David Needle

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Do TV networks get the Web? Sure, all the networks have huge investments in the Web and have significant online presences, but these media giants continue to wrestle with the best way to present content (free versus paid) and how best to attract advertisers. On the flip side, many Internet companies […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. — You might not think of traditional carrier Verizon Wireless as a radical, cutting-edge player in the competitive mobile device market, but the trend toward more open systems is transforming the company. “I’m in a place to be an insurgent and give customers more choices, so you can get any applications you […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Even executives at large technology companies can find themselves challenged about when and where to invest in the latest gadgets, software and IT improvements. “One thing we contend with all the time is being presented with innovations that don’t solve a problem we have,” said Colleen Berube, vice president of enterprise […]

When Apple touts its new iPhone 3G as enterprise-ready, exhibit A is its deal with Microsoft to include support for the software giant’s Exchange communications software. However, IT departments have other choices to bringing the iPhone into the corporate e-mail infrastructure. Sybase supports a range of devices with wireless e-mail access, management and security features […]

Enterprises have made progress plumbing the benefits of social networks, but they’re missing out on truly leveraging the technology, according to a research report released last week. A Deloitte survey of companies sponsoring online communities confirms that many of them have begun to effectively use social media tools and online communities to engage with customers […]

Google cited robust international growth as well as sustained traffic increases at its various Web sites as the drives behind another strong quarter for the search giant. But with earnings missing Wall Street estimates, shareholders were less than ecstatic. The company reported revenues of $5.37 billion for the quarter ended June 30, an increase of […]

Apple has confirmed it’s suing Doral, Florida-based startup PsyStar for selling computers using unauthorized copies of Apple’s Leopard operating system. “We take it very serious when we believe people have stolen our intellectual property,” Apple spokesperson Susan Lundgren told InternetNews.com. Beyond that, Lundgren said Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had no other comment to make on the […]

All that’s missing in the story of a computer administrator charged with running amok is central casting. But this is no work of fiction — as it turns into a cautionary tale for network administrators. Terry Childs, a network administrator for the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Technology (DOT), is accused of […]

In a surprise move last week, Yahoo unveiled BOSS, its Build Your Own Search Service program that makes it search infrastructure available to developers, companies and other organizations. So far, Yahoo has been getting plaudits for its willingness to let others leverage its massive infrastructure of servers, software and search indexing, to build and enhance […]

Friday is D-Day for the iPhone 3G. That’s when Apple and wireless provider partner AT&T plan to make the much-anticipated successor to the original iPhone available to consumers. While Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) didn’t make many hardware changes to the sleek device (the iPhone 3G is a bit thinner and includes a GPS chip), it’s Apple’s […]

The aftershocks are still reverberating from today’s news of the unceremonious departure of VMware cofounder and CEO Diane Greene. While the news was a surprise to most, you have to assume VMware’s board of directors has been actively planning for her exit for some time as it had a ready replacement to announce as CEO […]