20th March 2008 Archive

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Colonel EMC...in the data center...with a Quantum software?

The Cluedos appear to follow

EMC will soon reveal a new OEM partner for data de-duplication in its boxes, according to several industry reports. It's believed that the storage firm tapped Quantum to help get a data redundancy-busting edge over market leader, Data Domain. Quantum's kit uses de-dupe software picked up from the acquisition of ADIC in 2006. …

Enterprise 20 Mar 00:19
Next Eclipse platform in two years

EclipseCon Abandonment issues for 3.x

A web-friendly and easy to maintain version of Eclipse has been penciled in for delivery two years from now. E4, as it's being called, has been pegged for 2010, with a working concept prototype ready for next year's EclipseCon. Early e4 committers, though, pledged the current Eclipse platform, version 3.x that's moving …

Software & Security 20 Mar 00:25
Ericsson CMO says Wi-Fi hotspots' days are numbered

'The telephone boxes of the broadband era'

Ericsson's chief marketing officer, Johan Bergendahl, caused a huge commotion last week when he predicted that Wi-Fi hotspots would become as "irrelevant as telephone boxes". Even allowing for Ericsson's self-interest in a world where cellular networks will be the main route for users to reach the internet while on the move, the …

PC Builder 20 Mar 10:10
AMD readies third Radeon HD 3800-series GPU line

3830 to take on Nvidia's 8600 GTS and 9600 GT

AMD will next month launch the ATI Radeon HD 3830, an 'RV670'-based graphics card said to have been designed to pull the rug from under Nvidia's low-end-of-the-top-range offerings. So claim industry moles cited by Chinese-language site HKEPC. They say the 3830 will contain the same 320 unified shader processors as the 3850 and …

Reg Hardware 20 Mar 11:25
Critical bugs bite Kerberos

Hell's fire

Multiple critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in version five of the widely-used Kerberos authentication protocol. The most serious of the bugs create a means to either compromise or crash vulnerable systems. Exploits are yet to surface and patches are available. All releases of MIT Kerberos 5 up to and including krb5 …

Software & Security 20 Mar 11:44
HP and Microsoft plan Taiwanese R&D centre

Going where the partners are

Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have announced plans to set up a new product research and development centre in Taiwan, reports say. Tech boffins at the R&D hub will work on advanced software and hardware. They’ll also brainstorm ways of improving technical support for Taiwan partners such as contract laptop manufacturer Quanta, …

IT Channel 20 Mar 12:28
DroboShare network storage 'robot'

Review Can network storage really be this easy to use?

Network-attached storage (NAS) boxes are all very well, but they're not what you'd call user friendly. Arch-geeks love 'em for storing and streaming content, but a fair few folk would prefer a simpler yet equally robust way of making storage available on a network. Enter Data Robotics' oddly named Drobo, an external storage …

Reg Hardware 20 Mar 12:53
Anglophone cybercops team up to fight fraud

Anglo-saxon attitudes

Cybercops across the English-speaking world have formed a cross border alliance to fight online crime. The organisation, dubbed the Strategic Alliance Cyber Crime Working Group, builds on existing close relationship between electronic crime specialists from the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The group aims to share …

Software & Security 20 Mar 13:27
Asterisk mauled by buffer overflow bug

Are IP PBXs the next hacking battleground?

Buffer overflows - the perennial cause of security vulnerabilities in desktop applications - may become a worry for sys admins managing computerised telephone switchboards in the wake of the recent discovery of bugs in a popular IP PBX package. A trio of vulnerabilties in the Asterisk range of open source IP-PBX software …

Software & Security 20 Mar 15:42
Vista SP1 downloaders bite back

'I've gained an update and lost my drivers'

Windows Vista customers have been complaining about problems with installing Microsoft’s first service pack for the unloved operating system. SP1 was made available as a manual download on the Windows Update site earlier this week, although the company also admitted that there were a staggering number of reasons why many users …

Software & Security 20 Mar 16:50
Caribbean firm circumvents BD+ copy protection

Blu-ray bitchslap poses problems for Hollywood

Software developers based in the Caribbean have thrown down the gauntlet to the movie industry with a product that can copy Blu-ray discs protected by the latest high definition disc copy protection technology. Version 6.4.0.0 of AnyDVD HD allows users to make backup copies of Blu-ray discs protected with BD+ ahead of the …

Software & Security 20 Mar 17:16
SIIA slaps lawsuits on eight eBay Adobe sellers

'Aggressive new campaign'

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) today filed suit (pdf) in California against eight people for "knowingly selling illegal copies" of Adobe software on eBay. eBay has a woeful record in keeping dodgy dealers at bay, so ambushing suspect merchants is a sensible tactic for the software industry. The SIIA …

Software & Security 20 Mar 17:52
Cisco-baiting security co goes titsup

Lockdown shutdown

An Intel-backed security company which tried to compete against networking behemoth Cisco in one of its strongest markets has shut down. US-headquartered Lockdown Networks ceased operations on Tuesday, blaming economic conditions and a lack of demand for its network access control technology. Network access control (NAC) has …

PC Builder 20 Mar 18:03
Apple's Time Machine now works as advertised

USB drive backup from Airport base station

Apple has finally opened OS X Leopard's Time Machine wireless backup capability to disk drives lacking the glossy plastic anointment of Cupertino. With a Wednesday release of software updates, Time Machine can now recognize a USB hard drive connected to a wireless network as valid backup disk. That is — assuming the drive is …

Enterprise 20 Mar 18:33
HP stuffs XenServer into ProLiants

iThe iVirtualization iIdentity

Er, before we get to HP's rather unfortunate "iVirtualization" roll out, we'll note that HP plans to offer Citrix's XenServer software as a pre-installed option across the ProLiant server line. Starting March 31, customers can purchase servers with XenServer burned into memory - or rather burned into a USB stick that plugs …

Enterprise 20 Mar 19:02
Eclipse learns how to let go

EclipseCon Swapping IBM for Sun and Microsoft

The Eclipse Foundation looks destined to remain a mistress to Microsoft and Sun Microsystems - while the platform is married to IBM. The fifth annual EclipseCon this week saw a blockbuster project announcement and an almost shocking partnership. News that Sun selected the EclipseLink project as the reference implementation …

Software & Security 20 Mar 21:01
Dell flees sinking US economy on quick boat to China

PCs tailored for migrant workers

Dell will significantly raise its stakes in the booming economies of China and India as the company braces for lackluster growth in the US. The world's number two PC vendor said it's developing new product models made specifically with Asian buyers in mind, and will increase its presence in the region. "This year, we plan to …

PC Builder 20 Mar 21:14
Ex-FCC chair vows government control over the Google Brain

Wrapping the cloud in red tape

The Cloud Computing Revolution will be regulated, according to former Federal Communications Chairman (FCC) Reed Hundt. Hundt - who has mounted many a soapbox - is using a review of pundit Nick Carr's new book The Big Switch as an excuse for laying out some cloud computing concerns. Should large, centralized computing utilities …

Enterprise 20 Mar 22:09