Datamation Staff

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is set to publicly launch Internet Explorer 8 early on Thursday, the latest version of its market-dominating Web browser. The application, an integral part of Microsoft’s eagerly awaited Windows 7 operating system, can be downloaded from Microsoft’s website from 9 a.m. Pacific time, free for people using licensed Microsoft operating […]

BANGALORE (Reuters) – IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc for at least $6.5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported, in a deal that could bolster their computer server products against rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co. That would translate into a premium of about 100 percent over Sun’s Nasdaq closing price Tuesday of […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dell Inc unveiled its “luxury” Adamo laptop on Tuesday, calling it the world’s thinnest notebook as it seeks to compete in the high-end ultraportable market defined by Apple Inc’s MacBook Air. The sleek, aluminum-encased notebook is 0.65-inches thick and comes with a 13.4-inch screen and a 128-gigabyte solid-state drive. Shipping begins […]

Apple is scheduled to preview an update to the iPhone operating system Tuesday. A media invitation sent to InternetNews.com was typically short on details, but did say attendees can expect a sneak peak at features in the upcoming iPhone 3.0 software and the related software development kit. iPhone developer consultant Raven Zachary said he expects […]

Apple will take third-quarter delivery of newly developed 10-inch touchscreens from Taiwan, a source said on Wednesday, amid talk the U.S. firm is developing a touchscreen PC. Taiwan touchscreen specialist Wintek already makes small screens for Apple iPhones, and has received orders for the larger ones that are roughly the same size as those used […]

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Netbook web surfers beware. That low-cost netbook you’re using could be a high-speed gateway into your life, bank accounts, passwords and other personal data. Netbooks have made headlines since their 2007 launch, making PCs accessible to millions of non-traditional users. But their cheap cost could also carry a steep price tag due […]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch navigation systems company TomTom said on Thursday Microsoft had launched a patent lawsuit against it in the United States, but denied it had breached any patent rights. “We reject the claim and will vigorously defend ourselves,” TomTom spokesman Taco Titulaer said, adding that Microsoft sent a letter to TomTom’s U.S. office […]

CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs wasn’t even there, but at times it seemed like it was all anyone talked about at the firm’s annual shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday. In a lively, one-hour gathering at the firm’s headquarters in Cupertino, shareholders asked about the absent executive, serenaded the charismatic corporate chieftain, […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tech icon Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple and helped popularize personal computing, is obviously unafraid to try new things. His latest venture is competing in “Dancing with the Stars,” ABC’s reality TV show which returns for an eighth season on March 9. Wozniak may have dabbled in a slew of start-up […]

BOSTON — Nearly four months before this week’s arrest of the boss of a New York investment firm on charges of defrauding at least 1,500 investors of more than $370 million, Howard Stevens suspected the company was a sham. Stevens went online and warned other investors. Using the nickname “hBomb,” he wrote on an Internet […]

Google said that for nearly an hour on Saturday, users got an erroneous message when they did searches on many sites, saying, “This site may harm your computer.” The problem began at 9:30 a.m. ET and ended at 10:25 a.m. ET “What happened? Very simply, human error,” the company said on its blog. Google said […]

The mere thought of anything related to outsourcing conjures up a full array of emotions ranging from indifference to pure hatred. Therefore, before you ready your keyboard to fire off a scorching comment, allow me to clarify that I’m not talking about offshore outsourcing. For this, there are plenty of onshore resources to handle your […]