Microsoft has acquired a small search technology company Powerset to buttress its search efforts, but it won't shake Google's grasp of the search market in the short term.
CBS announced Monday it completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of CNET Networks, publisher of many Web sites including CNET News.com, setting the stage for expanding its CBS Interactive division into five categories.
Yahoo, under intense pressure, reorganised its upper management on Thursday in a plan designed to improve its products, underlying technology, and operational execution, the company said.
As Bill Gates steps down from full-time work at Microsoft, well-wishing cheers and not-so-nice jeers are echoing from Silicon Valley.
If you were to ask Bill Gates what life will be like when he stops working full time at Microsoft, he'd have to get back to you.
Microsoft and Yahoo once again speaking to each other, with sources saying the latest talks involve a deal short of an acquisition.
Nokia plans to acquire the rest of Symbian, open source the mobile operating system and launch its first handsets in two years.
Three-quarters of the way through a massive consolidation and overhaul of its core business applications, dairy and juice giant National Foods has found that the most difficult parts of the project aren't related to technology, but to processes and the simple challenge of keeping skilled people on track.
The Australian Tax Office has laid out the requirements for its centralised computing contract, worth AU$160 million per year.
Yahoo is headed for a reorganisation that, combined with an exodus of top Yahoo executives, will in all likelihood put power in dramatically fewer hands.
Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.
With Yahoo apparently off the table, what's Microsoft's back-up plan? Try again for Yahoo — or go for a new target?
On Saturday, Microsoft formally withdrew its offer to acquire the search pioneer, at least for now. So what happens next for Yahoo? A deal with Google looks likely.
Much of the future success of Adobe Systems hinges on the work done by its Platform Business Unit, which is headed by Kevin Lynch, the company's chief software architect.
The idea that attacks on computer systems could provide an alternative method of spreading terror and disruption has been a concern for governments since IT systems began to proliferate.
As Microsoft's deadline for Yahoo to accept its takeover bid passes, the tech world is still waiting for information from either company on their wedding plans.
A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory
It has competed hard with the likes of Microsoft and IBM, but over the years Novell has remained a smaller player than either of its two main rivals. CTO Jeff Jaffe tells what Novell has up its sleeve to bring the company up to speed: Fossa, an open source project named after the Madagascan relative of the Mongoose.
Making predictions about the storage market isn't difficult. Suggest that capacities will go up and costs will go down and you shouldn't go too far wrong.
Speaking to the Novell boss at his company's annual BrainShare user conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, ZDNet.co.uk asked whether the Microsoft deal could actually be damaging in the long run and what effect a financial downturn could have on Novell's recent recovery.
AVG Internet Security 8.0 provides strong protection against malicious Web sites, but its full-system scans sometimes tax system resources and produce false positives.
The Dell Optiplex 755 boasts strong performance for office demands in an attractive and convenient package.
While not a iPhone killer, the HTC Touch represents good value for money. If you can do without 3G support or a high-res camera, then the Touch will offer most features you'd require from a smartphone.
Advanced Micro Devices' acquisition of ATI Technologies is bearing fruit.
Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said.
Windows Vista Ultimate is essentially warmed-over Windows XP. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista is stable enough for everyday use.
Windows Vista Business is essentially warmed-over Windows XP. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista is stable enough for everyday use.
Shouldered aside by recent entrants into the smartphone and mobile e-mail market, HP sees a tougher focus on business users, enterprise markets and device management as keys to regaining its leadership.
Despite the interface redesign, the McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 feels like a grab bag of security and system performance tools. It'll keep your PC safe, but we think there are other products on the market that do so with greater ease.
In this special review, we round up the various authentication devices on the market. From fingerprint scanners, to single sign-on software and biometric technology -- we have the authentication market covered.
What's the first thing you look at when you check into a hotel room? The bed? The view? The minibar?
You wait for some hot news on smartphone software -- well, I do -- and then several bits come along at once. This week has seen some seriously fascinating movements in the field -- but what does it all mean for your mobile?
A good merger always gets the pulse racing -- and Seven's takeover of Unwired could be shaping up to be one of the most interesting for a while.
The news this week that Canberra-based TransACT was going to start rolling out fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services it announced in May, was at first intriguing.
It wasn't too long ago that vendors still made a lot of their money through equipment markups. Telcos were the same, with comfortable profit on ISDN, STD calls, calls to mobiles and other heavily used services padding out financial reports.
Some suggestions of New Year's Resolutions for the Australian telecommunications industry.
As we embark on a new year, the industry hype-machine is slowly warming up to sell us new technologies that will make our jobs easier in 2007. Rest assured though that some problems will remain, like spam.
Why would Symantec launch a new application but call it version 8.2?
In the Australian market, banks are the archetypal large IT customer: they've got lots of technology of differing vintages, have to spend a fortune on services to stitch it all together, and are also obliged to meet a super-strict regulatory regime which would make most lesser enterprises quake in their virtualised boots.
Just how much money is there in storage? That was the question I had to ask myself as I ventured around EMC's well-attended customer conference in Sydney this week.
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In the second part of his interview, Defence CIO Greg Farr talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.
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