Jim Wagner

Microsoft officials launched a last-minute reminder to Windows users Monday afternoon to prevent the spread of the MyDoom.B virus that’s targeting its home page. MyDoom.B is a variant of the W32.Novarg.A@mm (MyDoom.A) e-mail virus — which targeted the SCO Group Sunday — that sends Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express users an official-looking email with a […]

Supporters of Linux cried foul this week when Microsoft rolled out research reports that it commissioned from research firms IDC, Giga Research and the META Group that questioned total cost of ownership (TCO) of the open source operating system.In the process, analysts involved with the reports are finding themselves under fire over them, including one […]

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The SCO Group isn’t letting the holidays slow down its copyright payment quest with users of Linux, as well as its pursuit of what it claims are copyright infringements with parts of the open source operating system. The company has distributed a new round of notices to licensees of its Unix V operating system and […]

Compared to Windows, Linux has enjoyed a reputation as a stable and secure operating systems , thanks in large part to an enthusiastic open source community that plugs holes before they create problems. But Linux’s growing popularity is attracting unwanted attention from virus writers, script kiddies In recent weeks, two high-profile breaches at popular Linux […]

Oracle officials announced Tuesday the availability of what they claim is the first middleware application server for grid computing. Application Server 10g was first unveiled at OracleWorld in September, when the Redwood Shores, Calif., company promised that the software would hit the market by year’s end, along with the Oracle Database 10g. Oracle, and other […]

A federal court judge has given the SCO Group 30 days to pass along detailed information that it claims will prove IBM violated the terms of its contract, according to a SCO official. SCO Group’s contract dispute is over whether Big Blue allegedly breached a contract with the company by contributing unauthorized portions of Unix-based […]

With eyes fixed on the burgeoning Linux enterprise market, networking software specialist Novell on Tuesday announced plans to shell out $210 million in cash to acquire Germany’s SUSE Linux AG. The SUSE acquisition is Novell’s second major deal in the enterprise Linux space, coming just a few months after the purchase of Ximian, a Boston, […]

For PDA or cell phone enthuasiasts frustrated by poking a stylus or fingers on seemingly microscopic-sized keypads, Microsoft’s Voice Command application might be a welcome change. The software giant’s Voice Command (version 1) was released Monday morning at Handago.com and PocketPC.com for $39.95, for PDA or cell phone users using the Windows Mobile 2003 software […]

Executives are showing signs of opening up the coffers for more spending but they’re looking towards the future, not fixing the problems of today. And that’s becoming a mixed blessing for IT staffs around corporate America. Despite a growing backlog for software application support in large enterprises, most executives are slow to beef up their […]

Through the 1990s, executives listened to their IT department heads explain why the company needed PDAs and other high-tech gadgets distributed throughout the workforce to improve “workplace efficiencies.” For those that bought into the promises of the mobile worker, the promised efficiencies didn’t exactly deliver what they were expecting, according to mobile computer analyst Matt […]

Bank of America has officially hit the 21st Century with a contract announced Wednesday by Sprint officials. The 10-year deal basically revamps the financial organization’s entire network, which until today ran on OC-3 network pipes throughout its banking subsidiaries located throughout the U.S. According to David Gunasegaram, a Sprint spokesperson, the deal is more than […]