A range of companies with wireless LANs are discovering that 50% to 90% or more of Ethernet ports now go …
Gmail Labs’ 5 best and 5 worst features
Google's announced a new addition to its list of Gmail Labs offerings: a built-in Google Search feature. The option, once …
Desktop Linux: Why it may have lost its chance
It's time we faced it: The Year of the Linux Desktop, long foretold, isn't coming. Year after year, breathless pundits …
HP ProCurve gets into security with new server blade
HP ProCurve is adding a security blade to edge and core switches that enables businesses to insert firewalls, VPNs and …
Phishers hit Facebook with scam messages
Facebook users were hit with a phishing attack that tried to steal names and passwords from users of the popular …
Top EMC storage exec jumps ship for HP
Top EMC storage executive David Donatelli has abruptly left the company to join rival Hewlett-Packard Co. as executive vice president …
Intel: Spend money (on new PCs) to save money
Hurt by enterprises putting off PC purchases, Intel Corp. presented research purporting to show that large companies that buy new …
Oracle-Sun deal renews calls for OpenOffice.org’s independence
Oracle Corp.'s purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. last week is reviving calls for Sun's open-source OpenOffice.org suite to be spun …
Seven burning security questions
There's no shortage of burning questions about IT security these days, some sparked by nasty threats, others by economic concerns …
AMD stimulated, will be launching Opteron well ahead of schedule
The U.S. government is beginning to spend billions of dollars quickly to stimulate the economy. And that may be why …
IT Pros describe the ideal mobile device
Netbook sales will likely grow by 50% in the next two years, according to research firm IDC, but the gadgets …
Cloud security stokes concerns at RSA
Cloud security has dominated discussions and drove the entire action at RSA Conference 2009. Throughout the event, attendees — who …
AMD plans 16-core server chip — but not until 2011
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today that it's designing a server processor with up to 16 cores, which would quadruple …
EMC, Symantec kick-off security barrage
With the RSA Conference cranking up, EMC’s security division RSA and Symantec rolled out security product releases. Symantec also said …
Cloud computing a ‘security nightmare,’ says Cisco CEO
If anyone has the right to be excited about cloud computing, it's John Chambers. But, Cisco Systems' Chairman and CEO …
Qualcomm, Broadcom may be near settlement
Instead of issuing its second-quarter earnings report, Qualcomm abruptly rescheduled it, citing advanced settlement discussions with rival Broadcom. For several …
Google gives users control over their searchable life
Its a fact that you've searched for your own name on Google. Likely, you've done it way more than once …
RSA chief calls for ‘inventive collaboration’ among security vendors
Two years after suggesting that independent security vendors were headed for extinction, Art Coviello, president of RSA, is calling for …
802.11n complications are imminent
As you likely know, the current fair-haired wireless LAN version, 802.11n, is multidimensional, making product comparisons challenging. Those comparisons are …
Oracle likely to leave mobile Java alone
Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems probably won't immediately affect the world of mobile Java, some industry observers said, though …