Recent articles by Tom Sanders

Symantec sues software pirates

Symantec sues software pirates

Symantec has filed legal complaints against seven people who belong to a group of software distributors, alleging that the group engaged in selling counterfeit Symantec software.
Tom Sanders Dec 15 2006 7:05AM Security
Cisco talks up networked video

Cisco talks up networked video

Convergence will revive end-of-life technologies, Cisco predicts.
Tom Sanders Dec 14 2006 8:41AM Networking
Sun unveils Java Standard Edition 6

Sun unveils Java Standard Edition 6

Desktop Java gets ready for Vista.
Tom Sanders Dec 12 2006 9:46AM Software
Researchers spot first mobile spyware

Researchers spot first mobile spyware

Researchers with McAfee claim to have found a first spyware application that targets the Symbian operating system for mobile phones.
Tom Sanders Dec 7 2006 9:55AM Security
Zeroday database puts the squeeze on software vendors

Zeroday database puts the squeeze on software vendors

Security vendor launches database of unpatched vulnerability.
Tom Sanders Dec 7 2006 9:55AM Security
Microsoft looking to run Windows on OLPC

Microsoft looking to run Windows on OLPC

Educational laptop could get Windows as well as Linux.
Tom Sanders Dec 6 2006 8:57AM Software
Novell to support Microsoft's Open XML

Novell to support Microsoft's Open XML

Vendor bridges gap between Open Document Format and Open XML.
Tom Sanders Dec 6 2006 8:57AM Software
Sun courts GPL3 open source licence

Sun courts GPL3 open source licence

Server maker hints that it will support forthcoming licence.
Tom Sanders Dec 5 2006 9:37AM Software
OSDL to shift focus

OSDL to shift focus

Linux labs' chief executive steps down.
Tom Sanders Dec 5 2006 9:37AM Software
Investors lose faith in SCO's Linux crusade

Investors lose faith in SCO's Linux crusade

Stock drops 40 percent as most of its legal case is thrown out.
Tom Sanders Dec 5 2006 9:37AM Software
Word Perfect to support both ODF and Microsoft formats

Word Perfect to support both ODF and Microsoft formats

Corel application positioned as independent third road.
Tom Sanders Dec 1 2006 3:42PM Software
Battery recall to impact holiday laptop sales

Battery recall to impact holiday laptop sales

IDC predicts marketshare shifts as users lose faith in their existing vendors.
Tom Sanders Dec 1 2006 3:42PM Hardware
Open source lawyers take on e-learning patent

Open source lawyers take on e-learning patent

The Software Freedom Law Center has filed a request with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that is seeking to invalidate an "Internet-Based Education Support System" patent that is owned by e-learning provider Blackboard.
Tom Sanders Dec 1 2006 3:42PM Software
Oracle hits back at security critics

Oracle hits back at security critics

Database vendor's claim that it is "leading the industry" greeted with
chuckles.
Tom Sanders Nov 30 2006 12:50PM Security
Novell abandons open source Exchange competitor

Novell abandons open source Exchange competitor

Software vendor discovers that the world doesn't need another email
server.
Tom Sanders Nov 30 2006 12:50PM Software
2007 to bring video viruses

2007 to bring video viruses

McAfee publishes 10 security predictions for next year.
Tom Sanders Nov 30 2006 12:50PM Security
HP aims to boost data centre cooling

HP aims to boost data centre cooling

Dynamic Smart Cooling promises to bring down utility bills.
Tom Sanders Nov 30 2006 12:50PM Hardware
CA joins virtualisation management frenzy

CA joins virtualisation management frenzy

Unicenter ASM r11.1 allows for dynamic re-allocation of system resources.
Tom Sanders Nov 29 2006 9:19AM Software
Symantec Vista security advances despite Patchguard

Symantec Vista security advances despite Patchguard

Symantec has released a public beta of its Norton Internet Security 2007 and Norton AntiVirus 2007 suites for Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista operating system.
Tom Sanders Nov 29 2006 9:19AM Security
Oracle database vulnerable to new attack class

Oracle database vulnerable to new attack class

Database security researcher David Litchfield with NGS Software claims to have discovered a new class of security flaw affecting Oracle databases.
Tom Sanders Nov 28 2006 10:00AM Security

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