Ryan Naraine

Agere Systems on Monday announced the development of a new switching chip that transfers a minimum of 40 gigabits per second, at least four times the speed of comparable single chip switches. The Allentown, PA-based Agere, known for its integrated circuit technology for data transfer and storage, said the latest chip — the Protocol Independent […]

A potentially dangerous vulnerability has been detected in several versions of Microsoft’s SQL Server product and the company is warning system administrators that an intruder could use the flaw to elevate privilege levels. In a security advisory issued Thursday, Microsoft issued patches to plug holes in the SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, Data Engine […]

Lucent’s Bell Labs research arm on Thursday announced the development of two prototype chips that would allow mobile devices to receive more than 19 megabits of data per second on 3G networks. The Murray Hill, N.J.-based telecommunications equipment maker said the new chips are part of its Bell Labs Layered Space-Time (BLAST) wireless technology. Lucent, […]

Digital music delivery ASP RioPort is putting its technology on “out of home” devices as part of a merger deal with Ecast. Financial terms of the transaction were not released but Ecast said the deal came with a $14 million venture capital investment round co-led by Oak Investment Partners and Doll Capital Management. Ecast CEO […]

On the heels of its takeover of McAfee.com, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Network Associates has created a new business group that hawks networking and security-related consulting services. In what is seen as a shift from depending on consumer-driven services, the company’s new Network Associates Expert Services group will now offer consulting and educations services on all […]

Sony/Universal-backed digital music service Pressplay has snagged a licensing deal with BMG, the fourth of the ‘Big Five’ record labels to put its artists on the paid download service, a move that is expected to be mirrored by rival, AOL-backed MusicNet. The New York-based Pressplay got the first jump in the race to win support […]

Microsoft has opened up its “Everett” Visual Studio.Net Framework SDK for public testing after adding support for developing applications for mobile devices and improved connections to the Windows.Net Server. In an e-mail to beta testers, Microsoft said an upsurge in user demand for the upgraded .N ET Framework 1.1 SDK Beta led to the decision […]

Messaging and data storage security firm PGP Corp. on Monday released a public beta of PGP 8.0, an upgrade that adds full compatibility with Windows XP, Office XP and Mac OS X operation system. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based PGP Corp., which acquired the PGP line of messaging security products from Network Associates in August, is […]

Microsoft has issued a patch for a buffer overflow flaw in the Outlook Express S/MIME parsing functions that compromises the security of the e-mail software. A security bulletin from Microsoft said the S/MIME code used to verify the authenticity of e-mails sent with Outlook Express contains a flaw that allows an attacker to create a […]

IBM Corp. on Friday lifted the wraps of its WebSphere Telecom Application Server (Version 1.2), software that lets telecommunications service providers create and deliver tools like call routing and message alerts systems. Telco service providers for the most part depend on propriety applications to run its back-end functions, a reality that IBM believes opens the […]

Barry Diller’s ambitious dream to turn USA Interactive into a Web-based travel and leisure kingdom on Thursday took one step forward and two steps back. The company closed a buyout of Ticketmaster but canceled similar deals with Expedia Inc. and Hotels.com . The New York-based media conglomerate, which already owns 67 percent of Ticketmaster , […]

Borland Software on Wednesday shelled out $24 million in cash to gobble up Santa Ana, Calif.-based Starbase Corp. , a deal that gives Borland a bigger bite of the market for Web applications. The deal calls for Borland to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Starbase at $2.75 per share, almost $2.00 per share […]