Google moved to boost its Android mobile device software platform this week by offering developers a kit that enables them …
Google to launch open-source Chrome OS this year
Google is developing an open-source operating system targeted at Internet-centric computers such as netbooks and will release it later this …
NetApp to review counteroffer for Data Domain
In light of a new buyout offer for Data Domain Inc. by EMC Corp., NetApp Inc. said today it plans …
NetApp’s buy of Data Domain moves closer, even as EMC raises offer to $2.1B
NetApp has cleared a regulatory hurdle in its attempt to acquire storage vendor Data Domain, but rival EMC is still …
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 …
Rising demand for DDR3 DRAM in laptops, servers
Demand for the next generation DRAM chip, DDR3 (double data rate, third generation), has spiked recently as systems makers turn …
China will still require Green Dam Web filter program
China has not lifted its requirement that an Internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country, …
Cisco CTO reasserts video’s value for work, home
Cisco Systems CTO Padmasree Warrior stressed the importance of video and collaboration technologies to the networking giant, as well as …
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 …
Microsoft pulls projectile-vomiting IE8 ad from Web
An online ad for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) that showed a woman projectile vomiting has left such a bad taste …
Chinese security company shares huge malware database
A Chinese company that has created a massive database of malware found on Chinese Web sites opened up the information …
Cisco to expand mobile collaboration features
Cisco Systems Inc. will tackle the mobile world over the next year with a series of new features to bring …
Greenpeace pans PC makers for toxic products
Greenpeace International on Wednesday criticized some major PC makers for backtracking on commitments to reduce hazardous substances in hardware. Hewlett-Packard, …
Adobe Flash now widely available to Android device vendors
Embedded software maker Bsquare Corp. confirmed that it has ported Adobe System's Flash mobile player to ARM-based smartphones and smartbooks …
Virtualization, cloud computing pose new challenges, opportunities
Three years ago, Carnegie Mellon University opened the Data Center Observatory – an answer to the ever-rising operational costs in …
Report: Dell developing handheld Internet device
Dell is developing a handheld mobile device designed for Internet access, following in the footsteps of rival Apple, according to …
Wi-Fi pricing models vary widely
There are notable variations among vendors, for example, as to what they include in their basic systems and what they …
Iran's data leakage 'problem'
In the wake of Iran's statistically and historically dubious election results, the world has been glued to screens (both TV …
Palm delays webOS developer kit Mojo
With little explanation, Palm Inc. has delayed the release of Mojo, the software development kit for its webOS platform, until …