Matthew Hicks

Novell Inc. on Monday confirmed reports that it has registered 11 copyrights on the Unix System V source code that is at the center of the SCO Group Inc.s legal battles with the Linux operating system. Novell, prompted by reports of the registrations on the Groklaw Web site, said in a statement that “it owns […]

A variant of the Sober mass-mailing worm appears to be gaining more traction as leading security vendors increase their threat levels. Increasing prevalence of the W32/Sober.C worm prompted Network Associates Inc. on Sunday to raise its risk assessment to medium from low. Sober.C is most active in Germany, where e-mail security vendor MessageLabs Inc. said […]

Faced with another private antitrust lawsuit, this time from digital media competitor Real Networks Inc., Microsoft Corp. late Thursday defended its business practices in the multimedia market. “There is vibrant competition in this marketplace and Real Networks own reported growth shows that they have thrived on Windows and many other operating platforms,” Microsoft said in […]

Two providers of paid search took further steps this week to expand their offerings in the growing advertising space. Kanoodle.com Inc on Wednesday announced the hiring of three former executives from Sprinks, a sponsored links provider acquired by Google Inc. in October, to lead its expansion into content-specific sponsored links. Separately, LookSmart Ltd. on Tuesday […]

Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday released a new version of its QuickTime multimedia player and multimedia content creation software. The update extends support to more mobile devices and improves performance, officials said. With QuickTime 6.5, available now, Apple adds support for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2), the latest version of the wireless multimedia […]

Hoping to boost the use of PDFs in electronic publishing, Adobe Systems Inc. on Wednesday launched an online store for PDF eBooks and digital content that links directly into Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat applications. Called the Adobe Digital Media Store, the site includes downloads of between 15,000 and 20,000 documents that range from digital […]

Novell Inc. on Tuesday launched a set of software services to help enterprises make the switch to Linux from other server operating systems. The Novell Nterprise Linux Services 1.0, which will be available on Thursday, provides Linux support for a set of services and applications that have been available with Novells NetWare operating system. These […]

As Microsoft Corp. prepares to release a beta of the next update to Windows XP, enterprise users need to get ready for what could be one of the most complicated service packs to deploy, analysts said on Tuesday. Service Pack 2, expected in beta this week, will be packed with new security features—everything from an […]

WiredRed Software Corp. on Monday expanded into the Web-conferencing market by announcing the availability of a standalone application in the space and plans for integration of conferencing with its enterprise instant messaging platform. Called e/pop Web Conferencing, the new software offers the ability to share desktops, applications, documents and PowerPoint presentations as well as multipoint […]

Groxis Inc. on Monday will unveil an alternative way to search the Web and visualize the relationship of the query results. Called Grokker 2, the desktop software adds new twists to traditional Web search-engine results. Rather than returning a simple list of results, Grokker groups them into various categories that are displayed in a visual […]