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  • Symantec, McAfee cough up $750,000 on auto-renewals

    'Hide the ball' suspended

    Symantec and McAfee have agreed to pay $375,000 apiece to settle charges they charged fees against customer credit cards without authorization. Under a settlement announced Wednesday by New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo, the antivirus software makers also agreed to more clearly disclose any automatic renewal fees and …

    Software & Security 11 Jun 2009, 00:39

  • Microsoft abolishes Money

    Credit crunch in action

    Microsoft is pulling the plug on Money - its personal finance and small business software package. The software will no longer be available to buy after 30 June and anyone who has bought MS Money needs to activate it before 31 January 2011. Microsoft Money was sold in four versions from $19.99 to $69.99. Microsoft will …

    Software & Security 11 Jun 2009, 09:11

  • Microsoft wins competition court case

    Not a headline you often see

    Microsoft has finally won a competition case - albeit a civil case brought in South Korea by two rival software providers. Digito.com was seeking $23.9m in damages and Sanview Technology wanted about a third of that. The two companies accused Microsoft of damaging their businesses by bundling instant messenger and Windows …

    Software & Security 11 Jun 2009, 10:28

  • CMOx shows its face in flash race

    Another technology candidate to follow on from NAND

    Heard of CMOx? Here we are in the midst of a rush towards NAND flash replacing fast hard drives and successor technologies are already jostling for prominence. Unity Semiconductor came out of stealth last month and has unveiled its CMOx technology with claimed technology advantages over NAND and manufacturing advantages over …

    Enterprise 11 Jun 2009, 10:49

  • Broadcom could raise its Emulex bid

    We'll throw in the girls and the car, OK?

    Broadcom is dangling the carrot of a potentially raised bid in front of Emulex, but says it needs access to inside information. Reuters reports that Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor made the offer in an email to Emulex CEO Jim McCluney. Broadcom, an Ethernet switch supplier, is trying to take over Fibre Channel server adapter …

    Enterprise 11 Jun 2009, 11:47

  • Disties braced for autumn reseller collapses

    Is that why they call it fall?

    Distributors expect the pace of reseller collapses to pick up later this year, despite a perceived bottoming-out of the economic slump. Speaking at the Global Technology Distribution Council conference in London this week, Bell Micro EMEA boss John Toal recalled the recession of the early 1990s, when there was a sharp spike in …

    IT Channel 11 Jun 2009, 12:52

  • AMD cooking up low-power, twin server

    Making Istanbul cool(er)

    Advanced Micro Devices may have moved up the delivery of its six-core "Istanbul" Opteron processors by some four to five months, but the related "Fiorano" platform and SR5690/SP5100 chipset that is paired with Istanbul is still on its original schedule for some time in the second half of 2009. As it turns out, there is not …

    Enterprise 11 Jun 2009, 15:56

  • SAP hits on-demand button

    U-turn a go-go

    SAP, in a spectacular U-turn, has leapt on board the software-as-a-service bandwagon - the company confirmed its new selling strategy yesterday. The German software giant, which was speaking at an On-Demand conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday, said it will launch SaaS functionality add-ons for its existing Business Suite ERP …

    Software & Security 11 Jun 2009, 16:00

  • Web servers get 'leccy bill

    SPECweb2009 fights the power

    The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, or SPEC for short, has been providing benchmarks for PCs and servers for more than two decades, and in the past year, it has been adding power components to its benchmark suites. SPEC and server players AMD, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, and Sun Microsystems have got …

    Enterprise 11 Jun 2009, 18:44

  • HP taps Symantec cloud backup

    More Norton for HP PCs and notebooks

    HP is distributing Symantec's cloud backup software on its consumer PCs and notebooks, which also include a 60-day version of Norton Security. Customers will get a 30-day trial of Norton Online Backup. The software is pre-installed, and the offer includes 5GB of cloud storage. HP recently shut down its own Upline cloud backup …

    Software & Security 11 Jun 2009, 19:01

  • Microsoft plays recession card with Novell

    Who's helping who?

    Linux and open-source companies have made much about how the recession is creating opportunity at the expense of proprietary and licensed-based software as IT budgets are cut. For proprietary and license-charged, read Microsoft and Oracle. Now, Microsoft is attempting to exploit its controversial relationship with Novell to …

    Software & Security 11 Jun 2009, 20:19

  • Voltaire punts monster 10 GE switch

    Weighing in at 15U with 288 ports

    In early May, InfiniBand switch maker Voltaire said it would start two-timing with a line of 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches, and the company has not taken long to kick out its first product. Well, the spec sheets for it, anyway. This week, Voltaire launched the Vantage 8500 Ethernet switch, which it's pitching as a data center- …

    Enterprise 11 Jun 2009, 21:59

  • Intel crowds ultrathin chip space

    Cut-rate Celerons rumored

    Intel is said to be preparing the release of new low-power chips for ultrathin notebooks, even as it watches its current chips dip in market share when compared to those from arch-rival AMD. According to a report from Taiwanese market watchdog DigiTimes, those ever-gabby "sources at notebook makers" say that two new …

    PC Builder 11 Jun 2009, 22:38

  • Microsoft to bomb Europe with IE-free Windows 7

    Updated You want antitrust?

    Microsoft's approach to packaging of its signature desktop operating system couldn't be much more different than Apple's. Instead of a single, packaged Windows 7, the new operating system - like Windows before it - will see Microsoft segment like crazy with six editions. Unless you're in Europe, in which case you're going to …

    Software & Security 11 Jun 2009, 23:17

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