Michael Singer

Microsoft’s attempts to purchase its own Web conferencing platform Tuesday sent shockwaves through the industry. But while the No. 1 software maker and the No. 2 Web conference hosting company hammer out the details, the competition is sharpening its own swords. Within minutes of the acquisition announcement, rival WebEx and others denounced the plan as […]

The United States District Court in Seattle Friday said it will let a jury decide a landmark trademark infringement case brought forward by Microsoft . The court denied San Diego-based Lindows.com’s “Motion for Summary Judgment on Genericness,” which challenges the validity of Microsoft’s Windows trademark. The trial is expected to start on April 7, 2003. […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Microsoft Thursday outlined the next phase of its Trustworthy Computing initiative – one that includes a more “prescriptive” approach. The Redmond, Wash.-based company said new products going forward, such as its long awaited Windows Server 2003, would include “push” technologies to minimize security problems with its software. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates […]

Two networking companies Thursday put aside their past differences and settled certain patents related to Ethernet over Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). Santa Clara, Calif.-based 3Com said it has entered into an agreement that assigns 3Com’s rights to the Internet technology to Infineon Technologies , Europe’s No. 2 chipmaker, which has U.S. headquarters in Silicon Valley. […]

Cisco Systems Thursday filed a patent infringement lawsuit claiming China’s largest telecommunications equipment maker illegally copied parts of its switches and routers. Filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the lawsuit centers on Huawei Technologies, Co., LTD and its subsidiaries, Huawei America, Inc. and FutureWei Technologies, Inc. Cisco says […]

AMD Wednesday hammered Linux developers with its message of compatibility between its processors and the open source computer language. “Like Linux, AMD is a poster child for competition,” AMD CEO Hector De Ruiz said at the LinuxWorld conference in New York. “We’re here to support you, the open-source community.” Ruiz said the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor […]

Seeing a synergy with its own platform, Silicon Graphics (SGI) Wednesday announced plans to form a worldwide SGI User Group that will take in users of both Linux and IRIX operating systems. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said the idea is to get the two groups to share information and learn how to work together […]

Royal Philips Electronics Tuesday said it has inked a deal that will help some new Sony CLIE handhelds connect with other USB-compatible devices. The two companies say they will use Philips’ Universal Serial Bus On-The-Go (OTG) chip, the ISP1362, to give the CLIE the ability to transfer data and files to other PDAs, digital cameras […]

Graphics chipmaker NVIDIA Tuesday said it has finalized plans to start delivering its long-awaited Quadro FX series products. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said its NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 and the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 are now in volume production for use in both workstations and add-in cards. The chips will be available from OEMs […]

Microsoft Tuesday said it has signed an agreement to acquire hosted Web conferencing software firm PlaceWare for an undisclosed amount. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant said the purchase is part of the company’s long-term strategy to make Web conferencing as easy to use as e-mail or Instant Messaging. “We look at this as a long-term […]

Continuing its drive into specialized markets, Advanced Micro Devices Tuesday is working with some Linux clustering firms for its upcoming AMD Opteron processors. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker said that Annapolis, MD-based Scyld Computing is developing a 64-bit version of Scyld Beowulf, a cluster operating system, for systems based on the Opteron processor (formerly known […]

One of the world’s most widely used server software programs Monday got an upgrade to fix some serious problems found in three versions of Microsoft Windows. Volunteers with the Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project released Apache 2.0 HTTP Server version 2.0.44 primarily as a security and bug fix over its previous […]