Lenovo voluntarily recalled select Sanyo Electric lithium ion extended-life batteries used in its ThinkPad notebook computers.

The recall affects 9-cell batteries with the part number FRU P/N 92P1131. They were sold between November 2005 and February 2007 as an accessory for about $180.

BitForensics announced the release of the world’s first laptop hardware keylogger. The KeyCarbon Raptor card records all typing on a laptop keyboard, plugs into the Mini-PCI slot of a laptop computer, and stores captured keystrokes on the onboard 256MB MicroSD card. The card is 100% passive, requires no drivers, and is undetectable by any software running on the laptop.

CertFX has released new practice tests for DB2, Lotus, Microsoft, WebSphere and Workplace. In addition, they have volume package discounts and free practice tests for Notes and Domino 6/6.5 Application Development path.

Mobile phones that can predict your requests? A 3-D Internet? Health care from a doctor half a world away? These things might become everyday occurrences sooner than you might imagine.

At a recent open house in San Jose, Calif., IBM Labs showed a group of journalists and analysts some of the technologies in which it has invested $100 million, as well as several key projects the IT giant is currently developing in labs located around the world.

Multiple flaws in commonly used technical support tools can open Windows PCs to cyberattack, security experts have warned.

The vulnerable tools are often used by Internet service providers, PC makers and others to provide support functions such as remote assistance, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team said in an alert published Thursday. The tools, provided by SupportSoft, contain multiple vulnerabilities, it warned.

IBM announced it has completed its acquisition of Softek Storage Solutions, a privately held company based in Vienna, Virginia.

Through this acquisition, IBM is assembling the most complete and unified data mobility offerings and worldwide delivery expertise for managing data in storage array, host, and virtualized information technology environments.

IBM had announced an agreement to acquire Softek on January 29. Now that the acquisition is complete, Softek will become part of the Storage and Data Services business unit in IBM Global Technology Services.

Now there’s some science behind what every cube dweller has known for years: Meetings are worthless and, in fact, are counterproductive.

A scientific study asked participants to think of as many brands of soft drinks as they could. When part of a group, the participants’ final list was shorter than the lists from participants working alone who were asked to do the same thing.

The general idea is that "Groupthink" extends beyond the swaying of opinions toward a homogenized central viewpoint, even reaching into basic tasks like making lists of facts.

IBM announced new initiatives designed to make it easier for clients to use clusters of servers for high-performance computing tasks. The company is investing in development, marketing and sales-channel programs that leverage IBM’s technology prowess in high-end supercomputing and deep experience delivering industry-focused solutions.

Although nobody’s crystal ball is clear on the impact that the change in the daylight-saving time rules will have on enterprise IT systems and applications, the problems could be bigger than most people realize. That’s because IT shops have had less notice in dealing with the time change than they did for Y2K, and because the issue doesn’t have visibility at the highest levels of an organization as it did for Y2K.

A federal grand jury indicted the former general counsel of McAfee on fraud charges related to alleged stock options backdating.

Kent Roberts, 50, of Dallas, is accused of "granting himself and others valuable in-the-money stock options while hiding the true nature and value of the stock option grants from Network Associates, its board, its shareholders, its auditors, the public and the SEC," according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco, which is bringing the charges.