Ed Sutherland

If you weren’t confused enough in deciding between Research in Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry and the Palm Treo, Motorola today unveiled its Moto Q phone. Verizon Wireless says it will offer the slim smartphone online starting May 31. Powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 and using Verizon’s high-speed EVDO network, the Q is described by Motorola […]

Wi-Fi network aggregator Boingo Wireless announced it plans to acquire wireless airport network operator Concourse Communications Group. The deal gives Boingo its first direct connection with the lucrative airport market, as well as provide a platform to test the company’s new VoIP product. While terms of the deal, expected to be finalized by the end […]

If Microsoft Windows users need another reason not to open e-mail attachments, hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Word 2002 and 2003. Hackers are using a new and un-patched vulnerability in Word to create a Trojan posing as an official document from co-workers. Once opened, Trojan.Mdropper.H installs a backdoor giving malicious hackers control of […]

Can AT&T, now with a single pilot program, expand its IPTV ambitions to up to 20 U.S. markets by the end of the year? The goal follows last week’s announcement AT&T plans to spend $4.6 billion delivering IP-based television to 19 million homes by the end of 2008. Scheduled to begin next month with the […]

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates today told executives in not so many words that information will bury their businesses if they don’t get a handle on it. To solve the information deluge problem, Microsoft stressed improved search and increased collaboration. A keystone of that vision is Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007. In a keynote address at the […]

Skype users making calls to regular phones will be free in the U.S. and Canada for the next year. SkypeOut previously cost users around 2 cents per minute to call out to regular landline and cell phones, according to the company. Instead of spending money on an advertising campaign, Skype, which boasts 100 million worldwide […]

MP3 player maker Creative Technology claims Apple’s iPod infringes on one of its patents, and is asking a trade commission and federal court to halt sales of the popular music player in the U.S. Creative filed a patent infringement complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission, asking the body to prohibit importation and sale of […]

Qwest Communications said Monday it will buy privately owned OnFiber in a $107 million deal that could help the Denver-based telecom company compete nationally with the giants. OnFiber, based in Austin, Texas, offers government and large business customers access and transport services, including Ethernet, SONET and Wavelength in 23 metro areas. Qwest anticipates run-rate synergies […]

Stung by breaches of personal financial data, U.S. consumers are quickly withdrawing their confidence in online banking. Adoption of online banking rose just three percent in the end of 2005, according to eMarketer, a research firm that specializes in online trends. The lackluster growth is expected to continue, as online financial dealings jumped just four […]

Research in Motion (RIM) is China bound. The Ottawa, Canada-based maker of the popular BlackBerry e-mail device said China Mobile will soon introduce the service in the world’s largest market. RIM said it will initially focus on multinational corporations operating in China and offer the BlackBerry devices “at a later date,” according to a statement. […]

AOL employees are the latest to feel the impact of declining dial-up users. After the Internet company announced losing 835,000 subscribers so far this year, 1,300 call center jobs were cut in three states. Citing a drop-off in calls, AOL sidelined 7 percent of its workforce. The majority of the 780 layoffs come from the […]

UPDATED: Verizon is reportedly in discussions to sell up to 5 million phone lines in seven states. The New York-based telecom is courting statewide divestiture of 1.6 million lines in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont along with 3.4 million lines in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio, according to The Wall Street Journal. Verizon spokesman Robert […]