Matt Berger

A new Apple is about to fall from the tree -- From its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Apple Computer Inc. is set to unveil Tuesday its first dedicated rack-mount server, as it attempts to flesh out its line of server hardware used by customers in key markets.

Database software developers in the banking and finance industries reported more security breaches than database developers in

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday is expected to release the first public beta version of a software product that will help extend its .Net initiative to mobile devices and to elaborate on its strategy for bringing .Net services and applications to wireless users, a company official said.

Intel Corp. has agreed to pay US$300 million to settle a patent infringement lawsuit brought by software and services company Intergraph Corp., a former chip vendor, and could pay as much as $250 million more in damages in a second ongoing patent dispute, the companies said Monday.

A Microsoft Corp. technology that Bill Gates himself described last year as "probably the most important ... building block service" of the company's broad .Net initiative, is being redefined due to resistance from enterprise customers, company representatives acknowledged Thursday at Microsoft's annual developer conference here.

Deep in the midst of an effort to beef up the security of its software, Microsoft Corp. Monday made available a free tool designed to search out security vulnerabilities hiding in Windows-based computers.

After three years in the making, the leading server software for delivering Web pages to a user's browser has graduated to its next version.

An annual gathering next week for developers who build applications for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating systems will provide the chance for a closer look at a set of recently launched development tools designed to further the company's wide reaching .Net initiative.