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

FTC: Internet Ad Self-Regulation Falling Short

WASHINGTON - Internet advertisers have fallen short of promised self-regulation in respecting Internet users' privacy, a Federal Trade Commission official said Thursday, even as one firm, Tacoda, said it de...

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. turned 30 years old last week. Hardly anyone noticed. Nevertheless, in an industry where change is a constant, VMS has few peers in its age brac...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

HP Combines Blade Servers, Unified Communications Software

Two of the hottest areas of technology development for the past year have been blade servers and unified communications suites. Hewlett-Packard has announced an initiative this week aimed at bringing the two t...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

IBM, Novell Move To Block SCO's Unix Sell Off

IBM and Novell on Thursday asked a bankruptcy court judge to block The SCO Group's sale of its Unix technology to a private equity firm, which the software vendor has proposed as part of its Chapter 11 reorgan...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Five Points On Offshore Outsourcing From Infosys' CEO

Kris Gopalakrishnan is making some changes at Infosys. Gopalakrishnan, an Infosys co-founder who was promoted from COO to CEO in June, announced on Oct. 26 a company reorganization that creates six units focus...

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 October 30, 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 Tue October 30, 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 Tue October 30, 2007

Microsoft's Halo 3 Sparks 100% Jump In Xbox 360 Sales

What a difference a biologically enhanced super-soldier makes. Microsoft reported Thursday that sales of its Xbox 360 video game console jumped 100% in its fiscal first quarter, thanks to the debut of Halo 3. ...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Vonage Settles Its Patent Infringement Litigation With Verizon

"Two down, one to go," is the battle cry at Vonage this weekend after the VoIP firm announced an agreement with Verizon Communications over their long-standing patent litigation. The two sides came to terms ...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Apple Stores Gird For Friday Leopard Launch

Apple is pulling out all the stops for the Friday launch of its new Leopard operating system. Apple Stores around the country will close from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, then reopen until 10 pm to welcome tech aficiona...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Private Firms Complete $8.3 Billion Purchase Of Avaya

Private equity firms Silver Lake and TPG Capital on Friday completed the acquisition of IP telephony provider Avaya in a transaction valued at about $8.3 billion. Under the merger agreement, which Avaya adop...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Predicting The Future Of Communications In Boston

IT decision makers are facing something of a dilemma these days: Many advanced communications developments have been adopted, but companies and consumers don't necessarily know what to do with them. A host of...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Apple's Leopard Fanfare Anticlimactic To P2P Users

Apple officially launches its new Leopard operating system Friday. But the first major release of the Mac OS in nearly two and a half years has been the hottest download for months on peer-to-peer networks, ri...