David Needle

Road warriors looking for anytime anywhere access to their personal data and applications have a new alternative. The MojoPac Enterprise Suite essentially lets IT departments setup their choice of USB mobile storage devices for users to securely access their applications and data. The USB storage device can then be plugged into any notebook or desktop […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. –- HP (Quote) introduced Thermal Zone Mapping (TZM), a new technology designed to identify trouble spots in the data center in terms of energy efficiency. The computer systems giant, which unveiled TZM at HP Labs here Tuesday, also said it’s on track to release Dynamic Smart Cooling (DSC), a key energy efficiency technology […]

Now that some of the iPhone mania has died down, Research In Motion (Quote) has surfaced with a new Blackberry 8820 smartphone. The mobile device is RIM’s thinnest smartphone and its first dual-mode handset. The 8820 combines EDGE/GPRS/GSM cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity for data access and voice support; it also includes a built in Global […]

UPDATED: Two groups that were once on a collision course have instead decided to buddy up. Today Intel and Nicholas Negroponte’s non-profit One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) announced they will combine forces to help reach the world’s children. In a joint statement with Intel, Negroponte said that collaborating with Intel means that the maximum number […]

If you’ve ever worried about calling your boss or someone in a meeting and interrupting them unnecessarily, Buz Interactive might have the solution. The Palo Alto, Calif. company’s new SENDaBuz service lets you send voice mail messages to any cell phone in the U.S. without the recipient’s phone ringing. The service works via a toll-free […]

>By luck or design, SAP aired some very embarrassing news on one of the slowest news weeks of the year. The enterprise software giant admitted that its TomorrowNow (TN) subsidiary, engaged in “inappropriate” downloads of Oracle support materials. SAP CEO Henning Kagerman insisted the “majority” of the more than 150 complaints in Oracle’s suit were […]

The wildly hyped iPhone launch came off with plenty of hiccups but for the most part seems to have delivered the goods. Apple and its phone partner AT&T were scrambling to deal with reports of problems some users had activating the device. Apple acknowledged current AT&T/Cingular customers looking to switch their accounts to a new […]

A new study says the use of so-called Web 2.0 (define) applications in the enterprise is growing, but those customers are more cautious about adopting open source solutions for collaborative applications. Nermertes Research said its latest “Collaboration Applications” report is based on five months of in-depth interviews with more than 120 IT executives at large companies […]

You can do amazing things with today’s more advanced mobile phones. But for most users, video is more novelty than necessary. Delivery is typically choppy and picture quality poor. Ortiva Wireless provides content providers with a hosted solution it claims delivers the smoothest video, clearest audio and richest multimedia experience to mobile users under highly […]

Gateway (Quote) is the latest company plagued with a problem that just won’t go away. Yesterday the company announced another voluntary recall of some 14,000 lithium ion battery packs shipped as the primary or spare battery pack for Gateway 400VTX and 450ROG series notebooks sold during a three-month period from May 2003 to August 2003. The […]