IBM invests in business partners' training
News A business-development fund aims to encourage its largest partners to take up more skills training around datacentres [10 Oct 2008]
Infosys Q2 results buck economic downturn
News The outsourcing company's revenues grew 19 percent year on year, with second-quarter revenues of $1.2bn [10 Oct 2008]
Why AOL wants developers to put passion over profit
Q&A Edwin Aoki, technology fellow at AOL, talks about the effect of the credit crunch on development, and how an individual programmer's weekend project can turn into something much bigger [10 Oct 2008]
EDS loses unencrypted armed-forces data
News The IT contractor has lost a hard disk containing Ministry of Defence data from its facility in Hampshire [10 Oct 2008]
HP: EDS job cuts won't affect service delivery
News HP has said it is too early to tell where the cuts will fall, but insists services won't be affected as redundancies will focus on those working in duplicate roles [10 Oct 2008]
Microsoft to issue 11 Patch Tuesday fixes
News Starting next week, the company is expected to also provide an 'exploitability index' to help system administrators prioritise the patches [10 Oct 2008]
- Patch It, Patch It, Patch It Right Now - lumension
Google Maps gets search-related text ads
News The internet giant has begun opening another search-related ad revenue source: text ads that show up when people search at Google Maps [10 Oct 2008]
Yahoo investor proposes new Microsoft deal
News As Yahoo's stock reaches new lows, a private-equity fund that owns a percentage of the internet company's stock has suggested a deal to sell to Microsoft for $22 a share [10 Oct 2008]
Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
News The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market [09 Oct 2008]
Home Office publishes data-sharing guidance
News The government department has published a code of practice for data sharing between anti-fraud and public-sector organisations, but a security expert has criticised the code for being 'too vague' [09 Oct 2008]
Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
News Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical [09 Oct 2008]
- Lots of Possible Explanations... - J.A. Watson
- Wind's Suse Linux Implementation - Moley
- Too Right - J.A. Watson
- Linux-based netbooks returned - tdess31
Sharing malware lists: Pros vs perils
Analysis While browser makers keep blacklists of phishing sites that are blocked from public access, industry watchers are divided over the potential benefits of sharing this information [09 Oct 2008]
Scotland tightens security for mobile health-data
News The Scottish government has allocated £1m to its health boards to help meet encryption requirements for mobile devices used to store patient-identifiable data [09 Oct 2008]
Healthcare IT pros call for standards
News NHS IT needs a greater emphasis on standards rather than standardisation, according to its representative body [09 Oct 2008]
Home Office defends comms-surveillance plans
News The Home Office has said that the means of collecting communications data have not yet been decided, but that the aim is still justified [09 Oct 2008]
IT skills academy gets gov't green light
News The National Skills Academy for Information Technology is set to open next year, and is looking for tech professionals to get involved [09 Oct 2008]
Dell speeds backup with disk-to-disk system
News The PowerVault DL2000 will simplify and accelerate data backup by offering disk storage and backup in one unit, Dell says [09 Oct 2008]
Researchers warn of 'clickjacking' threat
News Details have been published of a new type of attack that can lead users to malicious websites by tricking them into clicking on unseen elements in a web browser [09 Oct 2008]
Start-up looks to extend battery life
News Intel-backed ZPower's silver-zinc battery is to make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year, promising 40 percent longer battery life [09 Oct 2008]
Symantec sees pay-per-use future for software
News Virtualisation may spell the end of expensive long-term software licensing deals, according to the security company [09 Oct 2008]
'Fast-flux' domains help botnets evade capture
News Researchers have found clues as to how switching servers behind hard-coded domain names keeps criminals in business [09 Oct 2008]
Yahoo relaunches IndexTools as Web Analytics
News Six months after acquiring IndexTools, parent company Yahoo has rebranded the service with a slew of new features as Yahoo Web Analytics [09 Oct 2008]
Alleged Palin email hacker indicted
News A US college student accused of hacking into vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email account was indicted on Tuesday and has turned himself in to authorities [09 Oct 2008]
RIM: BlackBerry Storm was Vodafone's brainwave
News The first touchscreen BlackBerry device has been released, and RIM has revealed how Vodafone helped devise the Storm to compete in the crowded smartphone space [09 Oct 2008]
Bright IBM forecast gives tech sector a boost
News It's blue skies ahead for IBM as it releases positive preliminary earnings, saying earnings per share and net income for the third quarter were up about 20 percent over the previous year [09 Oct 2008]
