13th February 2007 Archive

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IE and Firefox cough up hard drive contents

Updated Floor by flaw

The latest versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox on Windows and (in the case of Firefox) Unix systems are vulnerable to attacks that could reveal the contents of sensitive files residing on a victim's hard drives. The vulnerability resides in the functionality that allows the browsers to upload files to a remote server. …

Software & Security 13 Feb 2007, 00:59
IBM's juiced Power6 stomps poor, old Power5+

ISSCC A 2x joint

At a time when rivals have given up on juicing their processors, IBM plans to crank the heck out of Power6. The dual-core chip due out by mid-2007 will come in "just shy" of 5GHz and flaunt double the performance of today's Power5. "We are showing that we're really doing twice the speeds and feeds of Power5," IBM's chief …

Enterprise 13 Feb 2007, 05:07
Are founder-driven SW vendors good for enterprise buyers?

Comment A safe bet?

I met with Gerry Cohen last week, the founder CEO of BI vendor Information Builders (IB). After 30 years in the business he still has an infectious enthusiasm for software. As has Jim Goodnight, the founder CEO of SAS, and Michael Saylor, the founder CEO of MicroStrategy, who founded his company in 1989. Between them, this …

Software & Security 13 Feb 2007, 07:02
Intel owed depressed employee more than counselling

Failure of management created the stresses

Simply providing counselling for employees does not absolve companies of responsibility for their employees, the UK's Court of Appeal has ruled. The Court found that Intel was responsible for a worker's breakdown even though it provided counselling. "The respondent, a loyal and capable employee, pointed out the serious …

Software & Security 13 Feb 2007, 07:02
New copyright police to increase raids and seizures in UK

Pirates beware

The Government will fund 4,500 new copyright police to conduct raids from April. The move comes as the Department of Trade and Industry passes responsibility for copyright enforcement to Trading Standards Officers. As recommended by December's Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, the DTI has granted Trading Standards …

IT Channel 13 Feb 2007, 10:31
AMD licenses ATI phone GPU tech

Own products to focus on audio, video?

AMD today said it will license its graphics technology for handheld devices, signing up STMicroelectronics as one of its first customers. The move comes a day after it launched new media processors aimed at... er... handhelds. But maybe these apparently contradictory moves with prove complementary. AMD's launch yesterday …

IT Channel 13 Feb 2007, 10:38
EC to overhaul consumer law to boost e-commerce

Making many laws one

The European Commission will overhaul European contract law to make internet selling easier, more reliable and more efficient. The commission has opened consultation on proposed changes that will affect eight EU Directives. Recognising that e-commerce is hampered by a mass of conflicting national laws, the commission has …

IT Channel 13 Feb 2007, 10:58
HDMI pitches for PC vendor mind share

Battle with DisplayPort begins

The battle to determine which PC display interconnect will dominate the market has begun in earnest. Yesterday, the organisation that licenses the HDMI port claimed more than 50 desktops, notebooks, motherboards, graphics cards and monitors are now shipping with its technology on board. HDMI is a logical successor to the …

PC Builder 13 Feb 2007, 10:59
InPhase begins shipping holographic storage

$180 per 300GB disk

InPhase Technologies has begun bulk shipping of its 300GB holographic storage disks and drives, the firm said yesterday. The Tapestry HDS-300R drive costs $18,000, with the 1.5mm-thick platters running to $180 a piece. The firm already claims a series of high profile customers, including Turner Broadcasting, the US Geological …

Enterprise 13 Feb 2007, 11:12
IBM plants Linux on the desktop

Open Client platform no longer closed off

IBM has announced an open-source desktop, running Lotus apps and Firefox on top of Red Hat or SUSE Linux. It's based on an internal project which has deployed Linux desktops to several thousand IBM staff, in what IBM said was one of the largest corporate Linux roll-outs to date. It added that its Open Client Solution can also …

Software & Security 13 Feb 2007, 12:59
Novell and Microsoft swing both ways

Bidirectional virtualisation is virtually there

The possibilities for recursive virtualisation have just increased, with Novell and Intel announcing that you can now run Windows unmodified on Novell's SUSE Linux, via Xen and an Intel VT-capable processor, while Microsoft says an upcoming service pack will let its Virtual Server run SUSE Linux as a virtualised guest. First …

Software & Security 13 Feb 2007, 15:56
AMD confirms RS690 will ship as 690G

And as M690G for notebooks

AMD has confirmed its upcoming RS690 chipset will be available in at least two versions - one for desktops, the other for mobiles - both with the model number 690G, documents released to Register Hardware today reveal. The company's tight-lipped about what the RS690 will do, at least until is launch, which we understand is …

PC Builder 13 Feb 2007, 16:47
Fujitsu man condemns NPfIT as failure

A camel among racehorses

The government's pet technology project, the multi-billion pound NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT), is in danger of failing, lacks the leadership required to stop it drifting off course, and is in danger of morphing into "a camel", according to a senior figure in one of the main contractors implementing the project. …

Software & Security 13 Feb 2007, 16:59
EMC, FalconStor extend VTL contract

NearTek buy: can anyone say leverage?

EMC has extended its relationship with its virtual tape library (VTL) software partner FalconStor until 2013. The storage monster's manoeuvrings last year, however, may reveal how EMC put the squeeze on during negotiations. The news is given the standard release treatment by FalconStor, trotting out business development VP …

Enterprise 13 Feb 2007, 17:20
Eight nabbed in China for Panda worm

Cute, but was it virulent?

Police in central China's Hubei Province have detained eight men in their 20s alleged to have participated in the spreading of last year's "Panda burning joss stick" virus outbreak. This is the first time Chinese authorities have made arrests relating to a major virus attack originating from that country, Xinhua News reports …

Software & Security 13 Feb 2007, 20:26
IBM scouts for more software acquisitions

Updates Filenet

IBM's appetite for acquiring software companies shows no signs of diminishing. Last year, the company conservatively spent $3.6bn, adding 12 companies or just their assets to its $18bn middleware business during 2006. Steve Mills, IBM's software chief, today promised a repeat performance in 2007 as IBM capitalizes on …

Software & Security 13 Feb 2007, 21:59