Archives for January, 2009
Aperi dies on its arse
Time-wasting diversion keels over
Like Monty Python’s famous dead parrot, the futile Aperi open source storage system management project has fluttered to earth because IBM has removed the funding nail that was keeping it upright. Aperi is now openly dead for all the world to see.…
Mobile broadband or WiFi? You betcha
Horses for wireless courses
Our increasing appetite for sending and receiving data on the move fuels ever increasing need for wireless connectivity. Wi-Fi access and mobile broadband are usual ways of meeting this need. So what’s best?…
CIA’s Algeria chief recalled amid rape allegations
Spy boss laptop seized as evidence
The CIA’s top officer in Algeria has been recalled to Washington amid accusations he drugged and raped two women at his Algiers residence.…
Rogue IT admin plotted to erase Fannie Mae, feds say
‘Server Graveyard’ narrowly averted
A fired computer engineer for Fannie Mae has been arrested and charged with planting a malicious software script designed to permanently destroy millions of dollars worth of data from all 4,000 servers operated by the mortgage giant.…
Intel consolidates European R&D
No crystal ball on job cuts
Chipzilla’s lame duck chairman has insisted that Intel will not be cutting jobs at its Irish unit after the firm announced a shake-up of its European R&D unit.…
Indian embassy website hack part of wider assault
Ad ranking scam or massive malware attack?
The compromise of legitimate websites with hostile code ultimately designed to serve up malware onto the PCs continues apace, with the latest victims including the Indian embassy in Spain.…
Exploding core counts: Heading for the buffers
Ferrari engine meet go-kart
The top minds at IT analyst Gartner have been mulling over the ever-increasing number of cores on modern processors, and have come to a conclusion that many academic experts have already come to – boosting core counts to take advantage of Moore’s Law is gonna run out of gas, and sooner rather [...]
IE8 Suggested Sites suggested to be snoopy
Privacy activists cry Phorm on Redmond
Privacy activists are crying foul over the “Suggested Sites” feature in IE8, but Microsoft insists concerns about the feature, such that it might be used to serve up targeted advertising or that it poses a security risk, are misplaced.…
‘Anonymous’ pwns Digital Camera Mag website
‘This forum is now 4chan’s bitch’
Updated The website of Digital Camera Magazine was taken offline on Wednesday morning following an attack by denizens of 4chan.…
Falling chip sales cost more jobs
One in ten go at STMicro
STMicro is laying off 4,500 people – one in ten of its workforce – and won’t provide revenue guidance for next year until the market is clearer.…
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