Aust team leads charge for a stronger DiData
After two consecutive loss-making periods, South African integrator Dimension Data returned to profitability in the half year ending 31 March 2004 with its Australian arm leading the group's turnover score. More...

Symantec agrees to buy anti-spam vendor Brightmail
Symantec this week said it has agreed to acquire anti-spam software maker Brightmail for US$370 million in cash. More...

Oracle to put software all-stars on the stand
Oracle said it planned to call a litany of software stars for its antitrust trial slated to kick off next month. More...

BEA to donate SOA technology to open-source community
BEA Systems has announced it will donate a chunk of its technology for building service-oriented architectures (SOAs) to the open-source community. More...

Lovegate worm spreads by replying to all mail
A worm making the rounds on the internet not only mass mails itself to addresses it hijacks on infected machines, but spreads by replying to unread email messages in the user's inbox, security experts said this week. More...

Yahoo releases anti-spam authentication standard
Yahoo this week released its anti-spam authentication standard, dubbed DomainKeys, in hopes that internet providers will adopt it to stem the spam flood. More...