Clint Boulton

CA said it has agreed to acquire application management maker Wily Technology for $375 million in cash. It’s the latest move for the company to vault past rivals IBM and HP in the lucrative management software space. Wily, considered a leader in Java application management by Gartner, provides the tools that allow IT managers to […]

McAfee will pay $50 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges related to the software maker’s finances dating back to 2000. McAfee, which makes intrusion prevention applications that find bugs or viruses before they can do damage, agreed to pay a $50 million penalty as authorized under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Santa Clara, […]

With crystal-clear high-definition optical disc players coming in a few months, major film studios are gearing up to launch content in the Blu-ray format. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment and Lions Gate unveiled movie titles that will be released on the highly anticipated Blu-ray format. The announcements, […]

AMD is answering Intel’s digital media strategy with one of its own. The No. 2 chipmaker announced Live! as its plan to make it easier for consumers to access, save and share audio, video, photos and more onto their PCs, TVs and portable electronics devices. AMD said Live! will let people access digital media content […]

Symantec today began 2006 pretty much how it left 2005, offering to acquire a smaller company to bolster its enterprise software portfolio. The new target is IMlogic, Inc., the leader in instant messaging (IM) security software for businesses, which security specialist Symantec hopes to buy for an undisclosed sum to boost real-time communications protection for […]

Micro hard-drive startup Cornice has created new mini storage devices to help digital-media fans rack up large amounts of data on their MP3 players, smartphones and handheld computers. The Longmont, Calif., company, less than a month removed from receiving a $97 million infusion of cash to continue innovating, introduced the Dragon series hard drive at […]

The Thomson Corp. has agreed to acquire Quantitative Analytics (QAI), a maker of database integration and analysis software for financial services firms. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Though a private company, QAI’s software solutions are used by more than 200 of the world’s major investment firms for securities selection, modeling, portfolio construction […]

Intel next week will kiss its long-time logo goodbye and add a new catch-phrase to focus on platforms that address mobile, digital home, enterprise and health. The original Intel logo with a lowered “e” will be replaced with an oval swirl surrounding the company’s name, according to Intel spokesman Bill Calder. The Santa Clara, Calif., […]

Interested in a technology that could let you request a radio station in your car without having to fiddle with the receiver? XM Satellite Radio believes its auto-driving customers will be. The top pay-radio provider said today that it has teamed with VoiceBox Technologies to create a voice-enabled XM radio platform for the automotive industry. […]

Hitachi, Ltd., Toshiba Corporation and Renesas Technology Corp. are toying with the notion of building a semiconductor company to help pad their electronics businesses. The Japan-based companies said in a statement they have started a study on the “feasibility of an independent semiconductor foundry business offering advanced fabrication processes to which each of the companies […]

Microsoft said it is teaming with IP phone service provider Softbank BB Corp. and Japan Telecom to offer businesses in Japan Voice over IP (VoIP), e-mail, Internet access and instant messaging in one service. Microsoft Co., Ltd., the Japanese unit of Microsoft, will offer Microsoft Solution for Enhanced VoIP Services with the IP phone services […]

It’s a brave new world of software programming out there, and AJAX is the agent being used to deliver a clean look for more interactive, yet seamless desktop computing. AJAX, short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is a programming approach that uses a number of programming languages and technologies together, including HTML or XHTML, JavaScript, […]