David Needle

Oracle's lawsuit over alleged trade secrets theft by an SAP subsidiary seemed to be on the back burner, but heated up quickly Monday. The company

SAN FRANCISCO – Oracle's famous CEO didn't need musician Billy Joel to introduce him at Oracle OpenWorld to get the audience's attention, but if you

Robbie Brillhart had one of those rare opportunities in IT to start over. The tech press is rife with new technology announcements that sound great, but

Jeremy Burton has fought both sides of the employee communications battle. As executive vice president of the data management group at Veritas, he tried

If you use Outlook, but have trouble keeping track of the glut of e-mail the Microsoft program collects, a solution may be at hand. The latest version of

Google may finally go public with its "Google Phone" plans today. Rumors have been swirling that Google plans to make an announcement of some kind soon

Service plans, extended warranties, model comparisons, salespeople trying to "upsell" you to higher-priced models have all conspired to make buying a

SAN FRANCISCO -- How should the government handle the 700MHz spectrum auction planned for January? A lot depends on which interested party you ask. During

SAN FRANCISCO -- Is the rise of the Internet slowly killing television? Not in the view of media execs here at the Web 2.0 Summit, who said TV is merely

Reporter's Notebook: ORLANDO -– Here's a brief history lesson that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave IT professionals and CIOs at the recent Gartner

ORLANDO - As new product waves and innovative technologies roll across the IT landscape, it can be tempting for IT shops to switch horses or least

The impact of software piracy and the illegal copying and distribution of other copyrighted works is hard to measure. The industry and watchdog groups