Mark Berniker

Nothing like a couple malicious worms to spur anti-virus software companies to make a half dozen new product announcements. Symantec , the Cupertino, Calif.-based maker of Norton software line, has unveiled its AntiVirus 2004, which is scheduled for wide availability in early September. Two versions are expected. Norton AntiVirus 2004 will also be offered in […]

Despite mounting losses from its investment in next-generation wireless services, Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa is sticking with its strategy to roll out 3G, or third generation mobile services, ahead of a fall marketing offensive in Europe and parts of Asia. The wireless provider is also sticking with its aggressive expectations for new subscribers by ordering […]

Despite an eleventh hour attempt by a dissident shareholder group, shareholders overwhelmingly approved Corel’s plan to be taken over by Vector Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm. Corel’s management and board of directors recommended the deal to shareholders, before the voting on Wednesday. Eighty percent of shareholders voted in favor of the measure. Published […]

EDS is partnering with Microsoft Corp. to offer a new model for desktop management services. The companies said they will be offering a pay-for use, utility-based desktop solutions, that will lower costs and improve efficiencies through customization. EDS is calling the service myCOE, or “my Consistent Office Environment,” a utility-based solution which the company calls […]

Level 3 Communications said it is selling Midwest Fiber Optic Network (MFON) to CenturyTel for close to $17 million in cash. The long-haul backbone provider of Internet services recently acquired MFON, a regional communications network, as part of an acquisition deal with managed hosting outfit Genuity. Although MFON currently generates approximately $1.5 million a month […]

Corel , maker of the WordPerfect document software, now has a shareholder rights group protesting that a bid to take the company private by San Francisco-based Vector CC Holdings should not be approved at a vote this week, or by regulators in the U.S. and Canada. The Corel Rescue group issued a press release on […]

Handheld device maker Palm is undergoing a change of its name plate as it formally divides its hardware and software divisions. The company said it would discard its current corporate moniker of Palm, and beginning this fall will be known as palmOne Inc. and PalmSource Inc. The name change is part of a wider reorganization […]

Singapore-based Flextronics International Ltd. , a leading contract manufacturer for a variety of technology products, is buying Microcell Group, a maker of wireless communications equipment. Flextronics will pay $80 million in cash, and will assume $120 million of Microcell’s debt. The purchase is not expected to significantly impact Flextronics sales, but could have a slightly […]

WorldCom Inc., as it tries to emerge from bankruptcy under the MCI brand, on Wednesday named a former executive of ADC Telecommunications and AT&T as its new president and chief operating officer. Richard R. Roscitt will takeover a variety of top management duties from the company’s chairman and chief executive Michael D. Capellas, who is […]

A new worm is spreading rapidly across the Internet, and experts warn that it may already have latched onto hundreds of thousands of computers, with more sure to be infected. The ‘Blaster’ worm, also referred to as the ‘Lovesan’ or ‘MSBlaster’ worm, takes advantage of a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) […]

The music industry is on the warpath, but not everyone is taking the legal assault on online song sharing lying down. One federal judge on Friday squelched the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) bid to target students who swap music online through their schools, and now a trade group representing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) […]

Sun Microsystems Friday officially announced its deal to acquire Redwood City, Calif.-based CenterRun, which specializes in software for managing networks. As previously reported, Sun said it is making this purchase in part, to fill a gap in its N1 provisioning server strategy. N1 is an integrated system that helps data center operators manage server and […]