IBM Corp. officials Friday confirmed that an undisclosed number of employees were laid off this week in its global services and software divisions, following the layoffs of at least 747 workers the week before.
In a move to pare expenses until technology spending improves, IBM is laying off at least 747 workers at four U.S. plants, and union organizers say that more layoffs can be expected in the coming weeks.
Free online fixes are now available to repair a buffer overflow security vulnerability found recently in Microsoft Corp.'s free MSN Chat, MSN Messenger and Microsoft Exchange Instant Messenger programs.
After seven months of upgrades, tweaks and adding new features, Red Hat Inc. is unveiling the latest version of its open-source Linux operating system.
In a move to increase revenue and its services business, Linux and Unix vendor Caldera International Inc. will now offer global support for other brands of Linux, including those of Red Hat Inc. and SuSE Linux AG.
It's been more than four years since Web browser vendor Netscape Communications Corp. released its source code in early 1998 and created the Mozilla.org open-source community to work on the development of future browsers.
With its credit rating downgraded yesterday to junk bond status by Moody's Investors Service, officials at networking vendor Nortel Networks Ltd. say operations will continue unabated, despite the disappointing bond action.