5th October 2007 Archive

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Code

• IBM coughs up SMB software Little guys have needs too
• Linux on mobile: manifest destiny? Or unholy past?
• Open .NET challenge for iPhone development Moonshine for OpenMoko

Distribution

• Northamber blames Vista, weak dollar for revenue slide Distie feels the crunch
• Westcon catches Latin American minnow Logicalis buys out Latin minorities

Hardware

• Forget municipal Wi-Fi, welcome to Zigbee City Gothenburg to get 270,000-node Zigbee network
• Global Voice hits right note with €32m bond Metro networks for London, Berlin, and Munich
• Money men rubbish spooky fears over 3Com deal National security concerns unfounded

Market News

• Birmingham trust signs up to VoIP Joins NHS national broadband network

Reseller

• PC superstore puts Microsoft on sale for under £150 Would you like a warranty for your software giant?

Security

• Coming to a Windows PC near you: 4 critical security updates Terminate the remote execution vulnerabilities
• Facebook faces more legal trouble Has to hand over sex offender info
• Spammers turn YouTube into spam relay channel Will anyone notice the difference?
• Sun patches multiple flaws in Java 'Highly critical' bugs leave Windows, Linux and Solaris users open to attack

Servers/Storage

• IBM preps Power6-based blade and Blue Business Platform Making another bundle

Services

• Geeks and Nerds caught on film lacking geeky nerdiness Canadians assailed by shoddy repairmen
• IBM drops attempt to patent outsourcing Patent stupidity

Software

• MS drops nagware validation for IE7 installs Free for all