Scott Ferguson

Storage giant EMC announced Sept. 18 that it has agreed to purchase Network Intelligence for $175 million, and it has also completed its $2.1 billion acquisition of RSA Security. Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC, now the sixth largest software company in the world, has been on a buying spree lately. In addition to RSA and Network Intelligence, […]

Apple has released an updated beta version of its Boot Camp software, which gives an Intel-based Macintosh the ability to run either Mac OS X or Windows XP. The new version, called Boot Camp 1.1.1, can be found at the Cupertino, Calif., computer makers Web site. The new version, released on Sept. 15, has been […]

Microsoft and European Community regulators need to find common ground when it comes to Windows Vista, and do it soon, industry watchers are saying. The long-awaited operating systems European debut could be delayed by regulators for anti-competition reasons. But a later arrival of Vista is likely to do more harm than good, said Roger Kay, […]

WebEx Communications has released the final version of an on-demand, Web-based instant messaging service that is specifically aimed at the enterprise market and as a challenge to Microsofts Office Communicator and IBM Lotus Sametime. The service, called WebEx AIM Pro Business Edition, was introduced by the SAAS (software as a service) provider on Sept. 13. […]

About a month after its launch, macbookrandomshutdown.com is continuing its mission of bringing attention to what it claims are random shutdowns of Apple Computers MacBook notebooks. The site is now receiving about 5,000 visitors a day and has totaled 100,000 page views since it launched on Aug. 15, according to site creator Matthew Swanson, who […]

With back-to-back solid quarterly financial results in the bank, Sun Mi-crosystems President and CEO Jonathan Schwartz stepped on stage Sept. 13 and tried to convince Wall Street that the company has landed solidly on the comeback trail. Schwartz, who has been the companys top executive for just over 100 days, came to New York City […]

Hewlett-Packard board Chairman Patricia Dunn, who has been at the center of scandal surrounding an internal company investigation into media leaks, will step down from her position in January 2007, HP said on Sept. 12. Mark Hurd, CEO and president, will assume the chairmanship during the Jan. 17, 2007, board of directors meeting. Dunn will […]

As expected, Apple Computers will now begin offering its users a chance to buy movies through its popular iTunes software and will start marketing new versions of the iPod with more memory and better video capability. At a marketing event in San Francisco on Sept. 12, Apple CEO Steven Jobs announced what had been expected […]

Linden Labs, the San Francisco-based creator of the virtual community Second Life, has told its users that their personal information could have been stolen due to a zero-day attack. In a Sept. 8 announcement, the company said that users unencrypted names and addresses, as well as encrypted passwords and payment information, could have been exposed […]

As part of a major announcement scheduled in San Francisco on Sept. 12, Apple CEO Steven Jobs is expected to talk about moving his company further into digital entertainment with a movie distribution deal and a high-capacity video iPod. One item not expected to make the agenda is the long-rumored debut of the iPhone, the […]

Browzar, a British company, has launched its own Internet browser that it hopes will attract users by offering a chance to surf the Web without creating personal histories. The Browzar browser is currently being offered as a free beta download through the companys Web site. An Aug. 30 release by the company did not give […]

For the fifth time in less than a year, Lenovo Group—fighting to extend its position as the worlds third-largest PC maker—has hired away an executive from rival Dell. On Aug. 31, Lenovo appointed Gerry Smith, 43, senior vice president of its Global Supply Chain division. Smith will report directly to Lenovo CEO William Amelio and […]