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Security researchers are reporting a wave of attacks against a flaw that Microsoft released an emergency patch for last month. The Conficker.A worm exploits the MS08-067 vulnerability to open... More >
Despite reports that Microsoft is hiring away Yahoo search talent and looking to rebrand its Live Search , it still has its work cut out for it, reports Todd Bishop at TechFlash . Its mark... More >
Cisco is joining the party of companies extending employees' holiday break . To save money, the company will be closed from Dec. 29 to Jan. 2, reports InformationWeek . According to bizjour... More >
Intel and Micron Technology have announced that mass production of their 34-nanometer NAND flash memory chip has begun, reports InformationWeek . Using a new process that shrinks the compon... More >
Hewlett-Packard beat Wall Street estimates in in its third quarter, with strong laptop sales shoring up weakness in printers and servers, according to an Associated Press story in the San Francis... More >
There's much buzz in the blogosophere about a report on Web Guild that up to 10,000 jobs could be on the chopping block at Google and that the company met Wall Street's third-quarter expectations o... More >
Los Angeles real estate developer Elliot Gottfurcht has filed a lawsuit against Apple claiming that a technology used by the iPhone to surf the Web infringes on his patent. Reuters reports ... More >
IBM unleashed a bunch of cloud computing services Monday, including consulting services to determine return on investment, design and implementation and security architecture, reports ZDNet 's Lar... More >
Though a Agence France-Presse story last week said Google plans a server farm in Austria, the company now says that so far there's no actual plan, AFP reports on IOL. According to the piec... More >
According to spamhaus.org's list of the Top 10 Worst Spam Service ISPs, Microsoft is the fifth most spam-friendly ISP . The Washington Post reports that earlier this month Microsoft initiall... More >
Smartphone maker Palm has announced it is cutting its work force , but isn't saying how many employees it will shed, reports Reuters . The maker of the Centro and Treo smartphones had 1,050... More >
Though it should come as no surprise since Cisco announced it planned a "pause" in hiring, but Aaron Rakers, an analyst at Wachovia Capital Markets, noted the total number of advertised openings at C... More >
Google plans to build a new European server farm within two years near a small town in northern Austria, reports Agence France-Presse in a story on IOL. The company announced Thursday it h... More >
More than 420,000 pieces of counterfeit IT hardware were seized at U.S. ports during May and June, reports the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It estimates it seized $1.3 million in ne... More >
Plaintiff's lawyers in the "Vista Capable" class-action lawsuit want to grill Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about what he knew and when, reports Computerworld . Internal e-mails produced in t... More >
Austrian security vendor Phion has notified Microsoft of a vulnerability in Windows Vista that could allow an attacker to corrupt the memory of the operating system's kernel. According to I... More >
In an attempt to gain a stronger foothold in the U.S. enterprise market, Nokia is offering IBM's Lotus Notes on its S60 3rd Edition smartphones. According to InformationWeek , mobile worker... More >
IT Business Edge's Ann All has been telling us that businesses generally aren't taking to virtual worlds . Add Lively to the TechCrunch deadpool . After just five months, Google has pulled... More >
Microsoft's deadline for the release of Internet Explorer 8 has been delayed. Slated for the end of 2008, Microsoft confirmed on its IE blog that it will release one more public update of IE8 during ... More >
The Brits love to laugh at us Yanks, but the Google voice-recognition search app for iPhone is providing even more guffaws. UK's Daily Telegraph reports that it can't understand British acc... More >
IBM plans to buy small Silicon Valley company Transitive , which makes technology to help companies shift applications between hardware running on different processors and operating systems, reports ... More >
Dell is continuing to earn green points with two new declarations this week. ZDNet reports that Dell is claiming that it has saved its OptiPlex customers $3 billion in energy costs and 29 mil... More >
Panasonic recently announced its plans to acquire Sanyo , making it the largest electronics company in Japan and second largest worldwide. An Associated Press article published on The Japa... More >
Judge William Alsup of the U.S. Federal Court for the Northern District of California has rejected Psystar's antitrust lawsuit against Apple, reports CNET News . In a countersuit filed ba... More >
Microsoft is ditching its Windows Live OneCare security service in favor of a free consumer product, codenamed Morro, reports The Register . OneCare will be discontinued June 30, 2009, mos... More >
Mark Papermaster, the former IBM exec whom the company sued when he took a job at Apple, has filed his own lawuit against his former employer, reports InformationWeek . A federal judge on N... More >
Citrix Systems will pay $26.6 million in cash for Vapps , which makes high-definition audio conference-call equipment, reports The New York Times . That story, and the one at VentureBeat , ... More >
Internal e-mails continue to burn Microsoft in a lawsuit contending that it mislead consumers with its "Vista Capable" marketing program, reports Joseph Tartakoff at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer... More >
Verizon Wireless announced it will begin selling Research in Motion's first touch-screen smartphone Nov. 21. The 3G capable BlackBerry Storm 9730 will sell for $200 with a two-year data plan and $50 ... More >
Google's camera cars aren't always welcome wherever they go, and some folks think there's some sinister agenda behind its Street View feature. But artists Ben Kinsley and Robin Hewlett deci... More >
It's been a busy day for AMD, which took on Intel with the release of its Shanghai server chips Thursday. But it's also taking on Nvidia in the battle for graphics chips, reports Venture Beat . ... More >
Shanghai , AMD's next-generation version of its Opteron server processor, will be released today, reports InformationWeek . Officially called the Opteron 8000 and 2000 series, the Shanghai ch... More >
U.S. Internet service provider McColo, suspected of being responsible for 75 percent of the world's spam, went partially offline yesterday. Global Crossing and Hurricane Electric, its primary service... More >
UK cable giant Virgin Media plans to cut 2,200 jobs - about 15 percent of its work force -- over the next four years in a restructuring designed to save £120 million (roughly US $187 million) a yea... More >
Apple is looking at making the already ultra-light MacBook Air even lighter by substituting carbon fiber for some parts that are currently being built from heavier aluminum, reports Apple Insider ... More >
Google is launching the first public project to track a disease, reports The New York Times . In an effort to detect regional outbreaks of the flu, Google Flu Trends is tracking phrases l... More >
Speaking in Australia, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company is working on its own version of Apple's iPhone App Store, reports Computerworld . At the same time, he rejected the idea... More >
Intel is going into the medical equipment market with its Intel Health Guide, designed to help providers monitor patients with chronic conditions. It includes laptops for patients and an onli... More >
Though some reports cast doubt on rumors that Panasonic would buy Sanyo, the larger consumer electronics maker announced Friday that it's true, reports Reuters . One analyst put the price ... More >
Earlier this week, Google walked away from its proposed partnership with Yahoo, leaving the struggling search company twisting in the wind. Suddenly Yahoo's interested in talks with Microso... More >
Microsoft's November Patch Tuesday will have only two security bulletins, reports eWEEK . One bulletin, rated as "critical," addresses one or more flaws in Microsoft XML Core Services and... More >
Biswamohan Pani, a former Intel design engineer, has been charged with allegedly stealing $1 billion in trade secrets from the company while working for rival AMD. A federal grand jury in Mass... More >
AMD announced it is cutting 3 percent of its work force, affecting about 500 employees. InformationWeek reports the company did not reveal where the cuts would be made but released the follow... More >
Nov. 17 is the launch date of Intel's next-generation Nehalem processor, reports PCWorld . Some test units of the Core i7 chips, which range from 2.66GHz to 3.20GHz, have already been shippe... More >
In separate acts, the Federal Communications Commission approved the $28.1 billion merger of Verizon Wireless and Alltel , as well as the much maligned $14.5 billion merger of Sprint Nextel and Cl... More >
Microsoft's newly launched BizSpark program is looking to kindle the esteem of some small business owners across the globe. According to CNET News , the initiative will be open to private com... More >
PCWorld reports that while growth was healthy in the third quarter, processor shipments might slow down in the fourth quarter and through 2009 due to reduced demand and the global economic downtur... More >
Last week, IBM sued former executive Mark Papermaster to prevent him from taking a job with Apple. Speculation as to why Apple wanted Papermaster was in no short supply. Many insiders believed Appl... More >
A Japanese news daily reported Monday that Panasonic plans to buy Sanyo , with an announcement due by Friday, according to an IDG story in The New York Times. But BusinessWeek says Panas... More >
Vulnerabilities are decreasing in Windows, but computer malware and fraud is increasing, according to Microsoft's biannual Security Intelligence Report to be released Monday. It covers the first half... More >
Microsoft announced Monday plans to invest $60 million in South Korea's software industry to raise its profile in that country, according to an Agence France-Presse story on Yahoo News. So... More >
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