10th April 2008 Archive

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Symantec gobbles AppStream

Two year flirtation comes to an end

Symatec said today it intends to buy AppStream, a Palo Alto, California-based developer of application streaming software. AppStream has worked with Symantec since 2006, and the two officially coupled the ability to stream virtualized applications with Altiris Software Virtualization Solution (SVS) in Symantec's first update …

Enterprise 10 Apr 00:52
RM to push new HP sub-laptop to schools

Good things come in small packages

RM has been signed up as HP’s only UK distie for its 2133 Mini-Note laptop intended for the education market. The firm said that it has tied up an “exclusive partnership” to supply schools and colleges across Blighty with HP's dinky new sub-notebook. The computer giant launched the machine, which rivals the Asus Eee PC, …

PC Builder 10 Apr 06:02
Old people can sabotage software too

RSA Games insiders play

Software teams must act to protect systems and development projects from revenge attacks by disgruntled current and former employees. So says Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute's CERT, which is advising organizations take basic steps including code encryption, enforcement of code-change and access controls, reading …

Software & Security 10 Apr 06:02
UK.biz flunks app security tests

Risky business

Weak encryption or cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities remain a big problem for UK firms. Tests on web application security by UK penetration testing firm NTA Monitor on its clients uncovered problems in three out of five cases. Furthermore, more than three quarters (78 per cent) of websites tested contained one or more …

Software & Security 10 Apr 06:02
Spam filtering services throttle Gmail to fight spammers

Junk mailers set up CAPTCHA-busting sweatshops in India

The growing abuse of webmail services to send spam has led anti-spam services to throttle messages from Gmail and Yahoo! Over recent months security firms have reported that the Windows Live CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) used by Hotmail, and the equivalent system at Gmail …

Software & Security 10 Apr 08:32
Sales slide at PC World, Currys

DSGi CEO issues second profit warning

DSG International (DSGi) shares fell nine per cent this morning following the retail giant’s second profit warning in under four months. The firm’s CEO John Browett issued a statement today in which he admitted that customer demand in the UK and Ireland has been “lower than expected, with a negative impact on margins”. He …

IT Channel 10 Apr 09:56
VIA and Nvidia partner to bomb Intel's Atom

Fusion of interests

Under pressure from Intel's Atom, chip makers VIA and Nvidia have apparently agreed that their interests should undergo fusion, and have agreed to brings their respective processors and integrated chipsets into orbit around each other. Dodgy particle physics metaphors aside, the deal - motherboard makers moles allege - is …

Reg Hardware 10 Apr 09:59
ID and the triple-A challenge of mashup security

Sources unknown

The loose coupling of data drawn from different systems is one of the enduring appeals of mashups. However, what if some of that data needs to be handled securely, or it is necessary to log in to some or all of the data feeds? What if the mashup as a whole represents some form of sensitive system - now security is an issue. …

Software & Security 10 Apr 10:02
WD pitches 'rainbow' selection of coloured hard drives

Hue know you want one

Western Digital has re-released its My Passport Essential 320GB external hard drive line in a range of ten new colours. Following the emerging trend of personalisation, WD's choice of colours span the spectrum in the hope of ensuring no potential Passport purchasers need feel left out. WD's My Passport Essential: now in …

Reg Hardware 10 Apr 10:39
Lieberman's campaign to blame for website crash

404 Error: Hackers not Found

Technical mistakes by Senator Joe Lieberman's re-election campaign team - not an attack by opponents - were responsible for the crash of his website on the eve of the August 2006 Connecticut primary election, federal investigators discovered. Lieberman's team implied supporters of Democrat challenger Ned Lamont might be …

Software & Security 10 Apr 10:48
IBM backs the truth up out there with FilesX

Yet another storage buy

Big Blue today beefed up its storage software offerings by agreeing to buy privately-held FilesX – which protects data on Microsoft's operating systems – for an undisclosed sum. IBM said it plans to fold the Newton, Massachusetts, and Haifa, Israel-based company's technology into its Tivoli Storage Manager range. FilesX, …

Enterprise 10 Apr 12:38
Phishers offer credit card discounts to prospective marks

In-SecureCode

Phishing fraudsters are using promises of financial discounts to trick unwary users into handing over their credit card details. Scam emails that form the basis of the fraud claim to be part of MasterCard's SecureCode scheme. Con men are attempting to exploit a lack of familiarity with the recently introduced programme, which …

Software & Security 10 Apr 13:20
Opera tunes itself for Android

No fat ladies involved

Opera Software has ported the mini version of its eponymous browser onto Google's Android platform. Opera Mini is a Java ME (Micro Edition) application, so Opera Labs ported an open source application called MicroEmulator to Android, which allowed it to run its existing code without modification. MicroEmulator is designed to …

Software & Security 10 Apr 14:50
Intel builds software engine to shrink laptops and mobiles

Less becomes more

Intel has given a glimpse of the software its building so mobile computers can detect and communicate with a variety of devices, reducing the size of machine you need to lug about. Lester Memmott, a senior architect in Intel's software pathfinding and innovation group, has revealed the existence of an experimental context- …

Reg Hardware 10 Apr 17:28
HP goes bundle mad with quicker HP-UX

11i v3 Update 2, a name that's practically poetry

Hewlett-Packard's Unix team has rolled out a fresh release of the HP-UX operating system, and has yet again fiddled with the various flavors of the software that customers can acquire. HP-UX 11i v3 Update 2 (no, seriously) features some tweaks to the kernel and elsewhere, providing what HP claims is a 20 per cent performance …

Enterprise 10 Apr 20:15
Can the Atom help Intel's CEO meet otherworldly demands?

Interview Exclusive Otellini bullish on MIDs, bearish on Affymetrics

Strolling towards Intel's headquarters, I hoped my meeting with Paul Otellini would not be as awkward as the last encounter with an acting Intel CEO. Back in 2001, Craig Barrett delivered a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which required him to emerge from a huge tub of Jello. Intel had hired its …

Enterprise 10 Apr 23:22