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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Adware maker caught cheating on legal settlement   Open source databases '60 percent cheaper'   Microsoft denies 'kill switch' in Office 2007   Cisco intros its first pay-as-you-grow SAN switch   MySQL enterprise support options hit the street   Mac fans buzzing about expected Apple 'iPhone'   Yahoo in ad partnership with US newspaper groups   Check Point offers to acquire protect data for US$588 million   Hackers use virtual machine detection to foil researchers   Under the hood: Inside the Nintendo Wii   Windows Vista Ultimate report card   Worm knocks 'Second Life' offline   Former VP of technology charged with hacking corporate network   Microsoft still working on Vista
Tuesday, 21st November 2006
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This morning, open source databases can save enterprises up to 60 percent over proprietary products, according to data collected by Forrester Research.

Also making news, reports that Office 2007 will sport an anti-piracy "kill switch" that can disable the upcoming application suite after it's activated are incorrect, a Microsoft executive has said.

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Adware maker caught cheating on legal settlement
Zango fails to properly disclose its adware application to users.


Open source databases '60 percent cheaper'
Inexpensive products put price squeeze on database giants.


Microsoft denies 'kill switch' in Office 2007
As with previous versions of the productivity bundle, Office 2007 does include an activation scheme that requires users to authenticate the product key either online or by telephone, a company executive says.


Cisco intros its first pay-as-you-grow SAN switch
Cisco is looking to stake its claim in the small and midsize business SAN space with Monday's introduction of a new Fibre Channel SAN switch.


MySQL enterprise support options hit the street
MySQL's new enterprise-class support option, including a new network monitoring dashboard, is now available for the popular open-source database.


Mac fans buzzing about expected Apple 'iPhone'
SAN FRANCISCO - The long-rumoured arrival of a hybrid mobile phone and iPod music player from Apple has morphed from a question of "If" to "When" among fans and analysts.


Yahoo in ad partnership with US newspaper groups
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo said on Monday that it struck a deal with the publishers of 176 US newspapers to let them use its technology to sell help-wanted advertising and offer a variety of local information services.


Check Point offers to acquire protect data for US$588 million
The acquisition would enhance Check Point's effort to move into the mobile data security arena.


Hackers use virtual machine detection to foil researchers
The tactic is designed to thwart researchers who use virtualization software, notably that made by VMware, to quickly and safely test the impact of malicious code.


Under the hood: Inside the Nintendo Wii
Only days after tearing down Sony's Playstation 3, Semiconductor Insights went inside the Nintendo Wii, with its three-axis-motion signal-processing technology and 90-nm IBM Broadway processor.


Windows Vista Ultimate report card
Windows Vista will be officially unveiled at Microsoft's big New York City rollout on 30 November with retail sales beginning in late January. Here's a final, pre-release assessment of the operating system, with a companion image gallery.


Worm knocks 'Second Life' offline
The worm planted spinning gold rings that replicated whenever a player interacted with them; the sheer numbers of rings put an unusually heavy burden on the company's servers.


Former VP of technology charged with hacking corporate network
According to the US Attorney's Office, an IT pro allegedly hacked into his former employer's network, read confidential email about upcoming layoffs, and then alerted employees that they might be getting let go.


Microsoft still working on Vista
Windows co-president Jim Allchin says Microsoft will keep crafting new device drivers and release them to customers through an automatic update service.
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