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Have you heard what a certain software company has been saying about next-generation IT development and deployment strategies? There's this gem about service-oriented architecture: SOA "is not about a product or skill, but rather it's about style of how one comes up with a system." Or: SOA should al...

Two months after being sued by IBM for patent infringement, Amazon.com is firing back, denying it had stolen IBM technology and asserting that Big Blue's patent claims are too broad to be taken seriously. Amazon is countersuing IBM for stealing its own patents. IBM filed suit against Amazon in the ...

Sony will reportedly launch a video download service for users of its PlayStation Portable devices early next year, a move that could put it into direct competition with Apple's iPod video devices and its iTunes Movie Store. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is in negotiations with several possible c...

With the convergence of security and compliance, businesses will evolve their IT infrastructure to include new technologies, such as database gateways, to achieve the level of data security required. Smart businesses will leverage this new technology to gain a competitive advantage.

Two unfortunately timed product failures could cost Nintendo millions of dollars. The company said it would voluntarily replace 3.2 million straps attached to the controllers of its new Wii game consoles, and it is recalling about 200,000 AC adapters for its DS and DS Lite handheld game machines. Th...

Microsoft said China-based search engine Baidu.com will begin displaying paid search listings on the software giant's Chinese Web sites this month. Such Microsoft sites as MSN and Windows Live will display Baidu's paid search listings, as will other partner sites in Microsoft's network. Baidu is Chi...

After dominating the business handheld e-mail market, Research In Motion unveiled its follow-up act: high-end consumer smartphones. In September, the company announced the BlackBerry Pearl, its first device equipped with a digital camera and an MP3 player. The shift appears to be a natural progressi...

Taking aim at a greater slice of the corporate computing pie, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft said Wednesday they would join forces on a three-year, US$300 million effort to sell more software and service solutions to large enterprises where common rival IBM is a strong player. The two companies said...

The Congressional panel that is looking into Hewlett-Packard's use of pretexting and other tactics during its investigation of boardroom press leaks is now focusing on a stock sale by HP CEO Mark Hurd. Lawmakers from the House Energy and Commerce Committee are interested in Hurd's reasons for cashin...

During 2006, Enron executives were sent to jail for their role in the corporate scandal that rocked the U.S. and brought about sweeping regulatory reforms meant to protect investors and raise the bar among corporation. In passing Sarbanes-Oxley, Congress hoped to avoid such high-level corporate scan...

Hoping to attract and retain top talent as it continues to grow at breakneck pace, Google said Tuesday it would institute a unique program to enable employees to directly sell their vested stock options. Google plans to work with Wall Street banking house Morgan Stanley to establish an online auctio...

IBM and Yahoo on Wednesday introduced new, free enterprise search software with Web search services powered by Yahoo. The idea is to make it easier for corporate searchers to find and act on information stored on networks and across the Web. Dubbed "IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition," the software is an en...

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, many shoppers are turning to their computers to shop online, rather than facing the thousands of shoppers at the malls. Like malls, e-commerce networks are experiencing a glut of holiday traffic. With an increase in online traffic during the holiday s...

Research In Motion is suing hand-held device maker Samsung, claiming the company is causing confusion and diminishing the brand power of RIM's BlackBerry by selling a smartphone known as the BlackJack. In a suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Waterlook, Ontario-...

Antitrust regulators in the U.S., South Korea and Japan are investigating whether major providers of LCD technology engaged in anti-competitive behavior. Shares of LCD makers such as LG.Philips and Samsung Electronics plummeted in overseas trading after news broke that both Japanese and U.S. regulat...