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4th October 2006 Archive

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  • Intel likely to face EC charges

    Sources say...

    The European Competition Commission is likely to press formal charges against chip giant Intel. Intel is accused of abusing its dominant position and offering rebates which effectively kept rival AMD out of certain markets. Intel is further accused of predatory pricing. The commission has been looking at Intel for six years, …

    IT Channel 4 Oct 2006, 10:33

  • Admin password security 'abysmal'

    Static passwords expose 'keys to the kingdom' says survey

    Half of all enterprises have more administrative passwords than those attached to ordinary user accounts. Many (42 per cent) of these privileged passwords are never changed, according to a survey. Cyber-Ark Software's Enterprise Privileged Password Survey looked at the use of privileged or administrative (super-user) passwords …

    Software & Security 4 Oct 2006, 10:44

  • IO Data reveals second Nvidia GPU with HDCP

    PureVideo HD now on the GeForce 7600 GS

    Japanese add-in maker IO Data will this month ship an graphics card based on Nvidia's GeForce 7600 GS, this time with support for the HDCP anti-piracy technology. Alas, there's no HDMI connector to go with it. That said, the passively cooled GA-7600GSH2 card does provide an HDMI-compatible DVI port, along with standard VGA …

    PC Builder 4 Oct 2006, 11:04

  • PC World wants to take over your living room

    Media Center hit squads fan out

    PC World will roll out its Connected Home service to seven stores between now and Christmas as it looks to capitalise on consumers’ insatiable appetite for high-end, bowel-looseningly loud home media systems. The “Digital Lifestyle” stores-within-stores are staffed by elite sales people who have to undergo a five week full …

    IT Channel 4 Oct 2006, 11:44

  • Russian bookmaker hackers jailed for eight years

    Losing wager

    Three Russian hackers convicted of running denial of service attacks against UK bookies have each been sentenced to eight years imprisonment and fined $3,700. Ivan Maksakov of Balakovo, Alexander Petrov of Astrakhan, and Denis Stepanov of St Petersburg extorted up to $4m from online bookmakers and casinos in the UK alone prior …

    Software & Security 4 Oct 2006, 12:41

  • IBM makes mainframes simpler

    No more propeller heads in white coats

    Big Blue has announced a five year plan for making mainframes easier to use. IBM is spending $100m over the next five years to make mainframe computers easier to programme and manage and to more fully automate how applications are developed and deployed. The big boxes are used by large companies to run directory services and …

    Enterprise 4 Oct 2006, 14:21

  • Skype patches Mac OS X flaw

    Calling out for an update

    Skype has released an update for its Mac software following the discovery of a security vulnerability that created a means to compromise Apple PCs running the popular IP telephony application. The security bug stems from a format string error in the Skype URI handler. The flaw creates a potential means for hackers to create a …

    Software & Security 4 Oct 2006, 15:01

  • HP hunts for printer consultants

    The very image of success

    HP is putting its mouth where its money is by offering 2,300 of its key account customers a printer consultancy service. Bruce Dahlgren, senior vice president of worldwide enterprise sales for HP's imaging and printing group, said the company will officially launch the service next year and is currently hiring account managers …

    PC Builder 4 Oct 2006, 15:53

  • Social networkers risk losing their identities

    Beware Web 2.0 conmen and malware

    Many adult users of social network sites such as MySpace and Facebook expose themselves to risk from identity thieves and hackers, according to a new US study. The focus of concerns over social networking sites has so far focused on incidents where online predators have used the sites to "groom" potential child victims for …

    Software & Security 4 Oct 2006, 16:22

  • VMware does 64-bits in full

    Refines upgrade path

    VMware has embraced the world of 64-bit computing via a pair of point releases to its flagship products. The company this week delivered word that ESX Server 3.0.1 and VirtualCenter 2.0.1 add full 64-bit OS support to the server virtualization wares. All told, VMware now supports 64-bit flavors of Red Hat, SuSE, Windows and …

    Enterprise 4 Oct 2006, 17:03

  • Ex-IBMer to direct Red Hat's US channel

    Thinks blue thoughts

    Red Hat has brought in some big-blue muscle power in a strategy to expand and consolidate its worldwide channel. The Linux distro on Wednesday named 25-year IBM veteran Mark Enzweiler as vice president for North American channel sales. Enzweiler recently served as vice president of global channel strategy and sales for Lenovo, …

    Software & Security 4 Oct 2006, 18:35

  • Microsoft keelhauls customers in WGA snafu

    What hope then for Vista toughness?

    Some, or maybe many, Microsoft volume license customers were told on Monday and Tuesday that their PCs were running pirated software. In a post today on the company forums, Microsoft staffer Phil Chui blamed the cock-up over Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation on "an issue on the Microsoft server side". Microsoft is …

    Software & Security 4 Oct 2006, 18:51

  • HP spent at least $375,000 on self-destruction

    How to wreck an IT giant for under $1m

    Recovering stolen laptops from Italy - $9,668. Consulting an investigative reporter - $7,312. Having a spy scandal erase decades of hard work building up your reputation, while eroding your board of directors and forcing your CEO to testify in front of Congress - priceless. Or rather about $375,000. Close watchers of the HP spy …

    IT Channel 4 Oct 2006, 19:02

  • Calif. to indict Dunn, four more over HP spy scandal

    Hunsaker also on list

    Patricia Dunn, the former chairman of HP, and four others are to face charges over The great HP Pretexting Fiasco. The New York Times, which appears to have had a sneak preview of the rap sheet, says that Dunn is to be indicted today along with HP's former ethics chief, Kevin Hunsaker, and three men accused of doing HP's dirty …

    IT Channel 4 Oct 2006, 19:42

  • EMC sweetens Office 2007

    Office as a Window

    EMC is cosying up to Microsoft - or is it the other way around? The pair have ensured that as yet unlaunched Office 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007 can natively access EMC's Documentum ECM software. The tools from EMC will enable Microsoft users to archive content manually or automatically from SharePoint to Documentum, while …

    Enterprise 4 Oct 2006, 21:55

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