Software sales drop, but Oracle beats expectations
Oracle reported a 13% dip in new software sales Tuesday, but posted quarterly financial results that were ahead of analyst expectations. Read more...

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iPhone 3GS heats up, DOJ takes aim at Google
The iPhone scored quite a few headlines related to overheating problems with the 3GS this week. Depending on whom you believe, those issues are either real, exaggerated, the fault of users or some combination of the three. Otherwise, as warm weather takes hold above the equator and Bostonians contemplate whether it's time to brush up on our ark-building skills (rain, rain go away), we find this week's IT news offerings cover a broad range.

Energy-efficient servers earn a star -- but so what?
The Energy Star program for servers is a good first step, most agree, but it measures energy use only under limited circumstances and does not include popular hardware types, like blade servers -- at least not yet.

Dazzle Your CEO With Hard Facts
Paul Ingevaldson sees a way to give your CEO the hard numbers he wants to see on IT performance.

Enterprises cut costs with open-source routers
Advocates say that open-source routers allow custom crafting at a fraction of the cost of most commercial enterprise routers.

How to cut network expenses
Public-sector CIOs offer tips, from buying IT gear on eBay to the best timing for negotiating with your vendors.

HP revenue drops in tough climate
Computer industry bellwether Hewlett-Packard reported a 3 percent drop in revenue as its major lines of business continued to be hammered by the global recession.

Smart and cheap: Business intelligence on a budget
Tough times call for better business insight, but who wants to spend the dough? Here are eight ways to squeeze more from the BI tools you've already got.

Acquisitions, profits and recycling
In a Big Picture episode of the Macworld Podcast, we look at three broad issues--a flush Apple and rumors of it flushing some of its cash to purchase Twitter or Electronic Arts, a flush and profitable Apple in a down economy and what its financial numbers mean for the company now and into the future, and what you might do with an old Mac that you'd like to flush from your life.

Swine flu spreads, Apple hires, Twitter hack
Hands down, the swine-flu outbreak captured the headlines this week (and led to some obviously hysterically hyped headlines along the way). Amid the speculation about how much havoc the new virus will wind up wreaking on the world, there also was some more moderated speculation about what Apple is up to in hiring a bunch of chip designers. Oh, and another high-profile Twitter account was hacked ... again.

Oracle snags Sun, Microsoft earnings dip
Oracle kicked off a busy week in IT news, announcing plans to buy Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion. We'd quip that Oracle will put Sun out of its misery, but it's a good guess that the misery for some Sun employees is still to come given Oracle's penchant for big layoffs after big acquisitions. Speaking of misery, Microsoft's revenue was down from a year ago, which had until now been unheard of. The week also brought cloud news, netbook slamming and changes at MySpace and Facebook, among other things.

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