Dolls

Ballooning costs, feature creep, vendor lock-in and just plain bad technology have contributed to some of IT's most spectacular project failures. Here's what we can learn from past mistakes.

This petite router turns a cellular wireless data connection into Wi-Fi.

Mergers spawn malicious emails

Scammers are exploiting meltdown in the banking sector in an attempt to trick users into handing over sensitive financial information.…

The proposed acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe is not a done deal. Both companies are under the scrutiny of the SEC, and it must also be approved by stockholders. While Macromedia/Adobe gives this process three to nine months, some industry analysts feel that is being overly optimistic. But assuming that all is goes as planned, Macromedia will cease to exist. Everything will be in the Adobe name and with the Adobe interface.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance leaders from the International Monetary Fund's 185 member countries on Saturday endorsed a plan by major economies to chart a course out of the credit crisis, hoping the broader support will calm markets.