Anonymous file sharing available from Kazaa competitors
As previously mentioned, traffic on the Kazaa network is now back to normal after a brief fall due to the RIAA’s announcement on P2P. Now two companies are offering anonymous filesharing where no user ID is divulged. Filetopia have been offering this facility for a while, and Monday saw the... Read on »
UPDATED: Oracle bid for PeopleSoft – announcement expected
The results of a hostile bid against PeopleSoft from the mighty Oracle are expected on Monday. There have been questions raised as to whether the US government will allow such a move due to possible competition issues, and the DOJ is expected to announce whether or not antitrust regulators will... Read on »
Dell cluster to help investigate the origin of the universe
Liverpool University in the UK have announced they are to use a cluster of 940 Dell PowerEdge servers to help study and make new developments in physics, or – as silicon.com have said – “Scousers with mouses gird up for grid”. The servers, loaded with RedHat Linux, will be used... Read on »
SuSE prepares to take on Microsoft at their own game
SuSE have announced they are to release a version of their enterprise server aimed at the workplace’s desktop market, SuSE Linux Desktop.... Read on »
Major security alert hits Kazaa and iMesh
The peer-to-peer file sharing clients Kazaa and iMesh, which both use the FastTrack network, have been reported to have a critical security... Read on »
Palyh worm falsifying support@microsoft.com
A new worm, dubbed Palyh, has appeared which uses the email address support@microsoft.com. The highest priority warnings have been issued by major anti-virus companies, and users have been warned to check any messages from the email address as the worm has appeared using differing subject headers. The worm is activated... Read on »
RIAA admit error in ruling at Pennsylvania University
The RIAA have admitted that they sent an erroneous legal notice to Pennsylvania University, which would have resulted in students being denied access to a server which provides essential services, at a time when pressures of study are reaching their height. The notice issued was relating to alleged Internet copyright... Read on »
NGSCB demo at Windows Hardware Engineering Conference
Microsoft have demonstrated applications running on Palladium, which is now known as Microsoft's Next-Generation Secure Computing Base. The demo was on a prototype system, with applications running to show the new security features. This is a milestone as it is the first public demo of the system, and Microsoft hopes... Read on »
Nolor worm not as bad as experts thought
Experts such as Symantec claimed the Nolor worm was a high risk, yet the number of infections are relatively low. This is down to many factors, and isn’t necessaritly a reflection of the risk the worm poses, but is related to things such as people’s waryness of email attachments following... Read on »
Streaming to DAB enabled devices unveiled
Satellite links have been used to demonstrate the streaming of live video and data to DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) enabled devices from across the world. This was unveiled in Las Vegas at the NAB show, and involved RadioScape Ltd, NTL Broadcast, Microsoft and TandbergTelevision. The video used as an example... Read on »
Wi-Fi deployed in Heathrow Terminal One
A new wireless network has been unveiled in Heathrow Airport’s Terminal One. Intel has created the new network, with help from various UK firms including BT and BAA (the airport operator). Similar systems have also been set up by the companies involved at other major UK airports including Gatwick, Stansted... Read on »
Indian Supercomputer Unveiled
A new Indian supercomputer has been announced, dubbed the PARAM Padma computer. This new machine isn't as quick in terms of processor speed as supercomputers developed in the US and Japan, as it has been claimed the speed which it will operate at will be one teraflop per second, however... Read on »
Email usage reveals power structures in an organisation
Research has been carried out which tries to link email usage and the power structure of an organisation, allowing for companies to create a map of their power structures using information from their own internal emails. By mapping the patterns seen from email usage HP have found that it is... Read on »
ATI one of the first to make use of Pentium-M
It has been reported that ATI have signed a deal with Intel which will allow them to develop peripheral logic chipsets which will be used in computers which are powered by the Pentium-M. The Pentium-M is part of the Centrino collection of hardware and software, which is aimed at computer... Read on »
W3C Standards Meeting goes ahead without MS and IBM
The World Wide Web Consortium has been meeting to develop new standards for Web services, but Microsoft and IBM have chosen not to participate in the meeting, despite then being two of the biggest proponents of Web services. The meeting is considering how business processes can be automated through Web... Read on »
Fabrication plant costs soar
The cost of building a fab has soured to a staggering $4bn, according to microchip manufacturers at the Semico Summit conference. This is a huge difference compared to the cost of previous 300-mm, 0.13-micron wafer fabs, which were at least $1bn less only a short time ago. The new plants... Read on »
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