Gartner has revised its outlook for worldwide IT spending this year, predicting the industry as a whole will see 4.6 percent growth to $3.4 trillion, up from its previous prediction of 3.3 percent growth, according to its latest figures released Thursday.

While the computer industry in the 1990s thrived as corporations re-engineered business processes to incorporate IT, this decade has seen technology truly become part of mainstream culture and commerce via the Internet and ever-cheaper and smaller computing devices. Yes, the Internet revolution began in the '90s, but it was not until this decade that 14-year-olds raced ahead of professionals in figuring out how to tap social networks with hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of contacts. Here, in not-quite chronological order, are the top technology stories of the decade, selected by the IDG News Service for their singular impact on the industry as well as their emblematic status as examples of the trends that shaped the course of IT.

A federal appeals court today ordered Microsoft to stop selling its popular Word software in less than three weeks, rejecting the company's appeal and confirming the ruling of a lower court.

Although Intel delayed its first stand-alone graphics processor, code-named Larrabee, the company could use elements of the chip's design and architecture in future products, analysts said on Monday.

Lenovo will buy back the mobile phone unit that it spun off last year, reversing a move it originally made to focus on its core business in PCs, the company said late Friday.

Az együttműködés keretében a két vállalat integrálja az SAP BusinessObjects-kínálatának irányítási, kockázatkezelési és megfelelőségi (GRC) megoldásait és a Novell informatikai biztonsági és személyazonosság-kezelési termékeit

Contacts, calendar entries, photographs and other personal information of Sidekick users has almost certainly been lost for good following a service disruption at Sidekick provider Danger, the Microsoft subsidiary said on Saturday.

Despite Google's phenomenal growth, the Internet search giant does not appear to be worried about taking on too many projects, judging from comments made at a media roundtable Wednesday with company cofounder Sergey Brin and CEO Eric Schmidt.

Greenpeace International on Wednesday criticized some major PC makers for backtracking on commitments to reduce hazardous substances in hardware.

Az SAP AG bejelentette új üzleti intelligencia megoldását, az SAPŽ BusinessObjects™ Explorer-t. Az új szoftver, mely a legjelentősebb üzleti intelligencia terméknek számít a Business Objects akvizíció (2007) óta, ötvözi a Business Objects portfolió keresési és navigációs képességeit az SAP NetWeaverŽ Business Warehouse Accelerator szoftverrel, így biztosítva a nagymennyiségű információk közötti nagysebességű keresést és riportolást.

Sony Ericsson issued a profit warning on Friday, saying it will sell only about 14 million phones during the first quarter of 2009, down 8.3 million phones from the same period last year.

IBM's reported interest in buying Sun Microsystems has Java and open-source community members expressing both hopes and worries about the implications of such a deal on the tools, applications and open-source projects they use every day.

Losses at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications widened in the fourth quarter, as the company sold 6.6 million fewer phones than during the same period in 2007.

Alcatel-Lucent announced a raft of new voice and data switching and routing products and enhancements Monday, all of them focused on showing the company as a competitor to market leader Cisco Systems Inc.

Intel began sales of its high-end Core i7 desktop chips in Tokyo late Saturday night, bringing to market a series of processors that are significantly more powerful than any of the company's current desktop products.

A Novell meglévő alkalmazás-felügyeleti és virtualizációs megoldásai kiegészülnek a Managed Objects rugalmas szolgáltatásmodellezés megoldásával és a konfigurációs adatbázisok (CMDB) piacvezető technológiájával.

A Business Objects, SAP vállalat bemutatta a BusinessObjects™ XI 3.1 termékét, az első egyesített üzleti intelligencia megoldását, mely egy platformon belül teszi lehetővé a vállalat minden dolgozója számára az adatokhoz való hozzáférést.

After shelving plans to detail a browser clickjacking vulnerability that is indirectly related to Adobe Systems' products at the company's request earlier this month, a security researcher plans to detail the flaw next month.

A Business Objects, SAP vállalat bejelentette, hogy globálisan, minden új és meglévő SAPŽ Business One felhasználó számára ingyenesen elérhetővé vált a Crystal ReportsŽ szoftver alapverziója. A Crystal Reports ezen verziójával az üzleti felhasználók könnyebben készíthetnek riportokat, és vizuális formában mutathatnak be adatokat egyetlen, integrált rendszer használatával. A szoftver egy példánya minden SAP Business One ügyfél számára elérhető, aki rendelkezik SAP karbantartási szerződéssel.

The effects of tough price competition in the electronics and cell phone businesses hit Sony's profits during the April to June quarter, it said Tuesday.