Ed Sutherland

Can Intel single-handedly bring WiMAX out of obscurity and onto laptops? Clearwire is hoping so. The company will build a nationwide wireless network on $600 million from Intel Capital as part of a $900 million round of financing, and an undisclosed amount from Motorola. The investment -– the largest in the fund’s history –- signals […]

It wasn’t the kind of fireworks Microsoft was hoping for, as regulators from Europe to Asia dampened the holiday spirits of the software giant. European Union regulators on Monday reportedly voted to support a European Commission (EC) plan to fine Microsoft up to $2.6 million per day for failing to comply with a 2004 EC […]

Radio frequency identity (RFID)  tags are becoming a common convenience, popping up in places such as luggage, luxury goods, passports and pharmaceutical products. But security protocols about that data remain a work in progress for working groups and industry sectors. Hoping to get in on the action with security, chipmaker Broadcom  has announced what it […]

EMC’s $2.1 billion acquisition of RSA Security is both a sign of the growing priority companies place in security and a recognition there is finite growth in storage solutions, according to one analyst. As internetnews.com previously reported, Joe Tucci, EMC’s chairman, president and CEO said the company would tightly integrate RSA’s technology with EMC products. […]

UPDATED: Apple   has joined a growing list of companies to find themselves involved in a widening probe into controversial practices involving stock option grants. In this case, the investigation is about grants to CEO Steve Jobs. As a result of an internal investigation that uncovered irregularities in stock options granted between 1997 and 2001, […]

The European Commission is reportedly about to slap daily fines of up to $2.51 million on Microsoft. According to the Financial Times, European Commission (EC) regulators have drafted a ruling that is expected to say Microsoft is guilty of failing to fully provide technical information to rivals about the Windows operating system. The information about […]

Database software vendor Oracle announced an update to its PeopleSoft Enterprise platform. Integrated with Oracle Fusion Middleware, version 9 signals the company’s goal of supporting PeopleSoft products. The update, part of Oracle’s Project Fusion, also includes its first application, Learning Management 9.0, which addresses regulatory compliance and worker certification. “This release is the culmination of […]

Microsoft is headed down a new path with a raft of software designed to unify the corporate communications experience. In San Francisco, the company will say it can “transform business communications” by integrating the phone with Microsoft products, according to a statement from the software giant. Such unification will be the next advance in how […]

Telecom giant AT&T  told a district judge in San Francisco today that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing the wrong party. Defending itself against charges brought earlier this year that it cooperated with the NSA’s domestic spying program, AT&T said it called on U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker to dismiss the lawsuit based on laws […]

UPDATED: Is telecom giant AT&T changing the rules in the middle of the game or simply clarifying how it handles subscriber information? The company Thursday announced it was clarifying its privacy policy regarding the account information of its 7 million subscribers. Customers are required to agree to the changes. AT&T’s new policy went into effect […]

UPDATED: Research in Motion (RIM) continued its Asian advance, announcing plans to unveil its popular BlackBerry e-mail device in Taiwan this summer. RIM and Taiwan Mobile, the island’s private GSM and 3G wireless provider, said in a statement that corporate customers would be able to use the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software while individuals and small […]

Software giant Microsoft said it will offer a free tool for Office users to embed Creative Commons copyright options in Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. The unsupported tool permits content to be licensed from within the Office suite of applications. Created in 2001 by Stanford Law School professor Lawrence Lessig, Creative Commons offers licenses enabling […]