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The Wall Street Journal reports former HP CEO Mark Hurd is in negotiations with enterprise software specialist Oracle to join the company as a high-ranking executive.
The Department of Justice has shown great knowledge of the flight information software market in its inquiry into Google's $700 million bid to buy ITA Software, says Vayant CEO.
Google will pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that argued its Google Buzz social Web service violated users' privacy when it launched in February.
As Hurricane Earl approaches the East Coast, Verizon rolls out new prepaid data plans for smartphones--and emergency equipment in case the storm affects customers.
Google said Sept. 3 that the Texas Attorney General is conducting an antitrust investigation of complaints that Google harms competition with its search engine. Foundem and Microsoft have popped into the picture again.
News Analysis: CEO David Scott and venture capital firms Menlo Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners and Mayfield Fund will come away with many dollars when the deal is done.
Google and AOL refresh and extend their search deal to cover mobile search and video for the next five years. Google beat Bing, Yahoo and others for AOL's hand.
Gartner analysts predict that the boffo semiconductor sales of the first half of the year will not continue in the second half, as they fall in line with softening demand for desktops and notebooks.
Plenty of IT events during the last two years have been "ghost towns," in the words of at least one respected IT analyst, Charles King, and he's right. However, this year's seventh annual VMworld conference and expo at San Francisco's Moscone Center belied that image. More than 17,000 people roamed the show floor, crowded technical meetings, and heard VMware executives and their industry partners talk about their technology "road maps" in general sessions. Virtualization continues to be a huge topic of discussion. Following are some snapshots of various parts of the show. (All photos by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK)
Samsung Electronics Co. Sept. 2 introduced Galaxy Tab computer to challenge Apple's iPad. The 7-inch-screen tablet machine will be available in Europe in two weeks, but U.S. and Asia will have to wait months for it.
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Iomega's desktop storage device for small and branch offices has features suited to both personal and enterprise use, although businesses should keep its limitations in mind.
Review: LaCie's shockproof Rugged Safe data storage drive with built-in 128-bit AES encryption and easy-to-use fingerprint reader connects to your PC or Mac via USB 2.0 or FireWire.
REVIEW: Today’s enterprises are bound by legislative requirements that dictate how data is stored, archived and retrieved. For many, e-mail is the biggest compliance challenge. Tangent helps to solve those e-mail compliance issues with its DataCove DT appliance.
Small and light USB removable flash memory storage outperforms the competition and is well-controlled by centralized management software, but it sacrifices some ruggedness—although it is still pretty rugged.
VIPRE Enterprise Premium combines high-performance antivirus, antispyware, and a client firewall into a single agent so you get comprehensive endpoint malware protection with low system resource usage.
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