Verdiem, one of the better known developers of power management software that counts Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft among its close partners, has delivered an...

I've only recently discovered the joys of roller coasters; according to my 13-year old, I have a very manly scream. I guess that's a compliment. Regardless, I'm taking my...

I recently got a chance to talk with one VC firm that's focused some of its attention and money on cleantech. One of their investments is in OPX, which seems to have a...

Microsoft's participation in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative has been fraught with mystery and disinformation from the get-go. But on May 15, Microsoft...

Yahoo's board has responded to activist investor Carl Icahn: "Your letter reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal." That...

This requires a tremendous amount of cloud compute to the same levels we have seen in matching search criteria to results and then matching that to advertising. That...

The social networking ground war is well underway. Facebook said Thursday that it will block Google's Friend Connect services because it "redistributes user information...

Verizon picked up a huge contract from the Department of Homeland Security: a $670 million deal to provide IP and security services over 10 years, Reuters reports....

The EU is not too happy with the upcoming launch of Google Maps' Street View in Europe. The problem: privacy. The AP quotes the EU's top data protection supervisor, Peter...

In a huge break in the Capitol v. Thomas case – in which Jammie Thomas (right) was hit with a $220,000-plus verdict for copyright infringement – the judge in the case...

Microsoft rolled out quietly on May 15 its 1.1 update to its Office Live Workspace service, which is currently in beta test. The 1.1 bits are available from the Microsoft...

Here's an exclusive sneak peak of FastMac's newest product - U-Charge. U-Charge is a portable, standalone charger that connects directly to the battery's terminals to...

The knives have already come out in the fight against health care reform in 2009. On the one hand we have ideology, represented by former Rep. Dick Armey, who complains...

Medical device makers and drug companies are celebrating the apparent death of the 2008 Patent Reform Act. (For the other side of this debate, visit my open source blog.)...

The death of the Patent Reform Act in the Senate spells hard times for open source. That's because one of the act's main aims was to end "forum shopping," the practice of...

Amazon's Kindle may meaningfully contribute to the e-tailer's revenue in a couple of years, according to Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney. Mahaney's take--delivered in a...

Yesterday I posted Xbench benchmarks of the Psystar Open Computer against the latest shipping Mac mini and all three Apple notebook computers and the Open Computer beat...

We made available a prerelease version of the Flash Player last night which has a lot of new features. There isn't yet a tooling release (we just posted a new Flex SDK...

We're looking for a few more good bloggers and you can help. We're opening up our Between the Lines blog to user-submitted posts. We're looking for submissions in several...

The European Commission has founded a project named 'Co-operative Human Robot Interaction Systems' (CHRIS) for a cost of €3.65 million. The project, which started in...