Anti-U.S. feelings are boosting the international market for open source software, according to the president and chief executive of Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst. Other commentators prefer to credit national pride in non-U.S. countries. more
Windows XP may get new reprieve
Deadline looms for big PC makers to stop preloading the older OS, but signs suggest Microsoft will have to issue another extension. more
XP Service Pack 3 remains in testing
Microsoft releases a new test version of the Windows XP update, with final availability still slated for sometime in the first half of this year. more
We are seeing dramatic increases in spam across the world.
Our expectation from the global trends is that spam will only increase. NetBox Blue chairman, John Fison, said.
Windows Server 2008: a great Vista killer
Thanks to the musings of a (hopefully still employed) Microsoft engineer, some disaffected Vista users have discovered that Windows Server 2008, properly configured and tweaked to be more Vista-like, makes a killer workstation OS. more
Microsoft admits it knew about, but didn't patch, bugs
Microsoft’s security team Tuesday acknowledged that it knew of bugs in its Jet Database Engine as far bask as 2005 but did not patch the problems because it thought it had blocked the obvious attack vector. more
Sun's 'macrochips' to extend Moore's Law
Forget the shrinking size of conventional electronic components — bigger is better in a new computer chip design that could yield low-cost supercomputing. more
How much money do we waste by leaving a monitor on for 16 hours?
I want to encourage members of my staff to turn off their monitors overnight. more
Microsoft investigates targeted Word security flaw
Microsoft on Monday said that it is looking into a vulnerability that could affect users of Microsoft Word. more
Firefox boss fumes as Apple 'forces' Safari upgrade
Mozilla CEO John Lilly has hit out at Apple, accusing the company of doing a disservice to Windows users everywhere by including its Safari browser as a default add-on installation in the latest iTunes update, likening it to the way malware is distributed. more