Ryan Naraine

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Roxio has lifted the wraps off the latest iteration of its flagship digital media software, adding DVD burning tools that push the envelope for multimedia creation on PCs. The new Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Platinum, billed as the first PC-based integrated software with CD and DVD burning capabilities, lets users […]

Web search powerhouse Google has jumped headfirst into the popular web logging (blogging) phenomena, inking a deal to acquire Silicon Valley software firm Pyra Labs. Financial terms of the deal, believed to be an all-cash transaction, were not released. Google officials could not be reached to comment on the deal, which includes the Blogger “push-button” […]

Struggling to make ends meet, AOL Time Warner has scrapped plans to merge its CNN outfit with Disney’s ABC saying a deal would cause too many complications. The media giant, which lost nearly $100 billion in value in 2002 and recently saw the departure of chairman Steve Case and vice chairman Ted Turner, said the […]

Freedom of speech advocates have begun filing briefs in the Supreme Court seeking to uphold a Philadelphia federal appeals court ruling that the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was in violation of the First Amendment. Oral arguments in the U.S. Justice Department appeal to have the decision overturned is scheduled to begin in the Supreme […]

The proposed sale of business information provider Hoover’s Inc. took another twist Thursday with the withdrawal of an $8 per share bid from an investment group comprised of venture capital firm Austin Ventures and minority shareholder Marathon Partners. The withdrawal clears the way for Murray Hill, N.J.-based D&B to acquire Hoover’s in a cash deal […]

With doubts lingering over the stability and security of the Linux operating system, three tech heavyweights on Thursday announced plans to seek federal certification for the fast-growing open-source OS. The three firms — IBM Corp. , Oracle and Red Hat

Looking to ride the publicity wave generated by the SQL Slammer worm that wreaked havoc on networks worldwide, some of the biggest names in the software security industry are rushing to hawk early detection and warning systems for Internet attacks. Dueling announcements from Symantec and Network Associates outlined the importance of detecting and warning about […]

Executives at telecommunications giant Sprint Corp. were breathing a sigh of relief Tuesday after a court ruling cleared the way for the hiring of BellSouth’s Gary Forsee as chief executive officer. Atlanta-based BellSouth had earlier won a temporary restraining order blocking the rival telco from hiring Forsee, arguing that a non-compete clause in his employment […]

Web graphics software maker Macromedia on Monday rolled out the Freehand MX upgrade to its flagship MX product line and announced plans for Macromedia DevNet, a subscription-based software sales program. The San Francisco-based firm’s new subscription plan mirrors a general trend among big-name tech firms to implement paid subscriptions for software as a means to […]

In what amounts to a major coup for its Web Services push, IBM Corp. is set to announce a lucrative deal with Kansas City-based Cerner Corp. to put WebSphere and DB2 middleware on the new Cerner Millennium platform, due out this March. Financial details of the deal were not released but Scott Hebner, director of […]

For the third time in as many months, Microsoft has issued a cumulative patch for its flagship Internet Explorer browser, warning that two newly discovered vulnerabilities involving the cross-domain security model should be considered “critical.” A security advisory from Microsoft said the latest IE fix includes the functionality of all previously released patches for Internet […]

With the high-tech world still reeling from the Slammer worm, Microsoft ironically has been forced to pull one of its security patches because it actually introduces an error that may cause systems to fail. While the Slammer worm inflicted its damage on copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2000, the latest problem revolves around a security […]