8th January 2008 Archive

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Code

• Uncertainty for Ruby and Rails despite changes Zed rails, Bray dizzy

Hardware

• AMD offers glimpse of DisplayPort enabled 'RV635' CES ATI Radeon HD 3600 makes an appearance
• Intel fires up 45nm laptop chip assault One if by land, 16 if by CES
• Nvidia plies Hybrid SLI CES Mix'n'match graphics tech goes official

News

• DisplayPort to incorporate USB CES One cable, multiple roles

R&R

• Write once, run anywhere: a lesson for digital TV Simple programming

Security

• Facebook blocks Secret Crush over adware row Spurned Zango pleads innocence
• German hackers fight electronic voting It'll end in tears, warns Chaos

Servers/Storage

• Apple guns Xserve and Mac Pro to 11 Er, make that 8
• Dell does four-core Xeons and Opterons with new blade box Project 'Copy HP' nears completion
• Dot Hill scores four more years with HP Trying to avoid Sun stroke
• EMC dangles wee NAS code at OEMs Tosses LifeLine to Intel, Iomega
• EMC reapplies iSCSI storage warpaint Courts SMBs with bigger array

Services

• Union threatens Shell with legal action Grumbles over reduced pay-off deal for IT workers

Software

• GPS is killing children Report highlights rat-run fear
• Microsoft bids $1.23bn for Norwegian search firm Wants to mine web with Fast buy
• Mozilla pulls offensive viral campaign Firefox Users against Bad Taste