Touch screens have mostly been limited to business-minded Tablet PCs. But HP's TouchSmart tx2 gets props for bringing touch to …
How secure is Firefox?
Mozilla's open source Firefox browser has made a significant dent in Internet Explorer's dominant market share. Much of its popularity …
Lenovo buys a startup
Lenovo said Switchbox is developing “new consumer technologies,” but details about its projects are largely a mystery. Its development work …
Double-Take software offers GeoCluster for Microsoft Hyper-V
GeoCluster is a software-based replication solution designed to integrate seamlessly with failover clustering, removing the requirement for shared storage and …
Full-disk encryption for all computer drives
The world's six largest computer drive makers today published the final specifications(download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that …
Backup merger unites Barracuda, Yosemite
With the addition of software agents from Yosemite, Barracuda can offer incremental backups of applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server …
IE8 Focuses on Improved Security and Privacy
Microsoft's updated browser, Internet Explorer 8, promises an assortment of new features designed to help make Web browsing with IE …
Citrix invests in desktop virtualization
Citrix has spent the past year and a half redefining itself as a virtualization company, first purchasing the desktop and …
Microsoft faces new EC charges; IBM could be next
The European Commission's antitrust agency confirmed on Jan. 17 that it has again charged Microsoft Corp. with breaking competition laws, …
AMD working on extra-low-power chip
Advance Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is adding a new, low-power Opteron processor to its Shanghai line roadmap and it plans …
Smart steps for corporate mobile devices
If you've ever let a stranger borrow your corporate smartphone, you may have just given him a gift of your …
Samsung plans new netbook, smart phones
Samsung Electronics Co. plans to follow up its NC10 netbook in the coming few months with a new model and …
Conficker hitting hardest in Asia, Latin America
Computer networks in Asia and Latin America are the most susceptible to a fast-spreading computer worm, which has infected between …
Microsoft postpones Iowa data center
A day after reporting flat revenue for its online services business, Microsoft said it is postponing construction on a planned …
How to cut IT costs without hemorrhaging
With no fat left to trim, how can IT managers keep cutting costs without damaging core services? Many industry professionals …
Ballmer provides grim outlook as economy ‘resets’
Speaking to financial analysts on the heels of Microsoft's announcement of layoffs and a disappointing second quarter, CEO Steve Ballmer …
Microsoft delays Vista SP2, says report
Microsoft Corp. has delayed Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) by at least a month, and the company will now …
Downadup worm infects 1 in every 16 PCs, says Panda Security
The computer worm responsible for the biggest attack in years has infected at least one out of every 16 PCs …
New paint promises high-speed Wi-Fi shielding
IT managers should start familiarising themselves with a new security tool, the paint brush, as Japanese researchers have come up …
Apple loosens anti-piracy protection in iWork ’09
Buyers of the latest version of Apple's rising iWork productivity suite — iWork '09 — no longer need to type …