9th October 2007 Archive

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Code

• Concern over gas guzzling software Code green
• Microsoft and Zend juice PHP for Windows Zend PHP 07 Apache challenge?
• Zend predicts Java and PHP oneness Zend PHP 07 Big Eclipse unity

Distribution

• Avnet now proud owner of Magirus enterprise biz If it's Tuesday, it must be Dubai
• C2000 shakes up management team Goes after better salesman patter

Hardware

• AMD adjusts Athlon prices Some up, some down
• Seagate admits Flash-fitted HDDs fall short of promised benefits BIOS, driver code to blame, apparently
• Supremes wave through HP class action 1.7 million individuals ready to queue up

Market News

• Dell cuts 250 tech support jobs in Nashville On the road to 8,000
• LogicaCMG finds itself a CEO at BT Shares jump

News

• RM readies Linux sub-laptop... for £169 Updated Asus eePC reborn as MiniBook

PC Builder

• Gateway and Packard Bell is done deal Subject to regulators, workers etc.

Science

• Currency launched to cover the cosmos In space, everyone can hear you spend

Security

• Admins accuse Microsoft of Draconian Hotmail cap 'Only 10 recipients at a time, please'
• BT home router wide open to hijackers Updated Authentication bypass exposes many customers
• Content delivery firm trials novel authentication method Getting in with Phil's mom?
• Indian police academy hosts phishing site Keystone khaki cops
• McAfee ties up SafeBoot buy for $350m Encryption plus anti-malware to counter data loss worries
• Nanny agency hacking suspect cuffed Cor Blimey, Mary Poppins

Servers/Storage

• Dell's new blade server takes M1000e moniker The 'e' is for lequed cooling
• Sun ships Niagara II servers High-throughput chip launched in two racks and a blade
• Teradata does the grand refresh No plans to operationalize HP

Services

• Capgemini wins five year LSC deal Takes over from Fujitsu and Xansa
• MPs slam employment agency IT Systems at Jobcentre Plus 'slow and problematic'

Software

• .Asia domains are go And after the gold rush?
• Ballmer: All open source dev should happen on Windows 'And Google reads your email'
• Facebookers abandon online privacy for virtual doo-doo When the s**t hits the social network
• Google cranks 'relevant' video-placing contraption YouTube ads for all