FTC files suit against Internet spyware firm
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission yesterday asked a federal court to shut down a New Hampshire operation, alleging that it disables users' computers to bully them into buying antispyware products.

Ellison: Oracle considered lowering PeopleSoft bid
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, testifying in a Delaware court as part of Oracle's efforts to get PeopleSoft to pull back anti-takeover measures, denied that his company is trying to kill off its smaller software rival.

Q&A: Oracle's Jacqueline Woods on licensing, multicore servers
Jacqueline Woods, vice president of Oracle's global licensing and pricing strategy, said software licensing fees are the same as they've always been -- even with the recent introduction of multicore processor servers.

Brief: Novell sees delay in shipping Open Enterprise Server
Novell said today that its new Open Enterprise Server product will ship in February 2005, about two months later than the company had announced in March.

Study: IT worker confidence drops
IT workers in the U.S. aren't happy about the state of the job market, according to a study released this week by New York-based staffing firm Hudson.

ASP.Net glitch discovered
Microsoft published an advisory for Web site administrators on the ASP.Net vulnerability and provided instructions for mitigating the effects of the hole, which is in a component called the canonicalization routine.

Collaboration suite to help secure tonight's Bush-Kerry debate
The U.S. Secret Service and a throng of police and emergency management officials in Missouri will for the first time use a customized Microsoft-based collaboration portal to share security information during tonight's presidential debate.

Unisys cuts 1,400 jobs
The Blue Bell, Pa.-based company said it will close some of its facilities and reduce its employee head count.

Oracle again extends PeopleSoft offer
Oracle's .7 billion takeover offer for PeopleSoft has been extended several times already and was set to expire today.

SANS unveils top 20 security vulnerabilities
The SANS Institute today released its annual Top-20 list of Internet security vulnerabilities. The list is compiled from recommendations by leading security researchers and companies around the world.

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