continued attempt to convince business customers to adopt Vista, Microsoft has outlined and tried to explain some of...
Bender Forms Group to Promote OLPC's Sugar UI
(News) Former One Laptop Per Child President of software and content Walter Bender has launched Sugar Labs, an organization that will...
Laptop Bags From the Scrap Heap
(News) After hurting the environment by drinking coffee from plastic cups for many years, buying an eco-friendly laptop bag seems...
Former Tech Executive Found Guilty of Securities Fraud
(News) The former chairman and CEO of PurchasePro.com, a business-to-business software broker that died during the dot-com bust, has...
Seeing Is Believing With High-definition Train Simulator
(News) A new train simulator codeveloped by Fujitsu offers unparalleled realism thanks to high-definition video shot on actual train...
Samsung to Unveil 'Blue Phase' 240Hz LCD Panel
(News) Samsung Electronics will unveil this weekend the first prototype of a new LCD (liquid crystal display) technology that won't...
Panasonic's Car Navi Reaches Home While Away From Home
(News) With all the time spent on the road, most drivers consider their cars to be their second homes. Reaching their primary home...
Sony Names New Head of Worldwide Games Studios
(News) Sony has promoted a senior executive at its U.S. games studio to lead its global studios, it said Friday.
Fujitsu Tackles E-paper's Slow Screen Speed
(News) Fujitsu has developed a prototype electronic paper screen that tackles one of the technology's biggest weaknesses: the amount...
Wall Street Beat: M&A Stirs 'trendless Market'
(News) Merger and acquisition news this week from Hewlett-Packard, EDS, Comcast, Plaxo, CBS and CNET -- along with Carl Icahn's...
US Agency to Investigate Semiconductor Patent Complaints
(News) The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to investigate complaints by two U.S. companies that 18 other...
After 'treasure Hunt,' Hacker Releases IE Attack Code
(News) One week after hiding Internet Explorer attack code on his Web site, security researcher Aviv Raff has posted details on how...
Microsoft Seeks Alternatives to Low-cost Laptops
(News) Microsoft is looking at alternatives to ultra-low-cost laptops in the drive to arm people in developing nations with a way to...
EBay Seller Pleads Guilty to Software Piracy Charges
(News) A 23-year-old Oregon man has pleaded guilty to charges that he used identity theft to set up bogus accounts on eBay, where he...
Telecom: Nice to Have or Basic Necessity?
(News) It's been a busy week for organizations like Telecoms Sans Frontiers (TSF). With two natural disasters in quick succession --...
IBM Boosts BlackBerry Access to Cognos, Lotus Software
(News) IBM has released software that allows BlackBerry users to access more of its applications, including its Cognos business...
NATO to Set up Cyber Warfare Center
(News) NATO plans to set up a cyber defense center in Estonia later this year to research and help fight cyber warfare, the...
Philly Won't Fight to Save Wi-Fi Network
(News) The city of Philadelphia is moving on after its brief municipal Wi-Fi relationship with EarthLink, no longer trying to find a...
Report: Icahn to Launch Proxy Fight Against Yahoo
(News) Billionaire investor Carl Icahn will proceed with his plan to replace Yahoo's entire board in an effort to force the company...
Virgin USA in Talks Over Mobile Operator Helio
(News) Virgin Mobile USA is in talks with SK Telecom over a possible deal involving Helio, the U.S. mobile operator that gears itself...
SEC Charges Former Broadcom Executives With Backdating
(News) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two current and two former officers of semiconductor vendor Broadcom...
FCC Takes First Step Toward Spectrum Re-auction
(News) The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken a first step toward re-auctioning a band of spectrum that failed to sell...
US SEC Moves Toward Requiring Interactive Data Filings
(News) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken a major step toward requiring publicly traded companies to submit their...
Oracle's Planned AdminServer Buy Seen as Significant
(News) In an announcement overshadowed by Hewlett-Packard's US$13.9 billion bid for services provider EDS, Oracle on Tuesday...
Sony Sales, Net Profits Sharply Higher but Target Missed
(News) Sony earned sharply higher net profits in the financial year just ended on the back of stronger sales, but missed an...
EarthLink to Remove Philadelphia Wi-Fi
(News) EarthLink next month will shut down its Philadelphia Wi-Fi network, the flagship of its now-dashed municipal wireless...
HP-EDS Deal Spurs Range of Customer Reactions
(News) Customers of Hewlett-Packard and Electronic Data Systems offered a range of reactions Tuesday to HP's US$13.9 billion bid for...
Microsoft Reveals SMB Software Pricing, Previews
(News) Microsoft on Tuesday revealed pricing details for a new server software bundle aimed at midsize companies and the next version...
CSC Settles Government Kickbacks Case
(News) Computer Sciences (CSC) has agreed to pay US $1.37 million to settle allegations that it received kickbacks on technology...
EU Won't Seek New Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft
(News) The European Commission confirmed it has received a complaint about Microsoft's business practices from a British government...
Study: US Corporate Software Spending Slowing
(News) One in four respondents to a new US corporate IT spending survey by ChangeWave Research said their company will spend less on...
Japanese Internet Satellite Hits 1.2Gbps
(News) Engineers testing a recently launched Japanese data communications satellite have succeeded in establishing a two-way Internet...
HP to Buy EDS for $13.9 Billion
(News) HP said Tuesday morning that it has signed a deal to acquire IT outsourcer EDS for US$13.9 billion, or $25.00 per share.
AMD Shuffles Executives, Creates Central Engineering Group
(News) Advanced Micro Devices announced a series of executive changes Monday, including the creation of a Central Engineering...
Intel's Chengdu Operations Remain Offline After Quake
(News) Intel's test and assembly plant in Chengdu remained offline on Tuesday, as the region in southwestern China reeled from the...
Sun to Clarify JavaFX Open-source Plan Later This Year
(News) While Sun executives have said that JavaFX, the company's nascent rich Internet application (RIA) development product family...
Three Charged in Dave & Buster's Hacking Job
(News) It may not have been the greatest hack ever, but police say the malicious software sneaked onto restaurant chain Dave &...
Cisco's Telepresence Gets Personal
(News) Cisco Systems will take its TelePresence virtual meeting systems into home offices later this year, bringing telecommuters...
Report: HP to Acquire EDS
(News) Hewlett-Packard is close to acquiring IT services company Electronic Data Systems for around $13 billion, according to a...
ATM Glitch Hits Systems Integration at Major Japanese Bank
(News) A software glitch that crept into a massive system integration project at Japan's Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ left thousands...
MSI's Upcoming Wind Laptop Priced From $560
(News) Taiwanese hardware maker Micro-Star International's upcoming Wind laptop can be preordered starting from US$560.
Vertica Moves BI Database to Amazon's Cloud
(News) Database maker Vertica Systems is moving its technology to Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud infrastructure (EC2), hoping to...
Vint Cerf Supports Municipal Broadband Networks
(News) Municipal broadband networks could help boost the availability of high-speed Internet access and even help to ensure Net...
Myhrvold Talks Innovation Past and Present
(News) Nathan Myhrvold, former chief technology officer of Microsoft, commissioned the Difference Engine No. 2 that is set to debut...
It's All About Perspective
(News) News from and about Microsoft dominated this week from start to finish. But the dire situation caused by Cyclone Nargis in...
Spinning off Fabs Would Be Risky for AMD, Analysts Say
(News) Recent comments from Advanced Micro Devices about controlling manufacturing costs have led to speculation that the company may...
Blockbuster's Planned Circuit City Buy Moves Ahead
(News) After months of resistance, retailer Circuit City opened up its books for Blockbuster to complete the process of due diligence...
Toshiba Eyes Fuel Cells, Cell-based TV by 2009
(News) Toshiba plans to begin mass production of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells by March next year and to have a television based on the...
Microsoft Talks up Using Printers to Make Drugs
(News) In the not-too-distant future, people could use computer printers to make simple medicines as part of a do-it-yourself model...
IT Didn't Fail Myanmar During Cyclone, People Did
(News) The growing disaster in Myanmar caused by Cyclone Nargis could have been at least party avoided had people living in the path...
Gran Turismo Series Shipments Hit 50 Million
(News) Shipments of the Gran Turismo series of car racing games edged past the 50 million unit mark at the end of April, Sony said...
Samsung Launches HD Flash Camcorder With Slow-motion Video
(News) Samsung has launched a high-definition (HD) video camera that can also snap high-resolution digital photos and take smooth...
Google Grilled on Human Rights
(News) Google's shareholders, following the advice of the board, voted down two proposals on Thursday that would have compelled the...
Wall Street Beat: Mixed Earnings, M&A News Hit IT
(News) After a slow climb during the height of a generally positive earnings season, the IT-heavy Nasdaq hit turbulence this week...
Microsoft Adds $3 Million to Small-business Subsidies
(News) Microsoft has invested several million more dollars into an incentive program it recently unveiled for small businesses...
US Lawmakers Introduce New Net Neutrality Bill
(News) Two Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would subject broadband providers to antitrust...
House Passes Copyright Enforcement Bill
(News) The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would allow law enforcement authorities to seek the forfeiture...
FTC: Kids Finding It Harder to Buy M-rated Video Games
(News) Teenagers in the U.S. are having a more difficult time buying M-rated mature video games in stores than in past years...
Best Buy Invests $2.1 Billion in European Retailer
(News) U.S. retailer Best Buy is buying a 50 percent stake in an established European retailer to expand its worldwide consumer...
Kagermann Reflects on His Years at SAP
(News) SAP co-CEO Henning Kagermann took center stage at this week's SAPPHIRE conference in Orlando, but that may not be the case...
News Corp.: MySpace Unit to Miss Revenue Target
(News) Fox Interactive Media (FIM), MySpace's News Corp. unit, will fail to meet its revenue projections for this fiscal year...
Judge Slaps TorrentSpy With $111M Damages
(News) A U.S. judge has ruled on a nearly US$111 million copyright-infringement decision against TorrentSpy.com, the BitTorrent...
China 3G System to Grow After Olympics
(News) China's 3G (third generation telephony) system will expand service to 10 cities after August's Olympic Games, the nation's...
Japan Eyes Adding Copyright Fee to IPod Price
(News) Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency has proposed adding a fee to the price of Apple iPods and other digital music and video...
AMD Must Rebuild Momentum, Despite Customer Loyalty
(News) Advanced Micro Devices must work hard to rebuild its momentum in the Asian server market, even though the chip maker managed...
Microsoft Satellite Map Project Sued Over Name
(News) Microsoft's TerraServer-USA satellite imagery project has been slapped with a trademark lawsuit from a small North Carolina...
Yahoo, Microsoft: Off Again ... on Again?
(News) Just when it seemed that their stormy relationship had ended, Yahoo and Microsoft may end up reconciling and coming to terms...
Clearwire Venture Promises New Kinds of Services
(News) The WiMax joint venture between Sprint and Clearwire could be good news for end-users, who might soon be able to choose from a...
AMD Jumps to 12-core Chip, Skips 8-core Chip Plans
(News) Advanced Micro Devices plans to release processors with 12 cores, which changes its product road map and kills earlier plans...
SAP Exec: No Plans for Additional On-demand ERP
(News) It is unlikely that SAP will offer full-blown, on-demand versions of its Business One or All-in-One enterprise resource...
Microsoft Revamps Download Center Using Silverlight
(News) Microsoft continues to eat its own dog food to promote the adoption of its Silverlight technology.
Microsoft Releases XP SP3 After Delay
(News) Microsoft Tuesday released the third service pack for Windows XP to the Web after last week delaying its scheduled release...
OLPC Tries to Bridge Gap With Developer Community
(News) A virtual uprising that broke out among developers questioning One Laptop Per Child's commitment to open-source software has...
HP Brings Storage, Servers Into One Rack
(News) To help IT departments prepare for the coming onslaught of data, HP on Tuesday introduced a platform that combines storage and...
SAP, IBM Still Chummy After BI Acquisitions
(News) Executives from IBM and SAP said the two companies won't fall out even though they now compete head-on in the market for BI...
SAP Sheds Light on New BPM Tools
(News) SAP is developing new business process management (BPM) tools under the code name "Galaxy" and will first release them in the...
Google Puts Open-source Project Back up
(News) Google has reinstated an open-source project just days after pulling it in response to a copyright-related takedown notice.
Mobile Players Vie for European UHF Spectrum
(News) The European economy would grow by an additional €95 billion over the next 20 years if one quarter of the UHF band were...
Microsoft Breaks Ground on $280M Beijing R&D Center
(News) Microsoft broke ground Tuesday for a new research and development center in Beijing that will house the company's growing...
AMD Must Double Processor Market Share to Survive
(News) Advanced Micro Devices needs to more than double its share of the microprocessor market to survive, according to a brief filed...
Yahoo Faces Shareholder Ire Over Failed Microsoft Bid
(News) Two public pension funds from the city of Detroit plan to expand a complaint against Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and other members of...
Industry Ready for 450mm Wafers, Exec Says
(News) The next big step in chip manufacturing will be the industry's move from 300mm wafers to 450mm wafers, which should help chip...
Chip Makers Plot Shift to Larger Silicon Wafers
(News) Chip makers Intel, Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced Monday that they will collaborate...
Microsoft Should Sideline Search, Focus on Strengths
(News) Microsoft should consider putting its search-advertising endeavors on the back burner for now and attempt an end run at Google...
Qwest Drops Sprint for Verizon
(News) Qwest Communications International will resell Verizon Wireless mobile service, ending a five-year deal with Sprint Nextel.
Report: Sprint Thinking of Spinning off Nextel
(News) Sprint Nextel is looking at selling or spinning off its Nextel unit, after acquiring it less than three years ago, according...
T-Mobile Launches 3G in NYC
(News) T-Mobile launched its first 3G (third-generation) network, in New York, but customers can't yet use the fastest speeds that...
T-Mobile Launches 3G in NYC, Sans Supporting Handsets
(News) T-Mobile launched its first 3G (third-generation) network, in New York, but customers can't yet use the fastest speeds that...
SAP Notes Growing Adoption Among SMEs in Q1
(News) Roughly 75 percent of SAP's overall customer base is made up of small and midsize enterprises, the software vendor announced...
Google Concerned About Verizon's Open Access
(News) Google has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to obtain a pledge from Verizon Wireless that it will honor the...
Dell Hurries to Fix Faulty Laptop Keyboards
(News) Dell on Friday said it has stopped shipment of two Vostro laptop models in Europe after discovering a faulty keyboard design...
OLPC Names New President, COO
(News) The One Laptop Per Child Project appointed a new president and chief operating officer on Friday to run daily operations at...
Microsoft Grows Hostile, Yahoo Says Nyah Nyah
(News) We've been waiting all week for the other shoe on Microsoft's hostile takeover attempt to drop on Yahoo, which isn't waiting...
Nortel Posts Loss but Says Recovery Is on Track
(News) Nortel Networks reported growing revenue for the first quarter of this year and said its recovery plan is on track, even as it...
SAP, RIM Bring CRM Application to BlackBerry
(News) SAP and Research in Motion have teamed up to bring SAP's back-end business applications, beginning with CRM, to BlackBerry...
US Firm Fined for Violations Related to H-1B Program
(News) A U.S. provider of outsourcing and IT services has agreed to pay civil penalties of US$45,000 to settle allegations that it...
Intel Opens Software Marketplace for Small Businesses
(News) Intel has set up an online store called Business Exchange that's meant to help small and medium-sized business find software...
IBM to Build Apps Marketplace for SMBs
(News) IBM is trying to rally support for an online applications marketplace for small and mid-sized businesses that it plans to...
Microsoft Hit With Patent Suit Over RoundTable
(News) A company that develops cameras that produce 360-degree videos is suing Microsoft for alleged patent infringement in its...
Laptops May Get More Battery Life From Silver-zinc
(News) Laptop users may soon get longer battery life from their machines, with ZPower set to plug in its new silver-zinc batteries...
Sun Blames Revenue Drop on Weak US Economy
(News) With its US$1 billion acquisition of MySQL now behind it, Sun reported financial results on Thursday that show the company is...
Wall Street Beat: Earnings, Data Buoy Tech Stocks
(News) Positive earnings news this week from vendors including Symantec, Adobe and Comcast, along with macroeconomic news, continued...
Microsoft Releases New Version of Web Design Tools
(News) Microsoft Thursday unveiled a version of its toolset for Web and multimedia designers that includes the first native support...
EMC Extends Mozy Online Storage to Macs
(News) The MozyHome online backup service became generally available on Thursday after a long beta test and the acquisition of its...
Analyst: IBM's Services Arm an Asset for BI
(News) If implementing business intelligence is more of an art than a science, IBM's Cognos division has a vivid palette at its...
Study: US Needs Stronger Broadband Policy
(News) A complicated mix of factors, including population density and the cost of broadband, contribute to U.S. residents lagging...
Infogrames to Buy Rest of Atari for $11 Million
(News) Infogrames Entertainment plans to buy the rest of beleaguered video games pioneer Atari for US$11 million, the companies said...
Adobe Establishes Open Screen Project for Flash, AIR
(News) Adobe launched a new community development project on Thursday aimed at using its Flash and AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime)...
HP Researchers Build Intelligent Memory
(News) Researchers at Hewlett-Packard have developed a working unit of a memory circuit that has existed in theory for 37 years...
United Online to Say It With Flowers
(News) Take note, Microsoft: There may be better ways to diversify your business than by wooing Web 2.0 companies such as Yahoo.
SugarCRM to Support IPhone, BlackBerry
(News) SugarCRM is bridging the distance between mobile phones and PCs with a new version of its Web-based customer relationship...
Former Monster Exec Charged With Backdating Stock Options
(News) James Treacy, former chief operating officer and president of online job board Monster Worldwide, has been charged with...
Symantec Ends Fiscal Year With Strong Earnings
(News) With more than half of its revenue now coming from outside the U.S., Symantec ended its fiscal year on a high note on...
E-waste Recycling Faces Several Challenges, Critics Say
(News) Many discarded electronic devices in the U.S. wind up being dismantled overseas using crude and unsafe methods, partly because...
OpenPipeline Seeks to Ease Document Prep for Search
(News) Enterprise search vendor Dieselpoint is behind a new open-source project centering on a document "pipeline" -- or as the...
AOL's Ad Revenue Rises Slightly as Income Drops
(News) AOL saw only a slight gain in its online advertising business for the first quarter of 2008, suggesting the company has a way...
Clarizen Going After Microsoft Project Users
(News) Clarizen, like other small vendors in the on-demand project-management software space, is trying to lure Microsoft Project...
Mobile Tours Make Sightseeing Easier
(News) Rather than just let tourists wander aimlessly on a sightseeing excursion, hoping to stumble upon the next landmark, one city...
Time Warner to Sell Cable Division
(News) Time Warner plans sell its stake in its cable division, the company said Wednesday during its quarterly earnings call.
SpringSource Launches Java Application Server
(News) SpringSource, maker of the Spring Framework for Java development, will announce a new application server on Wednesday that it...
Sony Ericsson Combines Java and Flash
(News) Sony Ericsson is hoping to promote "wow" mobile-phone applications by enabling developers to combine the best of Java and...
SAP Cuts Investment in Business ByDesign as Net Income Falls
(News) SAP is putting the brakes on the roll-out of Business ByDesign, its offering for small businesses, it said Wednesday, as it...
LG Enters Thin-TV Race With Scarlet Sets
(News) LG Electronics has officially thrown its hat into the thin TV ring with the launch this week of its Scarlet TV set. The TV...
New 3Com CEO Mao to Be Based in China
(News) 3Com, the U.S. networking vendor now looking to operations in China for a competitive edge, has named a new CEO who will be...
Mobile CEO: Public Safety Can Use Current Spectrum
(News) Public safety agencies should use existing mobile infrastructure for their communications instead of waiting for the U.S. to...
IBM Buys Trading Data Vendor Infodyne
(News) IBM has scooped up Infodyne, a privately held maker of software that quickly crunches hundreds of market data sources together...
Microsoft Delays Release of Windows XP SP3
(News) Microsoft has delayed the release of a third service pack for Windows XP, blaming a "compatibility issue" between the software...
Ribbit Launches Phone Service for Salesforce
(News) The Internet telephony startup Ribbit announced Tuesday that one of its initial flagship projects -- an integration with...
Microsoft System Center Gets Cross-platform Support
(News) Microsoft has released beta technologies that allow its network-management software to manage non-Windows environments as part...
Oracle Acquisition of BEA Closes
(News) Oracle has finalized its US$8.5 billion deal to buy BEA Systems following the European Commission's approval, it announced...
Battery Shortage Could Hurt Small PC Vendors, Says Quanta
(News) A shortage of batteries and other components could hurt smaller PC vendors, although the top 10 vendors are unlikely to be...
TSMC Revenue Hurt by Exchange Rates in First Quarter
(News) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) said exchange rates depressed first quarter revenue and earnings, exaggerating a...
Xerox Showcases Erasable Paper, Smart Documents
(News) Xerox's research arm Monday showcased its latest innovations, including erasable paper and tools that make documents "smart"...
Microsoft Finally Stays on Message About Services
(News) The deadline Microsoft gave Yahoo for making a deal or facing a proxy fight came and went this weekend without a word from...
Gadget Tracks a Good Nights' Shuteye
(News) Ironically, Lee Loree loses sleep over his invention, the Sleeptracker.
Mobile, Fios Push Verizon Income up
(News) Verizon Communications posted net income of US$4.3 billion in the first quarter of 2008, up 14.1 percent from a year earlier...
Galileo Navigation System Launches Second Satellite
(News) Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system took another step forward on Sunday with the launch of a second experimental...
Report Sheds Light on Failure to Sell Safety Spectrum
(News) Lease payments sought by public-safety agencies on an adjoining block of spectrum were not the only factor in the failure of a...
Microsoft Completes FAST Purchase
(News) Microsoft has completed its US$1.2 billion purchase of FAST Search & Transfer and will install the company's CEO as head...
Two More Indicted on E-Rate Fraud Charges
(News) The former owner of three Kansas computer services vendors and his mother have been indicted on charges related to defrauding...
Hacks, More Hacks, Ballmer on Yahoo, OLPC Woes
(News) Those nasty JavaScript attacks that besieged thousands of Web sites from January until March started back up again this week...
Sony, Samsung to Spend US$1.8B on New LCD Line
(News) Sony and Samsung are reaffirming their alliance in LCD (liquid crystal display) panel manufacturing with plans to jointly...
Samsung Q1 Soars on Strong Displays, Mobile Phones
(News) Samsung Electronics posted its strongest profit gain in years in the first quarter as sales of LCD screens and mobile phones...
Sun Buys Processor Startup Montalvo Systems
(News) Sun Microsystems acquired microprocessor startup Montalvo Systems for an undisclosed sum, the company confirmed Thursday.
Microsoft Considers Life Without Yahoo
(News) Microsoft reiterated Thursday that it is prepared to withdraw its offer to buy Yahoo and said it believes it has the...
Researcher Finds New Way to Hack Oracle Database
(News) Security researcher David Litchfield has released technical details of a new type of attack that could give a hacker access to...
Dell Phasing out Customer Service Centers in Canada
(News) Dell's facilities in Canada are being hit by the company's efforts to save US$3 billion over the next three years, with...
Wall Street Beat: Strong Earnings Cheer IT Investors
(News) Though Microsoft results were mixed, quarterly financial reports over the past few days from a broad range of vendors...
3G IPhone Due on June 9, Analysts Say
(News) The 3G iPhone will be announced June 9, the likely date of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at the company's Worldwide Developers...
Mozilla: Fennec to Revolutionize Mobile Browsing
(News) Fennec, the mobile version of the Firefox browser, will simplify and enhance Web browsing on cell phones and usher in an era...
Qwest Rolls out Faster Broadband
(News) Residential and small-business customers of Qwest Communications International in 23 U.S. cities will soon have access to...
IBM News May Signal Enterprise Mashup Maturity
(News) An assortment of vendors are releasing enterprise mashup development tools during this week's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco...
Microsoft: E-government Critical in Africa
(News) There is an urgent need for African governments to practice e-government, since technology will help bring about a much-needed...
France 'suspends' Creation of Big-brother Database
(News) The French government will "suspend" the use of new software for recording the personal habits and affiliations of its...
DOJ Nets Two More Guilty Pleas in E-Rate Fraud Charges
(News) Former co-owners of DeltaNet, a New Jersey computer service provider, have agreed to plead guilty to charges related to...
Beijing Courts Slap Net Cafes in Copyright Rulings
(News) Three Beijing courts handed down fines to 10 Internet cafes in a handful of intellectual property rights cases Wednesday...
Ballmer: Microsoft Could Walk Away From Yahoo Deal
(News) Microsoft gave its first hint that it may abandon its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, as it approaches the deadline for a...
LSI's China Plan Changed by Taiwan Election
(News) U.S. chip designer LSI Corp. has opened two new offices in Taiwan, investments the company had put off until a new president...
Web Apps Developers Told to Aim for Lofty Goals
(News) Beyond commercial success, developers of social applications must aspire to trigger significant change via their software and...
So What Is an Enterprise Mashup, Anyway?
(News) Big vendors like Oracle, IBM and Microsoft are all over the show floor at the Web 2.0 Expo this week, testimony that new...
Google Launches Mobile Banner Ads
(News) Google joined a handful of other companies by announcing that it is delivering mobile banner ads.
Vista SP1 Released to Automatic Update
(News) Windows Vista customers can now receive the first service pack for the operating system via the Microsoft Automatic Update...
OLPC Switch to Windows on XO Is 'muddled,' Developers Say
(News) Open-source developers should stop bickering, unite and jointly develop a Windows user interface to make XO laptops more...
Strong Mac Sales Boost Apple's Quarterly Earnings
(News) Apple on Wednesday reported strong earnings for the second quarter of 2008, with Macintosh computer sales overriding weak...
Telecom Carriers: 'Phantom' Voice Traffic Costing Billions
(News) Some VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and mobile phone service providers are riding free when connecting to the traditional...
Gartner: CRM Market to Grow 14 Percent in 2008
(News) The worldwide market for CRM (customer relationship management) software will grow 14.2 percent to US$8.9 billion in 2008...
BT Helps Businesses Share Wi-Fi
(News) BT Group says it has made adding guest Wi-Fi at a business location quick and easy.
IBM Turns Server Sideways for Web 2.0 Build-out
(News) IBM has designed a new type of rack-mount server specifically for companies running heavily trafficked "Web 2.0" sites such as...
Expo Looks at Workplace Use of Web 2.0
(News) D. Mark Hornung is attending this week's Web 2.0 Expo because he doesn't want to get hit by a tsunami.
Acer Revises up PC Shipment Target After Strong Q1
(News) Acer revised up its 2008 PC shipment target after posting strong results in the first quarter of the year.
Craigslist Calls EBay Lawsuit 'unethical'
(News) A corporate governance lawsuit against Craigslist by eBay seems "unethical" and is unfounded, Craigslist said late Tuesday.
EU Parliament Approves Galileo Navigation System
(News) The European Parliament gave its assent to the creation of the Galileo satellite navigation system Wednesday, clearing the way...
Under the Radar? Africa's Informal Development
(News) Is it just me, or are we seeing increasing numbers of books about Africa, African development, Africa's lack of development...
Earth Day Frenzy Raises Hardware Recycling Questions
(News) On a day when companies are promoting their green efforts as part of Earth Day, a nonprofit has accused some organizations of...
Yahoo Grows Earnings and Revenue in Q1
(News) Yahoo grew its revenue and net income and exceeded Wall Street's expectations for both categories during its first quarter of...
EBay Files Governance Lawsuit Against Craigslist
(News) EBay has filed a lawsuit alleging that some changes made by Craigslist's board of directors have diluted eBay's investment in...
Seagate Ships One-billionth Hard Drive
(News) Seagate announced Tuesday that it has shipped 1 billion hard drives since pioneering an industry that shows no signs of...
Microsoft Eyes Management as Key to Virtualization
(News) Microsoft is targeting system management as a way to differentiate itself from competitors in the virtualization market, the...
Microsoft to Host Partner Software
(News) Microsoft will soon detail ways that partner companies will be able to deliver their services based on Microsoft's hosted...
Microsoft Rewriting Applications for Hosted Offerings
(News) Microsoft is rewriting many of its applications to offer them in a hosted fashion, an executive said on Tuesday.
EU to Set Guidelines on Video Game Sales to Children
(News) The video gaming industry must do more to protect minors from unsuitable material and cooperate better with national...
FCC's Martin: Comcast Blocking Was Widespread
(News) Comcast's slowing of peer-to-peer traffic appeared to be more widespread than the company has disclosed, the chairman of the...
SugarCRM, NetSuite Get Boost From BT Deal
(News) BT said Tuesday it will sell enterprise software products fro