Jim Wagner

Microsoft officials expect to have Java-less versions for some of its popular consumer software ready by the end of the year, internetnews.com has learned. At the same time, officials announced the end to a slew of Java-related downloads on its Microsoft Software Developers Network (MSDN). The announcement, made in a Microsoft newsgroup forum Thursday, marks […]

A federal court judge has given the SCO Group 30 days to pass along detailed information that it claims will prove IBM violated the terms of its contract, according to a SCO official. SCO Group’s contract dispute is over whether Big Blue allegedly breached a contract with the company by contributing unauthorized portions of Unix-based […]

A Linux expert is defending the way Debian Project leaders handled a recent security breach that took down the servers of the 10-year-old open source effort. Jay Beale, lead developer on the Bastille Linux project and a consultant at JJB Security Consulting & Training, told internetnews.com that it’s impossible to secure any server connected to […]

E-voting machine manufacturer Diebold has agreed to withdraw its cease-and-desist orders against privacy groups and several ISPs that had hosted or linked to sites that published internal e-mails discussing problems with e-voting technology. Privacy groups The Online Policy Group (OPG) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called the Diebold withdrawal an initial victory in their […]

Developers at business intelligence and performance management software maker Curl Corporation have launched the latest version of the company’s Client/Web Platform — and with a USA Today theme in mind. The pitch with this version: it’s a graphics-rich dashboard, brimming with real-time information, and built from the truckload of data that C-level executives — CEOs, […]

IBM will reorganize its software division in January, targeting 12 industries that need tailored software and middleware. Driven by customer feedback, Big Blue will invest millions to improve its middleware as well as enhance it with applications from its independent software vendor (ISV) partners. “Customers are now looking beyond buying products and brands to packaged […]

It’s been nearly two years since Microsoft sued Lindows.com for alleged trademark infringement, but the software giant will have to wait another three months to make its case to a jury. Citing a scheduling conflict with a criminal case, Judge John Coughenour of the U.S. District Court in Seattle moved the highly-publicized trial to March […]

Application server player BEA Systems apparently sparked the spat over a press release from technology research Crimson Consulting about the software maker’s integration products. The report, which BEA helped fund, claimed the enterprise application integration provider’s software performed 28 percent faster in a lab test against its EAI competitor webMethods . Rallying to respond — […]

IBM and BEA Systems are sending three J2EE specifications addressing server portability to the Java Community Process (JCP) for review. The JCP, a standards-setting body created by Sun Microsystems to bring consistency to the Java programming language, is made up of individual developers and businesses throughout the world. It will decide next week whether to […]

Officials at Phoenix Technology said the BIOS as we know it is dead. The Milpitas, Calif.-based concern Monday announced a new core system software (CSS) that takes digital security, data recovery and network management out of the application space and into the hardware. It’s a grand statement for a company whose sole reason for being […]

Within the past 36 hours, four of the Debian Project’s main Web servers for bug tracking, mailing lists, security and Web searches were breached, the open-source group said. Joey Schulze, Debian Project stable release manager, e-mailed members of the organization’s discussion list explaining that the machines were being taken down. The Debian Project servers run […]

Sharp will ship its Zaurus SL-6000 PDA early next year featuring IBM enterprise applications, as both look to build market share in the burgeoning mobile middleware industry. IBM officials said the PDA will be priced at the enterprise level and run WebSphere Everyplace Connection, WebSphere Everyplace Access and its DB software on the 32-bit Linux […]