Apple on-track for spring Leopard launch - analyst

American Technology Research Analyst Shaw Wu has added his voice to those who believe that Apple remains on course to meet its Spring date for the release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Wu told investors that recent reports that Leopard may be delayed, possibly until October, are 'overdone'. ...more

Torvalds tells Microsoft: put up or shut up

Linux lead developer, Linus Torvalds, has told Microsoft to name the 235 patents the company claims are infringed by free and open-source software (FOSS). Torvalds claims the time has come for Microsoft to put up or shut up. 'Naming them would make it either clear that Linux isn't infringing at all (which is quite possible, especially if the patents are bad), or would make it possible to avoid infringing by coding around whatever silly thing they claim,' he says in an interview with Information Week. ...more

Microsoft aims to cut cost of business intelligence software

Microsoft looked at possible acquisitions to gain a foothold in the market for so-called business intelligence software, but decided to build its own business and compete on price against industry leaders, the company's business division president said on Wednesday. Instead of an acquisition, Microsoft is banking on the popularity of its SQL Server database management software and its Office suite of applications to win over customers looking for software to help companies track business performance. 'I've never been opposed to the idea of looking at players in the industry. ...more

First SMS speed race under starters orders in LA

What's billed as the first text messaging competition will kick off in Los Angeles on Saturday, where scores of players will race to determine who is the fastest. The snag is that popular text shorthand will not be allowed. 'Texting has become such a trend and kids are using texting as a form of communication. ...more

SCO DOS attack verified

Despite doubts that the denial of service attack on SCO's web-facing servers was genuine, new analysis reveals the attack was very much the real McCoy. Researchers at CAIDA, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis, showed that the attacks on SCO's Web and FTP servers registered more than 50,000 packets per second at their peak, on Thursday morning of last week. SCO later removed those servers from the Internet for a period, while its ISP filtered out traffic directed at them until they were put back online. ...more