Recent articles by Shaun Nichols

IBM sues Apple-bound exec

IBM sues Apple-bound exec

IBM is suing to stop the flight of one of its top engineers to Apple. The company filed suit last week in a US district court to prevent former Blade development VP Mark Papermaster from taking up the position.
Shaun Nichols Nov 3 2008 6:48AM Hardware
Ubuntu Linux updates released

Ubuntu Linux updates released

The latest edition of the Ubuntu Linux operating system has been released.
Shaun Nichols Nov 3 2008 6:48AM Software
Open Office gets security fixes

Open Office gets security fixes

A pair of security fixes have been posted for Open Office.
Shaun Nichols Oct 31 2008 3:13PM Security
Ubuntu releases 8.10 update

Ubuntu releases 8.10 update

8.10, the latest edition of the Ubuntu Linux operating system has been released, adding "major features" according to Canonical.
Shaun Nichols Oct 31 2008 3:13PM Software
EstDomains fighting for life

EstDomains fighting for life

ICANN threatens to pull accreditation from notorious registrar.
Shaun Nichols Oct 30 2008 3:13PM Telco/ISP
Asus crowdsources new PC design

Asus crowdsources new PC design

Asus is asking users to design the company's next notebooks.
Shaun Nichols Oct 30 2008 3:13PM Hardware
Yahoo and Microsoft take aim at lottery scams

Yahoo and Microsoft take aim at lottery scams

Yahoo and Microsoft are teaming up in an effort to stop lottery email scams.
Shaun Nichols Oct 30 2008 9:31AM Security
Sun expands server test drive programme

Sun expands server test drive programme

Sun is expanding a programme that allows businesses to test drive its servers.
Shaun Nichols Oct 30 2008 12:14AM Hardware
Dell lays claim to Azure backbone

Dell lays claim to Azure backbone

Dell has announced that it will be providing Microsoft with the hardware to run its newly-announced Azure cloud computing system.
Shaun Nichols Oct 28 2008 3:17PM Hardware
First Android flaws surface

First Android flaws surface

A trio of researchers have disclosed the first security flaw for the Google Android platform and pointed out a fundamental security problem in the open source process.
Shaun Nichols Oct 28 2008 3:17PM Software
Malware and compliance issues swamp firms

Malware and compliance issues swamp firms

Internet attacks, data leaks and compliance breaches are still creating major headaches for IT departments, according to a recent report.
Shaun Nichols Oct 28 2008 6:37AM Security
Major security firms caught napping

Major security firms caught napping

F-Secure and Trend Micro forced to patch flaws in their own software.
Shaun Nichols Oct 27 2008 9:55AM Security
Sun co-founder Bechtolsheim steps back

Sun co-founder Bechtolsheim steps back

The Sun Microsystems co-founder credited with creating the company's first product is cutting back his role at the vendor.
Shaun Nichols Oct 27 2008 6:41AM Hardware
Amazon floats new cloud service

Amazon floats new cloud service

Amazon Web Services has officially released its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) hosted computing service.
Shaun Nichols Oct 27 2008 6:41AM Networking
Microsoft joins open standards group

Microsoft joins open standards group

Microsoft has signed on to an effort to establish an open standard for messaging.
Shaun Nichols Oct 25 2008 1:30PM Software
Courts put real value on virtual crimes

Courts put real value on virtual crimes

A pair of recent criminal cases are placing new value on virtual world actions.
Shaun Nichols Oct 25 2008 1:30PM Security
Microsoft issues new security alert

Microsoft issues new security alert

Microsoft is issuing a critical fix for Windows users. The company issued the alert following reports of targeted attacks against a vulnerability in the server component for all currently supported versions of Windows and Windows Server.
Shaun Nichols Oct 24 2008 3:03PM Security
Linux code worth $10.8bn

Linux code worth $10.8bn

The most recent version of Fedora would have cost a conventional software company US$10.8bn to develop, according to the Linux Foundation.
Shaun Nichols Oct 24 2008 3:03PM Software
Microsoft issues new security alert

Microsoft issues new security alert

Microsoft is issuing a critical fix for Windows users.
Shaun Nichols Oct 24 2008 11:38AM Security
Hosted Notes goes online

Hosted Notes goes online

IBM has launched a hosted version of its Lotus Notes messaging software.
Shaun Nichols Oct 23 2008 2:45PM Software

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