Ed Sutherland

A four-page internal memo penned by a Yahoo executive to highlight company deficiencies instead points to the strengths of the veteran Internet company. That’s the spin now given to the corporate call-to-arms dubbed “The Peanut Butter Manifesto.” The memo, written by senior vice president Brad Garlinghouse, notes that Yahoo has “an open, collaborative culture and […]

Check Point Software Technologies , known for protecting the desktop from Internet dangers, now says it wants to guard all data. And it will only cost the company $586 million. Check Point said today it is wooing Sweden’s Protect Data, owner of data security firm Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB. Pointsec, which offers data-encryption products for […]

Internet phone service, initially bloated by the need for extra hardware, is going on a diet and entering the mainstream. Thomson, which makes phones under the GE brand, said today it would launch next year cordless phones that include Voice-over-IP features. Thomson, the U.S. branch of France’s Thomson SA, said the cordless handsets will embed […]

In the fast-paced search for a winning concept, Internet search portal Yahoo has acquired Bix, an online contest site just unveiled in August. The deal comes just one month after Yahoo rival Google bought video-sharing site YouTube. Bix allows both users and advertisers to post content. The feature has drawn the interest of advertisers, such […]

It’s official. Dell  said it is now formally the subject of an Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) probe into its accounting practices. The Round Rock, Texas company also said in a statement its third-quarter financial results will be delayed until the end of the month, thanks to the ongoing probes by the SEC and Dell’s […]

Motorola  is as hungry as ever for acquisitions. The latest it announced today: DSL services company Netopia for $208 million. The Schaumburg, IL-based telecom supplier said the deal furthers its vision for seamless mobility in the home. The acquisition is just the latest in a string of deals by Motorola, the most recent the buyout […]

Is the China IT manufacturing market still warm or heading for a cooling-off period? As any good accountant will tell you, that depends. On one end of the spectrum are reports that the Schaumberg, IL-based Motorola  won a $1.6 billion order to supply mobile phones to distributor China Telling Communications. However, balancing out that good […]

Wi-Fi users beware: Use your wireless computer in public and you could be opening yourself to the latest security risk. Another security hole could be wide open the moment you switch on a Wi-Fi enabled laptop, warned a group of security investigators, including the Zeroday Emergency Response Team (ZERT), a security monitoring group loosely affiliated […]

Could YouTube’s outlaw nature be coming back to bite Google? A month after the Internet giant acquired the top video-sharing site for $1.65 billion, lawsuits are starting to multiply. The latest court case, a $192,465 legal challenge over a French documentary posted to YouTube, was dismissed by Google as “a small lawsuit over a single […]

If Microsoft is laying odds on how fast its new Vista operating system will be adopted, it may want to look back at its XP experience, according to a new study. Forrester Research analyst Ted Schadler is predicting that Windows Vista adoption patterns will look similar to the uptake on Windows XP. His report, “A […]

In a deal likely to foreshadow future agreements between makers of digital music players and content companies, Microsoft said it will pay Universal Music Group (UMG) a cut of each upcoming Zune device sold. Expected to launch Tuesday, the Zune player faces stiff competition from Apple’s iPod, which dominates the digital music market. Microsoft hopes to […]

UPDATED: E-mail subscribers to Google’s  video blog got more than they bargained for from a mailing this week. The search giant accidentally e-mailed the notorious “Kama Sutra” worm to subscribers of its Google Video e-mail list. Three posts sent to the 50,000 subscribers of the Google Video Blog e-mail group included the W32/Kasper.A@mm mass mailing […]