Computer News

September 6, 2008

The 10 Laws of Cloudonomics

If your enterprise has access to the same things—virtualization, automation, performance management, ITIL, skilled IT resources, etc.—as cloud service ...

September 5, 2008

VCs Back Tools to Look Inside the Cloud

Enterprise software, which has gone from running on the computer to being hosted in a corporate data center, is now moving out to nebulous pools of servers called ...

September 5, 2008

SanDisk Shares Soar on Samsung Interest

Battered by a year of flagging prices for flash-memory chips and by an inability to get traction in sales of digital media devices, SanDisk (SNDK) may soon get scooped...

September 5, 2008

HP's 'End Run' Around Windows

The carefully crafted ecosystem of tech companies built around Microsoft's Windows operating system is showing signs of strain. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), a longtime ...

September 3, 2008

Peek-ing at Your E-Mail

I just tested Peek, a small gadget that lets you check Web e-mail, like Hotmail from Microsoft (MSFT) or Google's (GOOG) Gmail, on the go. The device can access e-mail...

September 3, 2008

Google's Chrome Ups the Ante

Browser wars? On steroids. When Google (GOOG) announced on Sept. 1 that it was releasing its own Web browser, Chrome, the immediate buzz was that the bruising battles ...

September 3, 2008

Microsoft Will Cut Xbox Prices in the U.S.

Microsoft (MSFT) thought it would steal a march on the competition when it launched its Xbox 360 video-game console in late 2005, a year before rivals could get out ...

September 2, 2008

What's Hot: Used Apple iPhones

As the head of a company that sells used consumer electronics, David Chen follows sales of the iPhone with the precision of a mathematician. At the outset, the price ...

August 29, 2008

Multitasking Chips Point to Future Cell Phones

Many venture firms shy away from investing in semiconductor startups because of the inordinately high cost and risk involved relative to other sectors, but some firms ...

August 29, 2008

Has Dell's Comeback Hit a Roadblock?

Dell's turnaround plan veered off course during the summer. The PC maker reported on Aug. 28 that its fiscal second-quarter profits slumped 17% on aggressive price ...

August 28, 2008

Cell Phones Make Headway in Education

Cell phones have long been anathema in the classroom, banned as a potential distraction, at best, and as a possible vehicle for cheating, at worst. But lately, ...

August 28, 2008

Students Will Help Save Apple

Take a look around and it's hard not to get depressed by all the negative economic news. Home prices keep sliding. Credit is drying up. Inflation fears are on the ...

August 26, 2008

VoIP Goes Mobile

Scott Goldman uses his mobile phone to call friends and business contacts all over the world, from Britain to Australia. But the Southern California-based consultant ...

August 25, 2008

Trulia's New iPhone House Finder

House hunting? Forget the listing agents and classified ads. Now you can find homes for sale with a few taps on a smartphone. Trulia, one of the Web's most visited ...

August 19, 2008

The iPhone Kill-Switch Kerfuffle

And you thought Google's (GOOG) got the goods on you. Sure, the Web search leader keeps tabs on the searches that emanate from your PC. But consider the data dossier ...

August 19, 2008

Sprint Airave: Nothing to Rave About

I had high hopes for Sprint's Airave. Too high. Airave is what's known as a femtocell, a scaled-down version of those useful but unsightly towers that convey phone ...

August 18, 2008

Can Undersea Optic Cables Presage a Boom?

One thing I've learned about the optical network business, having followed it for more than a decade, is that the boom and bust cycles of the business often mask ...

August 15, 2008

VCs Hope to See Wi-Fi Everywhere

Many people are familiar with the coffee shop's Wi-Fi, while others even know how to set up a simple home network. Pretty much everyone, however, knows that Wi-Fi is ...

August 15, 2008

HP's New Tack on Research Grants

Hewlett-Packard is shaking up the way it sponsors university research. The computer maker is redoubling efforts to tie grants more closely to work in its labs. To that...

August 15, 2008

Dell's Music Player Has New Zing

A long list of powerful companies have tried and failed to make much of a mark in the world of digital entertainment, where Apple (AAPL) reigns supreme. Think ...

August 14, 2008

What May Be Behind the iPhone 3G Glitches

Complaints over dropped calls and choppy Web connections on Apple's iPhone 3G have sparked a wave of debate in the blogosphere over the root cause of the problems. Two...

August 11, 2008

AMD vs. Intel: The Challenger's New Plan

Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices says it's about to go through a major change concerning how it makes chips, but it hasn't said exactly what that change will be. ...

August 11, 2008

Will Cisco Take on Google and Microsoft?

Cisco Systems (CSCO) reported its fiscal fourth-quarter 2008 financials last week, but while the San Jose (Calif.)-based networking giant beat Wall Street estimates, ...

August 11, 2008

How to Make Money off Free iPhone Games

Can developing free software for mobile phones be a business? It can if you're Illusion Labs, a fledgling company in the Swedish port city of Malmö. Illusion Labs was ...

August 6, 2008

Apple's iPhone Takes a Toll

Last year, when Apple (AAPL) unveiled its iPhone and made it available in the U.S. exclusively from AT&T, the debut sent ripples throughout the cell-phone industry. ...