Previous DayPhished Facebook accounts pass along malware
News Facebook users have been hit by a second phase of phishing attacks from last week, but this time the spam link leads to a site hosting malware instead of stealing passwords
Novell, Intel to push Moblin adoption
News The software firm is to work more closely with Intel to promote the take-up of the Moblin Linux stack for netbooks and other mobile devices
Infections, Conficker and preventative medicine
Blog We hear from the US that inertia in government has prevented medical devices infected with the Conficker virus from being cured of their malady. That's missing the point entirely — which...
EC wants software makers held liable for code
News The European Commission is proposing that software makers give guarantees about the security and efficiency of their code
Software licence management - your experiences?
Blog For various reasons, some of which may become clear soon, we're looking at the area of software licences. In particular, we're looking at the corporate end of that particular stick, and we're...
Microsoft to offer discounts to public sector
News A Treasury official has said the deal will save the UK public sector £75m over five years, but critics have said the figure is meaningless without knowing how much is spent on Microsoft licences
The true cost to the BBC of iPlayer...
Blog Over on CNet, Nate Lanxon has delivered a stonking piece on the technical background to the BBC's iPlayer servers. Which does raise the question, though: is it value for money? I'm trying to...
Ten ways Microsoft could aid Linux
Comment It would be in everyone's best interest if Microsoft and Linux were not sworn enemies, says Jack Wallen
Inside Microsoft Research UK
Video Chris Bishop, chief research scientist, talks to ZDNet UK about turning blue-sky science into commercial products, and whether he has ever told Steve Ballmer he is wrong
The next sat-nav?
Talkback If they can get the next version double-sided to open up like a book, but with the screen protected when closed; and in colour - then they would have a real winner. Almost there . . but not...
Carphone Warehouse buys Tiscali for £236m
News Carphone Warehouse, which becomes the largest residential broadband provider in the UK with the deal, says the acquisition will help spur a nationwide rollout of fibre access
HTC Magic
Review The Vodafone-exclusive HTC Magic is a well-designed handset that's comfortable to hold, has a responsive touch-screen and should satisfy anyone who is happy to use Google's suite of applications.
Windows 8/2012- Intel graphics driver support
Talkback I want to just step ahead in time and to issue regarding Windows 8 / Windows 2012. Its regarding the lack of support the the Intel X3100, Intel X4500 and the cut down GMA500 Mobile Chipsets. Yet 3...
RE:Why Users Aren't Moving to Linux
Blog Comment anonymous says "Imagine if all PCs came without an OS, and buyers had to pick one. Which would they pick? Windows (mostly). Why? Because they know it." This is indeed complete conjecture, however,...
RE:GIMP - what's in a name?
Blog Comment I've never heard of the term GIMP other than in the software context (a Brit speaks). What joys have I been missing? However, I agree that the engineer-led in-jokes were fine for OSS when it was...
Microsoft to issue patch for critical PowerPoint hole
News Patch Tuesday will feature a fix for a critical hole in Office PowerPoint that could be the same vulnerability the company said was targeted in attacks last month
Report: US air-traffic control systems hacked
News Breaches exposed sensitive FAA employee data, forced the shutdown of part of a network, and could have allowed hackers to disrupt the agency's mission-support network, a US government report says
RE:Vista, a Denial of Access Attack?
Blog Comment The last time I cleaned off a drive and re-installed XP Pro, SP3 was already slip-streamed into the image so that wasn't too hard. But there were still 106 updates that needed to be downloaded and...
