Joris Evers

Enterprise instant messaging (IM) specialist IMlogic Inc. said it planned to demonstrate a new product on Monday that allows developers to build IM capabilities into their applications, the company said.

Microsoft Corp. continued to investigate the leak of some of the closely-guarded code underlying its Windows 2000 and Windows NT products Friday as a partner company, Mainsoft Corp., responded to allegations that it was the source of the leak.

Microsoft Corp. confirmed late Thursday that some of the secret code underlying its Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems has been leaked on the Internet. The company played down any potential security concerns the leak might cause.

PalmSource Inc. unveiled its latest handheld OS on Tuesday, adding a host of features for business users and support for different device types such as tablets and portable media players.

Macromedia Inc. is expanding its Breeze online presentation offering into a full-fledged Web conferencing product, going head-to-head with vendors including WebEx Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc.

Many of Microsoft Corp.'s customers will get to pass judgment on its software maintenance plan this year when their current contracts come up for renewal. Some analysts see it as the biggest challenge yet for the much-critiqued Software Assurance (SA) program.

Sorry ladies, he's taken. Larry Ellison, the flamboyant billionaire co-founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corp., has wedded romance novelist Melanie Craft. It is his fourth marriage, and the first for Craft.

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday introduced a version of StarOffice 7 for the x86 variant of its Solaris operating system (OS), a preface to offering a complete desktop software system built around the Unix-based OS.