Laura Rohde
Rohde is a reporter for the IDG News Service.
Vodafone pushing e-mail service
Vodafone Group formally launched its own version of a wireless "push" e-mail service on Thursday, with plans to roll it out across Europe by the end of the year.Though the Newbury, England, company said that the service will...
Update: Nokia's first-quarter profit jumps 18 percent
Handset maker reports $1.1 billion in net profits
Security in new Opera browser fights phishing
Opera 8 gains features for tighter security, ability to surf the Web with voice commands
IBM to unveil European restructuring plan by June
Job cuts that are expected to be in the thousands as IMB closes some operations
Reuters shuts down IM system to fight Kelvir IM worm
IM system brought back online early Friday; no incidents of users being infected have been reported
Update: Siebel dumps CEO Lawrie for Shaheen
Siebel names board member George Shaheen as its new chief
EDS system drove staff to enter false data, report says
Problems with EDS-developed system led to pervasive frustration at U.K. agency
UK government funds new open-source initiative
Open Source Academy to promote use of open source by local governments
More sophisticated cyber crime costs UK billions
National Hi-Tech Crime Unit puts cost at $4.61 billion
Possible U.S.-EU fight looms over biometric passports
U.S. unlikely to extend October deadline requiring EU travelers to have passports with biometric capabilities
Update: U.K.'s NHS outsources back-office financial services
LONDON -- An effort to outsource and computerize some back-office finance and accounting services within the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) will be formally launched on Friday by the Department of Health (DOH) and its corporate...
Update: U.K. government withholds EDS checks over IT system
EDS continuing to have problems with management and telephony systems it developed for U.K. government
AMD previews Pacifica virtualization technology
Technology turns one compute system into multiple 'virtual' systems
Ericsson, Sendo begin antitrust legal fight
Companies launch patent infringement, anticompetitive practices lawsuits
Symbian licenses Microsoft ActiveSync protocol
Symbian-based mobile phones will be able to synchronize e-mail, other data with servers running Exchange Server 2003
BI vendors tout integration tools
Oracle, Information Builders, Spotfire help customers get to data sources