IDG News Service
Lawson is a reporter for the IDG News Service.
U.S. holiday online sales fell 3%
Dec. 31, 2008
U.S. online sales during this year's full holiday season fell 3%, according to comScore, marking the first year-over-year decline since the Internet research company began tracking e-commerce in 2001.
Jobs health rumor hits Apple stock
Dec. 30, 2008
Apple's stock fell abruptly on Tuesday, but later recovered some ground, after an online report said CEO Steve Jobs bowed out of next week's Macworld Expo keynote address because of declining health.
Startup Ctera will offer cloud storage through carriers
Jan. 06, 2009
Startup storage vendor Ctera is looking to service-provider networks as the best place for home and small-business backup and will go through them to sell an appliance that combines local and cloud storage.
Clearwire set to launch its first WiMax city
Jan. 06, 2009
Clearwire will formally launch its first commercial WiMax network on Tuesday in Portland, Oregon, laying down the second piece of a planned nationwide system that was first unveiled last year in Baltimore.
Three deals symbolized storage trends in 2008
Dec. 20, 2008
The storage story of 2008 was growth: An accelerating explosion of information, much of it in the form of video, led IT administrators to try to make better use of their capacity and staff.
RIM sees Storm leading stronger results
Dec. 19, 2008
Research In Motion announced financial results on Thursday that matched a warning it gave earlier this month, but executives said sales of the BlackBerry Storm touch-screen handset and other new products are brightening ...
Foundry joins Brocade without founder Johnson
Dec. 19, 2008
Brocade Communications on Friday completed its acquisition of Foundry Networks, a deal that brings a solid Ethernet LAN company into a giant of storage-area networks.
IBM nanotechnology might improve cell phones
Dec. 18, 2008
Nanotechnology may someday expand your cell phone's range while improving its battery life if a prototype transistor from IBM gets to market.
Foundry shareholders OK merger with Brocade
Dec. 17, 2008
Foundry Networks shareholders have approved a merger with Brocade Communications, overcoming what appears to be the last major hurdle in a deal that had been questioned as stock and credit markets plunged.
ITU aims to defragment home networks with G.hn
Dec. 16, 2008
A standards effort by the ITU is leading the wired home networking market on an abrupt turn toward a future technology that may shape home networks for consumers around the world but leave some existing technologies by ...
FCC cancels meeting after warning
Dec. 13, 2008
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has cancelled an open meeting set for Dec. 18 after two high-ranking lawmakers asked Chairman Kevin Martin to hold off on some controversial items in the agenda and concentrate ...
New G.hn ITU standard for home networks
Dec. 12, 2008
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved a standard for high-speed networking over multiple types of in-home wiring.
RIM kicks off hostile bid for Certicom
Dec. 10, 2008
A subsidiary of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has started the hostile takeover bid for security vendor Certicom that it disclosed plans for last week.
Verizon aims for LTE deployment in 2009
Dec. 10, 2008
Verizon Wireless expects to begin deploying next-generation LTE (Long-Term Evolution) wireless broadband within a year, a top executive of the carrier said Tuesday.
Cisco to shift resources to consumer push
Dec. 09, 2008
Cisco will shift resources into new product areas next year, including making a major push into homes, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said Tuesday.
Cisco plans TelePresence translation next year
Dec. 09, 2008
Cisco will add real-time translation to its TelePresence high-definition conference technology next year, enabling people in several different countries to meet virtually and each hear the other participants' comments ...
Cisco, anticipating video tsunami, builds up network smarts
Dec. 08, 2008
Saying video will soon dominate all types of data networks, Cisco Systems on Monday launched a multipronged effort to make it better-suited for handling that traffic.
TI slashes profit forecast by two-thirds
Dec. 08, 2008
Texas Instruments pulled down its profit forecast for the December quarter by as much as two-thirds on Monday, and it also cut its revenue expectations, saying the economic downturn is having a powerful impact on the ...
U.S. holiday online sales fell 3%
Dec. 31, 2008
U.S. online sales during this year's full holiday season fell 3%, according to comScore, marking the first year-over-year decline since the Internet research company began tracking e-commerce in 2001.
Jobs health rumor hits Apple stock
Dec. 30, 2008
Apple's stock fell abruptly on Tuesday, but later recovered some ground, after an online report said CEO Steve Jobs bowed out of next week's Macworld Expo keynote address because of declining health.
FCC will rework cell-tower rule
Dec. 05, 2008
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will revise a proposed rule mandating backup power for cellular networks after it was rejected by the White House's Office of Management and Budget.
Symbian Foundation says it's on track
Dec. 05, 2008
The Symbian Foundation is on track to take over Symbian as an open-source operating system in 2010 and will put out its first distribution of software for developers in the first half of next year, its executive ...
AT&T hopes for single smartphone OS
Dec. 04, 2008
AT&T hopes to standardize on a single operating system for AT&T-branded smartphones as part of a "dramatic consolidation" of its mobile platforms over the next few years, a company executive said Thursday.
Court puts CSIRO Wi-Fi injunction on hold
Dec. 04, 2008
A federal court in the U.S. has temporarily lifted an injunction that banned Buffalo Technology (USA) from selling its IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g Wi-Fi products due to a patent claim by an Australian scientific agency.
White House rejects cell-tower backup power plan
Dec. 03, 2008
The White House has rejected a plan by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to require eight hours of backup power on every cell-phone tower in the country.
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