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Defense contractors Boeing and Lockheed Martin have set up units to cash in on an expected increase in government spending on cyber security , reports Bloomberg . That market might reach $11... More >
Though President-Elect Barack Obama has said he will not accept donations from corporations, lobbyists or political action committees for his inauguration, Microsoft execs have had their wallets ope... More >
Here are two stories to back IT Business Edge blogger Paul Mah's admonition that it's worth it to budget for long-term storage. And make that up-to-date storage. Imation Corp. has closed its... More >
Microsoft has applied for a patent for a "pay-as-you-go" computing model , reports CNET News . The plans calls for a reseller to supply the machine at little cost and for the user to pay for... More >
Add Maryland to the states suing Premier Election Solutions , former known as Diebold, to recover the cost of fixing security flaws in its touch-screen voting machines, reports The Washington Post. ... More >
Tech services provider Unisys plans to eliminate 1,300 jobs globally in an effort to reduce costs by more than $225 million a year, reports The Associated Press in a story in The Boston Globe. &nbs... More >
As most people in the United States are scrambling to deal with nature's refrigeration, word comes that the ultra-posh Palazzo Versace hotel in Dubai is turning to technology to create a refrigerate... More >
The Justice Department's inspector general is raising concerns about whether a new FBI computer system being built to manage investigative case files is being properly managed , reports The Associa... More >
Microsoft has granted a reprieve to Windows XP, extending the deadline for PC makers to obtain licenses for the operating system through the end of May 2009, reports dbtechno.com . The pre... More >
Oracle is pleased with its second quarter earnings, reporting that net income declined 1 percent , to $1.3 billion. Compared to a year ago, the company's revenue rose 6 percent, according to The Ne... More >
Following the massive trend, Texas Instruments announced it will cut 400 jobs in the Philippines in response to declining orders, reports The Associated Press in a story in The Washington Post. &... More >
There's much to be done before the United States will be prepared for major hostile attack against vital computer networks, participants concluded after a two-day "cyberwar" simulation, reports Re... More >
Though Yahoo has announced it will ditch user search data after three months , Microsoft says doing that would impair the effectiveness of its Live Search. Brendon Lynch, director of privacy ... More >
While Dell hasn't earned too many brownie points for its latest call center program , it has surely pleased the greenies this month. Last week, the company placed third among 63 large compani... More >
A consortium of eight companies is focusing on the problem of needing a different charger for every portable device, reports vnunet.com . Meeting in Hong Kong, the eight companies -- Conve... More >
Taiwanese mouse-maker Primax Electronics has agreed to pay royalties to Microsoft, prompting Redmond to call off the dogs, reports Bloomberg . Redmond had filed a complaint with the Interna... More >
The computer problems that plagued Citibank customers Tuesday apparently have been cleared up , reports BusinessWeek . Many customers could not access their accounts online or by phone; othe... More >
Just as Microsoft is adding some big names from Yahoo's search business, Live Search General Manager Brad Goldberg is out the door, reports TechFlash . Goldberg, who will head the online b... More >
In an effort to shore up more savings, Motorola is placing a freeze on its contributions to employees' 401(k) plans, ceasing some pay increases, and decreasing the salary of its top two executives. T... More >
According to Gartner, chip sales will be down this year and even worse next year due to plummeting worldwide sales of computers and other tech gadgets. MercuryNews.com reports that Gartner ... More >
Though targeted advertising has been criticized in Britain as well as the United States , telco giant BT says it has finished testing its program Phorm and is ready for wide-scale deployment , re... More >
Though it carefully skirted claims to be providing 3G services, Motorola announced it was awarded a contract to upgrade part of China Telecom's network in 42 cities, reports Network World . It did... More >
A new Dell initiative is decreasing the company's carbon footprint and reducing shipping expenses. Dell is replacing styrofoam it uses in the shipment of its desktops and laptops with 100 percent re... More >
American Express, eBay and IBM took the top three spots in Ponemon Institute's "2008 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy" report. Amazon, HP, Apple, Facebook, AOL and Verizon were also listed among t... More >
The team behind John McCain's now-defunct presidential campaign has been shown to be less than tech savvy. The team has been liquidating devices used in the campaign, including two BlackBerrys... More >
The Australian government wants to filter the Internet to block illegal content, but the country's ISPs aren't going along with the much-criticized plan, reports The Age . Trials of filters... More >
Ceres , a national network of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies and investors to address sustainability challenges, recently ranked 63 lar... More >
As part of the settlement of a shareholder lawsuit, Yahoo has revised a generous severance package that Microsoft had complained would raise the price of acquiring the company, reports Reuters . &... More >
Earlier this week, Sony Corp. announced cost-saving measures that included the elimination of 16,000 jobs, outsourcing of some work, a decreased investment in electronics, and the closing of 10 per... More >
HP is helping CIOs drive down costs in the down economy by offering to finance software purchases amounting to $100,000 or more, reports InformationWeek . The company is offering zero-perce... More >
In moves to save the company more than $1.1 billion a year by 2010, Sony Corp. will lay off 8,000 employees, close 10 percent of its plants, cut its investments in electronics and outsource some work... More >
Dell and EMC announced an extension of their storage partnership through 2013. The agreement, initially begun in October 2001, will allow Dell to sell EMC's Celerra NX4 storage system. ZDNet report... More >
In an effort to cut back on patent litigation from third parties and speed up the time to market of standards-based products, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Associati... More >
According to TechCrunch , a nasty little worm is spreading through Facebook again. Although it first surfaced in August, the Koobface worm has been altered to only affect social networking sites. ... More >
As had been rumored, Microsoft has hired former Yahoo star Qi Lu to lead its online business unit , reports The Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Lu, 47, formerly executive vice president of engi... More >
Add Viacom to the list of organizations cutting back its work force and placing caps on salaries as part of restructuring initiatives geared to slash costs. The Wall Street Journal reports t... More >
Nokia has announced that its acquisition of remaining Symbian shares is complete , reports Agence France-Presse in a story on IOL. Everyone working on Symbian will join Nokia in February, the... More >
In a bid to create the next generation of smartphones, Taiwanese manufacturer HTC is buying San Francisco-based industrial design company One & Co., reports Forbes . The purchase price for the... More >
U.S. president-elect Barack Obama has put all material on his Change.gov web site under the Creative Commons 3.0 license , reports vnunet.com . The move allows users to copy, distribute and transmi... More >
Net Applications' market-share data from November includes some interesting tidbits, reports TG Daily : Firefox topped 20 percent (20.78 percent) for the first time over an entire month. Safari (7.... More >
Hitachi and Intel announced Tuesday they will team up to produce solid-state drives for servers and workstations, reports InfoWorld . Up until this point, Hitachi, the world's third-largest... More >
The IT security community is already warning users to be wary this holiday season as Internet criminals are likely to double their efforts, reports vnunet.com . Trend Micro says to be cauti... More >
Activist investor Carl Icahn announced Friday he has upped his stake in Yahoo , adding close to 7 million more shares, reports The Washington Post . He paid an average of $9.88 a share for the stoc... More >
Hewlett-Packard is touting a three-year IT overhaul that will save the company about $1 billion a year, reports InformationWeek . The results: triple the bandwidth at half the cost; devotin... More >
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