Sun Microsystems has licensed technology from Synchronica, provider of mobile synchronization and device management solutions, as part of Suns communication products. Sun will integrate the Synchronica components into its Sun Java System Communications and Application Platform suites, used by millions of email inboxes.
Uniloc USA, maker of computer locking devices, has launched its softANCHOR Technology Partner Program, meant to encourage software developers to leverage Uniloc products to limit piracy. The program allows developers to build software applications more securely. Arxan, Intrawre, Kagi, Plimus, Reprise and V.i. Laboratories have signed on as partners.
Bioscrypt, provider of access control technology, has teamed up with Donseed, a U.K.-based provider of workplace management solutions, to create a biometric-based mobile workplace management solution. The web-based product uses mobile technology to manage attendance and safety and health compliance at construction sites.
Monster.com, the job recruitment website that suffered a data breach triggered by the Infostealer.Monstres trojan, said it has closed a pirate server housing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of job hunters.
A simultaneous reboot of computers automatically installing the latest Microsoft patches set off a widespread Skype outage last week, the VoIP company announced today.
The open-source Ubuntu Linux project had to take five of its eight Ubuntu-hosted community servers offline after theyd been commandeered by hackers to launch attacks.