Sun's new on-demand grid computing service got smacked with a denial-of-service (DOS) attack on its first day of operation, prompting unease amongst potential users.

The new service is the latest part of the Sun Grid Compute Utility, which offers users access to CPU resources on a $1 per hour basis. Whereas Sun's earlier

LONDON — Broadcom Corp. captured about one fifth and built its overal lead in a networking semiconductor market that grew by 4 percent in 2005, according to The Linley Group.

However, the underlying landscape of competitors and product segments is complex with some technologies becoming outmoded while others are growing in significance,

BellSouth Corp. said on Monday it is looking at emerging wireless technology Wi-Max as a way to more cheaply provide high-speed Web services in areas where its wired network is slow or has been damaged.

BellSouth, which recently agreed to be sold to AT&T Inc., already sells city-wide wireless broadband services in

SALT LAKE CITY—Novell is talking to a number of OEMs about getting its upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 preinstalled on the hardware systems they ship.
 
But while Ron Hovsepian, Novell's president and chief operating officer, said the company had nothing to announce in this regard at its annual BrainShare

French lawmakers approved an online copyright bill Tuesday that would require Apple to break open the exclusive format behind its market-leading iTunes music store and iPod players.
 
The draft law — which also sets new penalties for music pirates — would force Apple Computer Inc., Sony Corp. and others to

Security software maker Trend Micro plans to challenge larger rivals Microsoft and Symantec with its own subscription-based service aimed at the fast-growing consumer anti-virus market, company executives said on Tuesday.

Both Microsoft and Symantec have recently announced plans to offer a one-stop service delivered over the Web that includes anti-virus, firewall and anti-spyware

Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday said it is launching a service in the United States that lets people make phone calls through the company's instant messaging software.
 
Available in several other countries since December, the service allows people to make calls from their computers for 2 cents a minute or less

Microsoft and Brown University launched the Microsoft Center for Research on Pen-Centric Computing, at the university in Providence, RI. Monday. The university announcement stated that the center is aimed at "improving pen-based operation of Tablet PCs, Pocket PCs and Palm Pilot personal digital assistants (PDAs), electronic whiteboards and conventional desktop computers."

"We

French lawmakers have hit the pause button on the iPod, voting to force Apple to make its downloads work on all digital players and not just the US firm's worldwide best-selling device.
 
Amid French concerns about US firms taking the lion's share of the massive market, the lower house of

VeriSign on Tuesday launched a new service that pinpoints vulnerable parts of a business's digital infrastructure.
The Security Risk Profiling Service delves down to the device level -- looking at firewalls, routers, and vulnerability management systems -- and fingers the threats to the network and its vulnerabilities, then cranks out a risk