Look for personal computer users to soon get their hardware in the same way that they get their cell phones: …
Palm webOS gains enterprise features
Palm has released a webOS update for the Pre smartphone that features expanded support for Exchange Active Sync policies, a …
Desktop virtualization on a slow ramp, VMware chief says
Organizations are finding it hard to calculate the cost benefits of desktop virtualization and broad adoption is unlikely to happen …
Apple beats recession, sells more Macs, touts ‘value’
As some analysts predicted, Apple announced that Mac sales climbed last quarter, just three months after it was forced to …
Yahoo revenue drops, but profits rise 8% in Q2
Yahoo reported second-quarter revenue of $1.57 billion, down 13% from a year earlier as companies continued to spend less on …
Red Hat, Oracle, Sun, others join to pitch open source to feds
More than 50 companies, academic institutions, and other organizations, including vendors such as Red Hat and Oracle, are banding together …
Windows 7 RTM code available next month
Microsoft detailed how its partners and business customers can get their hands on Windows 7 RTM (release to manufacturing) code, …
Yahoo gets makeover, (slowly) rolls out new homepage
Yahoo launched the beta of a newly overhauled homepage, whose promised features include the ability to integrate with the Facebook, …
IBM tool allows virtual management from x86 servers to mainframes
If you go to IBM's Web site and search on the word heterogeneous, more than 22,000 results come back. That …
DRAM prices expected to keep rising
The price of DRAM computer memory chips is on the rise as global PC makers gear up for back-to-school and …
Indicaa Group secures centralized application access
Indicaa Group Limited, the world’s leading trader in containerized scrap metal based in Dubai, has deployed application delivery solution from …
Enter the cloud
The economic and social motivation for the cloud is high, the business need for speed and agility is like never …
Adobe offers up more Flash technology to open source
Adobe Systems will offer more of its Flash rich media application platform up to open source Tuesday, a move viewed …
Chrome OS may fail even as It changes computing forever
Google says it is working on an operating system designed for netbooks that boots in seconds, is impervious to viruses, …
Mozilla quashes first critical bug in Firefox 3.5
Mozilla on late Friday issued the first patch for Firefox 3.5, fixing a flaw that went public Monday. One noted …
Windows Home Server gets Windows 7 support
The coming Power Pack 3 for the Windows Home Server operating system will let users backup and restore Windows 7 …
Azure enterprise licenses will be simple
Microsoft has not made clear how it will incorporate Windows Azure pricing into the long-term contracts it signs with its …
RIM settles patent dispute for $268M
After three years of combative and abstruse legal maneuvering, Research in Motion announced it had thrown in the towel and …
Virtual desktops
“Desktop virtualisation is a very different beast and should not be treated as simple enhancements to the server strategy,” says …
Twitter/Google Apps hack raises questions about cloud security
Questions about cloud security and the feasibility of storing critical information in Web-based services are being raised in the wake …