1st February 2008 Archive

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Hardware

• Alcatel-Lucent confirms 400 job cuts in France All part of the same cull

Information

• Gurus answer MapReduce young turks Database blues and grays

Market News

• Angry investor offers to buy Transmeta We can whip it into shape
• Dell's tightened belt garottes Canada 'Dell Day' canceled this year

News

• AMD adjusts three-core Phenom roll-out plan, moles claim Quad-core roadmap revised too
• Rock reveals graphics benchmark beating monster laptop Scores almost 15,000 on 3DMark06, vendor claims

Security

• 419 scammers plead guilty in US 20 years' prison time?
• Banks need to learn to keep their own data safe Quocirca's changing channels Vaulting ambitions
• Et tu, Gmail? Simple hack defeats last barrier to decades-old attack Only Salesforce standing
• Image uploader bug blights MySpace Nasty ActiveExploit
• SkypeFinds another security snafu More VoIP security woes

Services

• BT gets cool with Fresca Not just frothy man
• Shell IT staff disgusted at mega profits Union demands talks over job cut plans

Software

• Beeb iPlayer gets Firefox-friendly Auntie's IE hegemony broken for download client
• Coda green lights Agresso bid Show me the way to the next SAASy bar