Microsoft has won an appeal to overturn a US$358 million award it had been ordered to pay to Alcatel-Lucent in …
The high cost of wide area networking
Given the combination of the economic malaise and the sensationalism that surrounds topics such as cloud computing and server virtualization, …
3Com to blend security brains, enterprise brawn
3Com plans to integrate intrusion prevention technology from its TippingPoint subsidiary into networking gear from its H3C division as part …
Optimistic outlook from Dell, Intel may signal rebound
Like the rest of the economy, the tech sector has been in the doldrums for well over a year now. …
The 15 biggest Wikipedia blunders
Wikipedia's just announced plans to restrict the editing of some of its articles. Under the new system, any changes made …
Radisson Hotels reports data breach
Radisson Hotels revealed that a “limited” number of guests may have had their credit or debit card data stolen, due …
Virtual Privacy
VPNs based on Multi-protocol Label Switching are an innovative way to connect network resources. Because MPLS VPNs are rapidly deployable …
The new green: Data centers go au naturale
Most data centers have the ambience of bomb shelters, but not one built by retailer L.L. Bean. The Freeport, Maine-based …
IBM tops at US patent office
Nobody has dominated the annual list of new U.S. patents like IBM. Now Big Blue may put one of its …
Cisco, Juniper conduct trial of fed’s IPv6 tests
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory in July conducted the first trial of the U.S. federal government's new IPv6 …
Nortel and Microsoft ICA offerings announced
Coming on the heels of five new commercial offerings introduced at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference for the Nortel and …
British hacker keeps fighting extradition to U.S.
A British hacker who has been fighting extradition to the United States for seven years made an eleventh-hour appeal to …
Investigation started into Google Book Search
The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed that it is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, …
FTC opens all out assault on economic cyber-scammers
The Federal Trade Commission announced a wide-ranging attack on cyber-vultures looking to feast on the current moribund economic situation. Dubbed …
Smartphone OS smackdown
Two and a half years ago, Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone and said that its software was five years …
Consumer portable PCs limit volume decline
Worldwide PC shipments fell 6.8% in the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09), about 1.4% better than expected but still the …
New iPhone 3G S offers faster CPU and cellular connectivity
Apple announced a new iPhone model with a more powerful CPU, a better camera and video recording. Perhaps just as …
AT&T to foray into cloud storage services
AT&T will soon offer an on-demand storage service that will be accessible to enterprise customers through an Internet-based portal. The …
Cisco takes aim at WiMax
Clearwire Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. last week announced an alliance aimed at expanding high-speed WiMax wireless services across United …
Microsoft lays off 3,000 employees
Microsoft Corp. today laid off 3,000 workers, the second wave of a major reduction the company announced in January. And …