Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Friday 9/6/2006 And so it starts, this long hot purgatorial summer of sport. I regard football as I do most religions, a personal neurosis that spills over into group psychosis, and fine as...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Look, I'll write about virtualisation. I'll contemplate business strategies. I'll even talk to your EMEA marketing manager. But please, no more football...
Intel's next-generation Core processor architecture
Preview How will Intel's forthcoming Core 2 Duo deliver faster performance? Here's a quick guide to the key developments.
NHS software provider feeling sick
News iSoft has been forced to lay off staff and adjust its accounting policies
Government ordered to release secret ID card report
News The Information Commissioner has given the government a week to hand over a feasibility report into its ID card project
Dell wants your business business
Q&A Dell has struggled to be seen as much more than a supplier of low-cost PCs and other gear but Jay Parker, director of worldwide marketing for servers, has been charged with shifting perceptions
Analyst: Beware the telecoms mini-bubble
News As telecoms companies race to offer converged services, are they branching out beyond their expertise?
Microsoft takes on supercomputing
News Microsoft has launched its Compute Cluster Server, and at a competitive price too
PGP Corporation sees potential of deperimeterisation
News The encryption specialist plans to move into the identity management market, which will grow to over £2bn in the next three years, according to analysts
German Linux migration not a taxing decision
News A Hanover-based tax department is ditching Sun for SuSe Linux and KDE desktops
Bumper crop of Microsoft patches coming
News Brace yourself for an onslaught of security updates from Microsoft next week
Microsoft and Mozilla admit 'minor' security flaw
News Both Internet Explorer and Firefox contain a JavaScript vulnerability, but don't expect to see any patches rushed out
FIFA gears up to keep World Cup hackers at bay
News Avaya is hoping that a good track record in keeping previous tournaments secure will guide it in defending the World Cup from an expected onslaught
Pentium D prices tipped to plunge
News With Intel getting ready to launch its Core 2 Duo range, its existing selection of dual-core processors should get much more affordable



