Security researchers are seeing a resurgence of Gumblar, the name for a piece of malicious code that is spread by …
Arm uses laptops to protect mobile phone turf from Intel
Arm Holdings is positioning its chips as the main processors in the low-end laptop market, but does not expect these …
Arm uses laptops to protect mobile phone turf from Intel
Arm Holdings is positioning its chips as the main processors in the low-end laptop market, but does not expect these …
Lenovo vows 'unbelievably' fast Windows 7 boots
Lenovo Group Ltd. is staking an early claim to potentially key turf in the Windows 7 gold rush: The PC …
Mozilla plans to 'ribbonize' Firefox
Mozilla plans to “ribbonize” Firefox for Windows Vista and Windows 7 to reduce clutter and free up space for the …
Mobile cloud subscribers to number 1 billion by 2014
The number of mobile cloud computing subscribers worldwide will grow rapidly over the next five years, rising from 42.8 million …
Personal spy gear: Is it legal?
These days, if you want to watch over your house, your kids or your significant other, there's a whole world …
Yahoo still considers Bing a search competitor
Yahoo hopes to remain relevant and competitive in the search engine market, battling for users not only against nemesis Google …
FCC to consider range of wireless carrier concerns
The Federal Communications Commission will decide next Thursday whether to launch three formal “inquiries” into wireless industry practices. In interviews …
Dell plans to Linux to expand netbook presence
In an effort to expand its Linux offerings, Dell is researching new netbook-type devices and will soon offer netbook Linux …
IE8 whips rivals in blocking malware sites
Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 8 again trounced rival browsers in a test of their malware-blocking abilities, catching 81% of attack-code-infected …
VC industry hasn't hit bottom yet, says longtime VC
It may seem like the worst of times for tech companies trying to secure investments from venture capital firms, but …
3 Social Media Aggregators That Bring It All Together
Thanks to Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and a host of other social media services, people are more connected than ever. But …
Android, Windows Mobile phone sales slower than HTC expected
Taiwanese smartphone maker High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) lowered its 2009 revenue forecast due to slower than expected sales of …
Bing was tipping point in Microsoft-Yahoo deal
The successful launch of Microsoft's revamped search engine, Bing, was likely the event that tipped the scales in favor of …
Twitter breach revives security issues with cloud computing
Security and privacy issues over cloud computing are not very different from those surrounding any sort of IT outsourcing and …
Microsoft admits it tested SQL Server as store for Exchange 2010
Microsoft Corp acknowledged that it had “absolutely” considered replacing the maligned storage engine in its Exchange e-mail server software with …
Android, Chrome OS differ over voice communications
As soon as Google Inc. announced it was working on the new Chrome operating system, questions arose over how the …
Microsoft may have known about critical IE bug for months
The vulnerability that sent Microsoft scrambling and is being used by hackers now to attack Internet Explorer (IE) users may …
Microsoft confirms attacks against IE6, IE7
For the second time in six weeks, Microsoft confirmed that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in DirectX, this time …