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10-year-old shows her age
Mozilla is updating its open source license after more than 10 years of use.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
2010-03-10T23:42:40Z - Mozilla open source license set for facelift
One quarter of C&C channels vanish
At least a quarter of the command and control servers linked to Zeus-related botnets have suddenly gone quiet, continuing a recent trend of takedowns hitting some of the world's most nefarious cyber operations.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
2010-03-10T23:23:57Z - Zeus botnets suffer mighty blow after ISP taken offline
Gamers watch and wait
Intel has given developers another peek at its upcoming Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
2010-03-10T20:04:32Z - Intel's redemos six-core Gulftown
App-V virtual embrace
Citrix has unveiled XenApp 6 after re-architecting the product from the ground up to take full advantage of Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
2010-03-10T19:44:32Z - Citrix tunes XenApp for Windows Server R2
Seven weeks and counting
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has reiterated that the company is currently in negotiations with the Chinese government over its future in the country - despite the Chinese government's claims to the contrary - and he expects some sort of development "soon."…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
2010-03-10T19:20:08Z - Google boss says something will happen in China 'soon'
Phone vid traffic up '160%'
Google is now serving ads on the mobile incarnation of YouTube.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
2010-03-10T17:55:10Z - Google flips switch on mobile YouTube banner ads
Freeview HD and internet connectivity on board too
LG will release its 3D TV range in May, the company said today. The line-up will comprise a pair of LED TVs and a Blu-ray Disc player.…
2010-03-10T17:02:02Z - LG 3D TV line to debut in May
Accelerators speed up cluster work
InfiniBand and Ethernet switch maker Voltaire this morning rolled out its Grid Director 4200, a midrange 40 Gb/sec InfiniBand switch that shoots the gap between its entry and high-end switches, and that is the product that Voltaire expects companies to buy as they adopt InfiniBand for database clustering and other HPC jobs.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
2010-03-10T16:24:50Z - Voltaire brings InfiniBand switch to the masses
Celebrated cryptographer was accomplished runner
The campaigner who led a successful effort last year to secure a public apology for the UK government's mistreatment of Alan Turing is calling for recognition of the celebrated cryptographer during the 2012 London Olympics.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
2010-03-10T16:13:48Z - Pistol fired on Olympic honour campaign for Turing
Account still restricted
"PayPal is a fucking liar, a cheat and a thug," says Cryptome operator John Young. The eBay-owned payment service closed the Cryptome account last week, with over $5,000 of donations intended for Young in limbo.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
2010-03-10T16:10:18Z - Cryptome: PayPal a 'liar, cheat and a thug'
'Sferic' zap-sniff tech for future subterranean warriors
News has emerged of a secret US military programme intended to let troops navigate about inside huge underground enemy tunnel complexes by measuring energy pulses given off by lightning bolts.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
2010-03-10T15:28:32Z - Underground mole-satnavs to work off lightning strikes
My own brother, a goddamn, shit-sucking vampire
Former Sun Microsystems boss Jonathan Schwartz has claimed that Apple chief Steve Jobs threatened to sue the newly-Oracle-owned database maker in 2003.…
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2010-03-10T15:26:00Z - Ex-Sun boss punts Apple-Microsoft-world 'tried to sue me' missive
Nid wyf yn deall gair rydych chi'n dweud
Almost 200 Welsh language programmes broadcast by S4C last month attracted precisely zero viewers, leaked audience figures show.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
2010-03-10T15:12:59Z - Zero welcome for 200 Welsh TV shows - in Wales
Don't need no good advice
The Ministry of Justice reduced its consultancy spending from £20.7m in 2007-08 to £10.5m in 2008-09, despite the failure of other departments to meet government cost-cutting targets.…
2010-03-10T15:04:06Z - MoJ halves consultancy spending
Tackles hidden cost of 3D TV viewing
In a bid to become the leading supplier of 3D TVs, Samsung will bundle every one of its 3D tellies and Blu-ray Disc players with two pairs of active-shutter specs and a copy of Monsters vs Aliens, the company announced last night.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
2010-03-10T14:34:44Z - Samsung to bundle glasses with 3D TVs
Code-only entry ended
Humax and the BBC have extended their iPlayer trial to all of the manufacturers' Freesat set-top boxes, making the catch-up service available through remotes' red buttons.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
2010-03-10T14:07:28Z - Freesat BBC iPlayer beta gets red button access
Advent students still waiting for a saviour
Administrators for Advent Computer Training, and its sister school for plumbers, believe they have found buyers for the company.…
2010-03-10T13:44:57Z - Saviour likely for titsup training firm
£1m spent on advertising, no public relations
The government still seems to be shying away from spending too much money advertising its ID card and National ID Register schemes.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
2010-03-10T13:29:02Z - Government spends £11k on ID card 'branding'
Cruises 12 miles up on pair of Ford car engines
Global arms'n'aerospace behemoth Boeing says it will now begin work in earnest on its "Phantom Eye" high-altitude hydrogen spy drone, powered by a pair of modified Ford car engines.…
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2010-03-10T13:26:00Z - 'Phantom Eye' hydrogen strato-spy drone starts building
Online banking losses up though
A rise in online banking fraud losses took some of the shine off the overall fall in debit and credit fraud in the UK last year.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
2010-03-10T13:21:31Z - UK plastic fraud losses fall for first time in 3 years
SDK lands with a bump
Mozilla has promoted its web extensions prototype package - Jetpack - by pushing it upstairs and readying it for production with its Firefox browser.…
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2010-03-10T13:20:49Z - Mozilla Jetpack flies out of laboratory into loving arms of Firefox
Free licenses lure cloud army to VMware
Open-source Java framework specialist SpringSource has unveiled a new incarnation of its Apache Tomcat-based tc Server, offering application developers and operators additional tools for building, deploying, and monitoring their software on the lightweight runtime platform.…
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2010-03-10T13:02:02Z - SpringSource adds springiness to Tomcat server
Every twt.tl bit helps
Twitter has tightened up security procedures in order to curtail phishing attacks against users of the micro-blogging service, which have become rampant over recent weeks.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
2010-03-10T12:46:30Z - Twitter adds filter to cut phishing lines
Still not shining Silverlight on UK video player
Microsoft has taken the beta wraps off its MSN homepage, which the company relaunched in the US in November 2009.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
2010-03-10T12:16:30Z - Microsoft whitewashes MSN in latest Web2.0rhea whimsy
Routing like it's 1949
Garmin's Geko 201 GPS kit can't decide what year it is, flipping between decades every time it's switched on, though it's performing better on days of the week.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
2010-03-10T12:01:44Z - Y2.01K hits Garmin sat-nav
Well done chaps, no damage to society at all
The minister responsible for counter-terrorism has said that despite "some very nasty bastards out there who aim to do us harm", government security initiatives have made the UK safer from attacks in recent years.…
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2010-03-10T11:53:16Z - UK is safer from al-Qaeda 'bastards', says security minister
Trick-cyclist blasts Googleplex massage parlour
It's official. Proper actual science* has confirmed that the young Westerners of Generation Y (people now in their 20s) are idle, workshy loafers by comparison to their elders. They are also think that the world owes them a handsome living, having higher expectations of salary and status than their predecessors.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
2010-03-10T11:49:16Z - Young people are lazy, think world owes them a living - prof
Corporate crusaders for free speech unite
Mandybill Ian Livingston, the boss of Britain's biggest ISP BT, is lobbying for the government's proposed technical sanctions against filesharers to be replaced with fines.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
2010-03-10T11:44:14Z - BT boss urges fines for filesharing customers
Hardware guru wins computing's 'Nobel prize'
A Microsoft researcher has received the Turing Award in recognition for his pioneering work in personal computing hardware and networking technology development.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
2010-03-10T11:39:55Z - Microsoft boffin scoops Turing Award
Sector inspector
Western Digital is to help Windows XP users more easily make the transition to so-called '4K' hard drive technology, the new standard for basic drive formatting.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
2010-03-10T11:24:57Z - WD targets Win XP users to ease 4KB drive upgrades
WebOs goes native
Palm has released its Plug-in Development Kit, enabling native development for those who find AJAX just can't cut it.…
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2010-03-10T10:50:25Z - Palm pops out plug-in dev kit
Connect-your-own-storage DVR too
Sharp will release the first of two Freeview HD set-top boxes at the end of April. It's also preparing a regular Freeview DVR that uses USB-connected storage to make it a doddle to transfer taped programmes to a PC.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
2010-03-10T10:34:40Z - Sharp preps Freeview HD set-top kit
Wife is 100% free range and foie gras fed
A New York chef is offering samples of cheese made from his wife's breast milk with the promise that it's "100 per cent organic, free range and foie gras fed".…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
2010-03-10T10:28:11Z - NY chef offers mam cheese canapes
Warns of more bumps ahead
Gordon Brown is set to announce the Budget will happen at the end of the month, increasing the likelihood that the election will be on 6 May.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
2010-03-10T09:55:29Z - Brown promises Budget in a fortnight
Kiss and don't tell
Celebrity publicist Max Clifford has agreed to accept a £1m plus payoff in exchange for dropping phone hacking allegations against the News of the World.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
2010-03-10T09:29:44Z - Max Clifford takes £1m to drop hack probe
Turn left here and jump that red light
Google is offering a cycling option for users of its map service.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
2010-03-10T09:11:00Z - Google goes cycling
Practical Matters discussed live
Webcast: 10am If virtualisation is creeping across your organisation you’ve presumably ticked some of the security boxes, right? Well, whether you have or not, you may still want to tune in to our webcast at 10am today: Virtualisation and Security: Practical Matters.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
2010-03-10T08:02:02Z - Exploring Security in the virtualised world
Hard to resist
Review The flourishing Android operating system has appeared on phones made by Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG and HTC. Now Google has launched its own handset, though it’s actually made by HTC, which has made the bulk of Android handsets so far.…
2010-03-10T08:02:02Z - Google Nexus One Android smartphone
Feds cuff JihadJane
A suburban Pennsylvania woman who went by the online alias JihadJane used the internet to recruit Islamic terrorists and to plot the assassination of a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
2010-03-10T07:02:02Z - Suburban woman accused of using net to recruit terrorists
Dual-node MS2 cluster
Criticising the pain of single silo deduplication products, Sepaton has introduced a dual-node clustered product that can be upgraded to its larger ES2 system.…
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2010-03-10T07:02:02Z - Sepaton in anti-Data Domain pitch