InternetNews Staff

To whom does the CIO report? In many organizations, it’s usually the CFO — a fact that can have significant implications for how IT performs its functions. That’s the conclusion drawn by research firm Gartner and the Financial Executives Research Foundation, the educational affiliate of the Financial Executives International, an industry association. The two groups […]

Microsoft’s next edition of its Windows Live Messenger instant messaging client is coming soon, according to the company’s CEO, Steve Ballmer. But while Ballmer highlighted a number of new features — think tighter social media integration — plenty of questions remain. Still, the early look gives users a preview of what to expect from a […]

Security experts for years have told Internet users how it’s important to select passwords that contain at least six letters, a couple of numerals and some superfluous capitalizations to ward off hackers attempting to log onto their computers and online accounts. But all the best and most obscure (to say nothing of impossible to remember) […]

Lenovo, the world’s No.4 PC brand, has emerged as the leading candidate to buy struggling smartphone maker Palm, after the U.S. firm was rebuffed by other potential Asian buyers, sources said. Shares of Hong Kong-listed Lenovo rose as much as 5.9 percent to a 23-month high on Friday, helped by expectations of strong growth in […]

A growing chorus of analysts say Apple’s iPhone, Motorola’s Droid and other rival smartphones could keep taking market share from the BlackBerry until RIM delivers an improved operating system and browser. That has heightened the anticipation surrounding RIM’s annual Wireless Enterprise Symposium this year. The event, which runs April 27-29 in Orlando, Florida, is expected […]

Research in Motion Ltd says it is far from certain that video will become the “killer app” that defines smartphones, but even so the BlackBerry maker says developing more efficient delivery is necessary to prevent video from choking airwaves. The popularity of feature-rich smartphones such as the BlackBerry, Apple’s iPhone, and Motorola’s Droid has surged, […]

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares fell more than 7 percent on Friday after its quarterly results came in short of expectations, leading some analysts to cut price targets on concerns about growth. Some investors also disliked Google’s decision that CEO Eric Schmidt would no longer participate in earnings conference calls, even though a number of prominent […]

Intel is set to report its first-quarter earnings today, and from the world’s largest chipmaker, the industry will be looking chiefly for one thing: signs of stability. Granted that its first quarter may be somewhat impacted by a slowdown in supplies and labor in China, strength in Intel’s new Xeon lineup could make up the […]

Microsoft Corp launched two new phones aimed at young people on Monday, marking a fresh assault on the low end of the growing smartphone market, where BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd and Apple Inc now dominate. The software company’s first foray into designing its own phones comes six months before it rolls out its […]

Apple’s plunge into the advertising market announced this past week gave Google a big boost in arguing for regulators to approve its acquisition of mobile advertising leader AdMob, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on Sunday. U.S. antitrust enforcers are apparently concerned the AdMob purchase could hurt applications developers, who often sell their apps for very […]

Research In Motion released updated tools on Tuesday to make it easier and faster for developers to create feature-rich Web and wireless applications to be used on the company’s BlackBerry smartphones. The updated Java and Web-based tools will open up access to the smartphone’s hardware features, native BlackBerry software applications and other unique system capabilities […]

Microsoft is set to announce its long-awaited “Project Pink” phones early next week, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday, as the world’s largest software company attempts to gain traction in the growing market for young smartphone users. The mobile phones, to be sold by top U.S. mobile operator Verizon Wireless, are being targeted […]