The scoop: DockStar, by Seagate, about $100 What it is: A small docking station for Seagate's FreeAgent Go portable hard …
Careless downloading makes BlackBerry users spy targets
iPhone lovers and other smartphone users should take heed: A security researcher showed ways to spy on a BlackBerry user …
Microsoft, Red Hat seal the deal on interoperability
Eight months after announcing they would make their virtualization wares interoperable, Microsoft and Red Hat delivered the goods today on …
Extreme fills out the edge
Extreme Networks this week unveiled an extension to its edge switching portfolio with three new modules for its BlackDiamond 8800 …
IBM unveils disk archive system, cloud storage tools
IBM this week unveiled a new private cloud storage service for enterprise-class companies at its Information Infrastructure Analyst Summit conference …
Mozilla augments Firefox's plug-in check
As it promised, Mozilla has created a page that checks for outdated plug-ins used by Firefox. Mozilla is testing the …
Samsung, HTC offer first Windows Mobile 6.5 phones
HTC and Samsung are at the head of the line of handset vendors offering Windows Mobile 6.5 phones, the first …
Bing slips, Google inches ahead in search war
As the search wars continue, new numbers are in showing that Microsoft's Bing slipped while Google inched further ahead last …
Gmail, Yahoo Mail join Hotmail; passwords exposed
Google's Gmail and Yahoo's Mail were also targeted by a large-scale phishing attack, perhaps the same one that harvested at …
Malware flea market pays hackers to hijack PCs
Among a slew of online cybercrime forums, Pay-Per-Install.org stands out as a malware flea market where shadowy pushers of Trojan …
Father of fiber-optics snags share of Nobel Physics Prize
Charles Kao, whose work in the 1960s laid the foundation for today’s long-distance fiber-optic networks, has won a share of …
Palm to open developer doors to webOS in December
Smartphone maker Palm plans to open a full-scale developer program to encourage third-party applications for its webOS platform by the …
Microsoft's mobile turnaround: what's at stake
With the “Windows phones” being announced, Microsoft swallows its pride, confesses the error of its ways, and takes an oath …
5 reasons Twitter makes sense for business
Many IT shops consider employee use of social media a nuisance or time waster. And though LinkedIn and Facebook offer …