Microsoft Corp. has denied that it makes money when users “downgrade” Windows Vista to the older XP, as a lawsuit …
Nvidia collaborates with Microsoft to make premium, low-cost PCs
In an effort to deliver an outstanding computing experience on small, low power PCs, Nvidia announces that Nvidia ION has …
Microsoft lashes out at Adobe over Silverlight comments
Microsoft is crying foul over recent comments made by an Adobe executive that Silverlight has “fizzled” as a competitor to …
Contracting economy forces new cellular priorities
The only reason an enterprise IT professional would go to this year's Mobile World Congress is to track down a …
Lawsuit targets Microsoft over Vista-to-XP downgrades
A California woman has sued Microsoft Corp. over the $59.25 fee she was charged to “downgrade” Windows Vista on a …
Apple issues massive security update for Mac OS X
Apple issued multiple updates for Mac OS X and Java that patched 55 bugs, including one for its Safari Web …
Microsoft plugs critical Exchange, IE holes
Microsoft Corp. today patched eight vulnerabilities — three of them marked “critical” — in Internet Explorer, Office, Exchange and SQL …
Google gives a boost with iPhone sync
A sales rep finally convinces a key client over lunch to schedule a meeting to talk about new contracts. The …
The incredible shrinking operating system
From the software concept called JeOS (pronounced “juice”), the Just Enough OS, to hardware concepts like Celio RedFly, an 8-inch …
Mozilla to join EU suit against Microsoft
The European Commission has granted Mozilla, the open-source collaboration behind the Firefox Web browser, the right to join the antitrust …
Managing security in bad times
The global economic downturn is making everyone's jobs harder, and IT security executives are in the hot seat, too, struggling …
Reaching toward unity
Storage resource management (SRM) products provide the means for collecting information on the heterogeneous resources – operating systems, host computers, …
Four security updates due from Microsoft
Microsoft plans to patch critical flaws in its Internet Explorer and Microsoft Exchange Server software this week. In total, the …
Microsoft reveals ‘My Phone’ backup, sync service
Just hours after Microsoft Corp. accidently launched, then yanked, a Web site promoting its new “My Phone” backup and sync …
Microsoft enhances office communication with better voice
Nearly 16 months after launching its unified communications platform and taking aim at replacing the venerable PBX, Microsoft now has …
Critical Flaw in RealPlayer, Firefox Fixes
A serious flaw in the RealPlayer media player from RealNetworks could allow an attacker to take control of a victim …
Microsoft may go open source with Danger
Bloggers are abuzz about the possibility since one claims he received a query from a recruiter looking for a NetBSD …
Motorola to rely on Android to revive phone sales
Motorola said its mobile phone revenues fell by 51% in the fourth quarter of 2008, and said it plans to …
VMware goes open source
VMware has released open source desktop virtualization software designed to let its business partners optimize thin clients for the delivery …
Wi-Fi hotspot horrors
Laptops are the main business tool for most mobile workers, and connecting those devices to the Internet via free public …