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Like other tech companies, the fourth quarter brought improvement to networking giant Juniper Networks , and its' expecting things to get even better in 2010, reports v3.co.uk. It reported n... More >
Motorola swung to profit in the fourth quarter and said its handset business should be profitable by the end of the year as it focuses on smartphones, but offered a guarded forecast for the first qu... More >
It looks nothing like Apple's much-hyped iPad, but Fujitsu says it had the name first , setting up a fight with Apple over who has rights to the name, says The New York Times . According to ... More >
Strong sales of Windows 7 helped boost Microsoft's quarterly profit up 60 percent to $6.66 billion, reports TechFlash . Revenue climbed 14 percent to $19.02 billion. That number was inflate... More >
What recession? Amazon must be asking. The online retailer reported a 71 percent spike in net income to $384 million in fourth quarter and a 42 percent increase in sales to $9.52 billion, according... More >
Like other IT companies showing healthier numbers when compared with the train wreck that was Q4 2008, Citrix's fourth quarter 2009 brought a profit up 47 percent, according to an Associated Pres... More >
Cost-cutting and layoffs helped Nokia boost its profit by 60 percent in the fourth quarter, reports The New York Times . The company reported net income of 948 million ($1.33 billion), up f... More >
AT&T's mobile business helped boost profits by 25 percent in the fourth quarter, reports CNET News . The company also has undergone sharp cost cutting. The company met Wall Street expect... More >
Sales and profit at VMware beat expectations in the fourth quarter, according to a Bloomberg story in The Boston Globe. In one of those good news-bad news tales, profit actually declined 4... More >
The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate Apple based on a complaint filed by Nokia, reports PCWorld.com . In its complaint filed in December, Nokia alleges that Ap... More >
A UK court has ruled in British Sky Broadcasting's favor in a suit over an 8-year-old services contract dispute with Electronic Data Systems, reports Bloomberg . The judge found that EDS was... More >
Though its revenues declined in the fourth quarter, Yahoo posted a profit that beat expectations, suggesting its advertising revenue is becoming more stable, reports CNNMoney.com. It posted... More >
SAP is looking for a return to growth in 2010, after reporting a decline in profits of 12 percent in the fourth quarter and a decline in revenue of 9 percent, reports TheStreet.com . It pos... More >
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is due today to lay out his plans for the merged company after the buyout of Sun Microsystems. He's planning a five-hour webcast starting at noon ET (9 a.m. PT), according ... More >
Oracle is suing third-party maintenance provider Rimini Street and its CEO Seth Ravin, claiming " massive theft of Oracle's software and related support materials through an illegal business model,"... More >
All Things Digital reports that Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz plans to leave , once the handoff to Oracle is completed. The story his severance package will leave him with about $12 million, plus about... More >
Verizon posted results for the fourth quarter in line with analyst expectations, but forecast elimination of 13,000 jobs in its fixed-line business this year, reports Reuters . The story quo... More >
Increased demand for data backup, recovery and security products boosted EMC earnings in the fourth quarter, reports MarketWatch . That story put the increase at 54 percent, while a Dow Jones st... More >
Using a new accounting method, Apple reported its most profitable quarter ever , but it has been overshadowed over the hype as the company prepares to unveil its version of the tablet computer on ... More >
Rambus has received a favorable ruling from an administrative law judge with the U.S. International Trade Commission against graphics vendor nVidia in three of five patent-infringement allegations, ... More >
Encroaching on Apple territory, Hewlett-Packard has announced it will offer a subscription music service on sixteen computer models in 10 European countries, reports TMCnet.com . The servic... More >
AOL has announced its first post-Time Warner acquisition, the buyout of video production company StudioNow for $36.5 million in cash and stock, reports Reuters . MediaWeek says it plans to... More >
According to InformationWeek , Microsoft is facing a class-action suit from an attorney who claims that he was ripped off after he bought points that were supposed to allow him to make purchases o... More >
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin plan to sell off 5 million shares each , dropping their voting power from 59 percent to 48 percent of company stock, reports The New York Times . ... More >
According to Computerworld , Motorola has filed a complaint with the the U.S. International Trade Commission that accuses Research in Motion of engaging in unfair trade practices by importing and ... More >
The head of Fujitsu's server business, Masami Yamamoto, will become the company's next president in April, reports The Wall Street Journal . Chairman Michiyoshi Mazuka has running the comp... More >
That $1.2 billion check from Intel helped AMD post its first profit in 13 quarters , but the chip maker got a boost in the market as well, according to afterdawn.com . AMD posted net income ... More >
Boosted by new smartphones and lower costs, Sony Ericsson narrowed its loss in the fourth quarter, reports Mobiledia . The handset maker reported a loss of $236 million, compared with a l... More >
Google reported fourth-quarter growth returning to double digits and CEO Eric Schmidt called it and end to "a rollercoaster year by any measure," reports The Wall Street Journal . The search... More >
Aircell, whose Gogo product has made it the leading provider of in-flight Wi-Fi, has raised $176 million from an undisclosed group of investors, GigaOM reports. The company plans to inject the mo... More >
Microsoft is suing TiVo for patent infringement , claiming TiVo is violating two of its patents related to personal digital video recorders, reports Datamation . Microsoft is asking for an injunctio... More >
Gartner's predicting a 4.6 percent increase in IT spending for 2010, which in effect would be a return to "normal" after a decline of 4.6 percent in 2009, reports Reuters . It earlier said IT spend... More >
Seagate, the world's largest maker of disk drives, is flying high after reporting results of its second fiscal quarter, reports Reuters . It also raised its forecast for 2010. Net income ... More >
Microsoft will no longer face millions of dollars in damages now that a federal judge has killed an attempt to a create a class-action lawsuit that accused Microsoft of misleading consumers when it ... More >
Twitter attributed its 90-minute outage Wednesday to "sudden failure" -- whatever that means -- followed by problems switching to a backup system, reports PCWorld.com . The company said no ... More >
Cost-cutting and improved demand helped Xerox deliver results in the fourth quarter that topped expectations, reports Reuters . The company cited "improving trends" for the results and painted an u... More >
Former rivals Microsoft and Intuit are teaming up to provide Web-based applications for small businesses, reports ABC News . According to Mary-Jo Foley at ZDNet , the real goal is to get m... More >
Less than 30 days after closing its $915 million acquisition of Nortel's enterprise business solutions unit, Avaya outlined its roadmap for integrating the Nortel portfolio , Channel Pro reports. ... More >
According to Computerworld , Samsung and Rambus on Tuesday have reached a settlement agreement over licensing that should net Rambus more than $700 million over the next five years. The Inq... More >
Molina Healthcare plans to buy Unisys' health information management business for $135 million in cash, according to an Associated Press story on ABC News. The unit designs, develops and im... More >
Following an attack allegedly by the Iranian Cyber Army , Chinese search engine Baidu is suing its U.S. domain registrar over a hack that took down the Web site, reports Computerworld . The suit,... More >
Everybody wants in on the mobile advertising game. In the latest acquisition, Opera is buying California startup AdMarvel , whose products include management and analytics tools for mobile ad publis... More >
Wipro, India’s third-largest software exporter, posted better-than-expected results for its most recent quarter, sharing the fortunes of its bigger rivals Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys Tech... More >
IBM's earnings for the fourth quarter beat expectations , but its stock price actually fell 2 percent on the news, according to MarketWatch . Big Blue reported $4.8 million in net income , or $3.59 ... More >
Eurostat figures show that e-commerce accounts for around 12 percent of revenue for enterprises in the European Union . The highest rate is in Ireland, where e-commerce accounts for 26 percent of en... More >
Computerworld reports that Psystar has appealed a federal court's injunction that bars it from selling Mac OS X-equipped computers, as well as an important November 2009 decision that effectivel... More >
Nokia can claim victories in two lawsuits brought against it by German patent license manager IPCom in the UK. According to Computerworld , the UK High Court ruled that two IPCom patents nam... More >
Microsoft is changing its data-retention policy for its Bing search engine. According to V3.co.uk , all data collected on users will now be cleared out after six months. The new policy will be impl... More >
Twitter's wild growth seems to be slowing, according to marketing software startup HubSpot . Last March, Mashable reported Nielsen Online numbers that showed Twitter grew 1,382 percent betw... More >
The legal battle between Apple and Nokia is escalating as Apple has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission requesting that Nokia be banned from selling its popular mobile phone i... More >
After reporting a rebound in the PC market in the fourth quarter, Intel's rosy financial report should come as no surprise. BBC News quotes Intel CFO Stacy Smith saying the results prove ho... More >
Intel is blasting the antitrust suits filed by the Federal Trade Commission and the State of New York, according to HardwareCentral . Intel calls the FTC suit "misguided" and says it "bears ... More >
Panasonic has announced it will migrate 300,000 employees, partners and suppliers globally from Microsoft Exchange to IBM's LotusLive platform, reports InformationWeek . The initial deal cal... More >
SAP has reversed course, announcing Thursday it will offer customers a choice of application support tiers , reports Computerworld . Its earlier plans to move customers to the more expensive... More >
Apple and Research in Motion are the targets of a suit filled by Eastman Kodak. According to ABC News , Kodak claims that Apple's iPhone and some BlackBerry models infringe on a its patent covering... More >
The PC market bounced back in the fourth quarter of 2009 as consumers took advantage of low prices, repots The Associated Press in a story on Yahoo. Shipments were up 15.2 percent globally... More >
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are touting their closest collaboration ever as they help businesses move toward cloud computing , reports CNET News . The San Jose Mercury News quotes HP CEO... More >
After taking the top spot in the number of patents awarded in 2009, IBM has decided to give customers access to its IP and patent processes and in-house portfolio management software, reports eW... More >
Kodak and Samsung are dropping their patent infringement suits after reaching a cross-licensing agreement , according to InformationWeek . In the agreement, which "provides significant benef... More >
T-Mobile USA has decided to gradually shut down its @Home service , which allows consumers to make unlimited free wireless VoIP calls over their home Wi-Fi connection, reports Brighthand . Current ... More >
Google says it will defy the Chinese government by ending self-censorship of its search engine. The company could even pull its service from the world's largest market after attacks on its corporate ... More >
The National Federation of the Blind and the American Council of the Blind have settled a lawsuit with Arizona State University over its use of Amazon's Kindle e-reader device, an Associated Press... More >
Enterprise vendor Progress Software has announced the acquisition of business process management company Savvion for about $49 million in cash, reports VatorNews . At ZDNet , writer Tony B... More >
According to IFI Patent Intelligence, IBM took the top spot in the number of patents awarded in 2009. Bloomberg reports that IBM even broke its own record by receiving 4,914 patents . That's... More >
Forrester has declared the downturn "unofficially over," and predicts an an 8.1 percent increase in IT spending this year, reports Reuters . It expects tech spending in the United States ... More >
Kara Swisher at All Things Digital is reporting that Yahoo will announce Tuesday the sale of its Zimbra open source e-mail unit to VMware. The price price is believed to be between $100 million ... More >
Computerworld reports that Matthew Simpson, owner of Dallas-based Core IP Networks, is one of 19 people charged with participating in a conspiracy to defraud more than $15 million from companies l... More >
Alcatel-Lucent is putting together a consortium of telecom operators, chip makers, and university labs to develop technology to vastly reduce the energy consumption of communications networks, repor... More >
CA has acquired Oblicore , which provides service level management software, as a way to boost its offerings in the cloud, reports CNBC . As that post describes it, Oblicore's software: uses ... More >
InformationWeek reports that IBM has filed a lawsuit against BGC Partners' Euro Brokers unit , claiming the unit downloaded more than $1.7 million worth of its Informix database software without pa... More >
IBM is setting up an accounts-receivable lending business in China with AMD as its first client, reports Reuters . It will offer loans to bridge the lag between invoice and payment in the Ti... More >
A recently published patent application offers bit of insight into where Apple may be going in the future. HardwareCentral reports that Apple filed an application for next-generation technology t... More >
Bankruptcy courts in the United States and Canada have given the green light to Genband's bid for Nortel's VoIP business unit . The OK from the respective governments gives Nortel the go-ahead to se... More >
Google is into everything , but you knew that. But now, in addition to search, books, video, news, operating systems, mobile handsets and more, it wants to be a power broker, like a utility , accord... More >
AOL was hoping 2,500 employees would be willing to give up their jobs, but the voluntary staff-reduction program fell short , according to Computerworld . As a result, AOL will have layoffs this ye... More >
According to Computerworld , the ADUC (Association for the Rights of Users and Consumers), an Italian consumer association, is set to file a class-action suit against Microsoft . The group w... More >
The New York Times reports that California software company Cybersitter has sued two Chinese technology companies , claiming that they stole its computer code to make Green Dam Youth Escort, an Int... More >
Oracle has made its first acquisition of the new year , Colorado-based data quality software vendor Silver Creek Systems, reports InfoWorld . Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Silver Cree... More >
Global semiconductor sales rose 8.5 percent in November compared to a year earlier, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported. Total semiconductor sales reached $22.6 billion in Novembe... More >
Microsoft has announced the prices of Office 2010 , which is in beta and due to be released later this year, reports CNET News . The productivity software will be sold in four versions: Home... More >
Gartner has bought out the Burton Group for about $56 million, just a month after buying AMR Research , reports ZDNet . Burton brings to the table 41 research analysts and 40 sales and clie... More >
Apple is buying mobile advertising company Quattro Wireless for for $275 million, reports All Things Digital , a kind of tit-for-tat matching Google's recent acquisition of Quattro competitor AdMo... More >
Nokia is asking a Delaware federal court to prevent Apple from importing virtually every major piece of Apple hardware into the United States, including the iPhone, iPod and Mac lines. According to ... More >
Genband launched a stalking-horse bid for Nortel's Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions (CVAS) unit just before Christmas. The $282 million bid that could work out to more than $400 million for t... More >
According to HardwareCentral , Taiwanese analog integrated circuit designer Richtek Technology claims that AMD and four graphics card makers infringe on three of its patents. Richtek also says AMD... More >
The U.S. International Trade Commission is investigating a patent infringement complaint made againt Sharp, Computerworld reports. Samsung Electronics claims Sharp's LCD panels and modules infrin... More >
Apple has resolved its trademark conflict with Hanwang Technology. According to Computerworld , Hanwang has yielded its "i-phone" trademark to Apple . Record for that trademark now lists A... More >
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