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25th May 2007 Archive

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  • HP marries Cisco's Infiniband switches with clusters and blades

    And clusters made of blades

    HP has added more Cisco networking gear options to its pre-packaged cluster product line. First off, HP's customers can now pick up Cisco's double data rate (DDR) InfiniBand-based Server Fabric Switches (SFS). Many of you will know this Cisco kit as the hardware once sold by start-up Topspin, which Cisco swallowed in 2005. The …

    Enterprise 25 May 2007, 01:03

  • Strange spoofing technique evades anti-phishing filters

    Targets include PayPal, eBay and others

    A Reg reader has produced screen shots that demonstrate a powerful phishing technique that's able to spoof eBay, PayPal and other top web destinations without triggering antiphishing filters in IE 7 or Norton 360. Plenty of other PayPal users are experiencing the same ruse, according to search engine results. Matty Hall, a …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 03:30

  • MySQL chief: being open source is not enough

    Scandinavian, socialist, party people

    Open source startups can hit profitability sooner than it took closed source incumbents, as long as they steer clear of rivals' costly business practices. That's according to MySQL chief executive Marten Mickos, who told vendors and venture capitalists open source companies could cut their costs by not ploughing money into …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 10:33

  • Internet users unfazed by spam: study

    Are we bovvered? No, we're not

    The volume of spam arriving in Americans' personal and workplace inboxes is rising, but email users are less bothered by it than they once were. That's according to a new study from the Pew Internet Project, which reveals that American internet users have become more sophisticated at dealing with unsolicited emails. Asked if …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 10:40

  • Facebook taunts MySpace with open book policy

    Social operating system

    Facebook, the mainstream media web darling du jour, has opened up its development platform to allow other firms to develop applications to run on top of the site, broadening the range of features available to users. The news should allow the network's 23 million claimed monthly visitors to integrate their profile with other …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 10:47

  • Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive

    Review Hitachi unleashes TB on the world - that's terabyte

    Hitachi's 'world's first' 3.5in terabyte desktop hard drive looks much like any other hard drive currently available, but it packs in five platters and ten read/write heads for an exceptional data storage capacity. In the event you don't want or need an enormous amount of storage, you can still buy a Deskstar 7K500 between …

    Reg Hardware 25 May 2007, 11:02

  • Vista upgrade revisited

    Comment The good, the bad, and the ugly

    It's been a while since I decided to be brave and upgrade my ThinkPad laptop from Windows XP to Vista Ultimate, along with upgrading Office XP to Office 2007. The upgrade to Vista was covered in an earlier article, but I thought now would be the time to provide an update on Microsoft's operating system and the Office suite. …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 11:02

  • Sage names new chair

    Hobson gets the nod

    Software vendor Sage has appointed Tony Hobson as its new chairman. The UK-based business management software firm had been looking to fill the chair, which was left vacant by Sir Julian Horn-Smith who unexpectedly quit the post last month citing irreconcilable differences. Hobson, who is also chairman of Northern Foods plc …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 11:35

  • MS update patches patching

    A stitch in time...

    Microsoft this week pushed out a patch to resolve a flaw in its patching system. The update resolves a nagging issue that meant some PCs slowed to a crawl when either Microsoft Update or Windows Update carried out scans prior to downloads. Systems of the problem included the process svchost consuming the majority of CPU …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 14:15

  • Dragon marauds London, escapes arrest

    Voice recognition mascot no threat

    Software company Nuance's dragon mascot narrowly escaped arrest this morning. The fanged and winged - but very green and fluffy - creature was prancing around London's Leicester Square when two police officers approached, asking: "You're not with Fathers-4-Justice, are you sir?" Reassured that the dragon was merely …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 14:21

  • Phoenix shareholders say yes to ICM bid

    Thunderbirds are go?

    Phoenix shareholders have given the proposed acquisition of ICM Computer Group an enthusiastic thumbs up. All resolutions were passed by the firm's shareholders. The total number of votes cast was 45,478,689 on three resolutions, of which less than one per cent objected to the take-over of the business continuity firm. …

    IT Channel 25 May 2007, 14:24

  • IBM flaunts green credentials

    Cool, but efficiently so

    As part of its sustained PR campaign to persuade the IT industry that it is greener than David Cameron, IBM invited a bunch of tech journalists to see its new, tree-loving data centre at its London HQ this week. A quick recap: earlier this month, IBM announced that it was going to spend a billion dollars to double its own …

    Enterprise 25 May 2007, 14:58

  • Notorious car clamper facing Asbo

    Due in court for immobilisation

    An employee of a car-clamping outfit which has "brought misery to visitors to a Yorkshire tourist village" looks likely to be immobilised himself - by an Asbo. According to the Yorkshire Post, George Albert McDicken, 38, of Wilsden, near Bradford, is due in Leeds magistrates court today accused of "intimidating and aggressive …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 15:00

  • Technorati knocks itself out. Again

    Restart the dot.com Dead Pool

    Technorati, the comically inept search engine, has redesigned itself again - knocking itself out in the process. The site was down when bloggers checked in yesterday. More importantly, the latest redesign is a tacit admission that it's given up on its original mission - indexing the world's weblogs. Technorati now claims to …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 15:53

  • Interoute sells virtual servers

    Even virtualisation's gone virtual

    European telco and managed services provider Interoute has launched a hosted virtual server service - but unlike smaller hosting companies which use the likes of Virtuozzo to generate virtual webservers, it's using a full VMware ESX set-up. It allows customers to have a virtual machine (VM) of their own, complete with its own …

    Enterprise 25 May 2007, 16:00

  • Pirates Trojan keel-hauls surfers

    Thar she blows

    Spam messages exploiting the publicity surrounding the release of the latest instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise are being used to trick users into installing Trojan horse malware. The junk mails feature a message that resembles promotional material for the film alongside links that supposedly point users …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 20:39

  • HP, er, raids partner Hitachi for storage chief

    Here's to you, Mr. Roberson

    HP has corralled a new storage chief in the form of David Roberson. Roberson comes to HP from Hitachi Data Systems, where he worked for a whopping 26 years - most recently as CEO. He'll take on the SVP and GM titles as head of HP's storage business. Former storage guardian Bob Schultz will continue on has SVP and GM of HP's …

    Enterprise 25 May 2007, 22:30

  • Apple patches more than a dozen holes in OS X

    Five uber updates in as many months

    Apple has released an update that patches more than a dozen OS X vulnerabilities, several of which can lead to the remote execution of malicious code. The most serious vulnerability resides in an OS X feature called mDNSResponder, which enables computers to locate and connect to devices such as printers and webcams on a local …

    Software & Security 25 May 2007, 22:42

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