12th May 2008 Archive

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Code

• Back to the future: the Java client’s second go-round Following the fads
• Hippies reclaim summer of code Overthrow the soft-o-crats!

Hardware

• Qimonda puts 4.5GHz graphics memory into mass-production Calling all GPU vendors...
• RM must try harder in second half Full year expectations unchanged

Market News

• HP in talks to buy EDS Hurd's big bite
• PC World, Currys staff to be dumped in DSGi rescue plan? Best Buy could bid for electrical retail giant

News

• Nvidia CEO says 'no' to VIA acquisition Graphics company doesn't need in-house CPU tech - for now...

Security

• Hacker posts personal details of 6m Chileans I told you it was insecure
• Researchers dig into x86 chips for stealthier rootkits Hiding under the radar
• Set-top box modders sent to prison Teach telly hackery, go directly to jail

Servers/Storage

• AMD excises two senior execs, while promoting server chief Central Engineering roadmap task force formed
• AMD grabs for the data centre with low-power server chip Pushes thermal envelope
• Data Domain guns de-duping gear Quad-core injection
• Facebook CTO logs out Co-founder off to the beach
• Fedora 9 - an OS that even the Linux challenged can love Plenty of muscle for hardcore nerds too
• HP tipped to take over BT's datacentres in £1.5bn deal CEOs plan back-scratching calls this week?
• VMware ships disaster recovery and testing software Plopped into two new management bundles

Services

• Perot Systems buys into Ireland Writes Limerick developer a big cheque

Software

• Windows XP SP3 blame game begins AMD feels the heat as Microsoft goes AWOL on fix