SAP to shutter TomorrowNow unit charged in Oracle's $1B lawsuit
After failing to work out a deal for selling TomorrowNow, SAP has now decided to shut down its acquired customer support division, embattled for more than a year now by a lawsuit charging that TormorrowNow employees hacked Oracle's Web site and improperly downloaded documents, posing as Oracle customers.
The European software giant today announced plans to wind down TormorrowNow's operations by October 31, after officials said last November that selling off TormorrowNow was SAP's top choice among "several options being weighed."
Apple's Q3 numbers: iPod sales mostly flat, Macs selling at record pace
Apple said in its quarterly earnings conference call Monday that it has shipped 2.5 million Macs in its fiscal third quarter, with the company hinting at a "product transition" to come during this quarter.
In typical Apple fashion, chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer gave little details as to what the transition may be. The only hint was that the mystery product would cut into the company's gross margins.
Alltel offers subscribers slideshow tool, but it doesn't come cheap
Alltel Wireless has rolled out a new offering called MyShow that allows subscribers to create picture slideshows using pictures that are taken through a phone's camera or stored on the device through an external memory card.
Created by Fun Mobility, the MyShow service was officially launched in April during the CTIA Wireless 2008 event in Las Vegas. It simplifies the creation of an online photo gallery, while also adding text and background music to each slideshow. Once a slideshow has been created, users are able to share it either through the MyShow Web site, or install a widget created specifically for social networking sites Facebook and MySpace.
Amazon investigating problem after S3 suffers 8-hour outage
Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) was down for more than eight hours over the weekend, affecting many prominent sites, and the company is still investigating the cause of the problem.
Cloud-based services such as those offered by Amazon provide cost effective solutions in computing and storage. However, the oft-cited drawback of relying on such offerings is that customers are left with little or no control if something goes wrong. The only option is to wait -- and in cases like this, wait nearly half a day.
Dell ships PCs with Ubuntu Linux 8.04, but not all are satisfied
Dell is now making some consumer notebook and desktop PC models available pre-installed with the latest edition of Ubuntu Linux, "Hardy Heron," in a number of countries. Still, some observers are raising questions about why these same PCs aren't available with Linux elsewhere, as well as around Dell's continued use of Ubuntu in the face of usability and application support issues.
"As of today, consumers can purchase the XPS M1330N and Inspiron 1525N laptops and Inspiron 530N desktop with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-installed at http://www.dell.com/ubuntu," wrote Dell's Anne B. Camden, in a blog entry on Friday.
More trouble for Apple as MobileMe users locked out of e-mail
In what is proving to be one of Apple's more problematic product launches since the G4 Cube, the company is now admitting some MobileMe users are unable to access their e-mail accounts.
AOL's Unofficial Apple Weblog said Monday that it had been receiving reports of MobileMe subscribers unable to access their e-mail accounts, reportedly for as long as four days.
More pressure on AMD as Intel drops prices of some of its CPUs
Putting even more pressure on rival AMD, which is already struggling and replaced its CEO, Intel over the weekend cut some processor prices from 12 percent up to 31 percent, specifically focusing in on its Core 2 and quad core CPUs.
Intel's Core 2 Duo E8500, which runs at 3.16GHz, received a 31 percent price cut, with prices dropping from $266 down to $183. The Desktop Core 2 Duo E7200, operating at 2.53GHz, received a 15 percent price cut down to $113 from $133.
CherryPal computer-Internet appliance hybrid goes on sale for $249
Not quite a thin client, not quite a full-blown desktop, the two-watt CherryPal C100 "cloud computer" is available for order today.
Silicon Valley startup CherryPal is offering its eponymous system with a profile of only 5.8" x 4.2" x 1.3", weighing only 10 ounces, with a crawling 400MHz processing speed. But it's not designed to replace a full-fledged desktop, and at most resembles an Internet appliance.
Microsoft promises data corruption fix in final Home Server Power Pack
7 months of beta testing later, Microsoft is finally ready to say it has squashed the data corruption bug that has plagued Windows Home Server since its launch last year, releasing the final build of Power Pack 1 to existing customers and OEMs.
The update to the company's operating system designed to function as a media server in the home was originally slated to include features such as backing up of shared folders, Vista x64 support, more efficient power consumption and improved performance. However, the release was delayed so Microsoft could figure out, and a include a fix for, the data corruption problem.
AT&T again offers, then rescinds free Wi-Fi with iPhone
For the second time, free wireless Internet at the carrier's hotspots including Starbucks was set to become a reality for AT&T iPhone customers; again, the carrier has pulled the offer.
The first time this happened was in late April. While it was not advertised, many iPhone users were able to access AT&T's network through hotspots without having to pay an additional fee or log in. However, the company later relocked those hotspots.
Mobile phone video streaming service Qik opens public beta
Mobile phone video broadcast site Qik, which launched in private testing this spring, has opened today as a public beta.
Qik is a live video streaming site that turns the user's mobile phone camera into something of a remote webcam. Users are encouraged to stream events and other happenings, which can be viewed live and later as video clips, to the Qik Web site.
Motorola sues ex-mobile exec over Apple iPhone job
Financially ailing Motorola has slapped Michael Fenger, a former executive of mobile phones, with a lawsuit for allegedly violating a non-compete pact and landing in a position to reveal trade secrets at Apple, a company that has taken Motorola's crown with the second-generation iPhone.
The lawsuit alleges that Fenger -- who is now Apple's VP of global iPhone sales -- received "millions of dollars in cash, restricted stock units, and stock options" in return for inking an agreement not to work for a competitor for two years after leaving Motorola.
Microsoft's search growth inches forward in June
Microsoft showed the most positive growth among the top five search engines in June, possibly due its recently launched "cashback" search program.
The Redmond company introduced its new program in late May, which rewards users of Live Search with rebates on product purchases.
To end fight, Yahoo gives activist shareholder Icahn board seats
In a surprise move that could easily push Yahoo's acceptance of Microsoft's takeover bid closer to reality, Yahoo has finally given in to some of the key demands of activist investor Carl Icahn, who's been seeking to oust Yahoo founder and CEO Jerry Yang and Yahoo's entire board in the interests of sealing a Microsoft deal.
To avoid an all out fight with Icahn for control of Yahoo's board of directors, Yahoo has now granted Icahn -- who recently bought five percent of Yahoo's shares -- three seats on its board.
Facebook sues over copied design, launches redesigned interface
Social network giant Facebook entered litigation with German site Studivz on Friday for closely copying its design, just in time for Facebook to launch its totally redesigned interface on Monday.
German site StudiVZ took more than a few design cues from Facebook. According to reports, early versions of the site even featured filenames such as fbook.css and poke.php, as the two companies were reportedly "in talks."
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