The transition in leadership, which is effective immediately, is the result of a management succession process. Georgens, 49, has been …
MySpace looks to regain momentum with iLike purchase
In an apparent attempt to tinker with its dimming image and regain some of its old glory, MySpace Inc. announced …
Developers eager to see Twitter improve platform stability
Many Twitter applications have suffered lengthy periods of downtime recently, a situation that has some developers concerned about the company's …
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 …
SQL injection attacks led to Heartland, Hannaford breaches
This week's disclosure that the huge data thefts at Heartland Payment Systems and other retailers resulted from SQL injection attacks …
Desktop multiprocessing: Not so fast
Until recently, you could reasonably expect this year's software to run faster on next year's machines, but that's not necessarily …
Motorola boosts wireless network security
Motorola on Tuesday said it is adding vulnerability assessment to its wireless intrusion-prevention system (IPS) device so that organizations can …
Touchscreens dominate smartphone interfaces
More than 15 million of the 38.1 million mobile phones sold during the second quarter used a touchscreen as the …
Joybook Lite U121 Eco
BenQ officially launched today their latest ultra-portable netbook, the 11.6” display Joybook Lite U121 Eco. “Eco” for “economical” and “ecological,” …
Playing for high stakes
NWME: The Data Domain acquisition is pretty much a done deal at this point. How are things going? Hauck: We …
Twitter: latest application platform problems solved
The technical problems that affected the performance and availability of third-party Twitter applications in recent days have been fixed, the …
Zer01 encounters new setback
Zer01 Mobile, the company that says it can deliver a true unlimited mobile-phone service, announced that it has ended its …
Three indicted for hack attacks on Heartland, Hannaford
A Miami man and two Russians were indicted by a grand jury in New Jersey on charges of conspiring to …
Red Hat getting aggresive towards its go-to-market
Red Hat has expanded its partner program to give companies more options for how they can work with the Linux …
Oracle looks to planning apps for future growth
Oracle Corp. is devoting two full days and 70 sessions at the upcoming OpenWorld conference to its Primavera PPM (project …
Riding the tide
How is Xerox along with its partners responding to the slowdown? No business is immune from the downturn impacting economies …
How to get Windows 7 on the cheap
The launch of Windows 7 may be more than two months away, but the buzz, already building, is starting to …
Qualcomm disputes Japanese competition board findings
Japan's competition authority says that Qualcomm forced companies in Japan to cross-license patents to the chip maker for free. In …
Tokenization vs. end-to-end encryption
Over the last few months, the PCI Knowledge Base has been doing research on the impact of PCI compliance on …
Microsoft to dump Mac Office's Entourage in 2010
Microsoft Corp. promised that it will replace the often-hated Entourage e-mail client in its Office for the Mac suite with …