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Blog Thursday 23/3/2006 … and indeed, Vista is in the news this week, for reasons Microsoft cannot enjoy. The company says that it's delaying for good reasons of testing and security assurance, and...
S&P 500 invites Google in
News Google will scrape into the top 20 when it formally replaces Burlington Resources late next week
Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime
Leader Open source consortia may be uncommercial, uncontrollable and only borderline sustainable. But they catalyse far more worth than they cost
Photos: Accenture pushes the interactive wall
Photo A high-tech, touch-sensitive 'wall' which can be put to military, consumer, or business use has been developed at Accenture's research and development facility near Nice
Fedora Core 5
Review This distribution delivers the latest Linux gizmos in an easy-to-install package. It's aimed at enthusiasts and developers, and is not for novices; nor is it something you’d want to run your...
IBM announces nanotube breakthrough
News A ring oscillator featuring a carbon nanotube should help IBM scientists evaluate the potential of carbon nanotube electronics
IE users brace for attack
News Exploit code is out for an unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer, and experts believe an attack is imminent
US charges email scammers
News Four people have been charged following ill-fated attempts to part New Yorkers from their money online
Samba 4 moves closer to production
News A second 'technology preview' of the open source networking tool is out, but its developers have warned it's not secure
Intel admits Itanium embarrassment
News Senior sources at the chipmaker have spoken of 'the embarrassment of Montecito', and are ploughing more cash into research for the beleaguered server processor
Apple 'to benefit' from Microsoft's dallying
News The delays to Windows Vista are likely to have just one beneficiary, and that's Apple, according to analysts
Vista delays lead to Office postponement
News The tandem launch and attendant marketing blitz is to go ahead as planned, if not as scheduled
OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework
News The upcoming version of OpenBSD has better buffer-overflow protection, and can ease the burden of systems monitoring through a new sensor interface framework
Mozilla considers TV and movie ad campaign
News The Mozilla foundation may take to the airwaves to promote its open source browser, Firefox
