The acquisition of startup ClearApp is directly tied to Oracle’s BEA Systems business.

The browser actually loads pop-up ads even though they won’t be seen unless users choose to maximize the pop-up ad windows that Chrome has minimized.

The robotics pioneer is leaving his posts at MIT and iRobot to start Heartland Robotics, with the goal of using robots to improve worker productivity.

Consumers are holding onto phones longer in developed markets such as Japan and South Korea; keeping the same phone anywhere from a year to two years, CEO Paul Jacobs said.

Google’s Chrome browser is fast and lightweight, with fresh and welcome user interface innovations. But it’s still early beta software — and it shows.

The Yahoo agreement applies to Verizon’s broadband Internet customers; the telecom company reportedly is working on a deal with Google for mobile subscribers.

Other top worries include IT talent-related issues such as "building business skills in IT," according to a Society for Information Management report.

Widely available on the black market, Apple’s handset will be officially available from two Russian wireless carriers by the end of the year.

The array was installed in 1957 and helped observe early satellites, spaceships, and space junk.

To accelerate the roll out of its residential broadband services, KPN is understood to have deployed Amdocs Automation and Activation Packs.