Two and a half years ago, Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone and said that its software was five years …
Heightened DLP needs fuel arms race between vendors
Data-loss prevention is rapidly becoming the next big battlefield in IT security. Innovative start-ups in DLP, such as Reconnex, Orchestria, …
Win7 upgrade option could mean extra cost
Microsoft’s new Windows 7 Option Upgrade Program isn’t much of an option for corporate users and could end up adding …
PC shipments could grow significantly next year
The PC market is showing signs of recovery, with the freefall of PC shipments skidding to a halt thanks to …
StarOffice 9 Arabic edition now available
Sun Microsystems reinforced its commitment to the region with the recent announcemnet of the availability of its Arabic version of StarOffice 9. …
Analyst: $120 for Windows 7 'way too much'
Microsoft's pricing of Windows 7 threatens to derail its efforts to move users off the aging Windows XP and make …
Windows installs updates without permission, researchers say
Windows is installing “surprise updates” against the wishes of some users, who have expressly set up the operating system not …
Twitter's protest over Outlook's rendering of HTML e-mails
Showing again the power of Twitter for quick social organizing, Microsoft was forced to defend itself against complaints that its …
Social networking success requires solid plans
Users who shared their social networking implementation stories at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston on Wednesday emphasized that success …
HTC puts new face on latest Google Android phone, Hero
Smartphone developer High Tech Computer (HTC) introduced a completely revamped user interface (UI) on its latest smartphone running Google Android …
IBM, Cray lead Top 500 supercomputer rankings
The world’s two most powerful computers have not been surpassed in 2009, but the latest edition of the Top 500 …
Can you manage an iPhone like a BlackBerry?
Users love the iPhone, but IT does not. The biggest complaints: The iPhone can't be managed for security and access …
A battle looms ahead
HP’s ProCurve networking unit painted the target there early in the decade, when they began gunning for Cisco, whose strength, …
Netbooks disappoint consumers, says survey
Netbook owners are more likely to be disappointed with their machines than people who purchase larger and more expensive laptops, …
Fujitsu to offer Windows 7 upgrades but not for free
Fujitsu will charge for Windows 7 upgrade vouchers when it begins offering them shortly to people that buy a PC …
Salesforce offers no-charge access to Force.com
Salesforce.com is hoping to drive more interest from corporate developers and indpendent software vendors in its Force.com development platform by …
Mozilla unveils Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate
Saying that it still plans to launch Firefox 3.5 by the end of the month, Mozilla issued the new browser's …
Apple delivers prodigious patch batch for iPhone
Apple yesterday patched 46 security vulnerabilities, half of them in the Safari browser and its WebKit rendering engine, for the …
Weighing the pros/cons of desktop virtualization
Successful server virtualization deployments lead many IT managers to believe desktop virtualization would provide the same benefits. While that is …
Search attracts innovation from established firms, startups
The search business has quickly become a hotbed of activity among a variety of companies in recent weeks. The new …