iPhone, BlackBerry Storm to Square Off in 2009 [December 23, 2008] New survey says Apple faces market challenge from Research in Motion's touchscreen smartphone. Who will emerge the victor?
Online Shoppers Have Fewer Last Minutes [December 22, 2008] With fewer days from Thanksgiving to Christmas, shortened holiday season sees total spending down from last year despite last-minute shopping surge.
Whatcha Got in the Datacenter? [December 30, 2008] Finding out what's there, what it's connected to and how that regularly changes matters as companies move to virtualization and cloud computing to save IT costs.
Linux in 2009: Recession vs. GNU [December 29, 2008] Advocates predict continued growth for open source in the coming year, yet nagging security worries may play a role.
Enterprise Opportunities & Challenges in 2009 [December 26, 2008] Money-saving technologies will be strong, cybercriminals will rev up and business intelligence solutions will spread.
A Year of Change Ahead for Microsoft in 2009 [December 24, 2008] Goodbye, Bill Gates, hello headaches. As its founder departs to run his charitable work, Microsoft finds itself with a multitude of challenges.
IT in Transition: Virtualization, SaaS Soared in '08 [December 22, 2008] This year, enterprises coped with growing needs and dwindling budgets by turning to some recent arrivals on the software landscape: virtualization, SaaS and the cloud.
Cisco Hit With Open Source Lawsuit [December 11, 2008] Cisco says it's disappointed by Free Software Foundation Law Suit alleging it broke the rules on open source usage.
Software Industry Wants Wider Role in U.S. Policy [December 11, 2008] BSA releases its policy agenda for the Obama administration and Congress, calling for a key position in U.S. efforts in healthcare, security and elsewhere.
Google, Mozilla Heat Up Browser Wars [December 10, 2008] Google, Mozilla Foundation and Opera Software keep things interesting in a field long thought to be settled.
Amazon Stretches Cloud Across the Pond [December 10, 2008] Its EC2 Web service is now available to Europe-based developers, but developers seeking Windows servers will have to wait.