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 Fri October 05, 2007

EBay, Others Launch Desktop Apps With Adobe AIR

EBay on Tuesday launched a hybrid Web-desktop application based on Adobe's AIR technology, which is still not even its final release version. And it's not the only one creating such an admixture. During Adob...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Facebook Privacy Settings Putting Users At Risk

A security company is urging Facebook to tighten its default privacy settings after a study showed that a large majority of users are offering up far too much personal information to keep them safe from cyberc...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Study: Companies Dive Into Web 2.0 Without Securing Risks

While the majority of enterprises are using Web 2.0 technology, they're not prepared to deal with the security risks that come along with it, according to a study released Wednesday. Forrester Research survey...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Microsoft's Revamped Zune Still No Match For Apple iPod

Microsoft unveiled its revamped Zune on Tuesday, introducing a smaller, sleeker device with a better screen and new wireless capabilities. In addition, the company launched Zune Social, an online community for...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Garmin's New Software Turns Smartphones Into GPS Devices

Garmin, a maker of navigation devices and applications, on Wednesday rolled out software that can turn a smartphone into a Garmin GPS device. Garmin Mobile XT pairs a smartphone's built-in GPS with Garmin's ...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

EU Opens In-Depth Probe Of IBM's Telelogic Buy

BRUSSELS, Oct 3 - The European Commission said on Wednesday it had opened an in-depth investigation of plans by IBM to buy Swedish business software company Telelogic for about 5.2 billion crowns ($798.6 mi...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Traffic Flow Application Helps After Minneapolis Bridge Disaster

After a Minneapolis bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River in August, software developers managed to create an application to reroute traffic within three days. When the Interstate 35 bridge collapsed Au...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Navteq Deal Pushes Nokia's Services Drive Into Overdrive

Nokia's $8.1 billion purchase of mapping data and location-based services provider Navteq, announced earlier this week, is the largest acquisition to date for the world's No. 1 handset maker. It also could mar...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Microsoft To Release .Net Source Code

First, Sun open sourced Java. Then, Adobe announced plans to open source its Flex software development kit. Now Microsoft is opening up the .Net Framework to developers, albeit in its own way. The company We...

updated Thu October 04, 2007

NCR Spins Off Data Warehouse Specialist Teradata

Teradata became independent from NCR on Monday and began trading shares of its stock on the New York Stock Exchange. CEO Mike Koehler rang the opening bell. NCR spun off the company with the belief that it wo...

updated Thu October 04, 2007

AT&T To Buy Interwise To Beef Up Online Conferencing

AT&T said it will acquire online conferencing provider Interwise for $121 million and combine it with AT&T's global MPLS-based IP network. Interwise's voice-, Web-, and videoconferencing services are aimed at...

updated Thu October 04, 2007

SOA Governance Insufficient, Survey Finds

Most organizations implement Web services without reviewing compliance, according to a survey released Monday. The SOA Forum released survey results showing that 88% of respondents acknowledge insufficient SO...

updated Thu October 04, 2007

Skype Loses Its CEO, eBay Takes A $1.4 Billion Charge

Facing up to the disappointing financial performance of its Skype unit, eBay reported Monday that Skype CEO and co-founder Niklas Zennstrom has "stepped down" as CEO of the VoIP operation and eBay will take a ...

updated Thu October 04, 2007

Samsung's Got The Beat, Its Latest Music Phone

Samsung on Monday unveiled the Beat, a music-centric phone with external controls, stereo speakers, and Bluetooth support for connecting to wireless headphones. The latest music phone from Samsung is availabl...

updated Thu October 04, 2007

IBM Unveils Upgrade Of Parallel File System

IBM on Monday introduced an upgrade of its General Parallel File System software, which acts like a search engine to identify and move files between storage pools and feed high-speed business intelligence and ...

updated Thu October 04, 2007

Nokia Acquires Navteq For $8.1 Billion

Nokia will pay $8.1 billion to acquire location and mapping company Navteq in a bold move that snatches the Chicago company from under the nose of Nokia's handset competitor Motorola. The cash acquisition was...

updated Thu October 04, 2007

Nokia Siemens Networks R&D Outsourced To IBM

IBM said Monday that it has signed a deal to provide a range of research and development services to Nokia Siemens Networks -- a networking company formed after the spin-off of several related businesses by mo...

updated Thu October 04, 2007

HP Buys SPI Dynamics, Settles Cenzic Patent Dispute

Hewlett-Packard has settled two outstanding patent suits by reaching a patent-sharing agreement with Cenzic, a neighboring Santa Clara, Calif., supplier of security software. The original suits were between Ce...

updated Thu October 04, 2007

SAP To Kick Off Developers' Conference With Sun, IBM Partnership

SAP will announce Tuesday a partnership with Sun Microsystems and IBM that it says will make it easier to give users access to business systems while protecting companies' from compliance violations and other ...

updated Thu October 04, 2007

Microsoft Ready To Launch Digital Phone Systems

Microsoft on Tuesday said it is ready to ship to manufacturers software that will power a new line of digital phone systems for small businesses. The Microsoft Response Point phone systems, which will be offe...