Washington, May 11 : Software as a service and cloud computing might not ring a bell for many today, but that's what is going to rule the roost in future for corporate giants. And with Google unveiling a re-branded Web Security for Enterprise, it has raced ahead of Microsoft in taking a major step towards the...

NEW YORK (AP) ― With millions of stimulus checks going out to taxpayers, Wall Street wants to know where that money will be spent -- and this week's data could help investors gauge the...

He is among an estimated hundreds of thousands of taxpayers – from legal immigrants to soldiers based abroad – who won't be getting a share of the stimulus package because of a provision...

Microsoft has issued a warning that its latest service pack for Windows XP prevents users from downgrading from Internet Explorer 7 to older versions of the browser. "If you choose to install XP SP3,...

BISMARCK, N.D. – Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business – if you run a bike shop. Commuters around the country are dusting off their old two-wheelers – or buying new ones...

So if you upgrade to XP SP3 you can't uninstall Internet Explorer, I'm quite sure I'm having a Deja-vu feeling about MS preventing people from uninstalling Internet Explorer in other Windows...

Consider me second to none in embracing Twitter for all that it's worth. But the service's publicized brown-outs naturally raise questions about backup plans in case of further...

Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture loan firm TriplePoint is helping the site finance the expansion of its server farms, and other infrastructure expenses, according to the report. Facebook doesn't...

A "serious security flaw" in Gmail turns Google's e-mail service into a spamming machine, according to a recent security report. INSERT, the Information Security Research ...

With every Google enterprise announcement Microsoft must hear the war drums beating. Sure, Google owns the search market. And, as a result, the company is the online advertising leader. But...

idea of your brand, can change that. Brands are social funds. Your mission is to raise their intellectual and emotional capital. The creation of brand equity is a cooperative act based on the values...

suggesting that open-source vendors should expect loyalty and a mutually advantageous relationship from their system integration partners, and institute policies to help foster this. I wish I could...

Against the backdrop of a weaker economy and higher gas prices, U.S. theme parks will rely on discounts or other incentives to keep up traffic. MarketWatch's Russ Britt visits parks in the Los...

BEAVERTON, Ore. (MarketWatch) -- Paired with a pulsating soundtrack of David Bowie's "Heroes," a Nike TV commercial running in China features gold-medalist hurdler Liu Xiang and other elite Chinese...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Starr Foundation, headed by American International Group Inc.'s former chief executive Hank Greenberg, filed a lawsuit Friday against AIG, according to a published...

"The economy is far from being 'out of the woods,'" wrote Brian Bethune and Nigel Gault, economist for Global Insight. The economic indicators in the coming week will show "an economy that is still...

WILLIAMS, Calif. (AP) ― Dipping its left wing, a canary-yellow biplane makes a sharp turn and dives over a flooded field, showering rice on the shallow water fifteen feet below.It's aerial...

Don Lundberg accessed the Web at Lindbergh Field while waiting for a flight. In all of the airports, they saw Web surfers browsing with unencrypted connections. Their report included screen shots...

NEW YORK – News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has withdrawn its bid to purchase the Long Island daily paper Newsday, a News Corp. spokeswoman said Saturday. The...

Although badly bruised, Yahoo Inc. has the strength to stand alone in the aftermath of Microsoft Corp.'s abandoned takeover bid, provided the Sunnyvale Web portal can execute its strategy of making...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures closed at an all-time high near $126 a barrel Friday, with strong demand for diesel fuel and concerns about global crude supplies prompting a weekly...

As San Diego's real estate market has struggled the past couple of years, Antwane and Holly Rucker felt the financial implications in more ways than...

personal refinery system that hooks up to a water source, a power source, and a waste water disposal outlet--"just like a washing machine," as Floyd Butterfield, E-Fuel's vice president of biofuels...

Mother's Day has long been called a Hallmark Holiday--a day plopped on a calendar that added guilt to our lives and another reason for capitalism to be successful. It meant flower shops would do more...

The tide may be turning at last for the U.S. dollar after seven years of decline as policy makers recognize the inflationary threat of an endlessly weakening dollar that has driven up oil and the...

Parents have some homework to do, according to new findings presented at the Pediatric American Society meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, this past Sunday. The research shows that 31% of U.S. parents...

Save the flowers and chocolates. This Mother's Day, let's give moms what they really need: equal pay. Raising children may be the most important job in the world, but it comes with a steep price...

Free software was once almost exclusively borne of a grass-roots effort -- with an anti-Microsoft bent -- seeking alternatives to paid software. The movement produced myriad programs, but only a...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Protestors gathered Friday night in various cities across South Korea to denounce their government's decision to ease restrictions on U.S. beef amid widespread fears...

Media reports say the U.S. Postal Service is likely to adjust its pricing yearly, after a law enabled yearly rises so long as the agency doesn't exceed the inflation...

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- A pair of exchange-traded notes giving investors both long and short exposure to the movement of platinum prices could launch on the New York Stock Exchange as early as...

BRUSSELS: Microsoft has lodged an appeal at a European court against a record 899 million euro ($1.39 billion) fine imposed on it by the EU Commission for defying a landmark anti-trust ruling. ...

Anti Atlas sounds a little like the music you'd make if you spent too much time around Thom Yorke--which Radiohead manager Chris Hufford surely has. Hufford's return to recording is a narcotic--but...

has said that they will soon be discontinuing Network Pages. Network Pages is a feature which allows members of a particular network to view and interact with a variety of data, such as Wall...

The FBI announced Friday that an investigation into counterfeit network components made in China and sold to the U.S. government has recovered about 3,500 fake devices with a value of $3.5 million. ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- ANB Financial N.A., a Bentonville, Ark.-based bank, has been closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has been...

DURHAM -- For the fresh-faced and hopeful students who will toss their caps in the air at Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill's commencements today, there is a silver lining in this economy: For the...

That's kind of what the IS F did to the Lexus lineup. Known for superior quality and high luxury cars that always did their homework, the Lexus model range never much entered the realm of high...

At least 200 people lined up at the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan on a rainy Thanksgiving night, hoping to be among the first to reach the early-bird sale at Woodbury Common Premium...

The largest privately-held commercial broadcast operator in the U.S., Pappas Telecasting Inc., filed for Chapter 11 Saturday with plans to sell its 30 TV stations under bankruptcy court...

So a 2040 target-date fund has more aggressive investments, suitable for someone with decades before retirement, while a 2015 retirement fund tends toward more conservative and fixed-income...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- MasterCard Inc. reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Tuesday thanks to good growth in transactions, helping the second-largest electronic payments processor...

Jacqueline Mitchell Feel the need for speed? These cars are sure to satisfy, but they'll cost you--a lot. And that's just the speeding...

Fisker Automotive took a prototype of its planned $80,000 electric sedan for a spin on a track in California, giving gawkers the first first look of the luxury sedan in action. The photos, which...

announced the results of its findings that Apple had the best technical support in the computer industry. Talk about the rich getting richer. These are obviously boom times for Apple. But fortunes...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- With the first-quarter earnings season almost past, investors will continue to face mounting concerns about consumption and the U.S. economy next week, with retail sales and...

Multinational software giant Microsoft says it is teaming up with Wellington's Oscar-winning animation studio Weta Workshop to help disabled people use computer technology. "Weta Workshop...

that Friend Connect will be a set of "APIs for Open Social participants to pull profile information from social networks into third party websites." Google will join Facebook and MySpace, which...

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings and telecom group PCCW are to be removed from the Hang Seng Index to make way for two incoming companies -- Aluminum Corp of China Ltd....

Every single institution of public trust has decided to go all in and see what they can steal from a passive uncomplaining public made paranoid by government surveillance and the now seemingly...