Free Byte Software has released a major update (Version 1.01) of their MySoftCatalog application intended to make mirrors of drives/CDs. This utility organizes files and folders into a hierarchical tree and lets you handle archive files as ordinary folders. You can add searchable comments to files and folders and retrieve descriptions of audio CDs from the extensive Internet database.

This program is totally freeware and has a multi language interface.

It’s not that your co-workers aren’t happy that your day is aloft with the sound of music, and your heart is filled with song–they are. But they’d still like you to keep it to yourself. This slideshow from eWeek details some of the worst cube-dwelling offenses.

The World Wide Web Consortium has announced plans to create a new HTML standard and to enhance the XHTML specification.

The move to update HTML comes as a nod to the developer and design communities as well as the browser manufacturers. The W3C is issuing a call for participation in the working group that will oversee the new standard, and although the list of participants has yet to be made, browser vendors who are members of the W3C include Apple, Mozilla, Opera and Microsoft.

In fact, Chris Wilson, platform architect of the Internet Explorer platform at Microsoft, is the co-chair of the new working group.

Intel is facing some big-time legal problems in its 2-year-old legal tussle with a major competitor, AMD–largely because its own internal email archiving system apparently isn’t doing the job.

A U.S. federal judge on March 7 gave the world’s largest microprocessor maker 30 days to try to recover about 1,000 lost emails that it was required to keep for an antitrust lawsuit filed by its biggest competitor, AMD, in 2005.

Virtual Management, a provider of voice-based services, announced a new technology that will allow users to listen to and compose emails from the road.

Virtual Management’s signature product, EVA (Electronic Virtual Assistant), is a voice-based data-entry system designed for road warriors that allows users to dictate important information such as scheduled events and meetings, as well as manage their data storage and retrieval options while away from the office or computer.

Two different individuals in the Northeast were arrested in the past week for allegedly defrauding Cisco Systems out of millions of dollars worth of replacement parts.

On March 6, Michael Daly, a 53-year-old businessman from Danvers, Mass., was arrested for wire fraud. On March 2, Michael Kyereme, an independent contractor working for the city of Newark, N.J. was arrested and charged with defrauding Cisco of over $10 million worth of replacement parts.

When it comes to mainframe systems, IBM is taking a global view.

The company is planning to unveil a new set of services for its System z mainframe systems. The backdrop for this announcement is set to take place in Mumbai, India, where IBM executives believe there is a large potential market for its mainframe systems.

The company’s emphasis on emerging markets for its mainframe business is not new, said Ami Ehlenberger, manager of services for System z. In April 2006, the company launched its z9 Business Class mainframe with an eye toward emerging markets. The company even went to China to emphasize the importance of those markets.

A British company has been ordered to pay damages for sending spam.

Gordon Dick took Transcom to Edinburgh’s Sheriff Court for sending an unwanted advertising email, which he claimed was a breach of anti-spam laws.

He was awarded 750-pounds in damages plus legal costs of 616.66-pounds through a "decree in absence" after Transcom did not appear in court.

Lenovo and Avaya are looking to entice enterprise and midmarket customers with a new agreement that will bring new IP and unified communications tools to notebooks.

At the VoiceCon show, the two companies are planning a joint announcement that will eventually allow the integration of Avaya’s IP communications software with the Lenovo’s ThinkPad notebook line.

Dave DeWalt doesn’t want to talk about the SEC filing securities fraud charges against his new employer, McAfee, nor the $50 million fine that resulted, and definitely not about the handful of interim CEOs who’ve held the position before him in the tumultuous 14 months since then.

What concerns him more right now is the fact that a reporter has opened the interview by referring to McAfee as an anti-virus software company. He cringes at the casual reference, he said, because McAfee is far from being an AV-only company.