6th November 2007 Archive

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Devices

• Nope, it's not a Gphone Opinion Memories of Java

Hardware

• Biostar unwraps AMD 770 chipset mobo
• Microsoft hawks Home Server Buy now. Get it sometime soon.
• Phoenix hijacks Windows boot with instant-on Bios king introduces Hyperspace

Market News

• Batten down hatches, analyst tells IT bosses Two sets of books are better than one

Reseller

• Amazon Prime comes to Blighty All your deliveries for £50

Security

• Google OpenSocial: after the hype, the holes Google API too sociable by half
• Googlewhack trick used to slip junk mail past spam filters Spammers feel lucky
• Macrovision update plugs zero-day DRM exploit The one that got away
• Nicked DVLA documents used to sell stolen cars Don't buy white vans or Beemers in pub carparks
• P2P ID thief cops a plea From LimeWire to behind the wire
• Pentagon: Our new robot army will be controlled by malware Open-source hax0r IP-deathware apocalypse imminent
• Police dismantle global child porn network 92 people from 19 countries arrested
• QuickTime update fixes code-execution holes Install it now

Servers/Storage

• 3Par does logical partitioning Vulcan approved, 7824.7 to one
• Cray's Barcelona moment arrives with XT5 systems Processors for all seasons
• IBM fails to ship even the most meager four-core Opteron box Exclusive Do you know the way to Barcelona?
• IBM lines up blade, AIX updates AIX 6, Power 6, Uh-ho, now I'm scared...
• RapidMind takes multi-threaded magic to x86 realm It's hip profitable to be square
• SiCortex does desktop supercomputer Cluster Catapult
• Supermicro punts 'world's densest blade' X-Men's Wolverine may dispute claim
• Symantec gobbles up Vontu Joins the DLP jamboree

Software

• Companies still clueless about their software spend Boards missing software's hidden value
• Mac OS X firewall blocks Skype and online gamers You realise, of course, this means Warcraft
• UK anti-piracy group gets new flag waver FAST Lovelock love-in