Friday | 9 January, 2009

Stories by: James Niccolai

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Windows 7 is less of a resource-hog than Vista 09 January, 2009 08:17:00

Good news: the next version of Microsoft's Windows OS appears to be less of a resource hog than Windows Vista.
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Ballmer sets loose Windows 7 public beta 08 January, 2009 13:32:00

The rumors turned out to be true. Microsoft will release a public beta this week of its next desktop operating system, Windows 7, hoping it will address the problems that have made Windows Vista perhaps the least popular OS in its history.
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Cable repairs set back by second undersea break 30 December, 2008 06:43:00

Efforts to restore normal communications between Europe and Asia have suffered a setback after an important undersea cable broke for a second time, this time at a much greater depth.
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Undersea robot searches for severed cables 23 December, 2008 08:32:00

A robot submarine was scouring the seabed 200 meters under the Mediterranean Sea on Monday trying to locate the ends of undersea cables that were cut on Friday, disrupting voice and Internet traffic.
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Chip makers face longest decline in history, Gartner says 17 December, 2008 09:16:00

The semiconductor industry is facing one of the toughest periods in its history, with global chip sales expected to decline for two consecutive years for the first time ever, analysts at Gartner said on Tuesday.
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Sun takes another swing at cloud computing 11 December, 2008 08:11:00

Having coined the phrase "the network is the computer" more than a decade ago Sun Microsystems could expect to be leading the march towards cloud computing, but in some ways it is still at the start line.
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Mozilla security chief calls it quits 11 December, 2008 13:20:00

Window Snyder, the head of security at Mozilla Corp., will resign her position at the end of the year, she said in a blog post Wednesday.
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IT fugitive Stein Bagger will be sent back to Denmark 10 December, 2008 07:53:00

Stein Bagger, the Danish IT executive who turned himself in to Los Angeles police on Saturday and confessed to being wanted by Interpol, is being held by U.S. immigration officials and will be sent back to Denmark to face charges.
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HP updates desktop virtualization software 09 December, 2008 08:04:00

Hewlett-Packard hopes to widen the use of its desktop virtualization products with new software that will improve video playback and allow the use of USB peripherals such as webcams, the company announced Monday.
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Sun's biggest investor gets two new seats on board 09 December, 2008 10:13:00

Sun Microsystems' largest shareholder, which has been agitating for change at the company, has reached an agreement with Sun to appoint two new independent directors to Sun's board, the companies announced Monday.
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Fugitive Danish IT chief surrenders to LA police 08 December, 2008 09:59:00

The head of a Danish software company who was sought by Interpol on alleged fraud and conspiracy charges turned himself in Saturday at a Los Angeles police station, according to a newspaper report.