Lenovo channel chief: watch out for FUD
New Lenovo worldwide channel chief Mark Enzweiler this week urged several hundred IBM partners to be proactive in battling the confusion spread by PC competitors such as Dell. More...

APC shines up channel program
APC has announced it plans to provide more discounts to partners who had invested heavily in pre-sales. More...

AOL readies web-mail upgrade
America Online this week plans to launch an upgrade of its AOL Mail on the web product for subscribers, a precursor to a free email service the company plans to introduce later in the year. More...

Court reverses ruling against Microsoft
Microsoft this week said a US federal appeals court has overturned a lower-court verdict that found the software giant guilty of infringing on a browser-related technology patent and ordered the company to pay more than US$520 million in damages. More...

RealNetworks advises users to patch RealPlayer
Critical bugs in RealNetworks' RealPlayer could let hackers hijack Windows, Mac, and Linux systems, security firms warned this week. More...

IBM software performs 'Blue Screen Of Death' rescues
IBM this week demonstrated software designed to be stored on a personal device such as an MP3 player that could rescue and recover data from a damaged PC hard drive. More...