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Viewers take to iPlayer in their millions

Viewers take to iPlayer in their millions

The BBC's iPlayer service continues to go from strength to strength, logging growth of more than 20 percent between March and April 2008..
Staff Writers May 22 2008 2:32PM Software
Ants cripple computers in Texas

Ants cripple computers in Texas

Electrical systems in Houston have been failing after a huge influx of ants, according to reports from Associated Press..
Iain Thomson May 16 2008 7:30AM Hardware
OpenSSL bug found in Debian Linux

OpenSSL bug found in Debian Linux

Debian Linux got a bit of a black eye this week with the announcement that a nasty cryptographic vulnerability exists in its version of the OpenSSL package.
Egan Orion May 15 2008 3:22PM Software
Techies keen to keep jobs in the family

Techies keen to keep jobs in the family

IT staff are "overwhelmingly" happy to recommend their profession to their children, a survey has found..
Iain Thomson May 14 2008 8:11AM Training & Development
AMD execs quit in corporate shake-up

AMD execs quit in corporate shake-up

Two senior AMD executives have quit as part of a corporate restructuring designed to refocus the company more solidly onto engineering..
Iain Thomson May 14 2008 8:11AM Hardware
HP 'in talks' to buy EDS

HP 'in talks' to buy EDS

HP has announced an interest in buying IT services firm Electronic Data Systems (EDS.).
Shaun Nichols May 13 2008 9:33AM Financial Services
Compromised file found in language pack for Firefox

Compromised file found in language pack for Firefox

An add-on for the popular Firefox browser hid potentially malicious code, possibly contaminating the machines of anyone who downloaded it.
Chuck Miller May 9 2008 10:00AM Security
Microsoft 'in talks' to buy Facebook

Microsoft 'in talks' to buy Facebook

Microsoft has been speaking with social networking giant Facebook about a possible acquisition, according to reports..
Shaun Nichols May 9 2008 7:39AM Networking
Laptops to overtake desktops in 2009

Laptops to overtake desktops in 2009

The PC microprocessor market is heading for an "inflection point" in late 2008 or early 2009, when the number of microprocessors shipping for notebooks will exceed those shipping for desktops for the first time..
Robert Jaques May 8 2008 7:18AM Hardware
Developers hunt for 'Satan' in software code

Developers hunt for 'Satan' in software code

Software developers are known to hide all sorts of 'Easter eggs' in their code, but code search engine Krugle has revealed just what might be found among the billions of lines of open source code available on the web..
Clement James May 7 2008 12:16PM Software
Wikipedia in court over defamation claims

Wikipedia in court over defamation claims

Wikipedia has been caught up in a defamation case after a New Jersey literary agent received an unflattering entry in the online encyclopaedia..
Shaun Nichols May 7 2008 12:16PM Software
Internet broken in Sydney

Internet broken in Sydney

THOUSANDS of punters in Sydney lost their Internet, phones and cable telly after someone managed to carry out one of the most basic hacks in Christendom.
Nick Farrell May 6 2008 9:03AM Security
Mozilla Messaging fixes five bugs in Thunderbird email client

Mozilla Messaging fixes five bugs in Thunderbird email client

The Mozilla Foundation's Mozilla Messaging subsidiary has released patches for five flaws in its Thunderbird e-mail client.
Jim Carr May 6 2008 8:57AM Security
Japanese civil servant in web porn frenzy

Japanese civil servant in web porn frenzy

A Japanese civil servant has been fined and demoted after viewing a staggering 780,000 pornographic websites over a nine-month period..
Iain Thomson May 5 2008 2:48PM Software
XP SP3, Vista SP1 corrupt data in Microsoft's RMS

XP SP3, Vista SP1 corrupt data in Microsoft's RMS

Microsoft acknowledged it postponed the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because the upgrade can corrupt data in a point-of-sale software system.
Jim Carr May 2 2008 10:07AM Security
XSS vulnerability found in McAfee HackerSafe sites

XSS vulnerability found in McAfee HackerSafe sites

For the second time this year, a security researcher has found websites certified as McAfee HackerSafe that contain vulnerabilities.
Sue May 1 2008 10:36AM Security
India launches 10 satellites in one go

India launches 10 satellites in one go

India has successfully launched 10 satellites into orbit from a single rocket, setting a new record..
Iain Thomson Apr 30 2008 3:15PM Telco/ISP
Europe leapfrogs US in broadband take-up

Europe leapfrogs US in broadband take-up

The number of European broadband users has topped the 100 million mark, according to the European Commission's latest study on broadband usage.ge digital divide.
Guy Dixon Apr 28 2008 7:22AM Telco/ISP
Baidu fends off Google in China

Baidu fends off Google in China

Chinese internet search leader Baidu continues to grow, despite strong pressure from Google..
Simon Burns Apr 26 2008 10:22AM Software
Skype users land in anti-malware net

Skype users land in anti-malware net

Some users of Skype, the popular software application that enables users to make free phone calls over the internet to other Skype users, found their communication channel blocked earlier this week.
Greg Masters Apr 25 2008 12:32PM Security

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