AT&T Intros Moto Q Smartphone With Global Roaming

AT&T on Thursday announced that Motorola's 3G-enabled Moto Q 9h smartphone will be available to the carrier's customers in the United States starting this week. The Moto Q 9h, or the Moto Q global as AT&T calls it, has the ability to access high-spee... full story

updated Wed January 02, 2008

IBM Acquires Developer Of High-Speed Databases

IBM said Friday that it has acquired Solid Information Technology, a Finnish developer of high-speed database software. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Solid specializes in developing database...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Microsoft's Piracy Fight Gains Momentum In China

SHANGHAI/SEATTLE - In his first official visit to the United States in 2006, China President Hu Jintao arrived for dinner at Microsoft chairman Bill Gates' house with a gift for the host. Shortly before Hu...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

McKesson Migrates To Linux As Boost To Patient Safety

Three years ago, McKesson's Acute Care Solutions offered office applications, which ran on IBM's mainframe AIX or other larger server Unix, to hospitals and doctors. But customers were bringing smaller Intel-...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

FBI Aims For World's Largest Biometrics Database

WASHINGTON - The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion project to build the world's largest computer database of biometrics to give the U.S. government more ways to identify people at home and abroad, the Washin...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Amazon Reports Strong Sales; Apple, Nokia, HP Were Best-Selling Computer Products

Amazon.com announced that 2007 was its best holiday season so far, with traffic peaking on Dec. 10. Amazon did not report total holiday shopping figures, but said its customers ordered over 5.4 million items,...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

U.S., Japan Extend Patent Cooperation

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it will coordinate with its Japanese counterpart full time, beginning next year. The USPTO and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) will continue working together ...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Apple's Antipiracy Patent Similar To Microsoft's WGA

Apple recently filed an updated patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a digital rights management system similar to Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage. The patent application No...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

NetSuite Raises $185.4 Million In IPO

NetSuite, which is controlled by Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison, said Wednesday it raised $185.4 million in its recent initial public offering. The company, which offers business applications over the I...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Electricity Costs Attacked Through XML

A power consortium that distributes a mix of "green" and conventional electricity is implementing an XML-based settlements system that drives costs out of power distribution. The Northern California Power Ag...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

SWsoft Reborn 'Parallels,' Seeks Broader Virtualization Future

SWsoft, the supplier of a particular "container" style of virtualization, has renamed itself after its former subsidiary, Parallels. The company, which will make the switch beginning next year, also produces...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

EMC To Buy Document Sciences For $85 Million

In a move to beef up its enterprise content and document output management offerings, EMC said Thursday it will acquire Document Sciences Corp. EMC, which said it will pay $85 million to buy the company, has ...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Apple Seeks Patent For Wireless Order Processing For Cafes

Apple is seeking to patent a system that would make it possible for a person to use a wireless gadget to place an order at a cafe or fast-food restaurant and pickup the order without waiting in line. If the "...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Mobile Phones Present Growth Opportunity For Casual Gaming

Despite efforts to boost mobile gaming, consumers still see phones as casual gaming devices, according to a recent report. Parks Associates released a report, "The New Frontier: Portable and Mobile Gaming," e...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Apple Reportedly Inks Deal To Launch Fox Movie Rental Service

Apple and News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox have reportedly entered a deal under which Apple would rent Fox movies through its iTunes store. The agreement, reported first by The Financial Times and later by The W...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Passenger Says He Hacked Windows In New York Taxi Display Screen

A New York City software engineer managed to gain access to the operating system for a touch-screen display available in the back seat of many Manhattan taxicabs and also used it to connect to the Internet. Bu...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Virtual Machine Management Tools Take Center Stage

Virtual machine management is beginning to catch up with the rapid generation of virtual machines. When Microsoft announced it would offer its Hyper-V hypervisor as a standalone product, hardly anyone noticed ...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Boston Public Library To Put Historical Documents Online

In his wildest dreams, John Adams, the second president of the United States, couldn't have predicted the fate of his 3,700-volume personal library. In two years, it will be made available for viewing online f...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Wal-Mart Cancels Movie Download Service

LOS ANGELES - Wal-Mart Stores quietly canceled its online video download service less than a year after the site went live, a company spokeswoman said Thursday. Wal-Mart shut down the download site after H...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Perl Offers Incremental Update; Version 6.0 Still Awaited

The first new version in five years of Perl, the popular Web scripting language, is now available, according to spokesmen from the Perl Foundation. The release is available for a free download as open source c...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Microsoft Opens Up On Security Research

Microsoft has launched a security blog that provides more technical details about the vulnerability research behind the patches and security updates the company releases each month. The Security Vulnerability...