Watch the iPad event in its entirety
Perhaps the biggest disappointment about Apple's withdrawal from Macworld Expo is that the general public no longer has an opportunity to attend an Apple product announcement. Wednesday's iPad unveiling was an invitation-only event for the media, analysts, and special guests.
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AT&T reports $3 billion net income, fueled by mobile, broadband
AT&T reported net income of $3 billion for the fourth quarter of 2009, up nearly 26 percent from the fourth quarter of 2008, largely due to increases in mobile subscribers.
Revenue, however, fell slightly, from $31.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008 to $30.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009. Earnings per share was $0.51, meeting the expectations of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
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DDoS attacks, network hacks rampant in oil and gas industry, other infrastructure sectors
Massive denial-of-service attacks and "stealthy infiltration" of corporate networks by attackers is a common experience for companies in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, energy, water, transportation, and telecom, according to a new survey.
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Database wars: IBM, Oracle's Ellison trade zingers
Oracle's media event yesterday may have lacked the gadget-y pizzazz of Apple's iPad launch , but it had Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who was his usual merry, brazen self and had attendees guffawing.
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Apple's iPad has pitfalls for enterprise users
Apple's iPad tablet could be an attractive business tool, but it lacks security and manageability features that enterprises need, analysts said on Wednesday.
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Google expands Social Search service
Google's Social Search service, which includes public content from users' social networks in search results, is getting promoted to Google.com from the company's Labs site, meaning it is no longer considered an early prototype.
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Ballmer defends Microsoft as China plays up Gates' comments
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer defended the company's presence in China in a message on Wednesday, after Chinese media seized on a statement by Bill Gates about Chinese Web censorship being "very limited."
"We have done business in China for more than 20 years and we intend to stay engaged, which means our business must respect the laws of China,"
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Oracle's Ellison excited about Sun technologies
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison expressed high hopes for his company's now-completed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Wednesday but denied media reports that Oracle planned massive layoffs of Sun employees.
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Oracle hails Java but kills Sun Cloud
Oracle's plans for Java and the proposed Sun Cloud public computing platform became clearer Wednesday, with Oracle executives giving another big thumbs-up to Java but a thumbs-down to Sun Cloud.
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Oracle hails Java but kills Sun Cloud
Oracle's plans for Java and the proposed Sun Cloud public computing platform became clearer Wednesday, with Oracle executives giving another big thumbs-up to Java but a thumbs-down to Sun Cloud.
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Oracle's ambitious plans for integrating Sun's technology
Oracle presented an overview today of its ambitions for its newly acquired Sun products, focusing on integrated systems offering everything from the application to the database, servers and storage. "The Sun deal closed yesterday. We're all pumped and excited," said Oracle president Charles Phillips at Oracle headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif.
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New iPad means iPhone developers need to think different
Software developers already building applications for Apple's wildly popular iPhone are gearing up for the new Apple tablet device announced today, anticipating new opportunities for their software as well as tweaks they will have to make to their code.
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SAP Q4 net income drops 12 percent, support revenue rises
SAP reported a 9 percent year-on-year fall in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009, with net income dropping 12 percent from its record level a year earlier. But the company sees a return to growth and improvements in operating income this year, it said Wednesday.
Revenue totalled €3.19 billion ($4.57 billion as of Dec. 31, the last day of the period reported), down 9 percent from €3.49 billion a year earlier. Net income of €727 million was 12 percent down on the €830 million reported a year earlier.
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