2nd May 2007 Archive

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Market News

• The Economist de-rails Microsoft media love in MIX07 Content or Diss content?
• Blockbuster says Game Over on Game Station UK Hopes sell-off will bust debt
• IBM cuts 1,300 jobs Pink slipping in the USA
• Judge in MP3 case to Microsoft: time to pay up $1.5bn, please

PC Builder

• Dell's dance with Ubuntu: True love or farce? Here we go again

Reseller

• Fujitsu swoops on GFI Informatique But does GFI want to be bought?

Security

• Apple patches security hole in QuickTime QuickTime one of four popular apps currently at risk
• DDoS attacks fall as crackers turn to spam Baron Samedi and chums redeploy zombie armies
• Month of ActiveX bugs yields results On the up and up after all
• Poisoned MP4 files threaten Winamp users Play it again, hacker
• VXers push small coc Trojan on unwilling world It's not the size that matters

Services

• Cambridge gives e-marking a tick RM plugs markers into hive mind

Software

• CA gets new UK channel boss Ex-Dell man takes on 'indirect route to market'
• IBM markets up-beat service under legacy brand Comment Lotus - what's in a name?
• Survey: open source shows progress in public sector Firm foothold established