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

Microsoft Outlook Add-On Monitors Public Folders

Software maker ArtfulBits on Friday released an add-on for Microsoft Outlook that's designed to notify users about changes in Microsoft Exchange Public Folders and view the status of unread e-mail. The add-o...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Zune, iTunes Sites Get Christmas Day Traffic Boosts

Microsoft's Zune Web site increased its traffic by 299% on Christmas Day compared with Christmas Day last year, as new owners signed up for accounts and downloaded software, according to Hitwise. Traffic to ...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

AOL Kills Netscape's Future, Leaves Firefox To Battle IE

AOL on Friday stopped development of the Netscape browser, saying the respected brand that launched the commercial Internet in 1994 had little chance of ever regaining market share against its archrival Micros...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Windows Home Server Bug Could Lead To Data Loss

A flaw in Microsoft's Windows Home Server could lead to data loss under certain circumstances, the company has confirmed. Windows Home Server, released over the summer, aims to offer home users centralized me...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Microsoft Launches Zune Diagnostic Tool

Microsoft is offering a Zune diagnostic tool that gathers data to help decipher USB and wireless sync connection problems with the portable media player. The tool, introduced Thursday on Microsoft's online do...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

BEA Buys More Time To Seek Bid, Icahn Ends Lawsuit

BOSTON - Business software maker BEA Systems bought more time to try to sell itself on Thursday, postponing a possible proxy battle with its largest shareholder, Carl Icahn, who also withdrew his lawsuit ag...

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...