1st May 2008 Archive

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Code

• Adobe lifts Flash and AIR development restrictions Handsets go royalty free
• Converting Groovy to Ruby A different spin on Java
• Linux-guru's conviction fuels ReiserFS debate Can software live without its maker?

Hardware

• Intel puts another foot into 10GbE Interop 2008 Punts server adapter that supports 1Gb and 10Gb speeds

Security

• 30 years of Spam - and we ain't finished yet Many unhappy returns
• Holes in London Mayor websites leave them open to 'e-gaffes' New levels of XSS for Boris'n'Ken
• Storm worm botnet turns into April shower Shrinking away
• US warez sitemaster jailed for 30 months Big Fish hooked

Servers/Storage

• Cloud computing hysteria paralyzed by bolt of reality Interop 2008 Compliance? No, we do Cmplynz
• EMC's Mozy storage service is going global A cloud on the move
• HP pulls memory Missing Link from bottle of beer Better than flash
• Sun cushions slumping Q3 with layoffs America (and possibly Reverend Wright) to blame

Software

• BSI faces High Court challenge over OOXML U-turn No formal appeal to ISO yet, though
• Micro Focus buys NetManage Berkshire goes to Cupertino
• MS misses restart button on desktop auto-updates Vista SP1 auto distribution downed by bug too