 IT Market Watch News AlertNetwork World's IT Market Watch News Alert, 05/15/07Verizon Business acquires Cybertrust, 05/14/07: Verizon Business today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Cybertrust, a privately held provider of global information security services. Financial terms were not disclosed. Microsoft and open source patents: What does it all mean?, 05/14/07: Microsoft believes that Linux and open source software violates 235 of its patents and it wants violators to pay up. The company for years has been bashing the open source community and this latest move may well be the bloodiest battle yet. Microsoft demands royalties for open source software, 05/14/07: Microsoft reportedly wants open source software users to pay royalties on 235 alleged patent violations.
Jobs addresses backdating at Apple shareholder meeting, 05/10/07: At Apple's annual shareholders meeting in Cupertino on Thursday, Steve Jobs and other company executives heard criticism about the company's stock-options scandal and the recently announced delay of of the forthcoming Leopard version of Mac OS X, while Jobs himself dished out some criticism of the environmental group Greenpeace. Podcast: Rumor Week 2007, 05/11/07: Keith and Jason discuss the week of tech rumors, including the Microsoft/Yahoo talks and whether 150,000 IBM employees are going to be layed off this year. Plus, why Big Brother is watching you at work, and some cool ways to call your Mom on Mother's Day. Alcatel-Lucent to buy gateway vendor, 05/14/07: Alcatel-Lucent has agreed to buy NetDevices, a maker of all-in-one network gateways for branch offices and small and midsize businesses. Ballmer coy about Yahoo acquisition prospects, 05/11/07: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer didn't rule out a possible acquisition of Yahoo but said Wednesday that Microsoft usually doesn't make acquisitions as large as the rumored $50 billion deal for the Internet company. Vonage appeal cites Supreme Court patent ruling, 05/11/07: In its appeal of a jury verdict in the patent infringement case brought against it by Verizon, Vonage has turned to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that some analysts see as making it easier to invalidate patent claims. Wall Street Beat: Apple up in down market, 05/10/07: Concerns about retail sales and the U.S. trade deficit Thursday put a halt to the recent increase in market indexes, including the technology-oriented Nasdaq, but news from bellwether IT vendors such as Apple, Advanced Micro Devices and HP show that underlying computer sector issues are still uppermost in the minds of IT investors. Court: Googling an employee name not a federal offense, 05/09/07: A panel of three federal judges upheld a decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) that says a fired federal employee wasn't harmed when a federal official used the Google search engine to research his prior work history. |
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