New Money, New Code Keep PHP Marching in March

n a sign that the marketplace sees lots of promise in PHP's growth prospects, Zend has completed a new venture capital infusion of $6 million. The latest investment, from venture capital fund Index Ventures, together with previous investors Walden Israel and SFK Technologies, brings to $12 million the total of VC investments in Zend in less than six months, since November 2003. Isreali-based news service Globes Online reports that Zend may actually get $2-3 million more in funding before the round closes. [More...]

Red Hat Launches New Desktop Linux

Red Hat's announcement today comes as Microsoft weighs possible delays to its plans to release Longhorn, the next version of Windows. The company said at the briefing that it hopes to take advantage of any production problems with Longhorn.[More...]