IBM leads charge for open source storage

IBM and eight other storage vendors are teaming up to form an open source organization called Aperi. The companies intend to work together to develop common storage software to manage multiple vendors'systems, making it easier for users dealing with disparate storage systems. The software will be made available free of charge.

Telefonica of Spain Announces Takeover

Telefonica SA of Spain announced Monday that it has agreed to buy the mobile phone company O2 PLC in a 17.7 billion-pound ($31.4 billion) cash deal that it said would help expand its presence in two of Europe's largest markets, the U.K. and Germany.

Solid$500 Laptops

Notebook prices have hit a new$500 low. We tested three budget units, which proved surprisingly capable at standard office tasks.

Web Banking Undergoing Security Upgrade

If you do banking over the Internet, generally the drill is pretty simple: You enter your user name and password, and away you go. But behind the scenes, the bank can do a lot to check you out: Are you at your home computer, or at one with an Internet address that, strangely, is registered overseas? Are you logging on at an unusual time of day, or from a super-fast connection when normally you have dial-up?

U.S. Investigates Sale of MREs on eBay

Uncle Sam has tried to feed millions of hurricane victims this year with Meals-Ready-to-Eat, or MREs, only to fear that some of them have become Meals-Ready-for-eBay.

Data hubs target top line growth

With data integration and master data hubs now seen as a high-level enterprise investment, enterprise software vendors are extending their feature set to include both technologies.

IBM Leads Open-Source Storage Effort

New vendor group, Aperi, will collaborate on common storage software.

Samsung to Enter Online Music Business

Samsung Electronics Co. is planning to enter the online music business with a service similar to Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iTunes, Choi Gee-sung, the head of the company's digital media business said.

CodeWarrior v10 released

Freescale division Metrowerks has released its CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS v10. It’s available for download from the Metrowerks Web site, either as a free Learning Edition or as US$99 Professional Download.

Telefonica bids$32 bln for O2

Spain's Telefonica won over mobile group O2's management with a 17.7 billion pound ($31.6 billion) cash bid on Monday, sparking hopes of a bidding battle for one of the sector's top takeover targets.

Court won't review Microsoft patent case

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider an appeal by Microsoft Corp. in a case involving claims by a privately held California software firm and the University of California that Microsoft infringed their patents with its Internet Explorer browser.

Sprint launches music download service

The No. 3 U.S. mobile service Sprint Nextel on Monday introduced a wireless music download service using phones from Samsung Electronics and Sanyo Electric.

Samsung Expands LCD Manufacturing

Greater capacity could mean price drop for flat-panel displays.

Sun to put Java security upgrade to the test

Sun Microsystems is seeking to revamp the way in which security is executed in Java and wants developers to try to break the new paradigm to gauge its effectiveness.

US high court won't hear wireless radiation appeal

Class-action lawsuits against wireless telephone companies over radiation emissions will be able to go forward, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by the companies.

E-Waste Dumping Victimizes Developing Nations, Study Says

Calls on governments to pressure manufacturers to quickly remove toxic chemicals from products.

Microsoft Hosted Services Expected

Gates, Ozzie may announce Web-based software, built on Groove or featuring Office.

Japan's Pioneer plunges into the red

Japan's Pioneer plunged deep into loss in the six months to September, whilst battling disappointing sales of DVD recorders and other consumer electronics products.

Telenor to Buy Swedish Mobile Phone Co.

Norway's Telenor ASA on Monday said it had agreed to buy Sweden's No. 3 mobile phone provider from Vodafone Group PLC for about 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion).

Samsung Readies iTunes Competitor

A download service will join company's selection of music players to challenge Apple.

Municipal wireless system could be a mesh

When San Francisco sounded the call for ideas this summer on how to bring cheap, wireless Internet connections to the entire city, technology industry giants responded with one answer -- mesh networks.

Tech Notebook: iPods users hit snags with hookup to cars

Owners of Apple Computer iPods have trouble using their trendy music players in their cars, according to an unscientific survey released last week.

Supreme Court Rejects Microsoft Appeal

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Microsoft Corp., which sought to protect itself from a big-dollar patent ruling.

Apple sells a million videos in new service

Apple Computer on Monday said its iTunes online service has sold a million videos in under 20 days, sending shares up almost 5 percent.

Romanian fraudsters jailed in Britain in on-line auction scam

A Romanian couple living in London were jailed for their part in a world-wide internet auction scam that tricked would-be buyers into parting with cash for non-existent items.

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