Matthew Broersma

Computer Associates International Inc. has launched a list of the worst spyware threats as part of a new program to combat unwanted software “pests.” At the top of that list: the peer-to-peer application Kazaa. The company initiated its Spyware Information Center earlier this month with the launch of eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware r5, enterprise-oriented software designed […]

Linus Torvalds and two other European software luminaries have thrown their weight behind a campaign to block software patents from being legitimized in Europe, ahead of a critical European Competitiveness Council decision later this week. On Thursday or Friday, the Competitiveness Council is expected to decide whether to formally back-draft legislation on “the Patentability of […]

US-CERT on Wednesday warned of a fresh hole in Internet Explorer that could allow attackers to take control of a PC via an HTML e-mail message or a malicious Web page. The flaw is all the more serious because exploit code has been published on public mailing lists, according to security researchers. The flaw, a […]

Microsoft Corp. has launched a new entry in its ongoing effort to bring more innovative PC form factors to market—in the somewhat quirky form of a high-end system specialized for project managers. The Project PC, introduced at the Association for Project Management Awards in London on Tuesday, is an extension of Microsofts philosophy of customizing […]

RealNetworks Inc. and KDE eV on Tuesday both released patches for their desktop software, fixing serious security holes that could allow an attacker to take over a users system. The update to KOffice, the productivity suite that is part of the K Desktop Environment, patched flaws in a library called xpdf, which handles PDF files. […]

Red Hat Inc. on Saturday warned users of an e-mail scam designed to plant malicious code on users systems. The malicious e-mail poses as a security update from the vendor, a technique that has become familiar to Windows users, but is a novelty in the Linux world. The e-mail, which has been circulating since late […]

Sun Microsystems has quietly delivered on its promise of a Solaris flavor of JDS (Java Desktop System), its alternative to Microsoft Windows. Sun released an x86-compatible version of JDS 2 based on Solaris 9 for download on its Web site last week, along with 90-day trial software. Until now, JDS has been available only in […]

At LinuxWorld Expo in London on Wednesday, Novell Inc. promised its desktop Linux software by the end of the year and launched the latest version of SuSE Linux Professional, including updated wireless networking technology. Hewlett-Packard Co.s head of Linux strategy, speaking at the same conference, said recent advances in security and high-performance computing technology are […]

Microsoft Corp. offered to license server interface protocols as part of a proposed settlement with the European Commission, the software company said in court on Thursday—the same licensing regime that Microsoft now says would cause it irreparable harm. In hearings on Thursday and Friday at Luxembourgs European Court of First Instance (CFI), Microsoft is appealing […]

Microsoft argued in a Luxembourg court on Thursday that the European Competition Commissions antitrust decision against it would infringe on its intellectual property and cause serious and irreparable harm to the company. The software giant and the European Competition Commission presented their first day of arguments in Luxembourgs Court of First Instance (CFI) in Microsofts […]