Michael Singer

Oracle released its second security patch for 2005, complete with fixes for its own software, as well as ones for former PeopleSoft/JD Edwards products. The company issued 15 separate patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. The patches cover holes found in Oracle Database Server, Application Server, Collaboration Suite, E-Business Suite and Enterprise Manager Grid Control for […]

Apple Computer is gearing up to release its Mac OS X operating system known as Tiger later this month, the company said. Version 10.4.0 will be available in a desktop and server version on April 29, 2005. Pre-sales are currently available at the Apple Web site. Single licenses run for $129. A five-license package costs […]

UPDATED: Intel has won the initial leg of a horse race to get the first batch of dual core x86 64-bit processors into the hands of OEMs . The chipmaking giant said it has been shipping its Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840, Intel’s first dual-core processor-based platform, to PC makers. The company is in […]

UPDATED: Though it won’t debut for at least two more years, Microsoft will support Intel’s Itanium for Longhorn Server, the company said today. The two companies are evangelizing Microsoft’s next-generation Windows server product family for Itanium as an alternative to RISC/UNIX servers. Longhorn Server is expected to ship in 2007. The 64-bit operating system is […]

Microsoft is licensing its intellectual property to eight diverse IT firms in hopes of jumpstarting their chances in the ecosystem, the company said Monday. The move marks a shift in the Redmond, Wash.-based software vendor’s policy of licensing IP to only larger corporations and governments. Ascender, BridgeCo, Inrix, D-Link, Lexar Media, I-O Data Device, GoVideo […]

UPDATED: AMD will have its first dual-core Opteron processor ready to ship later this month, internetnews.com has learned. It will also show off some of the glitzy customers using its Opteron chip at a star-studded event. Sources close to the process said the chipmaker has been shipping production samples of dual-core Opteron processors to partners […]

HP said it is seeking stringent security certifications to make its Adaptive Enterprise platform more appealing to the U.S. government and its contractors. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker said it is in the progress of pursuing Common Criteria certifications from the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) for its HP OpenView Operations for […]

An industry-sponsored group that promotes fiber-to-the-home launched a new council this week to evangelize the movement in several Asian countries. The group, called Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council Asia-Pacific, joins its North American and European counterparts as an affiliated chapter of the FTTH Council organization. The goal is to educate, promote and accelerate fiber in Greater China, […]

Intel took the wraps off its first new Flash memory product in nearly five years. The Intel StrataFlash Embedded Memory P30 announcement was part of its Intel Developers Forum in Japan. Formerly known as Sixmile, the company’s fourth-generation, multi-cell memory component will be marketed to OEMs using embedded applications. Alan Holmes, director of marketing for […]

Version 3.0 of the General Public License (GPL) may be years away, but one insider says proposed changes to it could impact companies like Amazon, Yahoo and Google. Sleepycat Software CEO Mike Olson told internetnews.com that the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is looking at adding provisions to the GNU GPL to address a loophole. The […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Two of the largest investors in enterprise grid projects are using open source software to keep their competitive edge in the burgeoning technology. Executives from IBM and Oracle were on hand at the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) here today. Each company touted its unwavering support for open source on the grid […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The man who maintains the Linux kernel says he’s quite confident that the latest versions of the operating system are the best and most stable. For now. Andrew Morton of Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) said the current builds of the Linux 2.6 kernel are being adopted by enough of the enterprise […]