Sprint Nextel to lay off 4,000 after customer losses

Sprint Nextel will lay off about 4,000 employees and close about 125 retail outlets after it suffered a net loss of more than 100,000 customers in the fourth quarter of 2007, the company said Friday. ...continue reading 'Sprint Nextel to lay off 4,000 after customer losses'

Skype flaw turns videos into weapons

A programming error in eBay's Skype communications software could give cyber-criminals a new way to sneak their malicious software onto a victim's PC. ...continue reading 'Skype flaw turns videos into weapons'

China Net population tops 200 million, closes on U.S.

The number of Internet users in China soared past 200 million in 2007, a new report from the country's quasi-government Internet overseer said Thursday. ...continue reading 'China Net population tops 200 million, closes on U.S.'

Greenpeace applauds MacBook Air

Greenpeace has applauded Apple's introduction of the MacBook Air as being 'a winner' because of Apple's focus on making it an environmentally-friendly PC. ...continue reading 'Greenpeace applauds MacBook Air'

Wipro's profit growth down on higher wages and acquisition

India's third largest outsourcer Wipro reported a 32 percent increase in revenue in the quarter ending December 31, but profits grew by only 11 percent over the same quarter last year, reflecting higher salaries in India, and reduced margins as a result of its acquisition last year of U.S. IT services provider, Infocrossing. ...continue reading 'Wipro's profit growth down on higher wages and acquisition'

Dell assures users that laptops' electric jolts are harmless

Dell has assured users of its laptops that there is no danger from electrical jolts sometimes received from the cases of some of its systems. ...continue reading 'Dell assures users that laptops' electric jolts are harmless'

Dell assures users that laptops' electric jolts are harmless

Dell has assured users of its laptops that there is no danger from electrical jolts sometimes received from the cases of some of its systems. ...continue reading 'Dell assures users that laptops' electric jolts are harmless'

Attack code released for critical Windows flaw

In what may be the first step toward a major security problem, security researchers have released attack code that will crash Windows machines that are susceptible to a recently patched bug in the operating system. ...continue reading 'Attack code released for critical Windows flaw'

Mozilla interfaces to get 'humanized,' developer says

Mozilla should soon be experimenting with some novel user-interface technologies for its browser and other products, according to a UI developer that joined Mozilla this week from startup company Humanized. ...continue reading 'Mozilla interfaces to get 'humanized,' developer says'

AMD reports fifth-straight quarterly loss

Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday reported a heavy loss for its fourth quarter, due mostly to charges connected to its acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI. ...continue reading 'AMD reports fifth-straight quarterly loss'

IBM reports strong software, services results for Q4

IBM on Thursday provided more details of its robust fourth-quarter and 2007 financial performance, following an early preview of the figures on Monday. ...continue reading 'IBM reports strong software, services results for Q4'

Time Warner to try tiered cable pricing

Time Warner Cable will try selling consumers broadband service based on how much bandwidth they use, a move that could turn the home broadband pricing model in the U.S. on its head. ...continue reading 'Time Warner to try tiered cable pricing'

Yahoo to support OpenID single sign-on

People with a Yahoo user name and password will be able to use that ID information to access non-Yahoo Web sites that support the OpenID 2.0 digital identity framework, reducing the amount of different log-in information people need to create, remember and enter online. ...continue reading 'Yahoo to support OpenID single sign-on'

Environmental protests take high-tech to the high-seas

When environmental protestors boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean, images of the action quickly flashed on the world's TV sets, followed by photos from the Japanese ship after the protestors were taken into custody. Getting these images out is crucial if either side is to win the global PR battle, but doing so can be problematic when you're at sea, thousands of kilometers from the nearest cell phone network or broadband connection. ...continue reading 'Environmental protests take high-tech to the high-seas'

Yahoo, T-Mobile partner on mobile ads in the U.K.

T-Mobile subscribers in the U.K. will see advertisements supplied by Yahoo on their mobile phones by July, under a deal the companies announced Thursday. ...continue reading 'Yahoo, T-Mobile partner on mobile ads in the U.K.'

Intel's Classmate PC goes on sale to consumers in India

Intel's Classmate PC isn't just for students anymore. HCL Infosystems plans to sell a version of the Classmate PC to consumers and businesses in India who want a rugged, low-cost laptop. ...continue reading 'Intel's Classmate PC goes on sale to consumers in India'

Ex-Brocade CEO Reyes gets 21 months in backdating case

Former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory Reyes has been sentenced to 21 months in prison and a $15 million fine for fraud related to backdating of the storage networking company's stock options. ...continue reading 'Ex-Brocade CEO Reyes gets 21 months in backdating case'

Sun needs to fix what's broken at MySQL, users say

In agreeing this week to pay $1 billion for MySQL AB, Sun Microsystems Inc. said it hopes to make MySQL's open-source database more attractive to enterprise users. But Sun has a lot of work to do, according to some MySQL users. ...continue reading 'Sun needs to fix what's broken at MySQL, users say'

Firefox, Red Hat more buggy than Microsoft

Secunia has found that the number of security bugs in the open source Red Hat Linux operating system and Firefox browsers far outstripped comparable products from Microsoft last year. ...continue reading 'Firefox, Red Hat more buggy than Microsoft'

Mac users more open, liberal than PC users

People who prefer Apple's Macintosh computers over PCs have long been considered to be on the artsy, hip end of the personality spectrum -- and now a study proves that 'Mac people' indeed are more liberal and open-minded than average folks. ...continue reading 'Mac users more open, liberal than PC users'