Ed Sutherland

In a nod to market realities, Microsoft  today removed the cap on how long it will support older software under its Custom Support Agreement (CSA). The change will provide companies with problem resolution, critical and important security hotfixes, access to a security database and the ability to request fixes for new bugs. The CSA program, […]

Software giant Microsoft has released a fix to a problematic security patch introduced earlier this month. The update comes two days after the company announced a delay. The updated MS06-042 security bulletin “fully resolves the security vulnerability discussed in Microsoft Security Advisory 923762,” according to a statement. After originally releasing a cumulative security patch Aug. […]

Online privacy watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) took a break from battling government spying and corporate misdeeds to charge Barney the Dinosaur with violating a Web site owner’s First Amendment rights. The EFF is taking up the case of a New York City man whose parody of the purple television dinosaur has come under fire […]

Can Time Warner’s AOL video service entice consumers to download movies where other attempts have failed? The answer is a definite “maybe.” AOL Video, which launched in July, said it will offer pay-to-download DVDs and movies from 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. AOL wants to be […]

Racing to comply with a government imposed deadline, Microsoft will release later this week new versions of Windows XP for the South Korean market. Designed exclusively for South Korea, the versions of Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional are named Windows XP K and Windows XP KN, according to Microsoft. The KN versions will […]

UPDATED: Microsoft   filed three lawsuits today against cybersquatters it claims are looking to profit from the software giant’s trademarks and the growth of online advertising. Cybersquatters depend on Internet users mistyping a site name or visiting a domain with a familiar sounding brand name, such as “freehotmail.net,” “microsoftrebates.com” or “xbox360.com.” The domain owners then […]

Networking giant Cisco Systems will pay $92 million for Arroyo Video Solutions, a small privately held video-on-demand (VOD) company with some big customers. Cisco, which bought set-top maker Scientific-Atlanta in November, will integrate Arroyo’s on-demand software into its routers. This will allow it to bring on-demand content to the Web and mobile phones, as well […]

Sprint Nextel COO Len Lauer is out. In a short statement, the company said Lauer’s departure was “effective immediately.” Gary Forsee, Sprint’s president and CEO, will assume Lauer’s duties, leaving the COO position unfilled, according to the company. Sprint Nextel would neither confirm nor deny Lauer’s departure was voluntary, though Sprint Nextel spokesperson Leigh Horner […]

UPDATED: AOL has fired three employees, including its CTO, over a recent disclosure of user data. Maureen Govern, AOL CTO and head of the AOL department responsible for releasing user search data, and the researcher and manager were fired, according to a memo from AOL CEO Jonathan Miller obtained by internetnews.com. In a memo to […]

Flash memory maker SanDisk announced its own version of what could be an iPod killer. The 8GB Sansa e280 can hold 2,000 songs, offering consumers twice the storage of the similar-priced Apple iPod Nano. The MP3 player features audio, photo-viewing and video-clip playback capabilities and costs $249.99. The Sansa is after the Nano. Source: Sandisk […]

Networking company Qualcomm continued its drive to accelerate 3G deployment with the $18 million cash acquisition of Qualphone, developer of IP-based multimedia Subsystems (IMS) software for mobile networks and handsets. Qualphone’s IMS software allows mobile carriers to more easily offer subscribers multimedia, including video, voice and text. Qualphone also provides IMS interoperability, reducing the time […]

Microsoft  said it will repurchase $16.2 billion shares of additional stock, expanding the buyback program announced in July to $36.2 billion. In July, the software giant said it would buy back $20 billion in shares by August 17, 2006 with an option to purchase another $20 billion before June 30, 2011. Microsoft announced it would […]