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IBM is suing to prevent one of its top executives from taking a job with Apple , reports The New York Times . The lawsuit hinges on a noncompete agreement signed by Mark Papermaster in 2006 ... More >
Google Gmail users now have access to SMS messaging on the Web-based e-mail service. The INQUIRER reports the new feature is available through Gmail Labs, which is accessible via a tab on Gma... More >
Still unable to reach agreement with the U.S. Justice Department, Google and Yahoo are likely to call off their whole advertising deal , reports Reuters , citing a story in The Wall Street Journal.... More >
AMD has presented its eighth annual Global Climate Protection Program . According to IT PRO , AMD has vowed to cut its energy use by 40 percent and its gas emissions by 33 percent by 2010, compared... More >
Brocade is cutting its $3 billion bid for Santa Clara, Calif.-based switching and routing provider Foundry Networks to about $2.6 billion, reports CNET News . Foundry shareholder voting o... More >
Oracle is buying Australian company RuleBurst Holdings , the parent of Haley Limited, which makes policy-modeling and policy-automation software for social-services agencies, reports InformationWeek... More >
Yesterday, Hewlett-Packard unveiled three new netbooks ranging in price from $379 to $699. HP is pondering marketing its recently introduced products in the United States with a method commo... More >
Due to current economic downturn, Motorola will hold off on breaking up into two companies , reports the Silicon Valley Insider . Earlier this year, the company announced plans to spin off ... More >
IBM on Wednesday will unveil a prototype USB device designed to allow people to do online banking more securely by bypassing their PCs, reports CNET News . The story says it looks like a m... More >
Last week, Microsoft announced its container-based data center had moved into the testing phase . The Chicago facility, built on modular shipping container-based data centers scored a Power... More >
Microsoft's Office applications are following Windows into the cloud in an effort to fend off Google's hosted apps. On Tuesday, the software maker demonstrated how Word, Excel and Powerpoint ... More >
In yet another sign that the down economy is coming home to bite tech, storage company NetApp announced it has canceled what would have been its first user conference , reports Computerworld . &nbs... More >
Intel missed a deadline imposed by the European Union to respond to charges that it unfairly tried to squeeze out a rival, reports Reuters . It previously asked for more time to respond, but... More >
Apparently, that emergency patch for Windows that Microsoft issued last week contains a patch for Windows 7 Pre-Beta , which isn't even available yet, reports BetaNews . Although The Tech H... More >
Intel really jumped on the green bandwagon at the beginning of the year when it became the largest U.S. customer for green energy by purchasing more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewa... More >
Microsoft and Yahoo are teaming up with Western Union and The African Development Bank to help educate Internet users about lottery hoax e-mails , reports CNET News . The scammers often tell victim... More >
Microsoft on Monday unveiled its cloud computing platform called Windows Azure . Largely for developers, it allows companies to build, support and integrate their Web sites with other Microsoft appl... More >
More companies are defaulting on loans to buy tech gear, but vendors such as IBM, Oracle and Cisco are stepping in to offer credit where traditional specialty lenders are pulling back, reports The... More >
Microsoft has launched a portal for developers to let them in on the company's "early thinking" and let them help shape the direction of projects, reports Computerworld . The online portal ... More >
Attackers wasted no time and trying to exploit the critical flaw Microsoft patched last Thursday . Researchers have identified a trojan known by names including Gimmiv.A and Spy-Agent.da that targe... More >
A ruling against Cisco's Indirect Channel Partner Agreement could set off a flurry of similar lawsuits by resellers, reports Network World . Infra-Comm sued Cisco, claiming it snatched away... More >
Dell launched the Dell Inspiron 12, the first netbook with a 12-inch widescreen, in Japan yesterday. The new netbook will land on U.S. shores in mid-November. Dell's 12-inch widescreen offers ... More >
Google has increasingly been cozying up to its neighbor NASA as it expands its offices and even by leasing space to park company aircraft at Moffett Field, Calif. Now that stable of executiv... More >
Dell can make claims to being carbon neutral . It can also attest that it is not easy being green. The company unveiled a bamboo-encased PC back in April that uses 70 percent less energy th... More >
Attack code surfaced within hours after Microsoft patched a severe server vulnerability, reports Network World . Microsoft released the patch Thursday for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Wind... More >
The fake story that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack apparently was the work of an 18-year-old, according to a Bloomberg story citing unnamed sources. It says investigators... More >
Comcast has added three new Internet service plans , one of which targets the business segment. Available at $99.95 a month, the business plan called Premium provides 22 Mbps downstream and 5... More >
Look for the Office 2007 Service Pack 2 some time between February and April 2009, according to InfoWorld . SP2 will support the Open Document Format (ODF), PDF and Microsoft's own XML Paper Speci... More >
Microsoft is pushing out a critical patch for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 , according to InfoWorld . The advisory provides very little information about the patch, whi... More >
Google has issued a second partial fix for a carpet-bombing flaw in its Chrome browser, but it's available only in the developer version, reports The Register . The Channel Chooser plug-in,... More >
Windows users in China are up in arms after Microsoft began using Windows Genuine Advantage to root out piracy, reports Reuters . It gives them the black screen of death if their software f... More >
Yahoo announced layoffs and a disappointing quarter , indicating to analysts that it's falling further behind in the search market, reports The Washington Post . The company said it would la... More >
Google on Tuesday released the code behind the Android operating system as open source, a day before the Android-based T-Mobile G1 phone is to be launched, reports PCWorld.com . The entir... More >
Apple Inc. and Mac clone maker Psystar Corp. are still battling it out in court, but they have agreed to participate in the Alternative Dispute Resolution process, reports CNET News . In Ju... More >
Hewlett-Packard announced plans to double its use of renewable energy by 2012. Currently, the company's green power use is only 4 percent, or 50 kilowatt hours. As part of its initiative, HP w... More >
A new deadline for the Justice Department to rule on the Google-Yahoo advertising deal has also been pushed back , reports CNET News . But the whole deal could be off , reports Wired , cit... More >
Intel has cut prices on several desktop and server chips ahead of the official launch of its Nehalem line next month The chip maker dropped prices on its high-end, Core 2 Quad and Core 2 D... More >
Last week Apple touted its greener MacBooks , which use 30 percent less power than previous versions, sport LED rather than LCD displays, and captured a 4.0 EnergyStar rating. BusinessGreen ... More >
Microsoft may be throwing $350 million into a new Vista advertising campaign , but that isn't discouraging Apple. The company has launched two new "Get a Mac" commercials poking fun at Microsoft's... More >
Mac users may have reason to worry, according to a warning by Intego. The security software company says an application known as " MacGuard " is actually "a rogue program" that claims to be Macinto... More >
Apple customers are up in arms that the new MacBooks don't include Firewire , reports InfoWorld. The two new configurations include a pair of USB 2.0 ports, but not the FireWire 400 port of ... More >
It seems Fortune published -- and then took down -- a blog reporting that a consulting firm recommended massive job cuts at Yahoo. Valleywag claims to have a source inside the company saying ... More >
Analysts estimate that YouTube will generate $200 million to $250 million in revenue this year, but they predict the online video-sharing service will start making a greater contribution to Google's ... More >
The Metasploit hacking toolkit is targeting Microsoft's Host Integration Server 2006 , according to InfoWorld . On Wednesday, Metasploit released software containing code that takes advantag... More >
Despite Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's suggestion to reporters that a deal for Yahoo would make sense for both companies' shareholders, Microsoft's official stance is that it has no interest in the ... More >
Android Market, Google's equivalent to Apple's iPhone App store, won't be mistaken for the Wild West. While even "Joe the plumber" will be able to post an application for download to an Android-bas... More >
Cisco plans to cut 129 jobs in Richardson, Texas, where it plans to close its Broadband Telephony Services unit, according to the Dallas Business Journal . A company spokesman said the layo... More >
Intel has announced it will pay $8 million in cash for Ethernet products maker NetEffect , reports InformationWeek . Intel said NetEffects' products will help it provide server compute clust... More >
Although it's still in beta testing, Google has released an update to its Chrome Web browser , reports CNET News . The developer-oriented update fixes some crashes and video playback issues,... More >
Citing a reformatting error in Excel , Barclays Capitol is asking the bankruptcy court to amend its deal to buy some of Lehman Bros.' assets, reports Computerworld . Cleary Gottlieb Steen &am... More >
Intel reported a respectable third quarter, but got really loosey-goosey about the future, issuing a guidance range that internetnews.com called the widest in its history. The chip maker's n... More >
Oracle has released patches for 36 flaws in its quarterly update , including a severe flaw in the Apache plug-in for its WebLogic Server and vulnerabilities in more than two dozen other products, re... More >
Sales of mini-notebooks are gaining popularity in the global PC market, but the economic crisis is making itself felt, especially in the professional market, according to a Gartner report. Wor... More >
Novell has agreed to purchase Managed Objects for an undisclosed amount, reports InfoWorld . According to internetnews.com , the acquisition will move Novell into the business service mana... More >
Apple did drop its price below $1,000 in its laptop announcement Tuesday, but just barely. It lopped $100 off the price of its basic MacBook, making it $999, reports The Associated Press in a story... More >
Two security researchers have posted information about Google security vulnerabilities linked to cross-domain Web application sharing that could put users at risk, according to eWEEK . Secu... More >
Brad Brooks, vice president of Windows Consumer Product Marketing, in an interview with CNET News' Ina Fried , got in the first punch at Apple, which is on the cusp of announcing laptop news. Brooks... More >
Cisco has begun offering certification exams remotely , reports Network World . It's calling the setup "mobile labs," but they're actually laptops that allow candidates to remotely access te... More >
Last week was a total downer on Wall Street, but happy days were here again Monday. Especially in tech stocks, reports Wired . While it charts the bounce of tech stocks for the day, the sto... More >
Though Google eventually prevailed in a similar case in the United States, a German court ruled against the search company in two copyright cases involving thumbnail photos displayed beside search ... More >
Microsoft will add VoIP, collaboration and Web presence enhancements to its unified communications software, the company announced at the VoiceCon show in Amsterdam. Office Communications Server 20... More >
The next version of Windows will be called Windows 7 . For the first time in the company's history, Microsoft decided to stick with the codename for the next version of its operating system. Mike Na... More >
With Apple due to reveal laptop news today comes word that Samsung plans to re-enter the U.S. laptop market. The Korean company plans to unveil ultralight notebooks designed to complete with... More >
Hewlett-Packard has sent out a bulletin noting that 38 models of its Pavilion Slimline desktops could have trouble playing video. At least some of them use faulty Nvidia graphics chips , ac... More >
After announcing good numbers for its most recent quarter and reassuring investors its forecast will hold up for the rest of the year, IBM just sold $3.9 billion in corporate bonds. So Big B... More >
The Apple SA-2008-10-09 security update released on Thursday fixes nearly two dozen software flaws, reports CNET News . Included in the release is a fix for an error introduced in Mac OS X ... More >
HP plans to build a computer manufacturing plant in China's Chongqing province, reports Reuters . The 215,000-square foot facility will build notebook and desktop PCs for sale in China. The g... More >
Hot on the heels of AMD's announcement that it will split its business in two , rival Intel's lawyers are looking at whether spinning off AMD's manufacturing business could invalidate a long-standin... More >
Woo-hoo! Of course no one's saying that about Washington Mutual these days, but there's downright giddiness in the blogosphere over IBM's third-quarter earnings report. Big Blue reported a w... More >
Security software vendor Symantec plans to buy MessageLabs for about $695 million to improve protection for its e-mail programs, reports Bloomberg . The deal strengthens Symantec's positio... More >
AMD is splitting in two : one part focused on designing microprocessors and the other on the business of manufacturing them. The New York Times reports that the move is an effort to maintain the co... More >
The CNN-owned Web site iReport.com will turn over to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the identity of the person who posted a rumor that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack. Th... More >
Somebody's been messing with the iPhone app released Thursday by the Obama campaign, reports Tom Krazit at CNET News . The application provides local and national campaign coverage and helps... More >
The advertising deal between Google and Yahoo will be delayed to give the U.S. Justice Department more time to review it for antitrust implications, reports The Washington Post . It says the delay... More >
IBM on Monday unveiled an open beta of "Bluehouse," a Web-based social-networking and collaboration suite to help businesses work with partners, customers and suppliers through firewalls and across... More >
Counterfeit microchips are making their way into the American military's warplanes, ships and communication networks, raising the risk of equipment failure , according to a BusinessWeek investigat... More >
Apple stock briefly took a dive Friday after a CNN iReport post appeared saying Steve Jobs had had a major heart attack. Apple said the story was false. Stock prices fell as much as 5.4 perce... More >
According to vnunet.com , Fujitsu is looking to sell off its hard drive business to rival vendor Western Digital. The deal is valued as high as $945 million. Although Reuters says a "comp... More >
InformationWeek reports that security researcher Aviv Raff has released information on two iPhone vulnerabilities that he told Apple about back in July. The first flaw involves the URL disp... More >
Facebook has decided to make Dublin, Ireland, home to its international headquarters. According to The Irish Times , Facebook follows Internet companies Google, eBay and Yahoo in setting up s... More >
IBM is hoping to increase the appeal of its BladeCenter S by adding shared storage, reports eWEEK . BladeCenter S will come loaded with its own SAN to offer SMBs up to 12TB of storage. Custo... More >
Apple isn't totally dismissing a French newspaper's claims that new Macs emit toxic gases , but it says that so far it has no evidence that it's true, reports Macworld . The newspaper Libera... More >
Apple has dropped the nondisclosure agreement that iPhone developers said hampered their work, reports The Associated Press in the San Francisco Chronicle. Everyone who downloaded the iPho... More >
Need five Windows servers this month and 25 the next? Amazon can provide them with its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) computing platform, reports The New York Times . And Amazon handles all the maint... More >
Google is the most used search engine, the leading seller of online advertisements and operates YouTube, the busiest online video site. The backbone behind all this success is the company's data cent... More >
A Cisco-commissioned study surveyed more than 2,000 employees and IT professionals in 10 countries to uncover the biggest data-loss mistakes . ChannelWeb lists the 10 most noteworthy behaviors that... More >
Hewlett-Packard announced Wednesday it will acquire storage company LeftHand Networks for $360 million, reports CNET News . LeftHand specializes in iSCSI storage area network (SAN) technolo... More >
As much of the stock market recovered somewhat from Monday's blood-letting , Google's price hummed along in what the Los Angeles Times describes as "a fairly narrow but very respectable range." &... More >
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