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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Vista guidelines for enterprise security unveiled   Apple patents hint at iPod phone   Google CEO sees free mobile phones, funded by ads   "BlackBerry Thumb" sparks new form of hand massage   Microsoft to share Zune profits with record labels   Gates says Vista survived challenges   IBM ups investment in virtual world   DARPA's dream: Ultimate language translation   IBM rolls quad-core servers   FBI probes YouTube video of LA cop hitting suspect   Japanese brave the elements for Sony's PS3   Agile Communications in $3.5m broadband deal with SA Govt   Still good growth in digital cameras: Canon   End-users focus of World Usability Day
Monday, 13th November 2006
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This afternoon, IBM is set to invest US$10 million over the next twelve months to increase its presence in the market for technologies that enable so-called virtual worlds such as Second Life, a 3D Web environment in which people from various walks doff their everyday identities to assume online alter egos.

Also making news, Microsoft has released detailed guidelines for locking down Windows Vista in the enterprise, giving IT managers both advice and tools to help them secure desktops and laptops.

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Vista guidelines for enterprise security unveiled
The Windows Vista Security Guide, available online as well as in a download package, walks administrators through two different baseline security configurations.


Apple patents hint at iPod phone
Apple applied for patents for an "actuating user interface for media player," technology that will likely replace the iPod scroll-wheel; and for a universal docking station, with speakers.


Google CEO sees free mobile phones, funded by ads
SAN FRANCISCO - Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, sees a future where mobile phones are free to consumers who accept watching targeted forms of advertising.


"BlackBerry Thumb" sparks new form of hand massage
TORONTO - Sore thumbs after spending hours on a hand-held email device? Sounds like a case of "BlackBerry Thumb" - but help is at hand.



Microsoft to share Zune profits with record labels
Manufacturer unveils self-imposed copyright levy.


Gates says Vista survived challenges
In Europe to talk about his philanthropic efforts, Bill Gates told reporters that Vista has survived antitrust complaints and efforts by competitors aimed at derailing the operating system.


IBM ups investment in virtual world
IBM is set to invest US$10 million to increase its presence in the market for technologies that enable so-called virtual worlds such as Second Life.


DARPA's dream: Ultimate language translation
Max Fomitchev blogs about the US defence agency's plan to build a speech translation engine capable of real-time interpretation of TV and radio programs.


IBM rolls quad-core servers
IBM says it will be shipping over the next two months a line of servers with three to four times the performance of systems that IBM offered less than a year ago.


FBI probes YouTube video of LA cop hitting suspect
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating two Los Angeles policemen over a videotape posted on the popular YouTube website showing one of the officers punching a suspected gang member in the face as they struggle to handcuff him.


Japanese brave the elements for Sony's PS3
TOKYO (Reuters) - Thousands of game fans queued for hours, braving Tokyo's early morning chill and occasional showers, as Sony's much-heralded and delayed PlayStation 3 game console went on sale on Saturday.


Agile Communications in $3.5m broadband deal with SA Govt
Agile Communications, the infrastructure arm of Internode, has won a contract worth around $3.5 million to connect rural SA with broadband infrastructure.



Still good growth in digital cameras: Canon
Sales growth in the digital still camera (DSC) market will continue even though the market has “slowed” as it reaches maturity, according to Canon’s senior category manager Darren Ryan.


End-users focus of World Usability Day
The second annual World Usability Day kicks off tomorrow, 14 November, with 135 events across 35 cities aimed at increasing the user-friendliness of technology.
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