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 Thu December 13, 2007

Microsoft Says Vista SP1 Won't Resolve Compatibility Issues

Microsoft is warning customers that the soon-to-be released service pack for its Windows Vista operating system won't fix the application capability issues that have plagued the software since its release in J...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Microsoft On Global Hunt For Software Pirates

As part of its effort to crackdown on the use of illegally copied software, Microsoft has filed 52 lawsuits against businesses and individuals around the world for using illegitimate versions of its Windows, O...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Online Tool Calculates Wireless Connection Costs

IPass, a provider of a global remote access network, on Tuesday launched an online tool that helps businesses get a better handle on their wireless connectivity costs. The new tool, called Mobility Expense C...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Targets Seven Vulnerabilities

Microsoft on Tuesday issued its December security update, addressing seven vulnerabilities. Three of the vulnerabilities are rated critical. They could allow remote code execution if exploited. Four of the vu...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Microsoft Releases Office 2007 SP1

Microsoft on Tuesday released the first service pack for Office 2007, focusing on improvements to stability and performance instead of new features. "People were generally happy with the tools we've offered ...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Cognos Introduces OLAP Engine Derived From Applix Acquisition

Business intelligence software companies are under increasing pressure to show that their tools don't just provide insight into past performance -- they also help people determine what must be done to improve ...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

IBM Rational Tools Zero In On Specific Industries

IBM is offering new Rational tools that include support for specific industries, the company said Tuesday. Its new Rational Test RealTime tool supports flight avionics and defense software testing as well as t...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

HP's Hurd Sees 2009 Revenue Growth Slowing, Margins Up

SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest personal computer maker, said Tuesday it expects revenue growth to slow to 5% to 6 percent in 2009, in line with analysts' projections, and will boost pr...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Amazon.com Offers Bill-Me-Later Option

Amazon.com on Tuesday said it has agreed to offer Bill Me Later's non-credit card payment service as an option to shoppers. In addition, the online retailer said it will make an equity investment in its new pa...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Symantec Releases Leopard-Compatible Norton AntiVirus

Symantec on Tuesday released Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac, a new version of the company's antivirus software that's compatible with Mac OS X 10.5, also known as Leopard. Symantec said its security software fea...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Google Accounts For More Than 65% Of U.S. Searches

Google accounted for more than six of 10 online searches in the United States in November, more than triple the amount of its closest rival Yahoo, a Web metrics firm said Tuesday. Google's share of the market...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Cisco Plots Big Gains In Internet's 'Second Phase'

Outlining their plan to move from supplying "plumbing and transport" to being a provider of a variety of services and applications in the "second phase of the Internet," top Cisco executives Tuesday said that ...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Windows Vista SP1 Includes More Than 300 Hot Fixes

Microsoft has released a detailed roster of the contents of its forthcoming service pack for Windows Vista, and the list includes more than 300 hot fixes covering everything from data protection to video perfo...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Ask.com Launches Search Privacy Feature

Ask.com, which bills itself as "the other search engine," launched a new feature this week to set it apart from its more popular competitors. The search engine's AskEraser feature will delete search queries f...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Vulnerabilities Found In Microsoft Access And HP Laptop Software

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) this week issued two warnings about public exploit code. On Monday, the government security group said that there's a stack buffer overflow vulner...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Halo 3 Map Packs Now Available For Download

Microsoft on Wednesday released a series of maps for its smash hit Halo 3 video game that allow online players to add new battle zones to the Xbox 360 title. The three maps in the Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack are a...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

SAP CRM Upgrade Offers Access From iPhones, BlackBerrys

SAP this month will deliver an upgraded version of its CRM software, SAP CRM 2007, the company said Tuesday at its fifth SAP Influencer Summit in Boston . Highlights of the upgraded software include a customi...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Apple Leopard Users Hit With 'Green Screen Of Death'

Computer users are suffering from a rainbow of problems. Beyond the well-known "blue screen of death" that's long afflicted Microsoft Windows, reports emerged earlier this week that Vista has a tendency to dis...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

YouTube Announces Film Contest Winners

YouTube has announced the winners of its first international film competition. Project Direct, sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, drew entries from hundreds of film-makers. YouTube users voted on their favorite fi...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Retail Advocates At Odds Over Internet Sales Tax

Two national retail advocacy groups are at odds with each other over whether Internet sellers should collect sales tax from their buyers. "The National Retail Federation and the Electronic Retailers Associati...