Jim Wagner

According to a SecurityFocus report, Nicholas Jacobsen, the alleged hacker, broke into T-Mobile’s network on more than one occasion to grab Social Security numbers, account names and passwords, and even download digital photos taken by customers. T-Mobile officials said someone began accessing its internal computer systems in late 2003. They immediately informed the Secret Service, […]

UPDATED: Reaction to IBM’s pledge to free 500 of its software patents to the open source community has varied, ranging from praise to panning the software patent process itself. But what effect does this pledge really have on the developers who are writing code and the software world in general? The Armonk, N.Y., IT giant […]

UPDATED: Siebel’s CRM software, originally aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB), is getting an upgrade, with new capabilities and functionality targeted at specific industries. CRM OnDemand 6, the San Mateo, Calif., company’s hosted software offering, now features four pre-built editions of its existing software: financial services, high-tech, medical and automotive editions. Siebel’s hosted CRM […]

IBM said Tuesday it is pledging 500 software patents to developers of open source software so they can develop without fear. The patents are available to those who abide by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and use one of 50 OSI-certified licenses. The Armonk, N.Y., company said it wants the 500 patents to form a […]

UPDATED: Officials at the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) announced one of China’s top Linux shops will support their efforts in the burgeoning East. Beijing-based Red Flag Software joined OSDL Monday and plans to participate in the research organization’s desktop Linux, carrier grade Linux and data center Linux working groups. Red Flag develops several enterprise […]

Denmark-based security firm Secunia has upgraded a warning issued last year regarding a known vulnerability for computer users running Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 from “highly” to “extremely” critical, according to an advisory published Friday. It’s an update to an advisory first issued Oct. 20, 2004, which found the combined […]

Lawyers filed a 10-count lawsuit against Apple earlier this week, claiming the ties between the company’s iTunes music download service and its iPod violate state and federal antitrust law. Slattery v. Apple, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California in San Jose, is a plea to allow the case to become […]

Officials at distributed platform host provider Akamai announced Wednesday George Conrades will step down from CEO duties April 1 while retaining control over its expanded board of directors. Paul Sagan, Akamai president, is getting the nod to take the CEO helm in addition to keeping his presidency. The board of directors also expanded its roster […]

UPDATED: Lifecycle management vendor Altiris will round out its server management portfolio with the acquisition of Tonic Software, officials said Wednesday. The deal, which is now closed, will not result in any job losses for employees at Tonic, though the company’s CEO, Don Pate, and its CFO, Carol Ray, will not join Altiris’ management ranks. […]

Web firm Netcraft’s new anti-phishing toolbar has attracted about 20,000 downloads since it went live last week, company officials said. The tool, which is available for Internet Explorer (IE) users, is essentially an Internet community “Neighborhood Watch” that warns users off from URLs believed to host phishing sites, in order to prevent them from handing […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF.org) is throwing its support behind a new version of an open source project designed to protect Internet surfers from online snoops. The latest version of the Tor Software Project, Tor 0.0.9.2, was published on the EFF’s Web site Tuesday, with bug fixes and the added capability of allowing Win32-based machines […]

UPDATED: While President Bush ramped up the United States’ official efforts to help survivors in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Southwest Asia Dec. 26, he called on Americans to go online to help survivors. Flanked by former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton in a press conference Monday morning, George […]