David Needle

Motorola on Tuesday announced the purchase of privately-held Leapstone Systems, a communications software provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Motorola said no layoffs are planned as a result of the Leapstone purchase, and that the company will continue to operate out of its Somerset, N.J. offices as part of Motorola. Leapstone’s flagship Communications […]

Lenovo continues to expand and enhance its notebook line with the addition of wide-screen models and a new high-end mobile workstation. Just last month, Lenovo added to its Ultra-portable “X” series. The company also announced compliance with the latest Energy Star 4.0 ratings for notebooks and its ThinkCentre M55 desktop which features up to a […]

Microsoft’s $6 billion purchase of online ad company aQuantive is moving closer to completion, having just cleared an antitrust regulatory hurdle. Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, companies proposing to merge have to give regulators up to 30 days to scrutinize the deal. Microsoft  said the 30-day period has expired without a request by regulators […]

Reporter’s Notebook: AISO.Net lays claim to being the world’s first and only solar-powered hosting company. All network and server hardware is fully redundant with 24×7-automated systems monitoring and solar panels power its data center and network. AISO.net was selected (no surprise) by the producers of Live Earth to host the Liveearth.org Web site. Live Earth […]

By luck or design, SAP aired some very embarrassing news on one of the slowest news weeks of the year. The enterprise software giant admitted that its TomorrowNow (TN) subsidiary, engaged in “inappropriate” downloads of Oracle support materials. SAP CEO Henning Kagerman insisted the “majority” of the more than 150 complaints in Oracle’s suit were […]

Yahoo announced a new ad delivery platform it says will help marketers better match consumers with the goods and services they’re most interested in. The Internet giant said its patent-pending Yahoo SmartAds is powered by leading behavioral, demographic and geographic targeting capabilities. For example, if a user is browsing for hybrid cars in Yahoo Autos […]

The wildly hyped iPhone launch came off with plenty of hiccups but for the most part seems to have delivered the goods. Apple and its phone partner AT&T were scrambling to deal with reports of problems some users had activating the device. Apple acknowledged current AT&T/Cingular customers looking to switch their accounts to a new […]

The iBuzz has not only caught the attention of consumers and mass media, segments of the computer industry itself are looking lustily at Apple’s latest gotta-have device. “Oh I’ll be there waiting in line,” said Larry Irving, founder and co-chairman of the Internet Innovation Alliance. “The iPhone is a game changer that’s going to force […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. -– Who will be the next YouTube? Steve Rosenbaum, CEO of Magnify, gave a clear, simple answer to the audience at the Web Video Summit here: “You.” Rosenbaum said that rather than the big media concentration of traditional network television, there will be thousands if not millions of video channels and platforms […]

The Internet has already surpassed television and other media as the “most essential” medium, depending on what age group you fall under. The new Internet and Multimedia 2007 report by Edison Media Research surveyed consumers 12 and older earlier this year and found the Internet (33 percent) is gaining rapidly on television (36 percent) as […]

Fujitsu Computer Systems has made significant improvements to its Primergy blade system, improving performance and reducing energy consumption. The improved performance is designed to give users faster access to data, quicker application access as well as more efficient and stable communication between the server blades and other system components. The Primergy BX600 S3 blade chassis […]

A new study says the use of so-called Web 2.0  applications in the enterprise is growing, but those customers are more cautious about adopting open source solutions for collaborative applications. Nermertes Research said its latest “Collaboration Applications” report is based on five months of in-depth interviews with more than 120 IT executives at large companies […]