The White House has released the final version of its first cybersecurity policy, which is heavy on requirements for the U.S. government but light on recommendations to private industry. Some cybersecurity companies asked, "What's next?"
A group of free software advocates plan to protest at a Washington conference designed to promote open source and free software to governments because a representative from Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to speak there.
The U.S. Department of Defense Information Systems Agency has certified Linux company Red Hat Inc.'s Advanced Server operating system as a "Common Operating Environment," meaning the server product meets the agency's software security and interoperability specification.
The judge in the U.S. government's antitrust case against Microsoft has ruled that two attempts to appeal the case, including one from a consumer group, cannot move forward.
A coalition of technology companies and others doing business on the Internet have released a list of nine steps they believe consumers and remote workers should take to protect themselves and keep their computers from being used as weapons on the Internet.
A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday stayed a judge's order requiring Microsoft to ship Sun Microsystems' Java technology with its Windows operating system and other products.
A coalition of technology company heavyweights and consumer groups have joined the chorus of voices calling for the U.S. government to stay away from mandating anti-copying schemes on computers.
The recording industry can get its hands on the name of an Internet user who downloaded more than 600 songs in a single day, a federal judge has ruled.
A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Microsoft Corp. has 120 days to begin shipping Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology with its Windows PC operating system.
A federal court judge Friday denied Microsoft Corp.'s motions to dismiss the private antitrust lawsuits brought by Be Inc. and Burst.com Inc., while delaying action on motions to dismiss seven Sun Microsystems Inc. antitrust claims.
Microsoft's lawyers on Wednesday pecked away at Sun Microsystems Inc.'s claim that it needs a judge to level the Web services playing field, suggesting that Sun's actions -- rather than Microsoft's -- have affected Java's ability to compete.
A federal judge in a Baltimore courtroom Tuesday peppered lawyers from both Microsoft and Sun Microsystems with probing questions as the two sides presented opening arguments in a pretrial hearing in Sun's private antitrust case against the software giant.