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A federal program providing vouchers for digital television converters to people whose TV sets will stop working on Feb. 17 has run out of money.

Microsoft plans to launch new Mac software later this year that will let Office 2008 for Mac users collaborate with people running the Windows version of the application suite.

Storage start-up Ctera introduced a combined local and cloud storage system for service providers to sell as a service.

The second that was added to 2008 to adjust for the slowing of the earth's rotation is causing problems with Oracle's Cluster Ready Services software, according to a support document issued by the vendor.

Attendees of the International Conference on Cyber Security 2009 in New York were reminded of the Vista operating system's failings a day before the Windows 7 beta is expected to be publicly announced at the CES trade show.

Every year you say you'll be better at keeping your data backed up, but then life happens. You get busy. You get distracted. And the number of files in your digital life grows exponentially--all while you continue to relegate this critical task to the "I'll get to it" pile.

Solid-state disks, hard-disk drive replacements filled with flash memory chips, have become popular in the laptop computing space and now they're expanding to other markets. At this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung Electronics will unveil an SSD-based camcorder, it said Tuesday.

The new SanDisk Ultra Backup USB Flash Drive doesn't want to be just another garden variety flash drive that you toss in a drawer. To avoid that fate, SanDisk has added a small backup button to the drive, which is roughly the size of an index finger. The button is designed to make it easier to back up critical data with less muss and fuss than an external hard drive might require.

SanDisk has updated its solid-state drive modules designed for use in netbooks. The second-generation modules, dubbed the pSSD-P2 and pSSD-S2, are sized to replace a standard 2.5-inch hard drive in a netbook or other devices.

Nearly a decade after USB 2.0 was first introduced, this practically ubiquitous technology is poised for its first major upgrade in years. Symwave, a semiconductor startup, and hard-drive maker Seagate are showing the first working demonstration of SuperSpeed--otherwise known as USB 3.0-- at CES 2009. The company's demo setup includes an adaptation of an external Seagate FreeAgent hard drive equipped with the new interface, and shows the high read/write throughput and streaming video performance potential of USB 3.0.

Advanced Micro Devices hopes to undercut prices of expensive ultraportable laptops with mobile chips it is expected to introduce on Tuesday.

The Kentucky state appeals court is expected to rule this month on whether the state can seize or shut down online gambling sites that are registered in other states or even outside the U.S.

Google has yet to stop a rising number of spammers from abusing Google Docs, its Web-based collaboration and spreadsheet application, according to junk mail watchdog Spamhaus.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs might not have been on hand for today's Macworld keynote, but that didn't stop Phil Schiller from pulling the wraps off new versions of iLife and iWork and unveiling a new unibody 17-in. MacBook Pro.

Samsung today announced a 2.5-in. enterprise-class solid-state disk drive, which offers data encryption capability, holds 100GB of data and uses just 1.9 watts of power in active mode.

Four years ago, when the New England School of Law in Boston suffered a total network failure that lasted almost a week, the IT department knew a major overhaul was in order.

Microsoft is again pushing its claim that consumers pay an Apple tax when they buy Mac hardware rather than PCs running the Windows operating system.

SOA is dead but services remain alive, according to a prominent analyst who published an obituary for SOA in a blog post on Monday.

Motorola will show off a new cell phone made from recycled plastic water bottles at the Consumer Electronics Show this week.