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The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Microsoft's patent complaints against rival mouse manufacturer Primax, reports The Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Microsoft wan... More >
According to The Wall Street Journal , Microsoft will buy Greenfield Online Inc. in a $486 million deal. Microsoft hopes the deal will be a quick way into the European market for shopping c... More >
Procter & Gamble has picked IBM's Internet Security Systems in a five-year cyber security deal, reports InformationWeek . Under the deal, a Virtual Security Operations Center will be es... More >
Cisco will pay $215 million for startup PostPath , which creates open source e-mail and calendaring software, reports InfoWorld . The acquisition will add to Cisco's collaboration tools. The... More >
Steve Jobs can use Mark Twain's famous quote: "The rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated." Bloomberg, in a big oopsie, sent its obituary on Jobs out on the wire , but quickly retracted ... More >
One of the big problems in search is trying to figure out exactly what the user is looking for. So Google has rolled out a tool to help with that. Google Suggest is designed to help people co... More >
China wants to join what HPCwire calls "the petaflop fraternity," breaking free of dependence on the United States in developing the next generation of supercomputers. InfoWorld reports i... More >
Starting on Wednesday, iPhone users can add one of two international plans from AT&T to their existing service, reports CNET News . AT&T says it works hard to provide "affordable op... More >
In an e-mail sent to several technology publications, including Computerworld , Open Tech VP Elijah Samaroo announced that the Macintosh clone maker is for sale . For the low price of $50,00... More >
MessageLabs is buying Fortium ICA , a subsidiary of Fortium Technologies, for an undisclosed amount, reports vnunet.com . MessageLabs was an early investor in Fortium's image recognition tech... More >
With the hope of expanding its product portfolio, Broadcom will buy AMD's digital television business in a $192.8 million cash deal, according to Reuters . And what will AMD get out of this... More >
Amazon has launched a persistent storage service, Amazon Elastic Block Store , to augment its cloud computing service, Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2), reports Computerworld . The new service ... More >
IBM and HP found themselves atop Gartner's latest survey of the worldwide server market. According to this eWEEK article, in the second quarter of 2008 IBM led all companies in revenue while HP shi... More >
Intel is working on technology that could do away with power cords , making it possible, for instance, to recharge your phone simply by placing it on a desk, reports The Wall Street Journal . ... More >
Microsoft has released a prototype plug-in called Email Prioritizer that will sort your e-mail or allow you to put up a "do not disturb" sign until you meet that essential deadline. You also can set ... More >
We have all seen Apple's "Mac v PC" ads, wherein a young Mac hipster constantly befuddles the Bill Gates-like PC. In an attempt to boost the image of its struggling Windows Vista franchise, ... More >
For years, companies have been trying to merge the Internet and TV. Now Intel and Yahoo think they have the answer. The two companies are joining forces to bring you the Widget Channel . The ... More >
More details on Palm's new Treo Pro, a sleeker, more elegant version of its once-popular smartphone, are now officially available following a 'leak' earlier in the week . The Treo Pro boasts ... More >
STMicroelectronics and Ericsson have announced they will merge their semiconductor and mobile-phone platform activities, reports Agence France Presse in a story on Yahoo News. The joint ven... More >
Google released the much-anticipated Android Software Development kit on Monday to mostly positive reviews. But the company realizes that security bugs in software are inevitable, so Google is app... More >
Thanks to strong international sales, HP reported a 14 percent rise in quarterly profit , according to The Wall Street Journal . While PC sales were strong, up 15 percent from the same quart... More >
Venture Beat writers Matthaus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann say they've come away impressed with the latest software development kit for the Android phone released Monday. Developers have be... More >
The trade row between the United States and the European Union has escalated, with the United States asking for a World Trade Organization dispute panel to settle the matter , reports Reuters . The... More >
MobileMe's woes have gone beyond a mere rocky start , prompting Apple to give users another 60 days of free service, reports Steve Musil at News.com . That's on top of the free 30 days it ... More >
IBM and its partners have shrunk technology for static RAM (SRAM) memory cells to 22 nanometers, reports vnunet.com . The memory chips temporarily store data before it is processed. Making ... More >
Apple scored 85 out of 100, and Google got 86 in the American Customer Satisfaction Index published quarterly by the University of Michigan's National Quality Research Center. Dell lifted it... More >
After working on its mobile interface over the last year, select pages of YouTube's mobile site in the U.S. and Japan are now running test advertisements, according to the Official Google Mobile Blo... More >
In an effort to boost its security offerings for Windows PCs, Symantec has purchased PC Tools , reports CNN Money . According to The Register , PC Tools will join Symantec's consumer secur... More >
Cisco has patched a buffer overflow vulnerability in its WebEx online meeting client that could allow hackers to remotely execute code, reports The Register . The U.S. Computer Emergency Re... More >
In yet another free-speech case that would hardly raise eyebrows in the United States, an Indian construction company is demanding that Google reveal the identity of a blogger accused of running a ... More >
No, Dell can't trademark the term "cloud computing," the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has said in an initial ruling. It was described as a generic term that a lot of companies use to d... More >
Intel has released a draft specification for a USB 3.0 controller chip, which is designed make data-transfer rates more than 10 times as fast . USB 3.0 will take the bandwidth up to 4.7 gigabits pe... More >
Intel teamed up with DreamWorks last month. Now it's planning a collaborative animation project that will allow experienced and aspiring animators to work on it through an application on th... More >
Hewlett-Packard is awarding 41 professors in universities around the world as much as $100,000 each as it moves to more closely align the university research it backs with the work in its own labs, r... More >
The rumors are swirling that the first Android phone will be on the market in the United States within weeks. The New York Times says T-Mobile will be first out of the gate with a phone likely call... More >
Microsoft engineering managers Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky have launched a Windows 7 blog , which apparently won't have a lot to it until later in the fall , according to News.com 's Ina Fried.... More >
Former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen reached a $2.2 million settlement in the SEC's civil suit over backdated stock options, reports The Wall Street Journal . CEO Steve Jobs has been ab... More >
Yahoo has confirmed what we reported earlier this week . The Internet company has appointed Frank Biondi and John Chapple to its board of directors. The pair's addition was the result of Yah... More >
News.com reports that AOL will soon acquire social feed aggregator startup Socialthing . Socialthing, still in private beta, was launched just five months ago. The site differentiates itself... More >
Consumer technology increasingly makes its way into the enterprise, but Intel is taking it the other direction. The chip maker has developed motherboards that can be awakened from sleep mode ... More >
Microsoft has disabled ActiveX controls from HP and Washington state developer Aurigma Inc., reports InfoWorld . Both companies have patched vulnerabilities in their ActiveX controls in the ... More >
As part of its truce with miffed shareholder Carl Icahn , Yahoo agreed to grant him a seat on its board of directors along with his input on two additional board members. After surviving the ... More >
Thanks to tools that translate its content into different languages, Facebook has surpassed MySpace as the No. 1 global social network. According to yesterday's comScore figures, Facebook has 132 mil... More >
Dell has made the third big laptop announcement this week with the introduction of its new business-inspired Latitude and Precision series. Earlier this week, both HP and Lenovo unveiled their lates... More >
Just in time to put an iPhone under every Christmas tree, Apple has signed a deal to allow Best Buy to sell the 3G iphone starting Sept. 7, making it the first independent retailer to offer the cov... More >
Cisco has announced it it is creating a single engineering team and a single channel partner program for its Cisco and Linksys brands . In 2003, Ciscos acquired Linksys, a strong brand in hom... More >
HP has confirmed that it plans to acquire Colubris Networks , according to InformationWeek . Colubris' technology will be integrated into HP's ProCurve portfolio of switches and other networking p... More >
So just install the patches for the Domain Name System flaw and everything's hunky-dory, right? Not necessarily. Russian physicist Evgeniy Polyakov, in a blog post , claims the patch develo... More >
Supply chain management software providers JDA Software Group and i2 Technologies have announced the signing of a merger agreement, reports CNNMoney . According to the deal, JDA will purchase i2... More >
Intel's next-generation Nehalem chips will be labeled with sub-brands based on the type of computer they are designed for. High-end desktop Nehalem chips will be marked Core i7. Intel's regular desk... More >
Microsoft is launching a program called Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSRV) to help third-party Windows developers fix bugs in their software, according to Computerworld . This is not a... More >
IBM has announced pay cuts affecting about 3,500 workers at its chip-manufacturing plants in Poughkeepsie and East Fishkill, N.Y., as well as Essex Junction, Vt., reports News.com . The cut... More >
Earlier this week we reported on Time Warner's plans to split AOL into Internet access and media divisions . Late yesterday, Google acknowledged in a filing with the Securities and Exchange ... More >
Microsoft is prepping 12 patches for its next Patch Tuesday release, seven of which are labeled as "critical," reports Computerworld . Four of the seven critical updates address vulnerabili... More >
It appears Nick Saber isn't the only one who has had trouble recently with all things Google. Saber returned from lunch Monday to find himself locked out of his Gmail account and everything else made... More >
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory is using Google Earth to create a tool that provides real-time status of the national electric grid , reports Network World . The tool is designed to help g... More >
Google plans to sell its Performics search-marketing unit to the French advertising holding company Publicis Groupe, reports The New York Times . Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Goo... More >
Dell's trademark application for the term "cloud computing" has hit a snag. The company had received a "notice of allowance" from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but the government agency has... More >
A number of developments are on the horizon for the Windows Server platform , notes ZDNet Blogger Mary Jo Foley. Windows Essential Business Server (Centro) and Windows Small Business Server... More >
Oracle has released a patch for the vulnerability found in its WebLogic server that it warned users about last week, reports InfoWorld . In a rare emergency alert, the company recommended a... More >
Dell has announced that it has not only reached its goal of becoming carbon neutral in its energy use, but that it has done so five months ahead of schedule. TreeHugger reports the company re... More >
Last week, AOL decided to prune some of its services , electing to trim XDrive, Bluestring, AOL Pictures and MyMobile. After announcing a dip in profits, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes confirmed... More >
Two Black Hat officials are saying that security researcher Charles Edge was never scheduled to talk at the conference, reports News.com . Last week, several news sources said Edge was plan... More >
News about Apple continues to be less than rosy. A lawsuit filed Monday seeks class-action status for its tech workers. It alleges the plaintiff, David Walsh, and many other tech workers were ... More >
Microsoft plans a stock buyback of much as $20 billion to boost its share price, which has dropped 20 percent since February, when it embarked on its failed bid to acquire Yahoo, according to a top... More >
AMD is laying out plans to better compete with Intel. The company has been the underdog in its long-running battle with its rival, but now AMD is promising a strategy that will transform its manufa... More >
Consumer Reports is recommending that Mac users stop using Safari until it introduces better anti-phishing protection, reports The Register . The consumer rights magazine lists Safari as o... More >
Does Intel employ legitimate market incentives or is it really the monster rival AMD makes it out to be? The San Jose Mercury News looks into the long-running feud between the two. The lawsu... More >
With the promise of synchronization between multiple devices without a Microsoft Exchange Server, everyone was excited about Apple's launch of MobileMe . That is, until the service didn't work cor... More >
Starting in October, Microsoft will alert security vendors to vulnerabilities in its software before they're addressed in its monthly Patch Tuesday updates, reports News.com . With exploits... More >
Apple has rewarded AT&T for agreeing to pay the device manufacturer $300 per iPhone sold by extending its exclusive contract until 2010 , according to ChannelWeb . The contract was set to expir... More >
The problems with the patches to the Domain Name System flaw just keep cropping up . Apple, which has been criticized for taking weeks to address the flaw when other vendors issued patches Ju... More >
Microsoft has confirmed plans for a data center near Des Moines, Iowa, further setting off speculation in the blogosphere about its plans for cloud computing, reports InformationWeek . Goog... More >
A flaw in Microsoft's Access database software makes users of Internet Explorer 6 more at risk than the later version, reports InfoWorld . Hackers can take control of a user's PC through a ... More >
Despite its failed buy to buy Yahoo, Microsoft still had acquisition fever during its just-completed fiscal year, much of it directed toward fending off Google. The Seattle Post-Intelligence... More >
Not true at all, says Nvidia about a story from Digitimes that it plans to throw in the towel on the chipset business . The Register quotes Nvidia saying the report is false and "completel... More >
Apple's security response team has canceled its talk at this week's Black Hat conference, reports The Inquirer . Engineers were scheduled to discuss how Apple handles security threats and vulnerabi... More >
Last March, Intel shared a few details with the press about its planned Larrabee GPU chip. Today, the company disclosed several new details about the processor. Techtree.com India reports ... More >
Earlier this year, InfoWorld 's Bill Snyder set out to shed light on cloud computing , one of the year's hottest technology buzzwords. Information from a U.S. Patent and Trademark office do... More >
ZDNet 's Sam Diaz is all over the Yahoo shareholders meeting story, reporting that Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock said the board -- not just Jerry Yang -- handled the Microsoft buyout offer. He quotes ... More >
Though Apple released a patch for the Domain Name System vulnerability, this Computerworld story says the patch doesn't work. It quotes Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCi... More >
Throwing cold water on the idea that Apple is cozying up to Nvidia for its upcoming notebook products, DigiTimes reports Nvidia is quitting the chipset business altogether. The story say... More >
IBM has announced plans for a $360 million cloud computing center in North Carolina , just days after HP, Intel and Yahoo announced a major cloud computing partnership with research institutions, ... More >
VMware has released a free, second public beta of its Fusion 2 virtualization software . A competitor to Parallels' Desktop for Mac, it lets Mac users simultaneously run other operating systems, inc... More >
After catching grief over not patching the Domain Name System flaw, despite reported problems with the patch and BIND software, Apple has issued the patch , reports Macworld . It says the DNS flaw ... More >
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