Jeremy Kirk

Microsoft Corp. could face another lawsuit from a patent portfolio company over technology within its SQL Server database.

A new group within the Liberty Alliance will address government concerns with federated identity projects, the organization said Wednesday.

Microsoft Corp. will update a patch by next Tuesday that's causing a version of Internet Explorer (IE) to suddenly crash.

Sun Microsystems Inc. launched a portal site for its Java programming language on Tuesday as the company inches closer to making the Java code open source, a company executive said.

Hackers are actively using exploit code to target a flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s software that generated a special warning from the U.S. government last week. The problem concerns a networking function called Windows Server services within the Windows OS, used for file sharing and printing.

A new desktop application from Microsoft Corp., now in beta, lets bloggers see the look of a blog posting before uploading it online.

U.K. authorities banned passengers from taking electronic items on board airplanes following the arrests of 21 people Thursday in connection with an alleged plot to blow up aircraft mid-flight en route to the U.S.

A new variant of an aggressive Russian mobile worm uses some alarming new tricks. Like its earlier relatives, Commwarrior.Q will jump onto another phone using a short-range Bluetooth wireless connection. But the worm has new traits that make it particularly aggressive and it appears to be one of the most complex pieces of mobile malware created to date.