CSO Publisher Bob Bragdon is a self-proclaimed "gadget head." His collection, which spans from 1987, runs the gamut from primitive digital address book to the latest generations of today's Blackberry and iPhone (Check out the slideshow to see pictures of all of them).
Research In Motion's board of directors has agreed to form an independent committee to study aspects of the company's management structure, including clarifying the roles of RIM's controversial co-CEOs.
Intel is developing a Windows application, Personal Office Energy Monitor (POEM), that will allow workers to monitor in real time the energy consumed by their PC, printer, heating and lighting.
Microsoft's mightiest money-spinner, the Windows operating system, continued to be dragged down by the poor economy, the company said, as consumers opted for inexpensive netbooks and businesses held off on PC upgrades.
The evolution of the multi-faceted Conficker worm is expected to take another turn this May 5th when the latest version, Conficker.E, will simply self-destruct
At its annual TechEd conference this week, Microsoft has the chance to sustain the momentum of Windows Phone 7 or fumble away the excitement the redesigned mobile OS has created.
Microsoft's radically redesigned mobile OS, Windows Phone 7, played only a supporting role at the vendor's yearly TechEd conference. Executives only talked about some changes to the online applications catalog and a few reasons why enterprises will want to adopt the new platform.
Microsoft Monday made an historic move by submitting device drivers to the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license. Microsoft has had a checkered past with both Linux and its open source GPL licensing structure, so the move was a jaw dropper. Here is a look at some of the milestones since Microsoft internal memos leaked in 1998 that attacked the open source Linux operating system as it began to pick up steam as an alternative to Windows.
Proving naysayers incorrect once again, Microsoft posted a banner fiscal 2011 year in revenue, as sales of Microsoft Office, server software and Xbox continued to drive growth, even as sales of Windows leveled off, according to the company.
Worldwide processor shipments went up during the third quarter this year and Advanced Micro Devices gained market share from Intel over last year despite being hurt by manufacturing problems, according to a study released by Mercury Research on Tuesday.
People who want to limit the behavioral advertising and tracking they are subjected to on the Web aren't well served by some popular privacy tools, according to a Carnegie Mellon University study.
New Global Positioning System (GPS) data released today by GPS-navigation provider TeleNav offers a number of insights into the behaviors--and preferences--of U.S. drivers.
Microsoft's official curtailing this week of support and patches for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 marks the latest in a string of moves by the company to kill off products and technologies that either outlived their usefulness or never became useful in the first place.
Spiceworks surveyed 1,500 IT professionals at small and midsize companies before and after Microsoft's release of its Windows 7 operating system to learn more about adoption plans.
According to figures released recently by the Nemertes Research Group, an Illinois-based research advisory firm, as many as 71% of U.S. companies offer full-time or part-time telecommuting to employees. Despite the large number of employees who work out of office, another recent study from The Center for Democracy and Technology found many continue to sideline the issue of telecommuting security in favor of more urgent needs. (For more on telecommuting risks see: Telecommuting Poses Privacy, Security Risks
Microsoft will build a Kinect device specifically for use with PCs, as the company prepares to launch a program to support commercial products developed for Kinect and Windows.
One of the chief advantages touted by Adobe Systems Inc. for its e-book copy protection technology, called Adobe Digital Experience Protection Technology (ADEPT), is that consumers can buy e-books for one e-reader and freely transfer them to other such devices, as well as their Apple and Windows computers.
Google's Android mobile phone software worked well on mini-laptops at the Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show and, backed by the strong Google brand, may be headed for prime time, two Gartner analysts said Monday.
Microsoft unveiled the next version of its operating system for mobile phones, Windows Phone 7 Series, featuring a move away from applications and towards functions.
Microsoft tried to appease Windows 7 users griping about poor battery readings. Meanwhile, the Blue Screen of Death showed up on XP machines. Good news is that a sneak peek of Windows Mobile 7 is set for Monday and Bing gained market share. CIO.com's Shane O'Neill rounds up Microsoft stories from the past week.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to talk up Windows Mobile 7 at the Mobile World Congress next week. We hope you'll turn first for the smartphone news to Network World, but if you’re looking for a variety of viewpoints, these blogs will round things out for you.
Microsoft's plan to strip out its Internet Explorer (IE) browser from Windows 7 in Europe, due for sale in the fall, is designed to force the European Commission's hand as it devises an antitrust remedy to restore fair competition in the browser market, said Jon von Tetzchner, the CEO of Norwegian browser maker Opera.
The European Commission will proceed with its antitrust case against Microsoft regardless of the announcement late Thursday that the software giant is stripping its browser, Internet Explorer (IE), from the next incarnation of its operating system, Windows 7, in Europe.