4th December 2007 Archive

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Code

• Vista vs XP performance: Some informal tests Who's the daddy?

Hardware

• Acer gives Dell notebook business a kicking Taiwanese firm buys way into second place
• Intel roadmaps P45, G45 chipsets for Q2 '08 Fully Vista-friendly integrated GPUs too
• Less cash for more chips Consumers gorge on silicon

Lifecycle

• Bloody code! Multiple exit points

Market News

• Poor take-up of e-tax system Biz won't fill in returns electronically, say MPs

Security

• Canadian loses $20K in phony eBay sale Account hijacking continues
• DARPA seeks network firing ranges for cyber weaponry Keep out, war-warez test in progress
• Experts paint bleak picture of security in 2017 Cyberterrorists and software stalinism
• IT pro admits stealing 8.4M consumer records Netted $580,000
• Mum defends suspected Kiwi botmaster Misunderstood youth
• Privacy breach nuked in Canadian passport site Applicants' intimate details free for the taking
• Win 2000 anti-virus products fail independent tests Polymorphic virus fools mediocre security packages

Servers/Storage

• Sun itching to release its virtualization platform xVM Ops Center gets a price tag
• VMware parades virtualization for the SMB masses Squirt the virt

Software

• Counterfeit Vista rate half that of XP And not for the reasons you think
• Open source model impacts EnterpriseDB staff Workers freedomed out the door
• Stock market breaks out mistletoe for Microsoft-SAP Old chestnuts, get your old chestnuts