CEO Jim Whitehurst pilots Red Hat into future

When Matthew Szulik left Red Hat abruptly for family health reasons in December, many people were scratching their heads over the company's new choice of CEO -- a young executive from Delta Airlines, Jim Whitehurst. But Whitehurst's chief operating officer title at Delta and position outside of the technology industry are misleading; a peek into his past reveals a computer science degree and a passion for open-source technology, not to mention a smooth operator who helped bring a struggling airline out of bankruptcy. In this interview, Whitehurst talks about his first month on the job and where he thinks Red Hat should focus its attention to evolve at a sustainable pace. ...continue reading 'CEO Jim Whitehurst pilots Red Hat into future'

Mozilla patches three critical Firefox flaws

Mozilla issued 10 patches on Friday for its Firefox browser, including three for critical vulnerabilities. The latest version of Firefox is now 2.0.0.12. ...continue reading 'Mozilla patches three critical Firefox flaws'

Alcatel-Lucent suffers Q4 loss on writedown

Alcatel-Lucent reported higher sales but a net loss for the fourth quarter due to a big writedown in its CDMA (code division multiple access) and IP (Internet protocol) multimedia services businesses. ...continue reading 'Alcatel-Lucent suffers Q4 loss on writedown'

Samsung shows latest Ultra-edition handset

Samsung Electronics will present the latest model in its popular Ultra edition range of cell phones at the Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona next week. ...continue reading 'Samsung shows latest Ultra-edition handset'

Barclays sells US call center to Indian outsourcer

Barclays' credit card business in the U.S. has struck a five-year deal with Indian outsourcer Firstsource Solutions to run a call center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. ...continue reading 'Barclays sells US call center to Indian outsourcer'

Microsoft buys 3D company for Virtual Earth

Microsoft has bought Caligari, a developer of 3D modeling software, in a move that could help enrich the graphics experience in Microsoft's Virtual Earth mapping system. ...continue reading 'Microsoft buys 3D company for Virtual Earth'

Antivirus company's Web site serves up malware

The Web site for Indian antivirus vendor AvSoft Technologies has been hacked and is being used to install malicious software on visitors' computers, security researchers said Thursday. ...continue reading 'Antivirus company's Web site serves up malware'

Microsoft preps 7 critical security updates

After kicking off 2008 with just two security updates in January, Microsoft plans to release one of its largest bundles of patches ever next Tuesday. ...continue reading 'Microsoft preps 7 critical security updates'

Major vendors join OpenID board

IBM, Google, Microsoft, Verisign and Yahoo have joined the corporate board of the OpenID Foundation, giving a boost to the group's efforts to simplify the process of signing into Web sites. ...continue reading 'Major vendors join OpenID board'

Patent reform debate heats back up

Some tech groups are beginning to worry that major IT industry priorities, including patent reform, may lose out to other priorities in the U.S. Congress this year. ...continue reading 'Patent reform debate heats back up'

Microsoft responds to Save XP petition

Microsoft's decision to discontinue OEM and packaged sales of Windows XP at the end of June - leaving businesses and consumers with the less-than-celebrated Vista as their only choice of Windows operating system on new PCs - has drawn considerable criticism and led to an outpouring of support for the continuation of XP sales. Microsoft's response: We will continue to respond to the needs of our partners and customers. ...continue reading 'Microsoft responds to Save XP petition'

Yahoo still mulling Microsoft bid

Yahoo has not reached a decision about Microsoft's acquisition offer and is considering "a wide range of potential strategic alternatives," Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said in an e-mail to employees on Wednesday. ...continue reading 'Yahoo still mulling Microsoft bid'

Flag Telecom: Middle East cables will be repaired by Sunday

Breaks in the Flag Telecom Europe-Asia cable that disrupted Internet and other communications to the Middle East and India last week will be repaired by Sunday, Flag Telecom said in a bulletin. ...continue reading 'Flag Telecom: Middle East cables will be repaired by Sunday'

Windows Vista driver malfunctions not just Microsoft's fault

Microsoft Corp.'s debacle with Windows Vista device drivers malfunctioning after an upgrade to Service Pack 1 is an expected, almost inevitable result of the strategic path it took with Windows' initial release more than two decades ago. ...continue reading 'Windows Vista driver malfunctions not just Microsoft's fault'

Facebook links up with Vodafone on mobile platform

Facebook took a new step into the mobile realm on Thursday, launching a platform for operators designed to make its social networking application work better on portable devices. ...continue reading 'Facebook links up with Vodafone on mobile platform'

India targets $15 billion from infrastructure management

Indian outsourcers already have a large share of outsourced application development and maintenance and are dominant in business process outsourcing. The country is now targeting a larger share of the market for remote infrastructure management services (IMS), and is planning to more than double revenue from these services to $15 billion by 2013. ...continue reading 'India targets $15 billion from infrastructure management'

Google intros Apps edition to bypass the IT department

Google is releasing a new edition of its hosted applications suite that end-users can bring into the workplace without the involvement of their IT department. ...continue reading 'Google intros Apps edition to bypass the IT department'

Apple fixes critical QuickTime bug

Apple has released a security fix for its QuickTime media player software, fixing a critical bug that had been worrying security experts for nearly a month. ...continue reading 'Apple fixes critical QuickTime bug'

Woman charged after killer Craigslist ad

A Michigan woman has been charged with using the Craigslist classified-advertisement Web site to find a killer for a romantic rival. ...continue reading 'Woman charged after killer Craigslist ad'

Access shows browser widgets for cell phones

Japan's Access, the company behind the NetFront browser that is used in hundreds of phones on sale worldwide, has developed a widget system for the latest version of the browser and will demonstrate it next week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This article contains a video preview. ...continue reading 'Access shows browser widgets for cell phones'