David Needle

Even mighty Microsoft didn’t become a leading enterprise software provider by itself; it had a lot of help from third-party developers and partners to build its software solutions into what they are. Now Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), a relatively new player in the enterprise space, is starting to attract the same kind of third-party support it […]

Google and the Authors Guild filed a new version of a deal to create a massive online library on Friday in hopes of answering antitrust and copyright concerns in the United States and overseas. Google’s plan to put millions of books online has been praised for expanding access to books but has also been criticized […]

Click on the graphic for a larger view. Source: Clicker Video aggregation sites like Hulu and Fancast help you find your favorite TV shows on the Web, but the founders of the newly-launched Clicker have a bigger picture vision. “At the end of the day what we think we built is the first true programming guide […]

Taking a picture can often be a lot easier than printing it, but Flickr, the image hosting division of Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), has announced a partnership with HP’s (NYSE: HPQ) Snapfish photo service designed to give users around the world many more printing options. Under the deal, Snapfish becomes Flickr’s preferred printing partner, giving members […]

Craig Malloy Source: LifeSize The videoconference industry got a jolt this week with the news that Silicon Valley mainstay Logitech was plunking down $405 million to buy upstart LifeSize, based in Austin, Texas. It’s not only geography that separates these two companies, they are also focused on two seemingly different markets: Logitech does PC peripherals […]

Google announced it has “dramatically” lowered the price it charges for online or cloud storage. Instead of the old $20 per year price tag, Google is now charging $5 per year for 20 GB. The search colossus also said it now offers storage of up to 16TB. But the 20GB will be plenty for most […]

In a surprising development in the videoconferencing market, consumer PC peripherals maker Logitech announced it’s intent to buy LifeSize for $405 million. The all-cash deal gives LifeSize a much bigger war chest in its battle against Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and others in the videoconferencing market. The deal is expected to close next month. Logitech’s entry […]

Cisco CEO John ChambersPhoto: David Needle SAN FRANCISCO — Cisco made several major collaboration, e-mail and communications announcements Monday, but CEO John Chambers said later that “technology is the easy part.” Instead, to be successful, Chambers said technology has to match the goals of the company using it. “Every CEO will tell you the hardest […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Research In Motion’s executives and partners did their best to drown the buzz surrounding Motorola’s new Verizon Droid and other mobile competitors despite not having any new devices to announce themselves here at the company’s developer conference today. RIM did just release the Storm2 late last month. But in a series of […]

Bargain hunters have helped establish Black Friday and Cyber Monday as among the biggest shopping days of the year. Now coupon site RetailMeNot said it’s ready to feed that shopping frenzy with two portal sites. On Nov. 27, Black Friday — the day after Thanksgiving — will mark the unofficial kickoff of the holiday shopping […]

When the big boy kicks sand in your face, you can either go home and sulk or make jokes about what big feet the bully has. You’ve gotta love upstart Zoho for taking the second course of action. An early provider of online productivity applications, Zoho has moved quickly to build out a [substantial suite […]

As if it wasn’t already obvious: Netbooks have arrived. And in a big way. That’s the key takeaway from ABI Research’s latest report on the scope of the market for the tiny, low-powered notebook PCs, finding that the portable devices have truly arrived and are poised to continue racking up sales as the year winds […]