4th July 2005 Archive

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AMD wants Intel evidence from 30 firms

Delaware court agrees

Chip maker AMD has won the backing of a Delaware court to preserve evidence held by third parties which may be relevant to its ongoing legal battle with Intel. The chip firm went to court in Delaware for Motion for Leave to Serve Document Preservation Subpoenas which was granted. This allows them to ask 30 named companies to …

IT Channel 4 Jul 2005, 09:54
UK Inland Revenue may sue EDS

Divorce might go to court

EDS could end up being sued by the Inland Revenue over the failure of its Tax Credit system. EDS and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs are still talking about who pays the cost of their expensive falling out. The Revenue picked EDS to make a tax credit system but problems got so bad that in December 2003 the Revenue sacked EDS …

IT Channel 4 Jul 2005, 10:52
Warning over unpatched IE bug

Mother, it's happening again

An unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer creates a means for hackers to take over vulnerable Windows PCs, security researchers warn. The flaw stems from a security bug in a COM Object (Javaprxy.dll) that might be exploited by a malicious web site to cause a memory corruption. Successful exploitation may allow hackers to …

Software & Security 4 Jul 2005, 10:55
EU lays down the law on green PCs

And boilers, and washing machines, and...

Politicians in Europe are set to ink new regulations governing the efficiency of computers and a variety of other electrical goods and components, as part of a Directive aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout the region. UK Environment Minister Elliot Morley said that the Eco-Design for Energy Using Products …

PC Builder 4 Jul 2005, 12:08
Symbian Trojan drains the life from phones

Warez doodz beware

Virus writers have created a new Symbian Trojan called Doomboot-A that loads an earlier mobile virus (Commwarrior-B) onto vulnerable smartphones. Doomboot-A also preventing infected phones from booting up properly. This cocktail of viral effects spells extra trouble for Symbian Series 60 smartphone users, especially those who …

Software & Security 4 Jul 2005, 12:34
Flogging Exchange Server 2003

Quocirca's changing channels Strong business case, so jump to it

Over 60 per cent of businesses who manage their email internally use Microsoft Exchange Server for all or part of their requirement. Less than half of these are using the latest version – Exchange Server 2003. There is a significant opportunity for resellers if these organisations can be persuaded it is worth the money and …

IT Channel 4 Jul 2005, 15:22
MS accused of killing pen computing pioneer Go

More anti-trust action

The founder of tablet computing pioneer Go Corporation has revived long dormant allegations of corporate wrongdoing with an anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft. Jerry Kaplan alleges that Go technology demonstrated to Microsoft technicians under non-disclosure was used to help develop competing products. The lawsuit, seeking …

Software & Security 4 Jul 2005, 15:29
CA boss charges detailed

Unpleasant discovery

Sanjay Kumar, the former boss of Computer Associates, has been accused of paying a $3.7m bribe in a failed attempt to cover up the company's dubious accountancy practices. US prosecutors have filed revised indictments against Kumar and Stephen Richards, former head of worldwide sales, including securities fraud, conspiracy and …

IT Channel 4 Jul 2005, 15:35
Pop-up smut tops spyware chart

Panda's giant list

A strain of spyware that displays pornographic pop-ups has retained its place as the top spyware nuisance on the net last month. ISTbar was responsible for 3.5 per cent of infections detected by Panda Software's free online malware scanner, more than any other spyware or adware application. ISTbar, which poses as an ActiveX …

Software & Security 4 Jul 2005, 15:53