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 September 19, 2007

SCO Blames Linux For Bankruptcy Filing

SCO Group CEO Darl McBride says competition from the open source Linux operating system was a major reason why the company was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday. In a court filing ...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

Microsoft Faces New Antitrust Class Action In Arizona

A local governing body near Phoenix, Ariz., has slapped Microsoft with a class action lawsuit, citing antitrust claims similar to those that resulted in a series of multimillion dollar settlements between Micr...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

Microsoft's EU Loss May Set Precedent For Intel, Apple, Others

Though Microsoft lost an appeal on European Commission antitrust claims Monday, the approximately $1 billion fine for which Microsoft remains liable doesn't close the issue, either for Microsoft or the rest of...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

Computer Science Grad Convicted Of Hacking Into Texas A&M

An alumnus of Texas A&M University was convicted of hacking into the school's computer system and stealing 133,000 Net ID's and passwords from students and employees. Luis Castillo, 23, admitted to breaking i...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

Cable-To-Wi-Fi May Aid Municipal Wireless Deployments

A novel remedy for municipalities struggling with Wi-Fi deployments may be found in the offing in a wireless rollout launched Monday in Billings Montana -- a project that links Wi-Fi to an existing cable netwo...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

Verizon Business Moves Forward With Networx Universal

Verizon Business announced on Monday that it's now able to process orders under Networx Universal, in one of the largest telecommunications contracts in history. Verizon Business, an enterprise-focused unit o...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

Salesforce And SAP Events Prove That SaaS Is Much More Than Hype

To get an idea of the momentum behind software as a service, consider that Salesforce.com is claiming 7,000 people will attend its user Dreamforce conference in San Francisco this week. That's half the number ...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

Reuters Taps Cisco, Intel, Sun For Wall Street Trading Platform

Cisco Systems on Monday partnered with Reuters and Sun Microsystems to create a low-latency platform for automated financial trading. The platform consists of Reuters' Market Data System -- a direct exchange ...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

Attorney Alleges Ameritrade Knew Of Security Breach A Year Ago

An attorney launching a class-action lawsuit against TD Ameritrade Holding alleges the online brokerage knew a hacker had access to a customer database as far back as a year ago. Last Friday, Ameritrade e-mai...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

HP To Offer AOL Services On New PCs

AOL on Monday said it has signed an agreement with Hewlett-Packard to offer co-branded versions of AOL's portal, toolbar and search on HP desktops and notebooks sold worldwide. Financial terms were not disclos...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

Startup Lets Public Test Conversational Web Search

SAN FRANCISCO - Powerset, an ambitious start-up that aims to let people search the Web using conversational speech instead of just keywords, began opening up its site Monday for public testing of the techno...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

EDS Sees No Tech Spend Change, Mulls Acquisitions

SAN FRANCISCO - Electronic Data Systems Corp, the second-largest U.S. technology services provider, does not see any significant changes in technology spending, despite credit-market concerns that have hobb...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

Yahoo To Acquire Business Software Maker Zimbra

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. said Monday it will pay $350 million in a cash and stock deal to acquire Zimbra, makers of "open source" e-mail and collaboration software that is an alternative to Microsoft Out...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

InformationWeek 500: Wachovia Puts Stock In A Service-Oriented Architecture

Building a SOA is never a blue-chip bet, and that's a big problem when your service-oriented architecture is destined to be the backbone for new Wall Street trading applications. Wachovia Corporate Investment ...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

InformationWeek 500: Many Happy Returns For Lowe's And Shoppers

You've just finished painting the dining room "Celadon Pottery" from the Martha Stewart color palette, and even Martha would be impressed with the job. But you have unused brushes, painter tape, and drop cloth...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

InformationWeek 500: Emerson Transaction Hub: A Bright Idea That's Paying Off In Efficiency, Savings

A couple of years ago, some executives at Emerson asked themselves a question: Why pay to send inventory from one supplier on one ship and goods from a second supplier on another ship, when both deliveries are...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

InformationWeek 500: Auto Parts Retailer Gets Smartphone Jump-Start

Kevin Jones used to be a Starbucks regular, and not just because he enjoys a strong cup of joe. As a regional sales manager in Sacramento, Calif., for CSK Auto, Jones spends 50% of his workweek driving the hig...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

InformationWeek 500: Magnificent Seven

Consistent" and "innovation" aren't generally uttered in the same breath. Consistency is defined by steadiness, an even-handed conservatism, harmony; innovation implies convulsive change. But consistent innov...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

InformationWeek 500: Online Banking, Fast And Easy, Draws Customers

Seattle, the caffeine capital, doesn't sprint to mind as a center of banking and finance. But the headquarters location of Washington Mutual, the No. 5 company on this year's InformationWeek 500, isn't the onl...

updated Wed September 19, 2007

InformationWeek 500: Kimberly-Clark's Virtual Product Demo Center Yields Real Ideas On How To Sell More Products

At Kimberly-Clark, innovation doesn't stop with developing more-absorbent diapers or stronger paper towels. The consumer-goods maker also is using IT to help retailers market and sell products--and not just th...