Google moved to boost its Android mobile device software platform this week by offering developers a kit that enables them …
VMware offering ‘safe passage’ to Virtual Iron users
VMware is trying to exploit uncertainty among customers of Virtual Iron, the virtualization vendor recently acquired by Oracle Corp., with …
Netscape founder seeks to fund upcoming leadership
An icon of the dot-com boom is seeking the next big thing in technology, along with the next great leader. …
Internet, Twitter blocked in China city after ethnic riot
China appeared to block Twitter across the country and Internet access in a western province today after ethnic riots killed …
Cloud interoperability remains wispy, but progress being made
Cloud computing is supposed to make IT more flexible, efficient and easier to manage. But the cloud model threatens to …
Focus Softnet opens new HQ at TECOM
Focus Softnet, the leading software development company, today announced the opening of its new international corporate headquarters at Grosvenor Business …
Windows 7, the next big hope for tech
The second quarter officially ended on June 30 with technology stocks leading all others. The question is, after a strong …
Delaying PC refresh will cost SMBs money: Intel
With the economic uncertainty many small-and-medium-sized businesses are delaying their PC hardware refresh cycles to save money, but it’s a …
Telepresence shatters communication barriers
Well before the current world financial crisis struck, organizations have sought inventive ways to engage in face-to-face meetings without the …
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 …
HP unveils Extreme Scale-Out (ExSO) portfolio
HP Technology Solutions Group (TSG) today launched the HP Extreme Scale-Out (ExSO) portfolio which it claims is designed to deliver …
My Book World Edition II network storage system
WD has introduced its newly redesigned My Book World Edition II dual- drive network storage system in capacities of up to …
Bing adds Twitter posts to search results
Microsoft started adding some Twitter posts into Bing search results, gaining a bit of a leg up on competitors even …
Could Cisco take on Microsoft with office app service?
There is only one obvious question in Cisco's overture Tuesday that it might take on Microsoft and Google in the …
IT spending will dip by nearly 11% in 2009, says Forrester
The high-tech industry might finally be hitting rock bottom, according to Forrester Research, which has forecast global IT spending to decline …
Oracle offers ISVs monthly SaaS platform pricing
Oracle is now offering ISVs the ability to pay by the month for its SaaS (software as a service) infrastructure …
Cisco UCS customer claims quick payback
The professional division of Thomson Reuters, six months into a massive data center virtualization project using Cisco Systems Inc. gear, …
Google’s next target: Unified communications
Unified communications has been a technology specialty of networking vendors for years, but Google Inc.'s recent forays into voice communications …
Forrester: IT spending will rebound in time for Windows 7 launch
Microsoft may be timing its October release of Windows 7 just about perfectly, if Forrester Research 's mid-year IT forecast …
Security should be prime concern with cloud-based e-mail recovery
Cloud-based disaster recovery has become a viable option for safeguarding e-mail, but IT shops need to ask tough questions about …