Joris Evers

The 20-year-old Dutchman who said he created and unleashed the so-called Anna Kournikova e-mail worm will be prosecuted, Dutch authorities said Wednesday.

IBM Corp. and National Semiconductor Corp. are teaming to simplify development of home gateways, devices meant to connect common household appliances in the home to the Internet, IBM said Tuesday.

UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, Integration), the foundation of an online directory to facilitate business-to-business electronic commerce, opened up to more international and complex businesses on Monday with the announcement of version two of the UDDI specification.

Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) last week withdrew its two-year-old free anti-virus software service, InoculateIT Personal Edition. The vendor now pushes my-eTrust.com, a new brand with software at a cost.

Microsoft Corp. posted new versions of a patch late Friday to fix a flaw that it previously said only exists in its Exchange 2000 Server e-mail system. In the updated security bulletin, however, Microsoft added the more widely used Exchange 5.5 Server to the list of affected software.

Hoping to kick-start an international revolt against Microsoft Corp.'s recently announced revamped licensing scheme, a Dutch group of systems administrators last week sent Microsoft an open letter to complain about what it feels is an unreasonable increase in cost.

In an effort to streamline its product portfolio Compaq Computer Corp. is dropping its well-known Armada and Deskpro product names, as well as several other brands. The company will unveil a new name on Monday for all its products targeted at business users.

Forecasting a future with gadgets like video watch phones and wearable computers, Intel Corp. on Thursday unveiled an experimental chip that combines the core components of today's cell phones and handheld computers.