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 28, 2007

Symantec Profit Falls; Shares Tumble On Outlook

SAN FRANCISCO - Symantec Wednesday reported a 60 percent drop in quarterly profit and gave a weak outlook on concern that U.S. economic woes would hurt consumer sales of its Norton security software, sendin...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Google CEO Optimistic DoubleClick Deal Will Get Done

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said Wednesday his company is working closely with regulators and that he was optimistic its proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick will...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

VMware Posts Impressive Numbers In First Quarterly Report

VMware, the market leader in virtualization software, increased revenues 90% in its third quarter over the same period a year ago. It produced earnings per share of $.18 compared to $.06 per share a year ago, ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Online Gambling Firms Urge EU To Turn To U.S. Congress

BRUSSELS, Oct 24 - Online gambling firms want European Union trade chief Peter Mandelson to change tack over a controversial move by the United States to close its multi-billion dollar gambling market to fo...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Apple Launches iPhone Resource Center For Developers

Want to develop applications for the iPhone? Apple has launched an iPhone developer center for people just like you. The iPhone Dev Center, introduced Wednesday, is a new section of Apple's Developer Connecti...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Vonage Vulnerable To Eavesdropping Hackers

While Vonage defends itself against patent lawsuits from the likes of AT&T, the pioneering VoIP company also faces new risks from hackers. Sipera Systems, a VoIP security company, said on Tuesday that users o...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

BEA Counters Oracle With $21 Per Share Demand

BEA Systems on Thursday upped the ante to $21 per share in response to Oracle's bid to take it over. Oracle on Oct. 9 offered $17, or $6.7 billion for the company. At $21 a share, BEA is saying it's worth $8.2...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Microsoft Earnings Boosted By Windows Vista, Office, Halo

Microsoft on Thursday reported a 23% jump in profits, and a 27% boost in revenue in the company's first fiscal quarter, due in part to "robust demand" for Windows Vista and Office 2007, and a near doubling of ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Oracle Won't Budge Off Original BEA Offer; Bid Expires Sunday

Oracle president Charles Phillips termed BEA Systems' request for $21 a share Thursday "an impossibly high price," and stood by Oracle's first offer of $17 a share. In letters traded Thursday, BEA's board of...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Microsoft's Halo 3 Sparks 100% Jump In Xbox 360 Sales

What a difference a biologically enhanced super-soldier makes. Microsoft reported Thursday that sales of its Xbox 360 video game console jumped 100% in its fiscal first quarter, thanks to the debut of Halo 3. ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Vonage Settles Its Patent Infringement Litigation With Verizon

"Two down, one to go," is the battle cry at Vonage this weekend after the VoIP firm announced an agreement with Verizon Communications over their long-standing patent litigation. The two sides came to terms ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Apple Stores Gird For Friday Leopard Launch

Apple is pulling out all the stops for the Friday launch of its new Leopard operating system. Apple Stores around the country will close from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, then reopen until 10 pm to welcome tech aficion...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Private Firms Complete $8.3 Billion Purchase Of Avaya

Private equity firms Silver Lake and TPG Capital on Friday completed the acquisition of IP telephony provider Avaya in a transaction valued at about $8.3 billion. Under the merger agreement, which Avaya adop...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Predicting The Future Of Communications In Boston

IT decision makers are facing something of a dilemma these days: Many advanced communications developments have been adopted, but companies and consumers don't necessarily know what to do with them. A host of...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Apple's Leopard Fanfare Anticlimactic To P2P Users

Apple officially launches its new Leopard operating system Friday. But the first major release of the Mac OS in nearly two and a half years has been the hottest download for months on peer-to-peer networks, ri...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Novell Lays Off 250 U.S. Workers

BOSTON - Business software maker Novell laid off 250 workers in the United States as part of an ongoing restructuring program to slash costs, company spokesman Bruce Lowry said Friday. Many of the jobs wil...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

PBS Station Invokes Google Maps To Help San Diego Residents Flee Fires

The KPBS public broadcasting station in San Diego has created a mashup of fire information with Google Maps, telling residents in areas affected by fire which neighborhoods are to be evacuated, which roads are...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Inside Google's Michigan Office

Google has its sprawling headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., and flashy offices in Manhattan. But it's got another growing office close to the country's heartland: Ann Arbor, Mich. Google Ann Arb...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Medsphere Settles Lawsuit With Former CTO Over Open Source Code

A bitter open source dispute has been settled between Medsphere Systems, the company formed around the OpenVista health care system, and its former chief technical officer, Steve Shreeve. On June 6, 2006, Shr...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Fluke Networks Previews Unified Performance Management System

Fluke Networks, a maker of hardware and software for installation, monitoring, and maintenance of enterprise and telecom carrier networks, on Wednesday will preview its new unified performance management syste...