Clint Boulton

IBM is gearing up to take WebSphere V5 live, as the company offered a sneak peek this week of some of the upgrades over previous versions. Chief among these, according to IBM Director of Marketing for WebSphere Scott Hebner, is the addition of an integrated workflow engine geared to tie Web services together. The Armonk, […]

Placing high priority on return on investment (ROI) for deploying wireless applications, an IBM executive will unveil a new software tool that gauges just that at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) Wireless IT and Internet show. The news is just one of several bits coming from the CTIA conference in Las Vegas this […]

A security firm warned Tuesday that two versions of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Internet Explorer host a serious flaw that make it possible for attackers to steal cookies from Web sites, forge content, read local files and execute arbitrary programs on a user’s PC. The flaw, as discovered by Israel’s GreyMagic Software, is endemic to IE versions […]

Intel Tuesday made a fair bit of noise in Taiwan this week when it unveiled new microprocessors for high-end cell phones in a space largely dominated by Texas Instruments. Intel debuted two new members of its PXA chips for wireless devices at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei. The chips, made with technology dubbed StrataFlash, […]

So, just who is the “A” team for Web services architecture? Is it Microsoft’s .NET, bustling with newness and opportunity? Or is it the time-tested Sun Microsystems-led Java language? For the uninitiated, Web services are pieces of software that can be integrated and run on distributed computers throughout the Internet or on a network. Major […]

Mountain View, Calif.’s OpenTV Monday announced a sweeping plan to pare its work force by some 47 percent, eliminating 315 staffers and restructuring its global operations. With the intention of reducing expenses and making efficiency adjustments associated with its recent purchase of Wink Communications, the interactive television software maker hopes the play will help weather […]

Buckling under the weak spending economy, Lucent Technologies Friday said it would lay off 10,000 staffers and take its quarterly earnings-per-share (EPS) breakeven revenue level to $2.5 billion. The telecommunications equipment maker had previously set a target range of $2.5 to $3 billion. The Murray Hill, N.J. company, which will see its staff paired from […]

Microsoft announced its participation at the first Digital Identity World 2002 Conference Thursday in no small fashion, pledging to open up some of the code for its controversial Passport digital identity service. The announcement was made by the Redmond, Wash. concern’s Craig Mundie, senior vice president and chief technical officer, during a keynote address for […]

Critical Path and HP got cozy Thursday when the two inked a pact to provide the enterprise with managed messaging services. The global alliance — spanning the corporate sector from small business to large outfits — is valued at more than $100 million, according to the firms. In this deal, Critical Path will pair its […]

In the latest legal wranglings between Good Technology and Research In Motion, a Superior Court judge refused RIM’s request for a temporary restraining order against the Sunnyvale, Calif. startup. Judge Raymond J. Ikola of the Orange County Superior Court of California denied the Canadian wireless device and software maker’s plea. To date, RIM has sued […]

How do you knock off the No. 1 flash memory creator? Why, join forces with another partner, of course. That may be the tack chipmaker AMD and Fujitsu are taking. According to the Financial Times, the perennial No. 2 U.S. chipmaker and Japanese electronics manufacturer are in talks to create a separate company in which […]

Lindows.com last week filed for a summary judgment in defense of the patent infringement suit filed by Microsoft nearly a year ago over Lindows.com’s use of the term “lindows” in its products and branding. The San Diego computing startup is hoping the U.S. District Court in Washington finds in its favor, claiming that Microsoft has […]