Joris Evers

Microsoft Corp. issued three security bulletins late Wednesday offering patches for four recently discovered security vulnerabilities in several of its products. One hole in Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP was rated "critical" by the vendor.

WorldCom Inc. may cut 16,000 jobs, or about 20 per cent of its workforce, in an effort to turn around the ailing company, according to a report in the online edition of USA Today published Tuesday.

Many large companies use vulnerable versions of software that maps text-based Internet domain names to numeric IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, putting them at risk of becoming unreachable on the Internet.

Trustees of bankrupt KPNQwest NV, scrambling to keep one of Europe

Trustees of bankrupt KPNQwest NV, scrambling to keep one of Europe's largest fiber-optic networks from shutting down, are urging customers to pay all amounts due to KPNQwest for service in May and June, the trustees said in a statement Thursday.

A flaw in a software tool used to translate text-based Internet domain names into numerical addresses could make parts of the Internet vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) warned Tuesday.

The recording and music publishing industries sued Audiogalaxy Inc. for copyright infringement on Friday, extending their legal pursuit of Internet file-swapping firms.

IBM Corp. recorded far more new license revenue growth than any other application server software vendor last year, but BEA Systems Inc. continues to lead the market, Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Inc. said Wednesday.