Jim Wagner

Linux distributor Mandrakesoft has bought Brazilian-based Linux vendor Conectiva for $2.3 million, officials said Thursday. The definitive merger agreement announcement comes nearly a year after Mandrakesoft emerged from the French bankruptcy courts. The company’s Conectiva acquisition is the continuation of its strategy to grow its Linux product, Mandrakelinux, through both internal development and external purchases. […]

The FBI issued a statement saying it is not behind a worm-infected e-mail that’s finding its way into inboxes, the agency said Tuesday. Paul Bresson, an FBI spokesman, said the agency first heard of the e-mails purportedly coming from its servers over the weekend and is looking for the worm’s author. “We are aggressively looking […]

A group of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) advocates is calling for a boycott of technology using discriminatory patent terms at the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), according to an open letter Tuesday. In his letter, Lawrence Rosen, who stepped down from his role as general counsel and secretary of […]

Data integration specialists Informatica rolled out an expanded version of its PowerCenter application and also updated its product roadmap with a glimpse of where the industry’s going. PowerCenter Advanced Edition is an offering that binds the Redwood City, Calif., company’s data integration platform with its SuperGlue metadata management and PowerAnalyzer business intelligence (BI) applications. Also […]

Web browser developer Opera Software wants to help you tell your TV to check what’s on, thanks to the launch of a voice-enabled TV guide. The Oslo, Norway, company’s Electronic Program Guide (EPG) is based on IBM’s ViaVoice implementation of the XHTML+Voice (X+V) multimodal markup language specification currently wending its way through the Worldwide Web […]

The release of a new dashboard in IBM’s new Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3 marks the beginning of an effort to consolidate all IT administrator functions under one console. IBM Friday announced the push for developer support of the Integrated Solutions Console (ISC), a portal to create a consistent user interface for administrators. The Armonk, N.Y., […]

Qwest will make a new bid for MCI after it reviews Verizon’s offer for the long-distance carrier, according to a Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. The news comes three days after Verizon said it would acquire MCI in a stock and cash deal valued at $6.7 billion. Included in the SEC filing is a […]

The SCO Group announced Thursday that it faces possible delisting from the NASDAQ stock exchange for failing to file an annual report with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) on time. Company officials will request a hearing on the delisting notice before the Feb. 25 deadline. Meanwhile, SCO will work with auditor KPMG to file […]

IBM plans to invest $100 million over three years to support the development of Workplace technologies for Linux users, officials said Thursday. The initiative is the latest effort to garner ISV adoption of the Armonk, N.Y., company’s hardware and software technology on the Linux platform. Big Blue is now building a Linux ISV program around […]

A surge in demand for business applications in China, Russia and Brazil has prompted IBM to accelerate its timetable to give them development centers. The goal of IBM’s centers is to promote the growth of technology catering to open standards and open source, as well as to encourage ISVs in these countries to migrate their […]

Despite being spurned for a lower bid to buy MCI , executives at Qwest said Tuesday they are still keeping their options open. Verizon announced Monday that its board of directors and those from MCI had agreed to a $6.7 billion acquisition, roughly $600 million lower than a reported $7.3 billion Qwest bid. Despite the […]

Officials at security software vendor Fortify Software released a downloadable application that gives IT managers a peek at potential security risks in applications. The 84KB-sized Fortify Application Risk Analyzer, a small introduction into the Palo Alto, Calif., company’s product line, scans an application’s executable for hints that the code has weaknesses a hacker could exploit […]