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 Tue November 06, 2007

Apple Releases Fix For iMacs That Freeze Up

Apple has released software updates to fix the problem of the latest iMacs freezing up during normal use. The updates, released Thursday, are recommended for 20-inch and 24-inch models with 2.0 GHz and 2.4 GH...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Is CA Back On Track?

Systems management software company CA might finally be out of the woods financially. On Monday, the company beat Wall Street's expectations with second quarter earnings and increased guidance for fiscal 2008....

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Apple Allows Virtualization On 'Leopard' Server

Apple for the first time is allowing users of its server operating system to run multiple versions of the software on a single machine -- paving the way for Mac-based virtualization. According to the license ...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

ACS Directors Resign, Company Says It's 'Pleased'

Outsourcer Affiliated Computer Services said late Friday that it's "pleased" that five independent members of its board of directors have resigned following a confrontation with founder and chairman Darwin Dea...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

VMS Operating System Is 30 Years Old; Customers Believe It Can Last Forever

The venerable VMS operating system from Digital Equipment Corp. just turned 30 years old. And hardly anyone noticed. Nevertheless, in an industry in which change is a constant, VMS has few peers in its age br...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Microsoft's SOA Strategy Is Ambitious, But Half-Baked

Microsoft last week unveiled what will become known as its Oslo vision: a simpler, cheaper service-oriented architecture for Windows that can be implemented inside and outside the corporate firewall.Oslo is a ...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Mac Servers In A Windows World?

If you don't belong to the cult of Mac, you might ignore OS X Server 10.5, code-named Leopard. That would be a shame, particularly for small and midsize enterprises, even all-Microsoft shops. Stop snickering....

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Control Issues: Who Really Owns The PC?

The heightened defensive awareness--or, for the cynical among us, security product push--of the past 10 years has endowed IT with progressively more authority to lock down systems. Federal and state regulation...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

AOL To Help Consumers Opt-Out Of Online Ads

AOL on Wednesday said it would launch by the end of the year an online service that would help people shield their Web travels from advertisers. AOL, which is owned by Time Warner, unveiled the program on the...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Intel Unveils Seven Itanium Processors

Intel on Wednesday introduced the Itanium 9100 series processors, which include a new feature for better data integrity and reliability of applications. The latest series represents the sixth generation of th...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Apple's Latest Switchers: Malware Writers

Long the beneficiary of security through obscurity, Macs may have become popular enough to bring malware writers over to the platform. Intego, a company that makes Mac security software, on Tuesday issued a ...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Why Linux Will Succeed On The Desktop

[Editor's Note: This article offers a counterpoint and rebuttal to our earlier article, 7 Reasons Why Linux Won't Succeed On The Desktop.] I believe Linux will become the de-facto standard desktop ope...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Microsoft's Oslo Vision: Windows Becomes A Platform For Heterogeneous SOA

Microsoft unveiled Tuesday what is sure to become known as its Oslo vision: a simpler, cheaper service-oriented architecture that can be implemented by the Windows platform both inside and outside the enterpri...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

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&a...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Apple Boosts Speed Of MacBooks With Intel's 'Santa Rosa'

Apple on Thursday moved its MacBook laptops over to Intel's Santa Rosa chipset, boosting the processing speed of the notebooks. In addition, MacBook Pros, which have had Intel's latest mobile platform since J...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

IBM Launches $1.5 Billion Security Initiative

IBM on Thursday announced a major security initiative encompassing products, services, and research to help businesses manage risk and keep information safe. To support the initiative, IBM said it plans to spe...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Cisco To Buy Policy Management Specialist Securent For $100 Million

Cisco Systems announced Thursday that it will acquire Securent Inc., a provider of policy management software for enterprises. Cisco said it will pay about $100 million in cash in the deal in addition to assum...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Linux PC Hits Shelves At Wal-Mart For $199

It probably won't run Crysis or other state-of-the-art games, but a Linux-based PC that Wal-Mart began offering this week for $199 should get the job done for e-mail, Web browsing, and other everyday computing...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

First Lawsuit Over GPL Settled Before It Goes To Court

The Software Freedom Law Center has settled its first U.S. lawsuit to uphold the GPL license without going to court. The target of the suit, Monsoon Multimedia, on Tuesday agreed to appoint an open source comp...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

iPhone Named 'Invention Of The Year'

Time magazine has named Apple's iPhone "invention of the year," citing is design, innovative touch screen, and potential for changing the tech industry's approach to mobile computing. While bestowing the hono...