Datamation Staff

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U.S. electrical system and its […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Intel Corp (INTC.O), the world’s largest chip maker, is uncertain when demand for semiconductors will revive, Chairman Craig Barrett said on Wednesday. Asked when he expected to see a recovery in the chip industry, Barrett said stimulus packages being rolled out by governments around the globe would probably have an impact over […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Business software maker Salesforce.com on Tuesday launched a slimmed-down version of its customer-management services that existing customers will be able to access for free using high-end mobile phones. The company that pioneered software as a service — managing customers’ information and data remotely on a pay-as-you-go basis — said it could reach […]

IBM and Sun Microsystems broke off acquisition talks after Sun indicated it was unhappy with IBM’s offer of $9.40 or below per share, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday. The source, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter, said it was unclear if talks between the two companies […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two prominent technology news blogs clashed on Friday morning over a report one of them issued that said Google Inc may try to buy Internet start-up Twitter. TechCrunch proprietor Michael Arrington, citing three unnamed sources, said on Thursday night that Google would pay for Twitter in cash, stock or a combination […]

(Reuters) – Wireless carrier T-Mobile is planning an aggressive push into the home with a variety of communication devices that will use Google’s new Android operating software, the New York Times said. According to the paper, confidential documents obtained from a company partner indicate that T-Mobile plans to sell a home phone early next year […]

(Reuters) – Google Inc may be in talks to buy internet start-up Twitter, the free micro-blogging service that allows people to send short text messages to a network of friends, the TechCrunch website said late Thursday TechCrunch’s article by Michael Arrington said the two companies are also considering working together on a Google real time […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co is studying uses for Google Inc’s Android operating system, but the world’s top PC maker stopped short of saying it had decided to adopt the fledgling software in its products. The free, open-source Android operating system is now used on smartphones but is being designed to support all kinds […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Google Inc on Monday launched free downloads of licensed songs in China, while sharing advertising revenue with major music labels in a market rife with online piracy. Lee Kai-Fu, president of Google in greater China, said one reason Google lagged in the mainland search market was because it did not offer music […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Skype, the Internet telephone unit of eBay Inc, is planning to launch its service for iPhone users on Tuesday and for BlackBerry in May as part of its effort to expand beyond desktop computers. Skype has been pushing to make its service work on the most popular advanced phones with an […]

LONDON (Reuters) – No one can easily define it. But the next phase of the computer revolution is busy being born out of the ashes of the current economic crisis. The new approach delivers computing power as a service over the Web, like an electric utility, instead of making customers buy computers they manage themselves. […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp countersued Intel Corp for breach of contract on Thursday, alleging that Intel made misleading statements designed to undermine Nvidia’s licensing rights. The suit seeks to terminate Intel’s license to Nvidia’s patents related to graphics processing and three-dimensional computing and comes in response to a related suit by […]