Joris Evers

Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp. and Verisign Inc. have devised a way to add integrity- and confidentiality-checking capabilities to upcoming Web-services applications, a first step in a broader joint effort to secure Web services, the companies said Thursday.

Microsoft Corp. released a patch Wednesday that fixes 10 security flaws in various versions of the Web server component of Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Telecommunication operator BT Group PLC will close those units of its BT Ignite Internet-services business that aren't making a profit before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization by March 2003, the London company said Monday.

The MPEG-4 multimedia coding standard is gaining momentum as the number of companies testing MPEG-4 products grows, the MPEG-4 Industry Forum said Thursday.

Extending the availability of its business applications beyond the desktop, IBM Corp. on Tuesday announced WebSphere Everyplace Access.

SAP AG extended the maintenance period for its R/3 4.6C product by a year and said older versions of the software will be supported until the end of 2003, after which customers can buy an additional year of service.

A Silicon Valley startup claims it has found a new approach to video compression that blows away the commonly used MPEG-2 standard and will allow transmission of broadcast-quality video over DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) connections.

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