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17th May 2007 Archive

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  • IBM polishes grid for healthcare providers

    It's only May and they're celebrating GMAS?

    IBM is souping up its grid storage system aimed at healthcare service providers struggling to store a veritable data deluge of medical imagery. The Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS) uses grid computing — that's lots of linked computers sharing processing power and resources — to store and manage patient data. GMAS comes as a …

    Enterprise 17 May 2007, 00:19

  • Acer debuts ProFile pro-laptop look

    Looks tough, weighs next to nowt

    Acer not only sketched out its plans for new look "nature-inspired" consumer-oriented notebooks this week, it also drew attention to its new-style "ProFile" business machines, the first if which is the ultra-portable TravelMate 6292. According to Acer, the ProFile design brings to mind the words "concrete, protective and …

    Reg Hardware 17 May 2007, 09:02

  • Trouble looms for enterprises who don't know what storage they've got

    Complexity could be the downfall of many

    Try asking enterprise executives what policies they have in place to ensure legislative compliance for their information. If you get a positive reply, be very sceptical; a negative reply probably represents more realism. Compliance is becoming a bogeyman for some of the big enterprises after recent debacles where requested …

    Enterprise 17 May 2007, 09:38

  • Google launches universal search

    5,672,968,176,820,971 results found

    Google announced yesterday that users searching the web with its site will be treated to a veritable bounty of results from now on. No longer just the useful links you were after, but an array of video, pictures, and news will all be returned by a single search query. Google has dubbed the idea "universal search", which we …

    Software & Security 17 May 2007, 10:19

  • Fraudsters feast on credit card scam

    Bogus gadget site funds takeaway fraud

    Fraudsters are dining out on the proceeds of a new credit card scam. Con men are using credit card details harvested from a bogus (and now defunct) gadget website – called www.instant-av.co.uk – to fund huge restaurant orders. One London restaurant alone lost £10,000 supplying food and drink against stolen card details …

    Software & Security 17 May 2007, 10:43

  • DSG results hit by sunshine

    Dixons blames sunny April for poor sales

    Dixons Store Group (DSG) said sales were hit by the unseasonally sunny weather in April and problems in France and Italy. For the year ended 28 April 2007, Dixons Store Group saw total sales grow 14 per cent or four per cent like for like. John Clare, group chief executive of DSG, said he was pleased with progress during a …

    PC Builder 17 May 2007, 11:28

  • Met staffer arrested over Al Qaeda terror report leak

    JTAC report 'passed to newspaper'

    A civilian member of Metropolitan Police Service staff, Thomas Lund-Lack, was arrested last night in connection with the leaking of information to a reporter. Lund-Lack is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court today, charged with breaches of the Official Secrets Act and misconduct. He is claimed to have passed an …

    Software & Security 17 May 2007, 11:31

  • Microsoft tries to hit jackpot with patents FUD but do the numbers add up?

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    This was a week for figures, at least if you were Microsoft that is. The first figure Microsoft pulled out of its big monopolist's hat was 235. This was the number of its patents the software behemoth claimed open source software infringed against. In an interview with Fortune magazine, licensing boss Horacio Gutierrez …

    Channel Reg Weekly 17 May 2007, 13:52

  • Dell plans channel shake-up

    CEO gives indirect biz green light

    After decades shunning the indirect market, struggling computer maker Dell has said it will slip into bed with resellers in the hope of shifting more boxes. The computer giant has in the past been reluctant to work with third party vendors for the core of its business, making much of its strategy of selling direct to …

    IT Channel 17 May 2007, 13:59

  • Salesforce.com continues rise

    Claims fastest expansion

    CRM provider Salesforce.com announced a 55 per cent sales boost today, bagging revenues of $162.4m for its record Q1 2008. Salesforce beat its own predictions, and reiterated the full-year outlook for profit of $0.07 to $0.09 per share. The software as a service outfit raised its full year revenue projections from between $ …

    IT Channel 17 May 2007, 14:10

  • Feeling left out? Get your PC infected today!

    Spoof malware campaign racks in the hits

    A spoof ad campaign offering surfers the chance to infect their PCs with malware has drawn plenty of interest. In an experiment, a security researcher bought a Google ad campaign to promote a site ostensibly offering to infest visitors' Windows PCs with computer viruses. The "click here to be infected" campaign was displayed …

    Software & Security 17 May 2007, 14:23

  • Trade Commission probes HP-Acer patent spat

    ITC wants the poop on suit

    The US International Trade Commission said today it will investigate allegations that Taiwan-based computer vendor Acer has violated Hewlett-Packard patents. The commission stated that no decisions have been made on the merits of the case, and will sick administrative law judge Paul Luckern on the feudsters to hold an …

    PC Builder 17 May 2007, 19:39

  • Grifters find rich pickings on social networking sites

    Phishermans' friend

    Social networking sites are creating a means for hackers and conmen to worm their way into the confidence of users. Sites such as LinkedIn can be used to create a veneer of trust that leaves internet users and business at a greater risk of attack, according to a study by Danish security firm CSIS. Dennis Rand, a security …

    Software & Security 17 May 2007, 19:52

  • EMC to hang fire on VMWare stock sales for two years (or more)

    Will retain its Pac-Man shaped percentage after IPO

    EMC is to retain a 90 per cent stake in VMWare for at least two years after the subsidiary's IPO in late 2007. EMC CEO David Goulden today told the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York the company will assess the situation later, but is "looking at at least a couple of years time horizon." Plans …

    Enterprise 17 May 2007, 23:22

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