IDG News Service
Lawson is a reporter for the IDG News Service.
EMC brings Avamar backup to PCs, Macs
Nov. 18, 2009
EMC is extending its Avamar backup software to all parts of an enterprise's infrastructure with clients for PC and Mac desktops and laptops.
Service lets users build own iPhone, RIM, Windows apps
Nov. 18, 2009
A startup is now offering to take the hard work out of creating mobile applications and even of porting them to the iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile platforms, all through an online service that gives novice ...
CTIA takes on rival spectrum users in FCC letter
Nov. 16, 2009
The CTIA reiterated its demands for more radio spectrum for mobile broadband in a letter sent Friday to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, laying down the gauntlet to other industries in what may become a ...
Two rival supercomputers duke it out for top spot
Nov. 16, 2009
A Cray supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has regained the title of the world's most powerful supercomputer, overtaking the installation that was ranked at the top in June, while China entered the Top 10 ...
Cisco's TelePresence translation will have to wait
Nov. 13, 2009
Real-time translation of Cisco Systems TelePresence virtual meetings, which a company executive said late last year would arrive in 2009, has proved much more difficult than the company expected.
Palm's Ares WebOS tool allows for easy app dev
Nov. 12, 2009
Palm will introduce a Web-based development environment for WebOS applications, called Ares, by the end of this year.
HP to buy 3Com in networking, data center bid
Nov. 11, 2009
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy 3Com for about US$2.7 billion, pushing forward the giant IT vendor's strategy for combining computing, storage, services and networking under one roof.
T-Mobile adds a free 3G stick, cuts prices
Nov. 11, 2009
T-Mobile USA doubled down on 3G (third-generation) data Wednesday, introducing a second USB dongle for laptops and lowering prices for the end-of-year holiday season.
Clearwire claims 173,000 WiMax users
Nov. 11, 2009
Wireless broadband provider Clearwire had about 173,000 WiMax subscribers at the end of September and should be able to offer service to 120 million potential subscribers in the U.S. by the end of next year, the company ...
Cisco showcases big bets on collaboration
Nov. 11, 2009
Unveiling 61 new products and features for enterprise employees to communicate with each other and partners, Cisco Systems executives emphasized the importance of collaboration at an event in San Francisco on Monday.
Cisco undervalues Tandberg, investment firms say
Nov. 06, 2009
Two investment consulting companies laid out objections to Cisco's US$3 billion offer for Norwegian videoconferencing vendor Tandberg on Friday, saying in an open letter to Cisco and a press interview that the bid ...
AT&T profiles specific cities in bid for coverage
Nov. 06, 2009
AT&T has created different mobile calling models for every major city in America as it tries to improve a network that has come under fire for poor performance as the data-friendly iPhone has proliferated, an executive ...
Palm shows Ares WebOS development tool
Nov. 05, 2009
Palm will introduce a Web-based development environment for WebOS applications, called Ares, by the end of this year.
HP MEMS could shake up motion sensing
Nov. 05, 2009
That accelerometer in your new iPhone 3GS must seem pretty cool, switching the phone to landscape view and steering you through racing games and all. But it's nothing compared with what Hewlett-Packard has come up with.
T-Mobile plans on-bill Android purchases Nov. 17
Nov. 04, 2009
T-Mobile will let its subscribers pay for Android applications on their monthly mobile bills starting Nov. 17, also introducing its own section of the Android Marketplace that day.
Sybase smooths enterprise path for iPhones
Nov. 03, 2009
Sybase is extending its Afaria mobile-device management platform and database software to the Apple iPhone, taking advantage of new enterprise features in Version 3.1 of the iPhone's software to give IT departments more ...
Cisco lays out why it might let Tandberg go free
Nov. 03, 2009
Cisco Systems may be laying the groundwork for dropping its US$3 billion offer for videoconferencing vendor Tandberg despite the emphasis it has placed on video as the future of communications.
SMC to expand Edgecore brand, higher-end gear
Nov. 02, 2009
SMC Networks will rebrand most of its products and introduce some higher-end gear in North America, expanding the Edgecore brand it has already begun using in some other parts of the world.
DiVitas mobile collaboration goes to iPhone, Android, RIM
Nov. 02, 2009
Mobile unified communications vendor DiVitas Networks has added iPhone, BlackBerry and Android to the set of platforms it is supporting with software to access desk-phone and presence features on cell phones.
Automated tiering key to getting value from SSDs
Oct. 30, 2009
Though flash storage could be the most powerful tool yet for IT administrators who want to speed up access to frequently used data, reaping its benefits may require automation software that has just begun to emerge from ...
Sprint plans open app store
Oct. 28, 2009
Sprint Nextel next year will introduce a new, more open application store on its feature phones, turning to a third party to manage it with the goal of getting new offerings out to consumers in an average of one week.
IBM finds path to mobile and voice browsers
Oct. 27, 2009
With software being created by IBM researchers, developers will be able to adapt a Web page for voice browsers -- and for mobile browsers that fall short of a PC-like Web experience -- with easy-to-follow lines.
Kindle change reflects new world of mobile
Oct. 27, 2009
Amazon's discontinuation of its innovative deal with Sprint Nextel to power over-the-air book purchases on the Kindle e-reader points to the power of high volume and the growing role of global standardization in the ...
WiMax coming to Chicago next month
Oct. 23, 2009
WiMax will finally go on sale next month in Chicago, a city that was to have been one of the first places where the high-speed wireless service was offered in the U.S.
Zetta opens its storage cloud to all
Oct. 21, 2009
A cloud storage provider that designed its system from the ground up to meet enterprise needs is ready to offer its service to the world.
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