Intel is readying a second release of the Moblin open-source platform for mobile computing, with plans set for an alpha-level version in a few weeks, an Intel official said at the O'Reilly Open...
AT&T posted strong second quarter earnings of US$3.8 billion Wednesday, which the company said was aided in large part by robust growth in its wireless data services revenue. AT&T's reported...
Apple Inc. late Tuesday confirmed that a server problem has knocked out e-mail for some subscribers to its MobileMe sync service, and said it has been working since Friday to bring the system...
Cisco announced plans to buy Pure Networks, a Seattle company that has developed software aimed at making home networking easier, for US$120 million. Pure's software helps users set up and manage...
Google has launched Knol, its user-generated online encyclopedia, which it announced in December but had kept under wraps in private testing. Although its goal and approach are similar to...
Organizations must embrace Web 2.0 technologies to remain competitive, but also be aware of potential threats and compliance issues. Alan Calder, chief executive of risk management consultants IT...
Months in the making, Google has finally unveiled Knol, its Wikipedia rival written by people knowledgeable in certain fields. The idea, as Google puts it, is to move information from people’s...
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Apple's MobileMe migration continues to be troublesome, with the company last night confirming at least some problems that could be attributed to one of the MobileMe email servers. In a note...
EMC's revenue grew 18 percent in the second quarter ended June 30, a result the company attributed to massive growth in the data enterprises need to store. The company brought in US$3.67 billion...
Apple UK is quietly offering a special promotional price on MobileMe subscriptions. The company is offering a year's subscription to the online service at a £15 discount on the normal price, the...
A project launched Wednesday aims to create what is in essence a medical Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia focused on explaining conditions, drugs, procedures, medial facilities and other medical...
Make sure you’ve registered for MobileBeat, our mobile conference. I think it’s going to be fun, because we’ve gathered all the significant mobile players under same roof: Carriers,...
Sky has announced plans to take on Apple's iTunes with a subscription-based music service that will give customers unlimited access to music from the likes of U2 and Amy Winehouse. Subscribers will...
AT&T reported growth in both its net income and revenue for the second quarter of 2008, with interest in Apple's iPhone spurring strong mobile and mobile data numbers. AT&T on Wednesday...
A year after creating an online open-source software development community to take on SourceForge.net and other rivals, the development team at Ubuntu Linux will be the first to admit that they still...
Sun is announcing on Wednesday availability of Sun Web Stack, which puts the company's own twist on the popular open-source LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL Perl/Python or PHP) stack. The company is...
Tesco is aiming to reduce its fuel consumption for home deliveries, by implementing a real time driving analytics system from supplier Microlise. The U.K.'s largest supermarket will install Microlise...
The growing risk of defects from increasingly complex in-house software is costing companies dearly, according to new research from IDC. Seven in 10 companies said their code base is more complex...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is making progress on its Renew IT program with plans to move 10,000 civil servants to energy-saving laptops. The move to laptops, which started...
My partner Brad starts his post on our newest investment, Meetup, with a rumination on what's causing the introspection that we in web investing land are going through. And he ends his thoughts on...
Two companies have been tapped as the first recipients of an investment from a program called RechargeIT, run by Google’s philanthropic arm: Aptera Motors, a Carlsbad, Calif. company that is...
Joost and Hong Kong-based Internet company Tom Online launched a beta Chinese version of the online video service Wednesday. The two companies, which are forming a joint venture to provide the...