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Hewlett-Packard scientists report that they have designed the theoretical fourth fundamental circuit outlined 37 years ago that could power tiny computers to work the way the brain does, reports T... More >
The CBS crime drama "CSI: NY" to air Wednesday night will be fictional, but the technology will be real , though not yet on the market, reports USA Today . In the story, forensic scientists ... More >
Another team will join the race to produce software to take advantage of chips that process multiple tasks at the same time , reports The New York Times . Stanford University and six chip ma... More >
Time Warner plans to spin off its cable services business into a separate public company as it announced quarterly earnings close to Wall Street projections, reports The New York Times. It owns 8... More >
IBM adds to its software for market trading with the acquisition of Infodyne, which makes software that quickly crunches numbers from hundreds of sources to provide the most up-to-the minute inform... More >
Microsoft has delayed broad release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a glitch between it and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, a retail-chain management program for small and mids... More >
Microsoft has developed a thumb drive of sorts to help law-enforcement officials more quickly and efficiently extract information and evidence from computers at crime scenes, reports The Seattle T... More >
While Microsoft, Google and other companies press the Federal Communications Commission to allow so-called "white spaces" between television signals to be used for broadband service, hospitals are am... More >
With its quad-core chips finally on the market, AMD acknowledges a compatibility problem with some circuit boards, reports News.com . AMD spokesman Jake Whitman explained it this way: What ... More >
Further elbowing its way into AMD territory, Intel has announced a collaboration with Cray that will put more Intel chips in the highest of the high-end computers, reports Reuters . Cray in... More >
Apple has updated its line of iMac computers with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors and improved graphics , reports Mac Observer . The 20- and 24-inch models maintain the aluminum-and-glas... More >
At a Web conference in Beijing, Google scientists presented a paper on software that can search and rank digital images much the way the company's search engine does for text, reports Times Online... More >
AMD on Monday launched Business Class, a road map for the enterprise and desktops designed specifically for business , reports Computerworld . Dell and HP will offer the desktops , which fea... More >
After Steve Ballmer suggested Thursday that Windows XP might live on after June 30 if customers demand it -- and Microsoft's PR department flat-out said the retirement deadline stands -- Dell, Leno... More >
Sun Microsystems is buying the technical assets of start-up Montalvo Systems , which tried but failed to become a competitor to Intel and AMD in the x86 market, reports eWEEK . Sun did not d... More >
Depending on the source, Microsoft's quarterly earnings report was either encouraging or disappointing , with weaker-than-expected sales in the division responsible for Windows , reports The Ass... More >
Google and Yahoo say they have kept the U.S. Department of Justice in the loop during their two-week joint search advertising test, reports Reuters . Observers have warned that closer ties ... More >
Google has handed 3,261 files over to Brazilian law enforcement officials on people suspected of promoting child pornography or racial or sexual hatred, according to an AFP story in The Sydney Morni... More >
In an attempt to fend off an exodus of offices using Google Apps and other free applications, Microsoft will launch a yearlong test of an online version of Office 2007 , reports Computerworld . &n... More >
Apple's core business -- computers -- helped it fend off a sluggish U.S. economy and boost sales by 51 percent over the same quarter in 2007. Computerworld reports it was the company's biggest yea... More >
Have you been a victim of a hacker? It's most likely the result of a Trojan, according to Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report , or SIR. CRN reports that Microsoft pooled 450 mill... More >
Though the clock keeps ticking toward the June 30 deadline when Windows XP will no longer be sold, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, speaking from Belgium, offered a glimmer of hope that the operating... More >
The number of Internet users in China reached 221 million by the end of February, surpassing the United States as the world's largest Internet-using population , reports Reuters . The growt... More >
IBM has developed a new category of servers specifically designed for companies that run heavily trafficked Web 2.0 sites such as Facebook or MySpace, reports PCWorld.com . InformationWeek ... More >
After announcing yet another disappointing quarter and with Intel cutting prices , AMD has come out with three more tri-core Phenom processors , reports eWEEK . The story says the new mo... More >
Microsoft has begun limited testing of its "software-plus-services" strategy with Live Mesh , which so far is basically is a file-sharing and folder-synchronization service, as well as a easy way to... More >
Though Yahoo's quarterly results beat Wall Street estimates , Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday reiterated that the company would not raise its buyout bid for Yahoo. His comments, often pegge... More >
McAfee claims its new Total Protection for Network suite is the fastest in its class. vnunet.com reports that the security vendor showed of the suite at the InfoSec security show in London. ... More >
Though rumors had Apple forging closer ties with Intel after the chip-maker introduced its low-power Atom chip , Apple pulled a surprise by buying a boutique microprocessor design company called PA... More >
Yahoo had a good first quarter, but its numbers probably won't inspire a higher takeover bid by Microsoft, notes ZDNet blogger Larry Dignan. The company reported earnings of $542 million, ... More >
For the second year, Google has been found the world's most powerful brand in a ranking by consulting company Millward Brown, which surveyed more than 1 million consumers about 50,000 brands. ... More >
Back in December, IT BusinessEdge blogger Carl Weinschenk noted several surveys that inciated small businesses were starting to take security more seriously . However, there were still far too many... More >
Since the International Organization for Standardization's vote to make Microsoft's Open Office XML an international standard, the group working to make it play nicely with Open Document Format has... More >
No doubt adding to AMD's woes, Intel over the weekend cut prices , including slashing the cost of select quad-core processors by 50 percent, reports News.com . For instance, the price of t... More >
Intel said Monday it will invest $500 million in Taiwan over the next five years, with a big chunk of that going into a deal with the island's government to speed up development of WiMax there and ... More >
IBM has bought another storage vendor, this time de-duplication software specialist Diligent Technologies. Though financial terms were not disclosed, The Register 's finger on the pulse of the rumor... More >
In a meeting of independent technology professionals Thursday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called Windows Vista "a work in progress." The Seattle-Post Intelligencer quotes him as saying: I th... More >
Despite a report showing a continuing decline in Google's paid click rate , Google's net income jumped 31 percent in the first quarter to $1.31 billion and revenue swelled 42 percent to $5.19 billio... More >
Apple has issued a security update to Safari , including fixing a flaw that allowed a hacker in a contest last month to crack it in less than two minutes , reports Wired . The update includ... More >
Healthy sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa kept the PC market humming along in the first quarter, though growth in PC shipments in the United States was only about half that expected, accord... More >
A Wall Street Journal report that Yahoo and Google are moving closer to a deal for Yahoo to outsource search advertising has skeptics coming out of the woodwork. The story says a test of t... More >
When Popular Mechanics put Macs and PCs in a side-by-side comparison test , Macs won, but not based on a reputation for ease of use. The test looked at how quickly the computers booted up, shut do... More >
The final service pack for Windows XP will be released to system builders and business customers on Monday and to the general public through the Windows Update service April 29, reports Infor... More >
The hand-wringing over Google's paid click rate continues, with comScore reporting growth of 2.7 percent in March , a tally that analysts called "anemic," reports ZDNet blogger Larry Dignan. ... More >
Late to the party but celebrating nonetheless, AMD is announcing that Dell is offering five quad-core Opteron server platforms , reports The Register. It's not clear why AMD and not Dell is throwi... More >
After calling for an end to "personal attacks" in the skirmish over Microsoft's Open Office XML, the International Standards Organization issued a statement Tuesday saying it would hold Redmond to ... More >
Cisco has opened two pieces of branch-office gear to third-party developers so businesses can customize them to suit their own needs, reports InfoWorld . Businesses or independent developer... More >
Oracle on Tuesday will issue patches for 41 vulnerabilities in its database software products as part of its regular patch schedule, reports InformationWeek . Fifteen of the vulnerabilities... More >
Two ships allegedly linked to cable damage that cut off Internet access to much of the Middle East and parts of Asia have been detained in Dubai, reports vnunet.com . The outage in Februa... More >
The North Carolina Supreme Court has declined to take up a challenge to more than $240 million in tax incentives that state and local governments gave Dell to build a computer factory near Winston-S... More >
AOL has landed a coup in a deal to be the sole ad representative for Verizon's online ad inventory, beating out the likes of Microsoft and Yahoo, reports Reuters . Financial details of the agreeme... More >
Intel plans to release its Anti-Theft Technology later this year, reports PC Magazine . Not only will ATT prevent the physical theft of laptops, but also lock down data in laptops identified as sto... More >
In the market for F-14 components? How about night-vision goggles or body armor vests? InformationWeek reports that a Government Accountability Office investigation from January 2007 through March ... More >
Yep, Yahoo is still doing all it can to resist a Microsoft takeover. We've been covering the gory details of this battle from Microsoft's initial bid , which raised eyebrows in the Justice Departmen... More >
Once again, Google finds itself defending its data retention policy . The company, along with other search providers, has been accused of storing data about its users too long by the European Commis... More >
The wait is finally over AMD's Barcelona processors, reports internetnews.com . The Quad-Core Opteron processors , due more than a year ago, are finally shipping in volume. Now that AMD sorted out ... More >
Tuesday night, Apple released firmware updates for MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac and aluminum keyboard , reports the Mac Observer . The updates are available from the Apple Support site ... More >
Google launched a preview release of App Engine , a new tool for developers. By offering to host Web applications on its own infrastructure, Google aims to compete with similar services from Amazon ... More >
Microsoft says a few users reported having trouble installing Vista SP1 . Some users' troubles were the result of a fault with the installer, reports The INQUIRER . In some cases, the Servicing Sta... More >
After 75 percent of ISO member nations voted last week to approve OOXML as a standard (and 14 percent voted against it), critics charged that Microsoft had improperly exerted influence on the balloti... More >
Microsoft has taken the ball and planted it firmly back in Yahoo's court. Yahoo previously turned down a $44.6 billion takeover bid from Microsoft and has seen its stock fall in Europe after ... More >
Microsoft will issue eight security updates in its "Patch Tuesday" next week, including five that address vulnerabilities that could allow remote execution of code, reports Computerworld . ... More >
The suspension of IBM competing for federal contracts lasted only two weeks. The ban, which began March 27, has been lifted and the company can continue to pursue work with the government , reports ... More >
The European Commission is looking into the voting process that made Microsoft's Open Office XML an international standard, reports The Register . The International Standards Organization ... More >
It's all in the angle. So is the big news that Microsoft announced Thursday that yes, it will continue selling Windows XP Home edition for "ultra-low-cost PCs" along the lines of the Asus Eee, or tha... More >
The stories about stolen laptops seem to be never-ending, with one of the most recent involving a National Institutes of Health employee whose laptop was stolen from his trunk and contained informa... More >
Google plans to sell a service called Performics, acquired in its $3.2 billion DoubleClick deal, that helps Web sites improve their ranking on Google's search engine. The service's technical t... More >
Don't we love to know other people's salaries? Maybe not, at least in the case of Intel CEO Paul Otellini. On Newsvine.com, an Associated Press story puts the value of his 2007 pay package a... More >
Though the announcement was pushed back to Wednesday, Microsoft on Tuesday began celebrating its rumored victory in the vote to make its Office Open XML an international standard, reports ZDNet b... More >
Though Apple has gained some market share, Windows still rules in the enterprise , writes ZDNet blogger Mary Jo Foley. She's referring to results from the Forrester Research report "Enterpr... More >
A three-day hacker contest resulted in Apple's Mac OS X and Microsoft's Windows Vista succumbing to hackers. TechNewsWorld reports that the 2008 "Pwn to Own" contest , sponsored by security ... More >
IBM has been suspended from seeking federal contracts while a federal grand jury investigates a 2006 bid for work with the Environmental Protection Agency, reports Reuters . Documents and c... More >
With electronic records management and compliance becoming ever-greater issues, Hewlett-Packard has agreed to acquire Australian document and records management company Tower Software , reports Re... More >
Citing customer preference for notebook computers, Dell announced it will close its Austin, Texas, desktop computer plant and cut at least 8,800 jobs worldwide -- about 10 percent of its workforce,... More >
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