16th April 2007 Archive

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Users fawn over Ubuntu's feisty Linux release

VMware plugged

Always colorful with its names, Canonical has birthed the server, desktop and education versions of its "Feisty Fawn" Ubuntu Linux. In its blasé form, the new version of Linux ships on April 19 as Ubuntu 7.04 Server Edition, Desktop Edition and Edubuntu. The OS falls under Canonical's short-term, 18-month maintenance program …

Enterprise 16 Apr 2007, 04:02
Intel targets '09 for Geneseo

IDF Acceleration: The long road

Intel has flagged late 2009 for the likely delivery of its revamped take on PCI Express code-named Geneseo. Geneseo, originated by Intel and IBM, basically consists of extensions to the popular PCI Express technology or more specifically to PCI Express 2.0 due out this year. Vendors backing Geneseo, including Nvidia, QLogic, …

Enterprise 16 Apr 2007, 05:35
FastScale weans admins off golden images with speed

Pops out little bundles

This will be hard to believe. Another software company has the cure-all for installing software across a large number of servers. FastScale Technology has come gushing out of stealth mode with its Composer Suite software. The code promises to make installing applications across hundreds or even thousands of servers a real …

Enterprise 16 Apr 2007, 07:21
Intel expects rapid 'Santa Rosa' ramp

IDF Next-gen Centrino to sell big, fast, chip maker forecasts

Almost 90 per cent of all the Centrino-branded laptops sold in Q4 will be based on the latest version of Intel's mobile platform, 'Santa Rosa', the chip giant believes. Santa Rosa debuts next month, though while some laptop manufacturers will announce models at that time, the big push will come two months later, Intel's …

PC Builder 16 Apr 2007, 07:58
Missing the PowerPoint of public speaking

Column Sliding into submission

The oxymoron "interesting PowerPoint presentation" was offered as a small witticism a few months back. I thought it was good, and shared it with a friend, who reacted angrily: "Blame the workman, not the tools," he said. Frankly, (I told him) I disagree. Powerpoint inherently ruins a presentation in 95 per cent of cases. We' …

Software & Security 16 Apr 2007, 10:34
Ravenous LogLogic ready to eat all your data

'Let us at it'

Congratulations go out to LogLogic for continuing to put as exciting a spin as possible on one of an administrator's most mundane tasks – log management. The start-up has shipped a new version of its flagship software that should provide customers with more centralized control over their logs, while also giving them fresh ways …

Enterprise 16 Apr 2007, 11:02
Notes on Vista forensics

Part two: Digesting the differences

In part one of this series we looked at the different editions of Vista available and discussed the various encryption and backup features which might be of interest to forensic examiners. In this article we will look at the user and system features of Vista which may (or may not) present new challenges for investigators and …

Software & Security 16 Apr 2007, 11:12
Adobe talks up next media player

And Microsoft does the same

Adobe says the next version of its media player will allow users to watch video stored on their machines as well as that streamed online. Sites such as YouTube use Adobe's Flash technology to stream video. But the Adobe Media Player will let you watch videos offline as well. It promises better quality playback and a …

Software & Security 16 Apr 2007, 12:17
Evesham plugs NetApp into storage gaps

Claims cost savings

Channel reseller Evesham has hopped on board NetApp's partner program in a bid to fill holes in its storage offering. The distributor is claiming big cost savings on NetApp network attached storage kit for its customers. NetApp channel sales manager Pete Rawden said: "NetApp's Partner Program is vital to our growth and …

Enterprise 16 Apr 2007, 12:18
Zombies infiltrate US military networks

Behind the lines

Security researchers have traced spam-sending botnet clients back to networks run by the US military. Support Intelligence, the firm whose research on honeynets revealed that the networks of at least 28 Fortune 1000 companies contained malware-infected spam-spewing PCs, has found evidence of bots running behind military …

Software & Security 16 Apr 2007, 12:26
From on-premises to on-demand

Quocirca's changing channels Pinning down the impact of hosted apps

It can be hard to gauge the true take up of on-demand application services, an alternative way to take delivery of business applications whereby they are accessed online rather than installed and managed on-premises. One reason for this is that research into what businesses are doing in any area tends to seek black and white …

Software & Security 16 Apr 2007, 12:44
Savastore becomes, er, Saverstore

Second coming...

UK-based Savastore.com has quietly re-opened its doors with a slightly different blink-and-you'll-miss-it name of Saverstore.com. Watford Electronics, which ran Savastore.com, was acquired by Globally Ltd in February this year, at which point the website closed down with a message promising customers that service would be …

PC Builder 16 Apr 2007, 13:07
Aperture brings back capacity planning

Hard numbers to help IT plan for the future

Data centre managers can now forecast not only their future need for power, space, and cooling, but what effect hardware swaps and changes will have, claimed Aperture Technologies as it added a capacity planning app to its Vista infrastructure management suite. "Our software manages the physical infrastructure of the data …

Enterprise 16 Apr 2007, 14:02
Skype IM malware smut surfaces

Nudge-nudge, wink-wink, say no more

Skype's Instant messaging client has once again been misused as a vector to spread malware. The Pykse-A worm is spreading via Skype instant messages, posing as a chat message linking to a website featuring racy picture of a young, scantily-clad woman. Clicking on these messages does display pics of a model wearing black …

Software & Security 16 Apr 2007, 14:52
US teen jailed for school's daylight-saving cock-up

12 days' chokey for bomb threat log error

A Pennsylvania student was held in jail for 12 days after a bomb threat recorded by a school hot line service was wrongly attributed to him, Fox News reports. Fifteen-year-old Cody Webb, of Greensburg, "called a school district hot line to listen to a recorded message about school delays at 3:12am EDT on 11 March", his mobile …

Software & Security 16 Apr 2007, 15:38