SCO down but not out in Linux case ... XenSource updates virtualization software

HIGHLIGHTS

News: Qwest names new telecom veteran CEO
News: SCO says it's down but not out in Linux case
News: XenSource new release closes gap with VMware
News: AT&T wiretapping case headed for hearing
News: Microsoft loses key US OpenXML vote
Interview: Jimmy Wales talks on the future of Wikimedia
Podcast: IT news audio update
ITwhirled: Second Life prepares for its first bank run


NEWS UPDATES

Qwest names new telecom veteran CEO
Qwest Communications International Inc. has named telecommunications industry veteran Edward Mueller chairman and CEO, replacing the retiring Richard Notebaert.

SCO says it's down but not out in Linux case
A U.S. district court judge ruled Friday that SCO does not own the copyrights to the Unix operating system, undermining its cases against both Novell and IBM Corp. The ruling was seen by many as the death-knell in SCO's legal fight, but the SCO said it may not be done fighting yet.

XenSource new release closes gap with VMware
An upgraded version of the XenSource Inc. virtualization hypervisor out Monday closes the features gap with market leader VMware Inc., but a wide market share gap between the two companies remains, an industry analyst says.

AT&T wiretapping case headed for hearing
A federal appeals court will hear arguments next Wednesday on whether to stop a class-action privacy suit that is based on allegations that the government and AT&T Inc. have been working together in an illegal wiretapping program.

Microsoft loses key US OpenXML vote
The executive committee of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) fell one vote shy of the nine required to approve Microsoft's Open XML standard. It voted 8 to 7 in favor of approval with one abstention, the group announced Thursday.

Spam surge sways stock market
Last week saw the Internet's biggest-ever spam surge in a single day, and also offered a lesson on why "pump and dump" stock-market spam campaigns have become so prevalent, according to Postini.


INTERVIEW

Jimmy Wales talks on the future of Wikimedia
The role Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, plays at the organization that supports the user generated and edited encyclopedia is changing as he shifts more of his time to activities in the wiki and open source communities, and shares time with his for-profit venture, Wikia Inc. In this interview, Wales discusses his changing role at Wikimedia, plans for the future, and other topics.


PODCAST

SCO down but not out in Linux case ... XenSource updates virtualization software ... ISPs complain about BBC media player


ITWHIRLED

Second Life prepares for its first bank run
Want to put some money in a bank that promises no-strings 43 percent
interest? What if the "bank" is in what's essentially a MMORP, where
there's no equivalent to the FDIC? What could possibly go wrong?