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2nd May 2007 Archive

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  • IBM cuts 1,300 jobs

    Pink slipping in the USA

    More than 1,300 jobs were pencilled for elimination at IBM. Alliance@IBM, a group working to form a union at the company, reports that 1,135 employees and an unknown number of contractors have been notified their job will be eliminated. The job cuts are at IBM sites in New York, Connecticut, Colorado and Kentucky and home-based …

    IT Channel 2 May 2007, 02:01

  • Apple patches security hole in QuickTime

    QuickTime one of four popular apps currently at risk

    Apple has patched a high-profile vulnerability in QuickTime eleven days after the flaw allowed a hacker to publicly hijack a brand new MacBook Pro. The Apple media player is just one of four popular applications suffering from security defects that currently require the urgent attention of those who use them. The three other …

    Software & Security 2 May 2007, 02:04

  • The Economist de-rails Microsoft media love in

    MIX07 Content or Diss content?

    It could have been so different. Thinkers and creatives from publishing and advertising – Coke, The Economist and others - met for a Microsoft MIX07 panel, to debate and generally conclude that technology is a great way for reaching consumers. After two days of Microsoft extolling the joys of convergence and multimedia content …

    IT Channel 2 May 2007, 03:56

  • VXers push small coc Trojan on unwilling world

    It's not the size that matters

    Virus writer toolkits and the general ease of creating new variants of established malware strains mean anti-virus firms have begun to need three alphabetical letters for some Trojan families. It's tough at the coalface, fighting the never-ending malware in email menace, so it's understandable that techies chuckled when they …

    Software & Security 2 May 2007, 09:25

  • Survey: open source shows progress in public sector

    Firm foothold established

    Open source technology now has a firm foothold in the public sector, according to a new survey. A snapshot survey organised by Kable and sponsored by Red Hat shows just over a third of respondents are actually using open source, and close to another third are giving it consideration in their plans for the future. The results …

    Software & Security 2 May 2007, 09:58

  • IBM markets up-beat service under legacy brand

    Comment Lotus - what's in a name?

    Are you looking to change your core email, calendar, and contacts system in the near future? Probably not. While there is a little movement in the market if you are a Microsoft Exchange site, the chances are you will remain so for a while to come, and it is the same for Lotus Notes/Domino shops and others. No one needs the …

    Software & Security 2 May 2007, 10:58

  • CA gets new UK channel boss

    Ex-Dell man takes on 'indirect route to market'

    Software provider CA has appointed a former Dell executive to head up its channel business in the UK. Mike Feltwell, who worked at Dell as public sector sales manager, government and defence, steps into a newly created role which CA hopes will help the firm drive business growth in the UK channel. CA UK and Ireland regional …

    Software & Security 2 May 2007, 11:21

  • Cambridge gives e-marking a tick

    RM plugs markers into hive mind

    Cambridge Assessment, the non-profit exam marking offshoot of Cambridge University, has signed RM Plc to hook its freelance markers into a computerised assessment tool. RM will be paid at least £21m over five years to install and manage the system, dealing with exam papers submitted by about eight million candidates in 150 …

    IT Channel 2 May 2007, 11:45

  • Poisoned MP4 files threaten Winamp users

    Play it again, hacker

    Hackers have crafted an exploit based on an unpatched vulnerability in Winamp, the popular media player package. Security bugs within Winamp's MP4 decoding allow miscreants to slip malware onto the PCs of users running Winamp version 5.34. The vulnerability has been coded into a script kiddie friendly exploit, however a …

    Software & Security 2 May 2007, 13:24

  • Blockbuster says Game Over on Game Station UK

    Hopes sell-off will bust debt

    Movie retail giant Blockbuster Inc has said it has sold Game Station Ltd, the UK video game arm of its business, to Game Group Plc in a $150m deal. Dallas-based Blockbuster said it hopes proceeds from the sale will help pay off outstanding debt. Blockbuster bought Game Station in October 2004, and the sale is the latest in a …

    IT Channel 2 May 2007, 13:26

  • DDoS attacks fall as crackers turn to spam

    Baron Samedi and chums redeploy zombie armies

    Denial of service attacks are falling out of favour with black hat hackers because using compromised machines to send spam is a more lucrative - and less risky - way of making money illicitly. Networks of compromised PCs can be used for purposes including relaying junk mail or flooding targeted websites with spurious traffic …

    Software & Security 2 May 2007, 14:20

  • Month of ActiveX bugs yields results

    On the up and up after all

    Yet another blog promising a month of bugs has surfaced, this time poking security holes in ActiveX, and lo and behold, it has disclosed two important security holes in as many days. After hoaxsters promised but failed to deliver several "month of" sites in recent weeks, we dismissed such campaigns as a desperate cry for …

    Software & Security 2 May 2007, 18:48

  • Judge in MP3 case to Microsoft: time to pay up

    $1.5bn, please

    Microsoft has been ordered to stump up $1.5bn for violating MP3 patents owned by Alcatel and Lucent Technologies. US federal judge Rudi Brewster told the software giant that it's time to pay damages, after a trial jury found Microsoft guilty in February. The judge ordered the $1.5bn to be split between Lucent and Alcatel - …

    IT Channel 2 May 2007, 21:37

  • Fujitsu swoops on GFI Informatique

    But does GFI want to be bought?

    Fujitsu Services wants to buy GFI Informatique, the French reseller which wants to be bought by the private equity group Apax. So it is bypassing GFI's reseller's board to appeal directly to the company's shareholders. Yesterday, it confirmed its intention to launch a counter-offer for the company at a price of €8.50 per share …

    IT Channel 2 May 2007, 23:29

  • Dell's dance with Ubuntu: True love or farce?

    Here we go again

    Where Dell 1.0 had Red Hat, Dell 2.0 sports Ubuntu. Can you really tell the difference? Dell 1.0 had Michael Dell brag in 2000 about being "the first major manufacturer to offer Linux across its full product line." Dell made these comments at the LinuxWorld conference, where he also promoted Dell investments in open source …

    PC Builder 2 May 2007, 23:33

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