AT&T Intros Moto Q Smartphone With Global Roaming

AT&T on Thursday announced that Motorola's 3G-enabled Moto Q 9h smartphone will be available to the carrier's customers in the United States starting this week. The Moto Q 9h, or the Moto Q global as AT&T calls it, has the ability to access high-spee... full story

updated Sun October 14, 2007

BEA Scoffs At Oracle's $6.7 Billion Takeover Bid

Oracle is bidding to take over BEA Systems, the No. 2 middleware supplier, for $6.7 billion. But BEA appears determined to resist at least Oracle's opening move. It's board of directors scoffed at the bid on F...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Oracle Plans Patches To Fix 51 Security Issues Next Week

Oracle said Friday that it plans to release a critical patch update for its enterprise software next week. The Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2007 is scheduled for release Tuesday. Its 51 security f...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

U.S. Government Seeks To Deny The Internet To Its Enemies

Cyberspace may become a more active battlefield in the Bush administration's war on terrorism. The new National Strategy for Homeland Security, issued earlier this week by the White House, places a greater em...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Acacia Research, Linux Patent Adversary, Has Long Litigation History

Linux distributors were sued for the first time this week over their operating systems. But despite recent rhetoric, Microsoft wasn't the plaintiff. Instead, the suit against Red Hat and Linux came from a subs...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Rollout: How Much Is That VM In The Window?

If you're using VMware ESX extensively but haven't begun monitoring resource consumption and available capacity, you will lack valuable ammunition come budget time. Usage measurements can justify infrastructur...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Expect 7 Bulletins, 4 Critical

Microsoft plans to release seven security bulletins next week, including patches for critical bugs in Windows, Internet Explorer and Office. Four of the bulletins address critical vulnerabilities, which is Mi...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

IBM Targets SMBs With 'Express' Versions Of Rational, Tivoli Tools

IBM on Friday unveiled new software tools designed to help small and mid-sized businesses compete on a more even footing with larger enterprises. The IBM Rational Build Forge Express Edition offers a software...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

Guitar Legend Riffs On Microsoft's Communications Server

Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 isn't due out until later this month, but already test partners like legendary electric guitar maker Gibson Guitar is singing its praises. In a recent interview w...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

Microsoft To Spin Off Halo 3 Developer Bungie

Microsoft said Friday that it will spin off the development unit that created the record-setting video game Halo 3. The company said it plans to jettison its Bungie Studios group but will maintain an equity s...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

Microsoft's Explorer Update Ditches Windows Genuine Advantage

Microsoft has released an updated version of Internet Explorer 7 that dispenses with a cumbersome security feature designed to ensure users are running the Web browser atop legitimate copies of the Windows ope...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

Virgin Inks Deal With BoingBoing To Offer Blog-Like TV On Its Flights

BoingBoing is joining the mile high club. Boing Boing TV, a new venture borne from the popular BoingBoing.net technology blog, will be available to all passengers on Virgin America airline flights beginning ne...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

RIAA Victory Sends Message But Won't Stop File-Sharing

The jury's guilty verdict this week in a file-sharing trial could deter others from pushing back against the recording industry's copyright claims. However, it is unlikely that it will completely stop music ...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

Math Whizzes Turbocharge An Online Retailer's Sales

Mathematicians revolutionized Wall Street in the 1970s, and according to MIT Sloan School of Management professor Jérémie Gallien, they're now using complex equations to make the retail industry ...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

Rolling Review: Web App Scanners Still Have Trouble With Ajax

Companies that make heavy use of Ajax and don't want to expose themselves to attack should have some protection, whether a skilled in-house security tester, Ajax-capable software as a service, or the most expe...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

Apple In Business: Riding The iPhone Wave

Apple's iPod made its way into business environments as employees realized that, in addition to all those MP3 files, they had 60 Gbytes of portable storage to take into the office. Then came the iPhone and its...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

SAP To Acquire Business Objects In $6.8-Billion Friendly Takeover

In an unusual Sunday software hook-up, business-intelligence powerhouse SAP said it had reached an agreement to acquire Business Objects SA in a friendly takeover worth some $6.8 billion. SAP is making a cash...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

VMware Upgrades ESX Hypervisor, Management Tools

VMware will upgrade its ESX Server hypervisor and its Virtual Infrastructure 3 management software before the end of the year, extending its popular VMotion tool's migration capability to storage as well as ph...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

SAS Charts Road Map For Built-Into-Database Analytics

SAS Institute is planning to work with the largest database and data warehouse vendors to get its analytics software embedded in their products. That should help companies do faster and higher volume data anal...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

Baggage Bots, RFID Will Track And Transfer Airline Luggage

An airport in the Netherlands hopes that baggage-handling robots and RFID will cut down on the amount of baggage lost as it is being transferred between connecting flights. IBM and Vanderlande Industries have...

updated Tue October 09, 2007

Motorola Wins Infrastructure Contracts For Taiwan's Major WiMax Project

Motorola reported that it has won two WiMax infrastructure contracts to work on the development of Taiwan's national M-Taiwan project, which is planned to create a "ubiquitous mobile" network. Announced Monda...