Let's hope Amsterdam's Linux interest is not Double Dutch
Blog It's heartening to see so many large Dutch public sector organisations looking at open source. I should stress that it is early days, and certainly too early to know their Linux projects will...
Vulnerable Web
Blog Christmas is always a bit of a quiet time for news. Let's face it, no company will release anything new because all their staff are on holiday, and no-one says anything of note, because they are,...
Amsterdam to evaluate open source
News Capital city follows in the footsteps of Vienna and Munich by trialling Linux, with nine other Dutch cities following suit
Gmail flaw fixed?
Blog It is still uncertain how serious a javascript flaw in Gmail is, and whether it has been fixed completely. The flaw allows spammers to harvest contact details from a user's account by launching a...
Month of Apple bugs begins
Blog The security researchers who promised to bring us an Apple bug a day throughout January have revealed their first vulnerability. It's a flaw in Quicktime 7 -- specifically in the rtsp:// URL...
Christmas e-commerce boom beats expectations
News Online retailers have had a happy Christmas, but there is still room for improvement
Insolvent BenQ Mobile faces liquidation
News Struggling European mobile operation faces closure after administrators fail to find new investment
BT boasts 10m broadband customers
News The number of BT broadband connections has risen 30-fold since 2002
Tech recycling law finally arrives
News The WEEE directive has come into force in the UK, but its impact on hardware pricing will not become clear until later this year
CBE honour for Acorn founder
News Professor Andy Hopper, who helped develop the BBC Micro and the ARM RISC platform, has been awarded the CBE
'Happy New Year' worm fizzles out
News After swarming the internet on 30 and 31 December, the threat appears to have subsided
Aventail EX-750
Review The EX-750 is expensive compared to other small-business SSL VPN appliances, but it's worth it for the extra scalability, wide platform support and end point security controls.
Niagara gets Linux virtualisation boost
News Computers using Sun's newest Sparc servers will now be able to subdivide Linux into separate containers
Clock frequency race hots up
News Forthcoming show will reveal faster IBM Power6 and Cell chips, plus a 4GHz, 80-core prototype from Intel
Beware the 'Happy New Year' worm
News A Trojan horse disguised as a celebratory email is being spread across the internet
Efficient servers may get 'Energy Star'
News US Environmental Protection Agency says there's a 'compelling need' to include servers in a specification programme to help identify energy-efficient products
Samsung SGH-i320
Review Samsung's SHG-i320 is a handsome Windows Mobile smartphone with a plentiful, and for the most part useful, array of add-on software. You may want to try the keyboard before committing to a purchase...



