28th December 2005 Archive

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Of Sybase, iAnywhere and Extended Systems

Analysis For once the marketing is accurate

Sybase announced its intention to acquire Extended Systems at the end of July and it completed said purchase about six weeks ago. It is now briefing analysts and customers on its plans for Extended Systems’ OneBridge product and how that will be integrated within the iAnywhere environment and, specifically, with the iAnywhere …

Software & Security 28 Dec 2005, 08:02
Best gadgets of 2005

2005 in review We'll have five of each please

Certified gadget obsessives Tech Digest and Shiny Shiny scour Gizmoville for the oddest digital goodies, TV Scoop features all that’s cool in British telly and Propellerhead answers your PC queries. Here's our top ten gadgets of 2005 - in no particular order: Plantronics Pulsar 590a We have been banging on about Bluetooth …

PC Builder 28 Dec 2005, 13:42
Virus poses as MSN Messenger 8

Botnet client masquerades as beta code

Malware authors have produced a virus which poses as a test version the latest, as yet unreleased, version of MSN Messenger. The Virkel-F masquerades as "MSN Messenger 8 Working BETA" and is available from a bogus site as a supposedly leaked early version of the software. Windows users who download and run the malware (given …

Software & Security 28 Dec 2005, 14:27
Japanese firms confirm talks to create chip powerhouse

Take that, Taiwan, US and China

Hitachi, Toshiba and Renesas have confirmed that they're considering creating a company to handle their shared chip fabrication needs. Meanwhile, various media reports say the three companies are much farther along with their plans than they let on. The triumvirate refused to spare more than two sentences on their ambitions in …

IT Channel 28 Dec 2005, 18:48
Nortel listens when the Tasman is testifying

$100m speedy router buy

Nortel has picked up Tasman Networks in a bid to boost the performance of its networking gear to better handle bulkier data loads. Nortel will pay $100m for the San Jose-based Tasman, which has been in business since 1997. The deal, expected to close in the first quarter of 2006, gives Nortel a maker of high-performance routers …

PC Builder 28 Dec 2005, 19:15
Man admits to eBay DDoS attack

Leader of the bots

An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to launching a DDoS attack against eBay that caused at least $5,000 in damages, US authorities said this week. Anthony Scott Clark, 21, of Beaverton admitted to working with several other people to take control of 20,000 computers. According to the US Department of Justice, Clark in 2003 …

Software & Security 28 Dec 2005, 21:44