Hewlett-Packard announced webcasting technology that expands on its Halo telepresence capabilities. With the HP Halo Webcasting service, companies that already …
Social networks cutting into family time
Social networks like Facebook and Twitter are exploding in popularity, bringing people from all walks of life together online. At …
Microsoft sues three for 'massive' click fraud scam
Microsoft filed a lawsuit against three people accusing them of running a “massive” click fraud scheme that involved harnessing hundreds …
Google urged to beef up Gmail security
Google is weighing whether to encrypt its Web-based Gmail service by default, as suggested by a group of internationally prominent …
Apple finally patches six-month-old Java bugs
Apple patched 32 vulnerabilities in its implementation of Java, more than six months after Sun fixed the same flaws for …
vSphere brings storage flexibility, better speed for SaaS
When VMware launched its latest virtualization platform, vSphere, it introduced the phrase “cloud operating system” to the IT industry. The …
Western Digital launches line of embedded SSDs
Western Digital announced that it has begun shipping its first solid-state line of disk drives based on technology it acquired …
Data center derby heats up
Network thoroughbred Cisco jumps into the blade server market. Server stallion HP adds security blades to its ProCurve switches. IBM …
With unrest in Iran, cyber-attacks begin
An apparently ad-hoc cyber protest against the results of recent Iranian elections has knocked key Web sites offline. On Monday, …
Dell smartphone rumors
As everyone knows, Dell is late to the smartphone party. Very late. In fact, it hasn't even arrived yet and …
HD video hits desktops with hardware, software
LifeSize Communications and Radvision are taking two different routes toward high-definition desktop videoconferencing, both aiming to bring more participants into …
IBM goes beyond just slapping 'cloud' label on old products
After some fits and starts, IBM has re-tooled its cloud strategy and come up with a set of offerings that …
Economy forces IT to cope with dumped products
Gregg Davis, CIO at Webcor Builders Inc., became concerned last fall when Oracle Corp. bought Primavera Systems Inc., because Webcor …
Data Domain board rejects EMC takeover offer
Deduplication vendor Data Domain's board of directors announced that they rejected EMC's $1.8 billion buyout offer, and said they are …