28th March 2008 Archive

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Code

• Cross industry AJAX group reaches IE 8 'consensus' Now for those pesky browser rivals
• Open AJAX frameworks not fit for 'power users' AIR and Silverlight better, says analyst

Lifecycle

• Comment judiciously, refactor if needed, avoid the 'f' word Learn from the shame of Windows 2000

Market News

• El Reg reconstructs Heathrow T5 chaos Fearful scenes of UK's latest titsup
• Xerox stumps up $670m to settle lawsuit Cry me a muddy, grey river

News

• Nvidia drivers named as lead Vista crash cause in 2007 Lawsuit documents spill beans

Security

• Hackers mug gamers in Playstation Store Pockets purportedly picked, info supposedly swiped
• Mac is the first to fall in Pwn2Own hack contest CanSecWest Safari's bad-hair week
• Next time you go to the loo, bring your locked laptop with you CanSecWest DaisyDukes brings memory sniffing to the masses
• US state outlaws RFID data theft Card crackers shown red

Servers/Storage

• EMC eyes video snooping biz Watching the watchers that watch you
• Hannaford cc data thieves planted malware on 300 servers Other retailers may be vulnerable
• Sharpcast syncs PCs, Macs and mobiles Online backup with a syncing feeling
• Small bird wants SGI to fly in private Henpecks board over low share value
• Sun's xVM virtualization wares run red with catch-up Horrible pun part of Chewbacca Wookey defense

Services

• Best Buy calls copper on unsatisfied shopper Next time just smile and buy your stuff
• Snubbed shareholders slam Atos Origin Rebels demand boardroom sitdown

Software

• Adobe to remove Photoshop pic pimping clause Freetards rejoice
• Microsoft looks to fix bugs with desktop search Yet another Vista update
• Microsoft makes final heroic grab for OOXML votes We're open, come inside