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 Sat October 27, 2007

HP Dukes It Out With IBM, CA, BMC On Services Management

Hewlett-Packard last week climbed into a ring already filled with heavyweight contenders to announce it is supplying business services management. BMC Software, CA and IBM are already have the gloves on and ar...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Microsoft To Take $240 Million Minority Stake In Facebook

Microsoft on Wednesday said it has signed an agreement to sell advertisements on Facebook's international sites, beating rival Google for the potentially lucrative deal that includes a $240 million equity inve...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Symantec Profit Falls; Shares Tumble On Outlook

SAN FRANCISCO - Symantec Wednesday reported a 60 percent drop in quarterly profit and gave a weak outlook on concern that U.S. economic woes would hurt consumer sales of its Norton security software, sendin...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Google CEO Optimistic DoubleClick Deal Will Get Done

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said Wednesday his company is working closely with regulators and that he was optimistic its proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick will...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

VMware Posts Impressive Numbers In First Quarterly Report

VMware, the market leader in virtualization software, increased revenues 90% in its third quarter over the same period a year ago. It produced earnings per share of $.18 compared to $.06 per share a year ago, ...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Online Gambling Firms Urge EU To Turn To U.S. Congress

BRUSSELS, Oct 24 - Online gambling firms want European Union trade chief Peter Mandelson to change tack over a controversial move by the United States to close its multi-billion dollar gambling market to fo...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Apple Launches iPhone Resource Center For Developers

Want to develop applications for the iPhone? Apple has launched an iPhone developer center for people just like you. The iPhone Dev Center, introduced Wednesday, is a new section of Apple's Developer Connecti...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Vonage Vulnerable To Eavesdropping Hackers

While Vonage defends itself against patent lawsuits from the likes of AT&T, the pioneering VoIP company also faces new risks from hackers. Sipera Systems, a VoIP security company, said on Tuesday that users o...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

BEA Counters Oracle With $21 Per Share Demand

BEA Systems on Thursday upped the ante to $21 per share in response to Oracle's bid to take it over. Oracle on Oct. 9 offered $17, or $6.7 billion for the company. At $21 a share, BEA is saying it's worth $8.2...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Microsoft Earnings Boosted By Windows Vista, Office, Halo

Microsoft on Thursday reported a 23% jump in profits, and a 27% boost in revenue in the company's first fiscal quarter, due in part to "robust demand" for Windows Vista and Office 2007, and a near doubling of ...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Oracle Won't Budge Off Original BEA Offer; Bid Expires Sunday

Oracle president Charles Phillips termed BEA Systems' request for $21 a share Thursday "an impossibly high price," and stood by Oracle's first offer of $17 a share. In letters traded Thursday, BEA's board of...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Microsoft Pledges Not To Sue Turbolinux Users

Microsoft said it will not pursue any legal action against Linux users who use a server distribution of the open source operating system offered by Turbolinux. The pledge is part of a "broad collaboration agr...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Radar Networks Ties Together Web 2.0, Semantic Web With 'Twine'

Startup Radar Networks has launched in private beta an online knowledge management system that's among the first to use computer-driving semantic Web technologies to find and organize information for people. ...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Oracle To BEA: You Won't Get A Better Offer

Oracle has delivered an ultimatum to BEA Systems that it must either accept Oracle's bid of $17 per share or it will be withdrawn Oct. 28. Oracle is seeking to avoid "a long, drawn-out process to acquire BEA,"...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Nokia Unveils Vision For Mobile Technologies Of The Future

Nokia on Tuesday unveiled its vision for technologies that will shape the future of mobile devices and shared some of its advanced research. Nokia demonstrated several new technologies at its Research Center ...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Yahoo Execs Admit Missteps, Detail Strategy Change

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - Yahoo has been slow to react to sweeping changes in Web consumer behavior and online advertising shifts, but it is picking up its pace, its top executives said Tuesday. Chief Execut...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

PBS Station Invokes Google Maps To Help San Diego Residents Flee Fires

The KPBS public broadcasting station in San Diego has created a mashup of fire information with Google Maps, telling residents in areas affected by fire which neighborhoods are to be evacuated, which roads are...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Inside Google's Michigan Office

Google has its sprawling headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., and flashy offices in Manhattan. But it's got another growing office close to the country's heartland: Ann Arbor, Mich. Google Ann Arb...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Medsphere Settles Lawsuit With Former CTO Over Open Source Code

A bitter open source dispute has been settled between Medsphere Systems, the company formed around the OpenVista health care system, and its former chief technical officer, Steve Shreeve. On June 6, 2006, Shr...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Fluke Networks Previews Unified Performance Management System

Fluke Networks, a maker of hardware and software for installation, monitoring, and maintenance of enterprise and telecom carrier networks, on Wednesday will preview its new unified performance management syste...