November 12, 2009
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are burying the antitrust hatchet. In a move that clears up longstanding allegations that Intel abused monopoly power to thwart ...
November 12, 2009
Many within techdom complain about U.S. companies that use cheap, offshore labor or guest foreign workers in place of domestic employees. Few are doing much about it. ...
November 12, 2009
Intel (INTC) couldn't afford to let it drag on. The world's largest chipmaker announced on Nov. 12 that it would pay $1.25 billion to resolve allegations by Advanced ...
November 11, 2009
Gray is the new black. Just as trafficking in black market goods has eroded sales of consumer electronics, a burgeoning "gray" market for cheap look-alike cell phones ...
November 11, 2009
Through its acquisition of networking gear maker 3Com, Hewlett-Packard will accelerate competition with Cisco Systems (CSCO), especially in China, practically ...
November 11, 2009
In a move that's likely to ratchet up pressure on Cisco Systems in the market for computer-networking gear, Hewlett-Packard said it will buy 3Com for $2.7 billion. HP ...
November 10, 2009
At home, Peter VanRysdam rocks out to Guitar Hero on Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox 360. But while he's on break at work, the 31-year-old marketing executive from ...
November 10, 2009
The antitrust forces lining up against Intel (INTC) may face an uphill battle, legal experts say. The world's largest maker of computer chips is accused by New York ...
November 9, 2009
In a move likely to give a big boost to the mobile-phone ad market, Google announced on Nov. 9 that it's buying AdMob, a provider of mobile ad technologies, for $750 ...
November 5, 2009
It was called the Mother of All Programs, or MOAP for short. That was the code name Intel (INTC) bestowed on a series of payments it made to Dell (DELL), one of its ...
November 3, 2009
It was the shake heard 'round the world. On Aug. 27, 2009, überblogger Robert Scoble uncovered a hidden software feature buried within an iPhone application that ...
November 3, 2009
By forging a joint venture with EMC and building products with VMware, Cisco Systems (CSCO) hopes to reap many of the benefits of an acquisition of one or ...
November 1, 2009
The innovation coming out of the cloud computing market has, in many ways, made infrastructure startups interesting to venture capitalists again. Despite our ...
November 1, 2009
Tom Johnson is no engineer. But that didn't stop him from creating software that helps him market his wedding-video business. Johnson crafted an application, ...
October 29, 2009
Poor Balloon Boy. At first we took pity on him when we heard that he might be trapped in a hot air balloon thousands of feet above the Colorado skies. Then we became ...
October 27, 2009
The rally that propelled Apple's shares to a record has sparked debate over how much further the stock could rise, with most analysts expecting the gains to continue. ...
October 26, 2009
An Oct. 26 earnings report by Tellabs (TLAB) is the latest sign that the worst of the telecom spending slump may be ending. The seller of products that can boost ...
October 25, 2009
Sure, you're up on Android smartphones and perhaps other Linux-based phone platforms, but the freewheeling world of open source includes many hugely useful telephony ...
October 23, 2009
A well-received debut for its newest operating system and fresh signs that businesses again want to spend on computers gave Microsoft investors reason to hope a more ...
October 22, 2009
If you're a BlackBerry (RIM) or iPhone (AAPL) user (see: addict), then you are partly responsible for the great Internet buildout. Those cute apps that look up ...
October 22, 2009
What a difference a debacle makes. Three years ago, Microsoft's introduction of the supposedly new, improved version of its flagship operating system was plagued by ...
October 21, 2009
By Darren Gladstone HP has a thing of business-savvy beauty on its hands with the ProBook 5310m. Why do I say that? Even the guys in the PC World Labs—who see ...
October 20, 2009
Days before archrival Microsoft is set to release the next major version of its flagship computer operating system Windows, Apple unveiled a significant upgrade to its...
October 19, 2009
Now that Dell is signaling its intention to vault into the smartphone market, industry watchers are asking whether the company can make a serious run. Don't bet on it....
October 19, 2009
The tech industry's earnings juggernaut keeps rolling. Apple blew past Wall Street's expectations with a fiscal fourth-quarter report on Oct. 19 that showed profits ...