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1st May 2007 Archive

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  • Study: Idiots may cause data-center apocalypse

    Ill-conceived moves to blade servers cause outage 'crisis'

    A new study warns that ignorant data center managers switching to high-density devices are facing a "capacity crisis" that may increase the number of costly server outages. The Aperture Research Institute, a division of software company Aperture Technologies, surveyed over 100 enterprise data managers, representing over 600 …

    PC Builder 1 May 2007, 00:23

  • Silverlight glow dimmed by cross-platform concerns

    MIX07 Bad for web health

    Microsoft has been taken to task for harming the web by going solo on technology and standards and not adopting a more open development approach. Open source advocates from BMC Software, Mozilla, project Mono, and Zend Technologies voiced their continued support for AJAX while probing Microsoft over plans to open source …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 09:35

  • Reuters snaps up search company

    Findable financial info

    News provider Reuters is buying privately owned search company ClearForest to make its content more usable. ClearForest works with companies with large quantities of text. It includes a tagging system to give categories to pieces of text and also claims to add context to search results. Reuters was already a customer of …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 10:19

  • Bug brace menaces Adobe Photoshop

    Unpatched graphics flaws menace mankind

    Security researchers are warning of a brace of unpatched flaws in Adobe Photoshop that allow hackers to gain control of vulnerable PCs. The first vulnerability – which affects Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Photoshop CS3, and Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.x – leaves users open to attack if they open malformed PNG graphics files. …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 11:02

  • Dell Linux is go

    Ubuntu named as distro for desktops and laptops

    Dell has finally chosen a Linux distribution to offer on its desktop and laptop machines. Following news that Michael Dell was running Ubuntu on his personal laptop, the company has followed suit and from late May Dell machines will ship with Ubuntu 7.04 as an option. There's no official word from Dell, but several sources …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 11:08

  • Estonian/Russian statue riots spill online

    Uncivil unrest hits govt websites

    Civil unrest in Estonia over the removal of Soviet era memorials has been accompanied by attacks against the Baltic nation’s internet infrastructure. Several Estonian government websites remain unavailable whilst others, such as that of the Estonian Police, remain available only in text-only forms as a result of sustained …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 11:36

  • BlackBerry finds Outlook 2007 an upgrade too many

    But RIM denies any problem

    Some early adopters who've jumped to Outlook 2007 are finding that Research in Motion's (RIM) desktop software, for synchronisation with BlackBerry devices, won't support the latest version of Microsoft's PIM (Personal Information Manager). Not all users have encountered the problem, which seems to be due to Outlook 2007 …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 15:35

  • Velocity Micro buys Overdrive PC

    Overclocking in the USA

    Velocity Micro, the US PC maker, has acquired Overdrive PC, a small Georgia-based rival which specialises in highly overclocked PCs for the gaming market. Terms are undisclosed. Velocity is moving all of Overdrive's staff into its the Richmond, VA headquarters. Numbers are undisclosed again, so we assume that there aren't …

    PC Builder 1 May 2007, 18:20

  • Gateway ships quad-core desktop into US stores

    Retail proposition

    Gateway let slip a quad core desktop into some major US retail outlets today. It's called the Gateway FX, it costs from $2099.99 and - as you will guess from the price tag, it is aimed at the PC enthusiast and "digital creation" markets. The base spec includes Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processors, 512MB ATI Radeon X1950 …

    PC Builder 1 May 2007, 19:00

  • 'It'll be ugly when half the software industry goes away' - pundit

    Analysis If by 'ugly,' you mean great

    An imploding software industry could be just what customers need. You're going to end up with cheap, specialized software and all kinds of wonderful services to support the code. We're pretty sure that's what executives, researchers and developers told us yesterday, during a Carnegie Mellon West sponsored event at Microsoft's …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 19:36

  • VeriSign will ship two-factor authentication for debit cards

    What took so long?

    VeriSign has announced plans to integrate two-factor authentication technology into ATM and credit cards, a move that would give customers significantly more protection against scammers without requiring them to go through the hassle or expense of using a stand-alone security token. The move will allow debit and credit cards …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 20:40

  • Microsoft puts some iron into Ruby

    MIX07 Scripts .NET open source support

    Microsoft has released IronRuby, an implementation, an implementation of the fast-growing scripting language Ruby, on the .NET Framework. IronRuby follows Microsoft's implementation of Python, called IronPython, released last year on .NET. The languages run on .NET's Common Language Runtime (CLR) via Microsoft's new Dynamic …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 21:41

  • Microsoft polishes the Silverlight

    MIX07 Still to prove itself against Flash

    Despite the early batch of criticism that Microsoft’s Silverlight has already generated, there is still much to interest applications developers in its arrival as a beta product, as well as issues for them to ponder, not least being whether Flash is still the better option for now. The key interest, particularly in Microsoft’ …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 22:04

  • Microsoft super sizes multi-threaded tripe

    Comment Pretty sure that we might be ready

    Herb and pepper crusted Kobe steak medallions presented on a bed of arugula and baby spring greens tossed in a lemon fennel vinaigrette with baby red and yellow pear tomatoes; haricot verts; toasted sweet and spicy walnuts and crumbled Point Reyes blue cheese presented on the side; and a garnish of puff pastry triangles topped …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 22:37

  • 'IE8 compatible' - the cure for web standards headache?

    MIX07 A problem shared is ... a problem shared

    It took Microsoft six years to move Internet Explorer versions from 6 to 7. IE8 should be along a little quicker - it is slated for release within two years, less than three years after IE7's October 2006 debut. But Microsoft has a big, big task on its hands: how to improve support for web standards in IE, without breaking …

    Software & Security 1 May 2007, 23:39

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