Hedge fund pushes Sybase to spin off mobile unit, or sell out altogether

A hedge fund that controls 6% of Sybase's stock wants the software vendor to consider a sale or spin-off. And it plans to nominate three new directors to make sure its voice is heard.

With release near, Microsoft previews Office 2008

The next version of Office for Macs -- Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 -- isn't due out until later this month. But Microsoft execs are already talking up the suite's new features.

Corrupted software disrupts New Year's fireworks in Seattle

Computer problems caused problems with Seattle's New Year's Eve fireworks show, forcing the company handling the display, Pyro Spectaculars, to launch the fireworks manually.

Hot news you'll see in '08 (we think)

From a major international hacking incident to XP's non-retirement, the IDG News Service's Nancy Weil predicts the big stories of 2008.

Storage Projects Rise in Importance

The pervasiveness of large files and even virtualization technology are driving data overload and forcing corporate IT leaders to find ways to centralize storage.

Global Dispatches

In a legal complaint, Opera Software is looking to force Microsoft to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows; IBM is projecting $1 billion in revenue from its India operations in 2007.

Microsoft narrows scope of Home Server bug

The Windows Home Server bug that's corrupting data is, according to Microsoft, of fairly limited scope and remarkably hard to reproduce, but they'll be working on it around the clock. Still, some users are yowling.

The top 10 underreported technology stories of 2007

InfoWorld presents the 2007 trends and events you may have missed and their implications for the year ahead.

Opinion: The 25 most innovative products of the year

Chosen from the hundreds of products PC World reviewed in 2007, here are 25 that will change the way you work, communicate and play this year -- and beyond.

SCO bumped off Nasdaq

The SCO Group has been removed from the Nasdaq Stock Market because the company declared bankruptcy in Septembe...

Image Gallery: 5 Things You'll Love About Firefox 3

Firefox 3 Beta 2 is more stable and polished than Beta 1, but while it's not quite ready for prime time, it does show some of the nifty new tools we can expect when Mozilla's browser ships.

5 Things You'll Love About Firefox 3

Firefox 3 Beta 2 is more stable and polished than Beta 1, but while it's not quite ready for prime time, it does show some of the nifty new tools we can expect when Mozilla's browser ships.

EMC will buy Document Sciences for $85M

Using xPression, Document Sciences' flagship application, companies can automate the creation and delivery of personalized communications such as brochures and contracts.

Microsoft to ease XP activation with SP3

The change does not apply to existing Windows XP installations upgraded to SP3. Those copies, which have presumably passed the activation stage previously, will not request the key again, Microsoft said.

For Google Apps, 2008 may be the year it realizes less is not more

It's just 10 months old, but Google Apps may be in for a life lesson in 2008. If so, it's likely to involve the dangers of running with big dogs such as Microsoft Office when one is just a pup ... and a pup destined to grow into more of a chihuahua-type hound, at that.

Microsoft's piracy fight gains momentum in China

China's making progress in the effort to squelch software piracy -- but the warez are still easily available, if you know the right alleys to walk down.

Microsoft's Windows Home Server corrupts files

'Don't edit' list includes photos, and Quicken and QuickBooks files, Microsoft warned. There's no word yet on a fix.

Wikipedia founder to launch search project Jan. 7

Criticizing Google and Yahoo as not transparent enough, Jimmy Wales plans an open-source search project that allows more user input.

Apple re-patches patch to stop Safari crashes

Browser breakdowns seem to be endemic among the major players this month. Days after Microsoft released a patch to repair a bad update to Internet Explorer 6, Apple put forth a fix for its Safari browser.

Microsoft to hand over Windows secrets to Samba team

Developers of Samba, an open-source version of the file-and-print software used by Windows, will be able to legally incorporate Windows protocols.