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Lower demand and overstocked warehouses have led to a further decline in NAND flash chip production and sales over the past year. That drop is expected to continue well into 2009, analyst firms said.

The U.S. Department of Defense is seeking proposals for applications that can help families better communicate with parents and siblings serving in the military overseas.

The average compensation of CIOs has decreased because of the recession, according to a new report. But it also lists some execs who continue to do nicely for themselves.

EMC announced today it has acquired support and management tools for Linux and open-source software from from SourceLabs.

It's not just televisions that are slimming down for this week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Samsung, which has already said it plans to unveil a 7-millimeter thick TV at the show, will also be taking the wraps off a new Blu-ray Disc player that's 39mm thick.

ATTO Technology on Monday announced new products aimed at Mac users who need higher-end RAID and storage peripherals. The new products will be demonstrated at booth 1543 during the show.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have symptoms that resemble Type 1 diabetes, a noted endocrinologist said today, and he could be treated with insulin.

Seagate today announced its highest-capacity desktop hard drive yet, the Barracuda 7200.12, which offers up to 1TB of capacity on two platters.

Lenovo confirmed that its new U130 ultraportable, said to sport a new matte-black keyboard, will ship during the second half of 2009.

An independent Web site for IBM employees has been buzzing with rumors that the company will make significant layoffs this month.

Amazon.com is offering a new option for its Simple Storage Service, or S3, that lets data owners shift the cost of accessing their information to other people or businesses.

Freescale on Monday is expected to announce a new processor for netbooks that may challenge chip maker Intel on price in the low-cost computing market.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs said today he is being treated for a hormonal imbalance that caused the weight loss fueling speculation he was seriously ill.

The latest FileMaker database version includes the first massive interface makeover in about 10 years.

Lenovo Group's 2009 lineup of consumer desktop and laptop PCs is led by a new IdeaPad notebook that is as nearly as skinny as Apple's latest consumer laptops.

State governments are heavy users of older IT systems. But some state CIOs hope that President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan will include funding for IT upgrades in addition to money for projects such as road repairs.

A federal stimulus package could produce job opportunities for IT professionals with certain skills, according to analysts and career experts.

NYSE Euronext has replaced Oracle data warehouses and BI servers running SAS software with data warehouse appliances from Greenplum and Netezza to speed the analysis of internal business and performance data.

Microsoft developers missed a critical bug in Internet Explorer because they weren't properly trained and didn't have the right testing tools, the company's secure code expert acknowledged.