Sun narrows loss significantly in Q1

Stronger sales of its Solaris 10 operating system helped Sun Microsystems Inc. cut its losses significantly in quarterly financial results, beating analysts' estimates.

Microsoft profit up 11% in Q1

Microsoft Corp. posted an 11% rise in quarterly net profit yesterday, boosted by a strong performance at its database division and shrinking losses from its Xbox 360 video game console.

Brief: Cisco buying Orative in $31M deal

Cisco Systems has agreed to acquire Orative Corp. for $31 million in cash.

Symantec, Microsoft trial date set for December 2007

After months of legal discovery, the two companies have decided on a special master to interpret technical information in the case, and the trial is now expected to take place in December 2007.

Red Hat won't cut support prices because of Oracle move

Red Hat has no plans to cut the price of support it charges businesses for its Linux operating system, regardless of Oracle Corp.'s plans, according to Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik.

Go wild with widgets

Widgets, those Internet-connected mini-applications that live on your PC, are getting more attention now with their inclusion in Mac OS and the upcoming Windows. Now's the time to embrace the widget movement again.

U.Va. expands Web accessibility for school

The University of Virginia is using Lift Assistive to automatically convert and optimize Web pages to make them more accessible to users with disabilities.

Supreme Court to review Microsoft patent case

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider an appeal by Microsoft Corp. in a dispute over whether the company should be liable for damages overseas for infringing a software patent owned by AT&T Inc.

Oracle: the penguin-pusher (and pumpkin PC pranks)

What you say! In today's IT Blogwatch, Oracle sets Red Hat up the bomb. Not to mention a PC encased in October's favorite vegetable...Marc Songini sings this:Oracle Corp. has unveiled ... a support program for the Red Hat Linux operating system ... CEO Larry Ellison used his keynote speech at the [Oracle OpenWorld] conference to unveil the new support offering for ... Red Hat Inc.'s implementation of Linux. The "Unbreakable Linux" program provides support offerings that are similar to those offered for the Oracle middleware, applications and database products. The program will be priced from $99 per system per year.

Oracle: the penguin-pusher (and pumpkin PC pranks)

What you say! In today's IT Blogwatch, Oracle sets Red Hat up the bomb. Not to mention a PC encased in October's favorite vegetable...Marc Songini sings this:Oracle Corp. has unveiled ... a support program for the Red Hat Linux operating system ... CEO Larry Ellison used his keynote speech at the [Oracle OpenWorld] conference to unveil the new support offering for ... Red Hat Inc.'s implementation of Linux. The "Unbreakable Linux" program provides support offerings that are similar to those offered for the Oracle middleware, applications and database products. The program will be priced from $99 per system per year.