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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    HP's Q4 profit quadruples   Red Hat rolls enterprise Linux beta   Dell pays refund for unwanted Windows XP   Roxio slaps Nero with patent lawsuit   Report: iPod phone on way   Rootkits, polymorphics turn threats tougher in 2006   Bush approves Lucent sale to France's Alcatel   Turkey attacks eyed for Windows   EBayers making killing in PlayStation 3 auctions   GE VoIP phone in the works   Hollywood sues to keep DVDs off iPods   Microsoft gives free Vista to some testers   MySpace tests tool to flag copyrighted material   PDA shipments up, prices down   Exploits surface for critical Microsoft bug
Monday, 20th November 2006
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This morning, a day after Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer held out both a carrot and a stick to Red Hat, the Linux distributor has announced Beta 2 of Enterprise Linux and rejected Ballmer's offer.

Also making news, HP has reported that it brought in US$1.7 billion in profit in its fourth fiscal quarter, compared to US$400 million in the same period a year ago.

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HP's Q4 profit quadruples
Hewlett-Packard has reported that it brought in US$1.7 billion in profit in its fourth fiscal quarter, compared to US$400 million in the same period a year ago.


Red Hat rolls enterprise Linux beta
Ballmer said Microsoft was ready to cut a deal with Red Hat similar to the one it struck with Linux seller Novell last week. But Red Hat isn't interested.


Dell pays refund for unwanted Windows XP
Linux enthusiast gets a cheque to cover the costs of not using Windows.


Roxio slaps Nero with patent lawsuit
'Digital multimedia composition' allegedly covers video editing
using graphical storyline.


Report: iPod phone on way
The Commercial Times newspaper in Taiwan reports that Apple has placed an order for 12 million "iPhones" with its longtime manufacturing partner Hon Hai Precision Industry.


Rootkits, polymorphics turn threats tougher in 2006
Rootkit technologies cloak malware to evade detection, and when malicious code is spotted, make it harder to completely eradicate it from the infected system.


Bush approves Lucent sale to France's Alcatel
President George W Bush approved a deal in which French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel SA will acquire Lucent Technologies, in a US$11.8 billion deal, the White House said.



Turkey attacks eyed for Windows
Exploits against the vulnerability in Microsoft's XML Core Services will probably jump next week, one security analyst says.


EBayers making killing in PlayStation 3 auctions
One console that was offered in an auction that was nearing its close on Friday afternoon had bids that reached US$2,850. Sony suggests a retail price of US$500 for the basic system.


GE VoIP phone in the works
Equipment maker Thomson plans to offer a General Electric-branded VoIP phone and work with service provider SunRockets, which sells residential Internet phone service for a flat rate of US$200 a year.


Hollywood sues to keep DVDs off iPods
The suit was filed against a Massachusetts-based company to prevent it from helping people load purchased videos onto iPods and other portable video players.


Microsoft gives free Vista to some testers
Two weeks before the official November 30 launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has posted the final code for MSDN and TechNet subscriber download.


MySpace tests tool to flag copyrighted material
MySpace is testing a tool with Major League Baseball and the Fox Broadcasting that will find and flag infringing video, which MySpace would then remove from the site.


PDA shipments up, prices down
The Danger Sidekick achieved "near cult status" for young wireless-messaging users, tripling growth in the third quarter. But the RIM BlackBerry is still the most popular PDA.


Exploits surface for critical Microsoft bug
Both proof-of-concept exploit code and a public exploit have popped up for the bug fixed in MS06-070, a security update that patched Windows 2000's and Windows XP's Workstation Service.
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