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30th October 2006 Archive

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  • NHS Scotland pools budget for Microsoft savings

    Better late than never

    NHS National Services Scotland forecasts it will save up to £8m over three years from a new procurement deal with Microsoft The deal, effective immediately, will standardise the procurement of software licences for 75,000 desktops and mobile computers in all of Scotland's 14 health boards and seven specialist centres. The …

    IT Channel 30 Oct 2006, 07:02

  • EMC announces raft of product updates

    Comment One size doesn't fit all

    EMC has announced new versions of its high-end Symmetrix DMX-3 system, mid-tier CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale series system, EMC Disk Library virtual tape library system, and Celerra NS series IP system, all of which seek to serve as the underpinnings of an Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) infrastructure. The updated storage …

    Enterprise 30 Oct 2006, 10:14

  • Poker sites hold merger talks

    Surviving the US ban

    Partygaming and 888 Holdings, which runs poker and casino sites, are in talks about a possible merger. Both listed companies have watched their share price collapse after the US government banned them from providing services to US citizens. A statement to the London Stock Exchange says: "The board of 888 notes the recent press …

    Enterprise 30 Oct 2006, 11:27

  • NetApp faces shareholder backdating suit

    Vigilante accounts scrutiny

    Despite thus far escaping the SEC's ire, NetApp announced Friday that its own shareholders had filed a suit against the firm over backdating of stock options. In a statement NetApp rubbished the lawsuit's claims of improper timing of stock grants. It said: "Management believes the lawsuit to be completely frivolous and without …

    Enterprise 30 Oct 2006, 11:30

  • AMD unveils ATI Radeon X1650 XT

    80nm comes to the mid-range

    AMD's ATI operation has unveiled the Radeon X1650 XT, as expected, pitching the part at the upper reaches of the mainstream graphics card segment. Boards based on part will, like the X1950 Pro, sport an internal CrossFire connector. The reference card clocks the new GPU - aka RV560 - to 575MHz, while the 256MB of GDDR 3 …

    PC Builder 30 Oct 2006, 12:25

  • Old bugs blight shiny new browsers

    IE7 and Firefox 2.0 both hit

    An old security bug provides a way to crash Firefox 2.0, security researchers have discovered. The memory corruption vulnerability involving the handling of JavaScript code has been known about since June 2006 and Firefox version 1.5.0.7 was supposed to fix the problem. Despite this, Firefox 2.0 remains vulnerable to this issue …

    Software & Security 30 Oct 2006, 13:35

  • £10m VAT fraud gang jailed

    Carousel con halted

    Four members of a carousel VAT fraud gang were found guilty by Canterbury Crown Court late last week. One gang member was sentenced to 10 years in prison while three other members got eight years each. The offences were committed in 2003 and involved supposed export of mobile phones to Kiev in the Ukraine. All four men are …

    IT Channel 30 Oct 2006, 15:32

  • Phishers prey on Lik-Sang customers

    Fraudsters pounce on retailer's closure

    Cheeky email fraudsters are targeting consumers who ordered gaming goods from Lik-Sang.com, the Hong Kong-based online retailer that last week shut its doors. Emails currently doing the rounds hijack the retailer's own words in an attempt to grab the recipient's PayPal account details. The email quotes extensively from Lik- …

    Reg Hardware 30 Oct 2006, 15:38

  • Ohio child hospital hack exposes 230,000 files

    Overly patient response

    Hackers broke into the systems of an Ohio hospital last month raising fears that the personal details of up to 230,000 patients or their family members, and banking information on around 12,000 financial donors, might have been compromised. News of the attack came after Akron Children's Hospital began notifying families last …

    Software & Security 30 Oct 2006, 16:01

  • Oracle welcomes Linux users with support site crash

    So very breakable

    Oracle today dished out a rude awakening to the Linux users it hopes to support over the long-haul. Its MetaLink support site crashed. "Oracle Metalink (support website) has been virtually unusable all day," wrote in one Reg reader. And, sure enough, a trip over to Oracle's site reveals the following message: "Urgent: …

    Software & Security 30 Oct 2006, 17:21

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