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PHP programming jobs in high demand

PHP programming jobs in high demand

Online job site oDesk is reporting that demand for PHP programmers is growing strongly and wages are rising fast.
Iain Thomson Nov 19 2008 2:43PM Training & Development
Analysis: Hotmail users more power than Facebook’s?

Analysis: Hotmail users more power than Facebook’s?

How much power do users have over the design of free web sites they use for communication purposes? Why do web site redesigns have the potential to create so much user distress? And why do some vendors listen to user redesign feedback more than others?
Rosalie Marshall Nov 19 2008 2:43PM Software
EMC updates software

EMC updates software

EMC has updated its data protection and backup and recovery software.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 19 2008 2:43PM Security
Nasa tests interplanetary internet

Nasa tests interplanetary internet

Nasa has announced that it has successfully tested what it calls its “Interplanetary Internet,” a communications system for use in space.
Iain Thomson Nov 19 2008 2:43PM Hardware
Samsung and LG sued by Kodak

Samsung and LG sued by Kodak

Kodak has announced it has filed formal complaints against Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics for copying its technology related to image capture, compression, data storage, and the method it uses for previewing motion images.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 19 2008 2:43PM Strategy
Elcom reveal IntranetManager.NET early adopters

Elcom reveal IntranetManager.NET early adopters

Orica’s consumer products group is understood to be one of the first companies using local ECM ISV Elcom’s new IntranetManager.NET product.
Ry Crozier Nov 19 2008 2:30PM Software
Symantec CEO to retire

Symantec CEO to retire

Symantec’s chairman and CEO John W. Thompson will retire as CEO at the end of the fiscal year.
Staff Writers Nov 19 2008 9:31AM Security
Adobe's AIR 1.5 update addresses Flash Player vulnerabilities

Adobe's AIR 1.5 update addresses Flash Player vulnerabilities

The new AIR update includes Flash Player 10, Adobe's newest version of Flash Player which closed up vulnerabilities that left users open to clickjacking and other exploits.
Angela Moscaritolo Nov 19 2008 9:27AM Security
PCI to assess the assessors

PCI to assess the assessors

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has announced a new programme designed to improve consistency.
Phil Muncaster Nov 19 2008 9:23AM Security
Low-power CPU maker snatched

Low-power CPU maker snatched

Fabless Transmeta, creator of the Crusoe processor, is to be gobbled up by video processor company Novafora, itself a company that 'leads the video processing revolution' (even though it’s something of a silent revolution as no-one seems to know anything about the outfit).
Paul Taylor Nov 19 2008 6:45AM Hardware
NASA shows off new star supercomputer

NASA shows off new star supercomputer

When it comes to shooting for the moon and Mars, NASA needs more than just vision and billions in funding, it needs a boost from an astronomically powerful supercomputer, namely one called Pleiades.
Sylvie Barak Nov 19 2008 6:45AM Hardware
UIQ may be rescued

UIQ may be rescued

There's a good chance that the Symbian user interface specialist UIQ may be taken over by another business, according to the Inquirer.
Tony Dennis Nov 19 2008 6:45AM Oddware
QLogic InfiniBand switches target HPC hardware

QLogic InfiniBand switches target HPC hardware

High performance network infrastructure vendor QLogic is to build new quad data rate (QDR) InfiniBand switch systems capable of 40Gbit/s through a single port, targeting the burgeoning market for connecting high performance computing clustered systems.
Dave Bailey Nov 19 2008 6:36AM Networking
Integrated service providers moving to SaaS

Integrated service providers moving to SaaS

Nearly half of independent software vendors (ISVs) are offering products on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model rather than via traditional product sales, according to hosting firm Rackspace.
Ian Williams Nov 19 2008 6:36AM Software
HP furious over Vista Capable campaign

HP furious over Vista Capable campaign

Emails in the ongoing class action law suit against Microsoft over its Vista Capable campaign have revealed the depth of animosity it caused with Microsoft partners.
Iain Thomson Nov 18 2008 4:30PM Software
New task force to examine ISP level content filtering

New task force to examine ISP level content filtering

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has formed a new e-security task force to look into the Federal government’s controversial ISP filtering scheme.
Staff Writers Nov 18 2008 3:32PM Security
Sun ships StarOffice 9.0

Sun ships StarOffice 9.0

Sun has released a new version of its StarOffice suite, and is adding support for the Mac OS for the first time.
Iain Thomson Nov 18 2008 3:26PM Software
Microsoft delivers its first SaaS suite

Microsoft delivers its first SaaS suite

Microsoft has announced Exchange and Office SharePoint will be available as online subscription services for US customers from today, and for UK customers from spring time next year.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 18 2008 3:26PM Software
Infrastructure funding to drive IT jobs

Infrastructure funding to drive IT jobs

It could be February or March next year before the Canberra job market recovers from the Gershon Review, but it will likely be on the back of resurgent spending on large infrastructure projects, according to one of Australia’s largest IT recruiters.
Ry Crozier Nov 18 2008 3:07PM Training & Development
Symantec gains new CEO, MessageLabs

Symantec gains new CEO, MessageLabs

Global security firm Symantec announced today that it has finalised its acquisition of MessageLabs, and CEO John Thompson will retire to be replaced by Enrique Salem.

Staff Writers Nov 18 2008 2:18PM Security

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