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IDC: Power is a Server Sales Point

Though fewer servers were sold, the research firm points to the trend in virtualization and consolidation.

Study: Pricey iPhone Still a No Go

Consumers say Apple must lower the phone's $500 price for them to make the move.

Yahoo's Panama Panning Out...So Far

A new study says the system designed to ratchet up click-through rates for sponsored ads is working.

Gartner: Server Growth Up 8.9 Percent in 2006

HP still rules, Sun is making money again and mainframe sales keep on chugging.

10 Gigabit Ethernet Market Continues to Grow

10 GbE makes large strides but the technology still has a few years to go until it leads the Ethernet segment.

Smartest Mobile Users? It Ain't Us

Wireless phone study finds one common complaint worldwide: "Too many features I did not use."

Accountants Put Security First

UPDATED: Information security and identity management top the list of IT concerns among the nation's top CPAs.

Super Bowl Ad Winners And Losers

Spending a couple million dollars doesn't guarantee commercial success.

The Young, Smart And Loaded Watch Online TV

A new report says this is the set to pursue, but will companies heed the news?

Is TiVo History?

Analyst group predicting stand-alone DVRs to vanish.

Analysts: Demystifying The HP, Dell Tie

UPDATED: HP enjoyed a solid Q4 and finished 2006 in a tie with Dell for worldwide PC shipments, Gartner and IDC find.

Voter Visits to The Web Double

But did the move online change the way politics work?

The Bottom Line of Offshore Development

Report finds a bottom-line benefit to outsourcing. If the project goes well, that is.

Image-Based Spam a Server Threat

With spam now embedded in graphics files, e-mail servers are getting creamed.

IT Spending a Trillion Dollar Deal

Latest research forecasts $1.48 trillion will be spent worldwide by 2010.

SOA, Virtualization Jolt App Server Market

Application server software enjoys healthy growth in 2005, thanks to emerging computing tactics.

Poll: Next Bill Gates Likely From China or Japan

New Zogby/463 survey finds Americans bullish on the Internet, if not the future of U.S. tech education.

ECommerce Will Always Have Procrastinators

Its convenience might make Americans put off shopping just a little longer before Christmas.

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Microsoft Server Bundles Almost Ready

Microsoft readies two new and updated server bundles designed to meet the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.

CDT Charges ISP Ad Scheme Might be Illegal

New legal analysis questions whether Internet service providers using NebuAd's system are on the wrong side of federal and state wiretapping laws.

Microsoft Extends Services to the Cloud

Redmond announces two new cloud services for businesses.

An 'Important' Patch Tuesday

Microsoft issues a total of nine fixes for the month, none of them considered critical.

DNS at Risk From Multivendor Cache Poisoning

Security researchers sound the alarm on core protocol issue with DNS that could bring the Internet to a standstill if not fixed.

VMware's Warning Can't Stifle Stocks

A 24% plunge in shares of VMware did nothing to dent the spirits of investors determined to look on the bright side.

Shakeup at VMWare; Shakeout Next?

Bad blood between Diane Greene and parent company EMC over VMware's direction finally boils over. Former Microsoft exec is the new CEO.

Sybase Gains More Middle With MMS Buy

Mobile division now top middleman in delivering messaging across global networks.

Pioneer Readies Blu-ray Recorders

A Blu-ray boom by the holidays?

VMware Changes CEO, Cuts Revenue Forecast

Shift in outlook and leadership for EMC subsidiary.

Microsoft Sets Pricing, Fee Sharing for Its Cloud

Redmond's online services will be subscription-based.

Hard Lesson in Google Data Breach

"You can't just throw the data over the fence and hope your problems go away."

Rackspace Unveils Bundle of PCI Compliance Joy

Rackspace tries to put an end to the guessing game behind PCI solutions.

Icahn Pushes, Again, to Put Yahoo Back in Play

Like a bouncing ball, the Microsoft/Yahoo merger question is still a moving target.

nVidia Off to a Rocky Start in July

A reinvigorated ATI and overheating laptop chips pile on the bad news for a company that doesn't have many bad days.

Technical Analysis: Testing Two-Year Lows

The Dow and S&P are coming up on very important support.

Yahoo Can't Keep Tech Stocks in the Green

A 12 percent jump in Yahoo shares wasn't enough to overcome another day of financial sector woes.

Mobile Phones Calling for More Memory

Flash cards are proliferating and evolving as wireless devices add more cutting-edge, memory-hungry features.

Is Gentoo Ready for Latest Linux Release?

The Linux distribution attempts to regain traction after canceling its last release.

Oracle and Enterprise 2.0

It's a key part of the focus as the vendor outlines the integration roadmap around its acquisition of BEA.