Microsoft Corp.'s claim that customers pay a $3,400 “Apple tax” when they buy Macs rather than Windows-based PCs is “silly” …
Conficker botnet could flood Web with spam
Windows PCs infected with the Conficker worm have turned into junk mail-spewing robots capable of sending billions of spam messages …
Analysis: Where did Sun go wrong?
Just before the crash of the dot-com boom that spawned the meteoric rise of Sun Microsystems Inc., then-CEO Scott McNealy …
Unified communications start-up aims to challenge Microsoft, Skype, Google
Dutch start-up Perzonae Unified Communications is working on a service that will combine e-mail, instant messaging and, later, calls and …
Acer pushes multibrand strategy with product barrage
Acer Inc. took a big step forward with its multibrand strategy on Tuesday, aiming at increasingly smaller demographic slices of …
Microsoft to limit Office 2003 support
Microsoft Corp. has announced that it will drop mainstream support for Office 2003 on April 14, the same day it …
Trend Micro expands SaaS security strategy
Trend Micro expanded its software-as-a service strategy to reach a wider range of business customers while taking steps to keep …
IT pros: Private clouds a good first step to cloud computing
Deploying a private cloud network is a good way for enterprises to ease into cloud computing before deploying applications on …
Mobile backup services help users save, sort data
If you've ever wished you could easily search through your cell phone voice-mail messages or save all of your text …
Leaked HP memo details XP reprieve until 2010, report says
Microsoft Corp. acknowledged today that it has “broadened the options” for PC makers to continue offering the eight-year-old Windows XP …
Nokia hopes new app store will replicate App Store
Nokia has spent four years working on building an application distribution system, attracting millions of developers eager to sell to …
Conficker copycat prowls for victims, says Microsoft
An old, but little-known worm has copied some of the infection strategies of Conficker, the worm that raised a ruckus …
Microsoft to limit Office 2003 support
Office 2003, which was last updated in September 2007 with Service Pack 3 (SP3), will leave mainstream support in less …
Dell keeps new Vostro laptops free of bloatware
Dell Inc. today added three new models to its Vostro line of small-business laptops, continuing a two-year-old policy under which …
Mobile Internet Device: A new category?
With Samsung's introduction of the Mondi handheld device at the International CTIA Wireless conference, the question of defining its product …
Attackers exploit critical PowerPoint vulnerability
For the second time in five weeks, Microsoft Corp. warned that hackers were exploiting a critical unpatched bug in its …
New Quadro GPUs add virtualization option for Nvidia users
Nvidia Corp. yesterday added seven graphics cards to its Quadro line for professionals, including three that support a new technology …
Intel sets Moblin free at risk of port to rival ARM
Intel Corp. plans to turn over to the Linux Foundation control of Moblin, the Linux operating system it developed for …
Conficker’s makers lose big, expert says
The malware makers who crafted Conficker must be extremely disappointed, a security expert said today, and not because the Internet …
Does the iPhone belong in corporate networks?
The right mobile handset for business use depends greatly on the organization that's deploying them, according to participants in a …