SYS-CON Media News Desk

Bruce Perens told SYS-CON-TV, “Any significant open source program is infringing on tens or hundreds of software patents. These are things that should have never been granted. No one ever voted for them. They were the result of a court decision. And, we have to fix the law.” The full interview can be found at sys-con.tv Is the party over for Microsoft’s .NET language C#? Calvin Austin, writing for Java Developer’s Journal, says it is, essentially. Google loses its Geico gambit. A U.S. district court has ruled against Google in a trademark suit over the sale of the terms Geico and Geico Direct in Google's AdWords service. IBM has validated SOA Software's XML VPN product as WS-Trust "Ready for IBM Tivoli \Software." ... (more)

SYS-CON i-Technology Podcast August 17, 2005

Symantec has identified six different strains of the Zotob virus, which has been propogating rapidly throughout the media world. BEA Systems has announced what it calls significant milestones in the company’s open-source efforts, including code release milestones for Apache Beehive, Apache XMLBeans and the Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP). Whizlabs Software has launched the Sun Certified Developer for Java 2 Platform (SCJP) 5.0 Certification Exam Simulator. John Dvorak told SYS-CON.TV that he believes the future of open source is very bright. ... (more)

SYS-CON i-Technology Podcast August 19, 2005

Apple has re-released a security patch for its new 64-bit Tiger OS Ten that addresses more than 40 previously identified potential security problems. More than 90 Australian companies have reportedly received letters demanding payment of  standard sub-licensing fees for the use of the Linux trademark in Australia. IBM has announced that it will support the Geronimo J2EE application server Symbian said shipments of its smartphone software nearly tripled in the second quarter of 2005.   ... (more)

SYS-CON i-Technology Podcast August 30, 2005

Sun Microsystems has announced its Open Media Commons initiative. Parasoft says that its WebKing 5 can now automatically perform "hacker like" attack scenarios. LinuxIT has developed a new strategic partnership with Arkeia Corporation to deliver backup and data recovery solutions. Adobe has added four new royalty-free image collections available through Adobe Stock Photos. ... (more)

SYS-CON i-Technology Podcast September 1, 2005

JBoss is hosting a portlet contest for developers to share JSR-168 compliant portlets. IBM has finalized an agreement to acquire DWL. Linux provides a lower overall TCO compared to Windows or Solaris for J2EE application server environments. Java developer Yakov Fain will host a live internet TV broadcast on sys-con.tv on Friday, September 2.   EclipseWorld 2005 was held August 29-31, 2005 in New York.   ... (more)