Virtualization watchers have speculated for years when Microsoft would throw a low-cost blow at arch-rival VMware in the desktop virtualization fight. This week, Microsoft delivered the punch via a new partnership with Citrix.

IBM's Lotus appliance will now feature the DB/2 database

A recently disclosed patent request suggests Apple may be working on a mobile social networking application that would presumably let iPhone users form ad-hoc groups based on their locations.

Malware-tainted memory cards may have ended up on as many as 3,000 HTC Magic phones, a greater number than first suspected, Vodafone said Friday.

Google has patched 11 vulnerabilities in the Windows version of Chrome, including one that earned its finder the first $1,337 check from the company's new bug bounty program

Indian product design and software company Pramati Technologies has developed a social networking environment that is integrated with enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning, and customer relationship management, a company executive said on Thursday.

Intel Corp.'s new Core i7 family of processors includes the company's most advanced mobile chips. First introduced in September 2009, the design was revamped this January. The latest version of the mobile Core i7, called Arrandale during its development, is built on a 32-nanometer fabrication process and offers base speeds that range from 1.06 GHz to 2.66 GHz.

If Palm's WebOS products had gone on sale at Verizon before Motorola's Droid, Palm's fortunes today would be very different, the company's CEO said Thursday during its third-quarter earnings call. "

At OSBC, a company exec noted that Microsoft relies upon a diverse ecosystem that includes open source to satisfy customers

We're roughly two weeks out from the arrival of the iPad, and the pre-orders are apparently pouring in. So far, most of the focus has been on the three Wi-Fi versions of the device, mostly because those of us who want to get our hands on an iPad now don't want to wait until later in April, when the 3G-capable models arrive.

Two former computer administrators who worked for convicted financial fraudster Bernard Madoff's investment firm were indicted this week on charges of conspiracy and falsifying financial records.

Microsoft will offer enterprise-specific details for its redesigned Windows Phone 7 OS later this Spring. Here are the top 6 issues to be thinking about.

Executives from Verizon and AT&T explained the LTE plans of their companies during a Web conference sponsored by the GSM Alliance.

A federal judge has approved a proposed settlement by Facebook in a class-action lawsuit involving its now defunct Beacon behavioral tracking service.

Novell is ready to begin beta testing its Pulse enterprise social-networking and collaboration suite.

Due to a reporting error, the story, "Estonia defense minister: Cyberattacks will grow," posted Wednesday, misstated the direction of Russia relative to Estonia. Russia is Estonia's eastern neighbor. The story has been corrected on the wire and the fourth paragraph now reads:

The vintage Commodore 64 personal computer is getting a makeover, with a new design and some of the latest computing technologies, as the brand gets primed for a comeback.

Former Pennsylvania CISO Robert Maley, who was fired after speaking at RSA without proper authorization, offer his side of the events that led to his dismissal.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8, not Apple's Safari, will be the first browser to fall in next week's Pwn2Own hacking challenge, the contest organizer said today.

The Nightstand Charging Dock for iPhone lets you create a nightstand alarm clock effect for your iPhone/iPod, while the LaDiDa iPhone app lets you turn your normal singing voice into something that replicates today's music stars.