11th January 2007 Archive

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Intel fires back at Transmeta

Countersues and alleges 'unclean hands'

Three months after being accused by Transmeta of patent infringement, Intel struck back, alleging the maker of the Caruso processor is infringing more than a half-dozen of Intel's own patents and alleging the lawsuit is barred by a host of legal defenses. Intel accuses Transmeta of infringing seven Intel patents relating to …

IT Channel 11 Jan 2007, 01:36
Fluidata punts 'enterprise-ready' 40Mbps DSL

My name is Bonding - Channel Bonding

Aggregating an ADSL2 line with an SDSL can provide higher performance and resilience than a leased line, and at lower cost, claims British channel-bonding specialist Fluidata. The company says that its PureFluid Burst service gives 22Mbps download and 4Mbps upload for perhaps £600 a month, plus installation fees. It adds that …

IT Channel 11 Jan 2007, 08:02
IBM tops gay-friendly employer poll

Big pink

Gay lobby group Stonewall has rated IBM top of a poll of gay-friendly employers in Britain. The survey indexed a host of measures including how they engage with gay customers, commitment to diversity training, monitoring of staff sexual orientation, support for gay staff, and the presence of openly gay, bisexual or lesbian …

IT Channel 11 Jan 2007, 09:48
HP investigator charged

Federal charges...

One of the private investigators hired to snoop on HP's board of directors and journalists has been charged with federal crimes. Bryan Wagner is accused of identity theft and conspiracy. He is alleged to have used a reporter's Social Security number to get hold of their phone records. Five other people including HP's ex- …

IT Channel 11 Jan 2007, 10:17
New restrictions on opposing trade mark applications

Policies move closer to Community Trade Mark system

The UK Trade Marks Registry will no longer object to applications because a third party has existing rights in a mark, it has said. The only person who can object on those grounds is the person who actually owns those rights. The change follows consultation into the grounds for trade mark refusal in the Trade Marks Act of …

IT Channel 11 Jan 2007, 10:28
LTO hits level 4

Doubles capacity, boosts speed

The industry collaboration Linear Tape Open (LTO) Program has released a new version of its Ultrium standard for tape storage. The IBM, HP and Quantum-led group's new release is fourth in a roadmap of six iterations. The new cartidges double the capacity of current LTO 3 tapes to 1.6TB, assuming 2:1 compression. Transfer …

Enterprise 11 Jan 2007, 10:51
US warns on spooky Canadian coins

Tiny transmitters implanted in loonies

The US Defence Department is warning contractors of the danger of Canadian coins containing tiny radio transmitters being used to follow their movements. The claim comes in the appendix to "Technology Collection Trends in the US Defence Industry" - an annual look at high-tech spying developments. This warns defense …

Software & Security 11 Jan 2007, 11:02
Blade innovations highlight energy efficiency opportunities

As green pressures grow

Pressures are growing for greater energy efficiency on the back of increasing concerns over the effects of global warming and likely energy shortages. Data centres are big energy users of course, drawing on lots of power not just to run the servers and systems but also to cool down the environment as they generate heat by the …

Enterprise 11 Jan 2007, 11:07
Virtualization and ILM 2006: Looking Back

Virtualization will continue to normalize across more areas

One of the hottest topics in computing in 2006 was virtualization. Like many other trends before it, it had many definitions, many disguises, and the FUD factor was significant. Some advances were made, much confusion was added to the system by companies jumping on bandwagons or squandering precious marketing time wandering …

Enterprise 11 Jan 2007, 12:15
IT volunteers rack up £2m in projects

IT skills for charities

IT professionals have donated £2m in time to the charity sector helping small organisations with a wide variety of technology projects. iT4Communities is celebrating reaching the £2m figure since its launch in November 2002. Volunteers have completed 340 IT projects and have another 148 still going on. John Davies, programme …

IT Channel 11 Jan 2007, 12:18
Rush job MI5 security alert service wide open to snoopers

Shambolic service violates user privacy, Spyblog warns

MI5 new e-mail alert service sends web subscription forms to the US without encryption, according to an investigation by Spyblog. The service, launched by MI5 on Tuesday, is designed to allow subscribers to receive email notification of changing national security threat levels by email. This information is already available …

Software & Security 11 Jan 2007, 12:24
PHP apps: security's low-hanging fruit

Why PHP apps accounted for 43% of security issues in 2006

PHP has become the most popular application language on the web, but common security mistakes by developers are giving PHP a bad name. Here's how PHP coding errors have become the new low-hanging fruit for attackers, contributing to the phishing problems on the web. PHP became one of my favorite languages because of how …

Software & Security 11 Jan 2007, 13:17
How to roll back and replicate a Windows server

Double-Take reps SBS, even on dissimilar hardware

Best known for its data replication technology, Double-Take Software has jumped into the snapshot business by adding the ability to replicate system state as well. It said that its Server Recovery Option allows it to recover an entire Windows server either to a real-time image or to a snapshot of its state at any time in the …

Enterprise 11 Jan 2007, 13:39
Adobe Reader update lances multiple bugs

PDF peril prevention

Adobe has fixed a security vulnerability in its Reader software that created a mechanism for hackers to commandeer vulnerable systems. The unspecified heap corruption flaw affects Adobe Reader versions 6.x and 7.x and means users tricked into opening malformed PDF documents might be exposed to malware. Credit for discovering …

Software & Security 11 Jan 2007, 14:47
Titan makes earthly debut for Microsoft partners

Hosting opportunity

Selected Microsoft partners have been given access to the next major edition of Microsoft's customer relationship management (CRM) software, taking it into hosted territory for the first time. Three hundred partners have got their hands on the suite, codenamed Titan, with Microsoft planning to make it available to 1,000 …

Software & Security 11 Jan 2007, 14:52
NCR cuts 650 Scottish jobs

Offshored

NCR has slashed 650 jobs at its manufacturing plant in Dundee so it can move production of its cash points and registers to cheaper overseas factories. The $6bn firm will retain 700 jobs in Dundee, just 100 of which will be kept on a low-volume production line, where NCR has been manufacturing since 1947. Management, …

Enterprise 11 Jan 2007, 15:03
VeriSign offer bounty on Vista and IE7 bugs

Pay-per-flaw

VeriSign's iDefense unit is offering an $8,000 bounty to researchers who discover previously undocumented vulnerabilities in either Windows Vista or IE7. The flaws need to be serious enough to allow the remote execution of malware on up-to-date installations of the targeted platforms. Bugs that only crash systems, require …

Software & Security 11 Jan 2007, 16:45
SGI gives Microsoft the squeeze

Joins the crowd

SGI's rebirth won't be a Linux-only affair. The hardware maker today revealed plans to ship Microsoft's fancy cluster operating system with its servers. Where the old SGI focused on selling high-end systems running its own Irix flavor of Unix and then later Linux, the new SGI will focus on selling just about anything to …

Enterprise 11 Jan 2007, 19:16