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4th May 2007 Archive

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  • HP wings Pelikan with patent lawsuit

    Stoppen ze inkin

    HP has filed a lawsuit against Germany-based Pelikan Hardcopy Deutschland for patent infringement of HP printer cartridges. The lawsuit claims three patents involving ink cartridge design and three regarding ink formulation have been trodden on. The complaint was filed in Düsseldorf District Court. The cartridges are sold in …

    PC Builder 4 May 2007, 00:26

  • ClearSpeed finds PCIe floating point booster

    Courts Windows crowd as well

    Those of you desperate for a floating point speed up have another accelerator option thanks to a new product from ClearSpeed. The start-up this week announced the e620 card that plugs into PCI Express slots. The product complements an existing card for PCI X slots called the X620. ClearSpeed once hoped to ship the PCIe part …

    Enterprise 4 May 2007, 01:15

  • Tories plan open door for open source

    Right place, right time

    A Tory strategy to make more use of open source software in the public sector is likely to tackle the culture of secrecy in government procurement, according to early details released to The Register. Planned for publication next month and stemming from shadow chancellor George Osborne's adoption of a West Coast attitude, the …

    Software & Security 4 May 2007, 07:02

  • Critical DNS fix stars in upcoming Patch Tuesday

    Updated Seven fixes coming at ya

    Microsoft plans to release seven patches next Tuesday as part of its regular Patch Tuesday update cycle. The update will feature two patches for Windows, at least one of which earns the dread rating of critical and three patches for Microsoft Office, at least one of which is critical. Critical updates for Microsoft Exchange …

    Software & Security 4 May 2007, 11:13

  • Computacenter execs give cautious Q1 assessment

    Things not as bad as they could be, says reseller

    Computacenter, the UK's biggest IT reseller, has announced mixed results for the first quarter of 2007. At the firm's AGM held today, management reported differing performance across Europe. The loss-making French operation was described as having made "good progress" with run rate losses much reduced. This improvement was …

    IT Channel 4 May 2007, 12:35

  • iSoft CTO quits

    Mutual agreement and pay-off

    Troubled healthcare provider iSoft is saying goodbye to Ravi Kumar, its chief technology officer. Kumar leaves by mutual consent and trousers a £250,000 payoff plus benefits, according to The Times. A statement on iSoft's website says Kumar will not be replaced because the company is focusing on "product delivery for the …

    Software & Security 4 May 2007, 13:32

  • British Gas security scare as payments page springs a leak

    House.co.uk leaves padlocks off Windows

    A British Gas website that allows homeowners to pay bills leaves consumers exposed by inviting them to submit credit card information across an unencrypted link. Consumers logging on to pay their bills through house.co.uk initially go through a secure server. But once they create an account and login they may be transferred …

    Software & Security 4 May 2007, 13:53

  • Solaris served on the Rocks

    While Sun exports its network

    Sun Microsystems has put more pressure on itself to make two rather large bets pay off. The company this week bragged about booting Solaris on its Rock processor for the first time. It also hyped up the overseas expansion of network.com - Sun's pay-per-use computing and storage service. On the Rock front, WYSIWYG. The …

    Enterprise 4 May 2007, 17:11

  • Latest AACS crack 'beyond revocation'

    That's torn it

    Hackers have found a way of circumventing the AACS copy prevention technology used by next-generation DVD disks. Unlike earlier breaks, the latest crack can't be papered over simply by pushing key revocation updates. Advanced Access Content System (AACS) encryption forms the cornerstone of the content protection technology on …

    Software & Security 4 May 2007, 19:33

  • Lax security led to TJX breach

    Security pros left windows open

    A wireless network that employed less protection than many people use on their home systems appears to be the weak link that led TJX Companies, the US-based retailing empire, to preside over the world's biggest known theft of credit-card numbers. Despite a market capitalization of almost $13bn, it appears the company couldn't …

    Software & Security 4 May 2007, 22:06

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