Amazon CloudFront turns S3 into content distribution network

Amazon has announced the launch of CloudFront, a new content delivery network service built on top of the company's cloud storage platform.

November 19, 2008 - 08:21AM CT - by Ryan Paul

Microsoft on the cloud: Sharepoint and Exchange go Online

The online versions of Microsoft's solution for portals and collaboration (Sharepoint) and its solution for e-mail and calendaring (Exchange) are now available to business in the US.

November 18, 2008 - 09:27AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Google updates, smartens SketchUp 3D modeling apps

New versions of Google's SketchUp 7 and SketchUp Pro 7 bring software vector rendering for complex objects, smarter modeling components that can "understand" what they are, and more powerful tools for professional and business users.

November 17, 2008 - 01:40PM CT - by David Chartier

New enterprise-focused WAP promises 320Mbps throughput

Proxim means business with its new WAP which offers inexpensive, powerful enterprise access points that support 802.11n, and combine features that seem to be from the best of their competitors.

November 17, 2008 - 07:30AM CT - by Glenn Fleishman

Windows Small/Essential Business Server final bits released

The 2008 versions of Windows Small Business Server and Windows Essential Business Server have gone gold this week. Trial versions are available for download.

November 14, 2008 - 10:15AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Bankrupt Circuit City doing circuits around the drain

Last week's announcement that Circuit City would be closing over 150 stores sent its suppliers into a defensive posture, exacerbating an already difficult situation for the retailer. The result:the struggling retailer has now filed for bankruptcy protection.

November 10, 2008 - 10:53AM CT - by John Timmer

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for November 2008: two bulletins

Microsoft will patch two vulnerabilities on Tuesday. One of the vulnerabilities are marked "Critical," and the other is "Important." Details on both are inside.

November 07, 2008 - 12:21PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

AT&T squeezes 18Mbps U-verse DSL out of last-mile copper

AT&T has announced its attempt to keep up with its competitors' rollouts of fiber and fast cable connections. Its U-verse Max 18 package will allow download speeds of up to 18Mbps, but the company is still bumping up against the limits of copper wiring—not to mention its competitors' 50Mbps offerings.

November 06, 2008 - 06:20PM CT - by John Timmer

AMD puts 500 more employees out to pasture

AMD adds another 500 to the ranks of the unemployed, following up May's layoffs with another round. Also, one AMD employee is fired and under federal indictment for allegedly stealing Intel secrets.

November 06, 2008 - 02:27PM CT - by Jon Stokes

With Google deal dead, Yang looks to what might have been

With the prospect of antitrust regulation having caused Google to back out of its ad deal with Yahoo, the latter company's CEO, Jerry Yang, suggests that Microsoft might not be such a bad partner after all.

November 06, 2008 - 11:30AM CT - by John Timmer

IBM looks to beat identity thieves with a USB ZTIC

IBM has announced a new USB device that's aimed at making online banking transactions more secure. The new ZTIC ("stick") device allows a user to detect man-in-the-middle attacks by doing a little man-in-the-middle work of its own.

November 05, 2008 - 07:00AM CT - by Jon Stokes

Rumors say Google, Yahoo agree to limit ad deal revenue

The latest round of rumors to emerge from the negotiations among Google, Yahoo, and the Department of Justice suggest that the two web companies are willing to limit the revenue flowing to Yahoo in order to win antitrust approval.

November 04, 2008 - 01:20PM CT - by John Timmer

EndNote reverse-engineering case looks headed to courtroom

Thomson Reuters, publisher of EndNote, is suing George Mason University over allegations that GMU reverse-engineered aspects of EndNote for their open source Zotero project.

November 04, 2008 - 07:35AM CT - by Jonathan M. Gitlin

Dash Express woes highlight Silicon Valley challenges

Dash Express made huge waves with its innovative, Internet-connected GPS unit. But now the VC-backed company has fallen victim to the downturn-induced belt tightening that will affect more such startups in the coming months.

November 03, 2008 - 09:35PM CT - by Jon Stokes

Google tries brinksmanship with DOJ in fight over Yahoo deal

Google may be getting worried that the Department of Justice will be distracted by the presidential transition, and not get around to approving its deal with Yahoo in a timely manner. No one from the company has actually said this, of course, but it's likely to be behind an uptick in rumors that the search giant is ready to walk away from talks.

October 31, 2008 - 11:11AM CT - by John Timmer

Windows 7 management features will make IT admins grin

Regardless of whether they're on XP or Vista, IT departments will have a lot to look forward to with Windows 7. Ars got to check out some of the new enterprise-friendly features to ship with Windows 7, including in-place imaging with a USB key, a problem recorder, remote access security and performance enhancements.

October 30, 2008 - 08:30AM CT - by Kurt Mackey

Gaming performs better for Sony as it ekes out a profit

The sprawling electronics and media giant gets hit by poor exchange rates and financial problems, but that didn't prevent a couple of its divisions from showing signs of life.

October 29, 2008 - 01:09PM CT - by John Timmer

Quantum key distribution meets the real world, fails

Canadian researchers demonstrate that it's possible to successfully hack a commercial quantum key distribution system. The efficacy of the attack is a real threat to quantum key distribution.

October 29, 2008 - 08:43AM CT - by Chris Lee

Darkstrand lights up LambdaRail for commercial use

For the first time, commercial entities will be able to hop on board the top-end academic networks, as a startup company called Darkstrand will sell access to the National LambdaRail.

October 27, 2008 - 11:00PM CT - by John Timmer

Microsoft has head in the clouds with new Windows Azure OS

As expected, Microsoft announced a Windows-based "cloud OS" during the first day of PDC. Windows Azure offers virtualized computing, automated service management, and scalable storage and will compete against cloud-based offerings from Amazon and Google.

October 27, 2008 - 12:28PM CT - by Kurt Mackey