Matthew Hicks

An early entrant into the enterprise social networking field is unveiling an updated version of its software on Wednesday. Contact Network Corp., of Boston, is releasing Contact Network 2.5, server software that allows corporations to create their own private social networks where employees can mine each others contacts to find new introductions and sales leads. […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Leaders of the federal governments homeland security efforts warned technology industry leaders that if they do not lead the way in securing cyberspace, they will face the prospect of legislation setting security requirements. Responsible for 85 percent of the nations critical infrastructure, the private sector is critical to implementing a national plan for […]

Microsoft Corp., preparing for an aggressive push into the enterprise speech technology arena next year, released on Tuesday the final beta versions of its Speech Server and development kit for creating speech applications The Microsoft Speech Server, the newest addition to the Windows Server System, is aimed at broadening the reach of speech recognition and […]

Gordano Ltd., a developer of Web-based messaging software, is ratcheting up its fight against unwanted e-mail with the introduction on Tuesday of new anti-spam features. The company has launched an update to its Gordano Messaging Suite that provides end users the option of turning on Bayesian filtering capabilities and expands content filtering options for administrators. […]

Its known as the Google Dance among Webmasters and search-engine marketers: the semi-regular updates to the top Internet search engines index and the tweaking of its algorithms to keep search results relevant and fresh. But the latest do-si-do seems to have created more than the usual amount of consternation among those that track the search […]

On Wednesday, William Carrel posted an advisory warning of a malicious DHCP response that can grant root access for Mac OS X. The vulnerability affects the desktop and server versions of Mac OS X 10.2, known as Jaguar, as well as Mac OS X 10.3, known as Panther, he wrote. Carrel noted that Apple Computer […]

Radvision Ltd. has released a new line of videoconferencing equipment aimed at small and midsized enterprises. The Glen Rock, N.J., company on Monday announced 12 new versions of its Invision line of videoconferencing network appliances that can support either 10 or 20 concurrent users at speeds as high as 768K bps. The lineup includes nine […]

The SCO group is increasing its attacks on the Linux community, as CEO Darl McBride threatened last week to start suing enterprise Linux users within 90 days for copyright infringement. But McBride also offered an olive branch of sorts, announcing that SCO planned to send large Linux shops information about steps that can be taken […]

Polycom Inc. best known for its video conferencing systems, on Friday said that it has agreed to buy conferencing provider Voyant Technologies Inc. The $110.7 million deal will give Polycom greater audio conferencing capabilities. Voyant, of Westminster, Colo., is a leading provider of audio-conferencing equipment. Pleasanton, Calif.-based Polycom has been pushing like other conferencing companies […]

Apple Computer Inc. this week issued a security update for Mac OS X Jaguar and later. The update, posted to the Apple site on Wednesday, fixes several vulnerabilities in Mac OS X 10.2.8 and later. The software updates a number of libraries, services and programs, including Personal File Sharing and QuickTime for Java. While described […]