John Blau

Even if money is a bit tight because of the struggling economy, that isn't keeping Europeans from buying mobile devices.

Worldwide PC shipments experienced double-digit growth in the second quarter, the first time since the third quarter of 2000, according to preliminary market research published Wednesday by Gartner Inc.

Small business and residential users as far afield as the Pyrenees mountains in southern France could soon enjoy broadband connections thanks to a partnership between France Telecom SA (FT) and Alvarion Ltd.

The Wild West spirit that has accompanied the rapid spread of wireless Internet services across Europe is slowly coming to an end.

Federal agencies, state and local governments, and other public-sector administrations in Germany interested in migrating their computer systems to open source software, particularly the Linux operating system, can now turn to a set of guidelines for support.

The Wi-Fi Alliance, following successful interoperability testing, has put its stamp of approval on the first batch of products based on the new 802.11g wireless Internet standard.

Data storage vendor EMC Corp. has agreed to buy Legato Systems Inc., a maker of storage management software, in a stock transaction valued at US$1.3 billion, the companies said Tuesday.

After more than three weeks of discussions, negotiators at an international radio frequency conference have agreed to allocate additional spectrum to the increasingly popular wireless LAN (WLAN) Internet technology.