Recent articles by Shaun Nichols

Yahoo to switch off Music Unlimited

Yahoo to switch off Music Unlimited

Yahoo is to axe its Music Unlimited service and transfer customers to RealNetworks' Rhapsody offering..
Shaun Nichols Feb 7 2008 6:40AM Software
Spammers unleash January email flood

Spammers unleash January email flood

Spam figures for January have bucked the seasonal trend, according to Symantec.

Shaun Nichols Feb 6 2008 6:15AM Security
Spear phishers target US students

Spear phishers target US students

A new spear phishing attack is targeting the email accounts of US university students.
Shaun Nichols Feb 5 2008 3:25PM Security
Spear phishers target US students

Spear phishers target US students

A new spear phishing attack is targeting the email accounts of US university students.
Shaun Nichols Feb 5 2008 9:58AM Security
Analysts react to Microsoft/Yahoo deal

Analysts react to Microsoft/Yahoo deal

Microsoft's US$44 billion bid for Yahoo has sparked a storm of comments from industry analysts.
Shaun Nichols Feb 5 2008 7:19AM Strategy
AT&T suffers Edge and 3G outage

AT&T suffers Edge and 3G outage

AT&T suffered a huge outage across its wireless data services yesterday.
Shaun Nichols Feb 4 2008 3:03PM Telco/ISP
Netscape gets brief stay of execution

Netscape gets brief stay of execution

The Netscape browser has been granted one more month of support by AOL just days before it was due to be killed off..
Shaun Nichols Feb 4 2008 7:31AM Software
Dell cans 140 US kiosks

Dell cans 140 US kiosks

Around 140 US PC-based kiosks have emerged as the latest casualty in Dell's ongoing sales makeover.
Shaun Nichols Feb 1 2008 2:24PM Hardware
Malicious ads infect Expedia and Rhapsody

Malicious ads infect Expedia and Rhapsody

Malicious banner ads have been uncovered on travel site Expedia and music service Rhapsody.
Shaun Nichols Feb 1 2008 8:02AM Security
IBM tones down Power6 for small firms

IBM tones down Power6 for small firms

IBM plans to use its Power6 processors to underpin a line of virtualisations systems targeted at small and medium-sized businesses..
Shaun Nichols Jan 31 2008 7:20AM Hardware
Sun sets $1 million open source bounty

Sun sets $1 million open source bounty

Sun Microsystems has announced plans to kick-start the development of its open source projects..
Shaun Nichols Jan 30 2008 11:36PM Software
Google Labs unveils new search tricks

Google Labs unveils new search tricks

Google is inviting users to experiment with new ways of using its search engine..
Shaun Nichols Jan 30 2008 7:08AM Software
Dell wraps up EqualLogic buy

Dell wraps up EqualLogic buy

Dell has finalised its US$1.4 billion acquisition of storage vendor EqualLogic..
Shaun Nichols Jan 30 2008 7:08AM Hardware
Hackers launch DIY phishing kit

Hackers launch DIY phishing kit

Hackers have launched a website which allows users to construct phishing pages for social networking and webmail sites..
Shaun Nichols Jan 30 2008 7:08AM Security
Windows Vista sales top 100 million

Windows Vista sales top 100 million

Microsoft has sold more than 100 million units of Windows Vista since releasing the software 14 months ago.
Shaun Nichols Jan 29 2008 3:45PM Software
Adobe touts Flash Server 3

Adobe touts Flash Server 3

Adobe has unveiled the latest versions of Flash Server allowing site owners to stream content to users via Flash media files.
Shaun Nichols Jan 29 2008 3:43PM Software
First hacker convicted for Estonia attacks

First hacker convicted for Estonia attacks

A 20-year-old hacker has become the first person to be convicted for taking part in last year's attacks on Estonian web sites..
Shaun Nichols Jan 28 2008 10:03PM Security
eBay chief executive steps down

eBay chief executive steps down

EBay chief executive Meg Whitman will step down from her post in April.
Shaun Nichols Jan 25 2008 3:01PM Software
IBM bolsters SOA with AptSoft buy

IBM bolsters SOA with AptSoft buy

IBM has purchased AptSoft Corporation in an effort to boost its presence in the service oriented archtiecture (SOA) market..
Shaun Nichols Jan 25 2008 7:50AM Software
HP unveils solid-state 'green' desktops

HP unveils solid-state 'green' desktops

HP and Intel have teamed up to unveil a line of energy-conscious workstations..
Shaun Nichols Jan 24 2008 7:30AM Hardware

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