Microsoft is patching a Windows vulnerability being targeted by attackers. The zero-day bug was disclosed publicly this month. - Microsoft is releasing an out-of-band patch for a Windows security vulnerability that attackers have been targeting fo...

Google July 29 introduced AdWords location extensions that let advertisers put their business' location and phone number on a Google Map ad for mobile Websites and applications. The maps ads will render on phones with full HTML browsers, such as Appl...

Twitter July 30 began testing "Suggestions for You" to connect users to more of the 100 million accounts on the microblog. Twitter is trying to follow Facebook's success in helping people find other people with similar interests. - Twitt...

Relative newcomer Convirture holds that it is plugging a major hole by specializing in managing open-source Xen, KVM virtualization and private cloud deployments. - VMware's ESX hypervisor and its vCenter control suite are thought to be operating...

Virtual Instruments, a spinoff of Finisar, makes SAN and virtual infrastructure optimization software called SANInsight and VirtualWisdom. These data storage products provide deep monitoring and analysis of how virtualized IT infrastructures and SANs...

IT service provider CSC's online forum lets health care IT professionals share notes on how to achieve meaningful use of electronic records to qualify for incentives under the Obama administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. IBM's Initi...

HTC, with its popular Android-running smartphones, blows past estimates with second-quarter net profits of $269 million and shipments of 5.4 million handsets. - Like rival Motorola, HTC is finding that closely aligning its smartphone strategy wit...

Microsoft says it is challenging the Japanese Fair Trade Commission's acceptance of Yahoo Japan's search deal with Google. Google is powering Yahoo Japan's search and search ad platform, while Yahoo is switching to Microsoft Bing. - Microsoft July...

Microsoft plans to release a beta version of its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser sometime in September. Better performance, “same markup” and improved Acid3 test scores are expected. - Microsoft plans to release a beta version of its upc...

Microsoft is pursuing a strategy of Windows 7 tablets in a bid to counter the Apple iPad. But one analyst suggests that could result in cannibalization of the traditional Windows 7 PC market. - If Microsoft pursues its strategy of Windows 7-equipp...

A special master appointed by a judge ruled that Intel's business practices, including giving OEMs discounts to limit their use of AMD products, did not harm consumers, and in some cases those discounts were passed onto consumers. He denied the reque...

Novell delivers Mono Tools for Visual Studio 2.0, a new version of the open-source tool for developers to use Visual Studio to design, code and maintain multiplatform applications. Mono Tools 2.0 features new Mac OS X support. - Novell has delive...

Apples App Store is the worlds most popular mobile marketplace. With more than 200,000 applications available, it has quickly become the place where users go to extend the functionality of their iPhone, iPod or iPad. And with the competition lacking...

Nokia, Samsung and LG again led the worldwide handset market in Q2, followed by RIM and Sony Ericsson. In the second half of 2010, analysts expect still higher figures and more smartphones. - Nokia, Samsung and LG Electronics led the worldwide han...

Three out of five companies are adopting cloud computing technologies, including private clouds and lower-risk technologies, says a new report. In an e-mail interview with eWEEK, outsourcing expert TPI explains the results of its study. - Almost f...