Fri, November 20, 2009 - Google's Chrome OS captured a lot of headlines and hype this week after the company invited the media in to have a look-see, setting off a whole lot of opinions about whether it will be any good. Microsoft, predictably, doesn't think so. Otherwise, Al Gore offered his opinion on the role supercomputers can play to quell climate change, and for the first time we can recollect there were not one, but two, cat-related IT stories that caught our attention.

Thu, November 19, 2009 - Televisions are notorious for draining huge amounts of energy, which is why California is cracking down with energy efficiency regulations. But your HDTV isn't the only home tech product that's slurping up power. Here are 5 other gadgets that you should turn off when not in use:

Wed, November 18, 2009 - It has been a tough year for Dataupia, but the data-warehousing appliance startup is alive and well following reports of major layoffs and a potential asset sale, according to founder Foster Hinshaw.

Wed, November 18, 2009 - EMC is extending its Avamar backup software to all parts of an enterprise's infrastructure with clients for PC and Mac desktops and laptops.

Tue, November 17, 2009 - A big shot of stimulus money awarded last month is sure to accelerate the transformation of the U.S. power grid into a massive network capturing data about much of what we do inside our homes. But will we trust this new "smart" grid with our data?

Tue, November 17, 2009 - Sun Microsystems today announced an upgrade to its Sun Storage 7000 family of disk arrays that it says doubles the performance and capacity of the system.

Tue, November 17, 2009 - A CRM system is supposed to deliver visibility into customer and sales behavior. But the internal reporting engines often run out of gas. What should you be doing for analytics?

Tue, November 17, 2009 - It's easy to set up a virtual machine on your PC, creating a machine within a machine, using free desktop virtualization software from VMware. Here's a look at the advantages, plus instructions.

Tue, November 17, 2009 - Sanyo Electric has delayed a planned increase in production of solar cells, citing poor market conditions.