Are credit agency's plans credible?
Tim Anderson, IT Week, Thursday 29 November 2007 at 00:00:00
Credit reference agency Experian will struggle to win trust for its plans to become an identity provider
I was fascinated to learn of Experian's plans to become an identity provider. In about a year's time, the company intends to launch a new service, provisionally called My Life,...
Still trailing behind HP, Dell has proudly announced some strong results for the third quarter of its 2008 fiscal year. In this past quarter Dell's revenues we're a record $15.6 billion, up 9% on year while operating income increased by 13% percent to $829 million. To break down the numbers, for the Americas Business revenue was up 7%, in Asia-Pacific and Japan it saw a 18% increase while in Europe it went up 14%.
“We embarked this year on a long-term strategy to re-ignite growth and our Q3 results indicate we’re making solid progress through investments in five key business priorities – consumer, emerging countries, notebooks, enterprise and small/medium business,” said Michael Dell, chairman and CEO.
Also, what Mr. Dell now has is about $1 billion in cash from the company's operations, money which will be partially used to resume the programmed share repurchase program in early December. read more
Firefox 2.0.0.11
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What's New in Firefox 2.0.0.11
Release Date: November 30, 2007
Stability Update:
This release corrects a compatibility issue with some websites and extensions discovered in Firefox 2.0.0.10.
Earlier Changes:
For information about previous changes, please see the Firefox 2.0.0.10 Release Notes.
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Memory
- Kingston 2x1GB DDR2-533 Notebook Memory Review @ Virtual-Hideout
- CompuStocx Diablo CSX XAC-1200 2GB Kit DDR2-1200/PC2-9600 Memory Review @ OCInside
Storage
- OCZ Rally 2 Dual Channel USB Flash Drive 4GB @ circuitREMIX
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Graphics cards
- EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GT KO Review @ PC Perspective
- XFX GeForce 8800GT 512MB Alpha Dog Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
Enclosures & PSUs
- SilverStone MS05 eSATA Enclosure @ Phoronix
Cooling and modding
- Exos-2 LX Liquid Cooling System and Koolance Water-Blocks Review @ X-bit labs
- Aerocool Silverwind CPU Cooler @ ProClockers
- GlacialTech Igloo 5710 CPU Cooler @ Techware Labs
- Danger Den DD-29XT VGA Water Block @ 3dGameMan
Peripherals
- Logitech G15 Keyboard Review @ 3DXtreme
Photo and video cameras
- Canon HR10 DVD Camcorder @ TrustedReviews
Sound
- Asus Xonar D2 @ InsideHW read more
Kim Thomas, IT Week, Wednesday 28 November 2007 at 00:00:00
Websense survey finds that temporary staff have too much access to computer systems
Temporary workers across the UK are exposing businesses to information security risks, according to a survey carried out by security firm Websense....
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New features should improve management, add support for Windows Server 2008, and lead to better mobile security, says Microsoft. read more
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Firefox is an award winning preview of next generation browsing technology from mozilla.org. Firefox empowers you to accomplish your online activities faster, more safely and efficiently than any other browser, period. Built with Tab browsing, popup blocking and a number of other seamless innovations, Firefox stands out ahead. [img]images/news/i... read more
Internet Explorer and Firefox Vulnerability Analysis
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Microsoft launches Exchange Server 2007 SP1
New features should improve management, add support for Windows Server 2008, and lead to better mobile security, says Microsoft.
Advanced WindowsCare Personal v2.5.6.827
Slow down, freeze, crash and security threats are over. Advanced WindowsCare Personal is a comprehensive PC care utility that takes an one-click approach to help protect, repair and optimize your computer. It provides an all-in-one and super convenient solution for PC maintenance and protection. All work will be done with 1 click and 1 minute. This...
Icahn calls for Motorola breakup
He suggests three companies--one for mobile devices, one for mobile networks, and a one for home connectivity.
Venturer $200 HD DVD player goes on sale
At the beginning of this month Toshiba and Wal-Mart have offered the HD DVD-ready HD-A2 player for only $99 so what makes a $200 product so special? First of all, it's made by Venturer, a company that's probably not as in love with HD DVD as its maker, Toshiba. Second, Toshiba's HD-A2 was available for only $99 because of a promotion and is now selling for $247 making it the second cheapest player around as $199.98 is the 'right price' and it is that of Venturer's SHD7000 player. The cheapo SHD7000 has specs similar to those of the HD-A2 which include 1080i output, 5.1 HD channel audio and HDMI. Venturer's player can now be purchased in the US from Wal-Mart.
December 2007 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
This update supersedes and replaces update 933360, which was released in August 2007. This update also includes additional time zone changes that were signed in to law after update 933360 was created. If you have already deployed update 933360, read the descriptions of the specific time zone changes that are addressed in this Microsoft Knowledge Ba...
Dell Ships Next-Generation Precision Workstations
Dell today introduced two new models of its Dell Precision workstations, the world's top-selling lin...
Users clamoring again for an Internet Explorer 8 update
On the one-year anniversary of the launch Internet Explorer (IE) 7, the IE team posted yet another “stay tuned” message to the IE team blog, regarding an informational update on IE 8. Tony Chor,...
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Yahoo to launch "MyM" Social messaging
Yahoo! appears to be working on a new social networking/chat service. MyM is in private beta at the ...
Dave Bailey, IT Week, Thursday 29 November 2007 at 00:00:00
IBM is delivering an upgraded Lotus Sametime package and an SMB-focussed system on December 3
IBM's Lotus Sametime Standard 8, previously known as Lotus Sametime, and a new SMB-focussed package, Lotus Sametime Entry will be available on 3 December....
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The European Union has taken one more step towards making Galileo a reality as now, the multi-billion euro project has been approved by the majority of the EU transport ministers. The satellite navigation project has had its share of problems when companies backed out due to its costs but now, with the EU set to fund it should be expecting better days, at least until it is launches and has to battle the GPS.
The approval from transport ministers has also been troublesome as Spain wanted to host one ground station while the general opinion was that the two locations already chosen, one near Rome and one near Munich we're more than enough especially as there weren't enough funds to set up a third ground 'base'.
Now that the decision was made the Galileo project should really pick us steam as it is expected to be operational by 2013. read more
Microsoft Silverlight and Cricket
This is for all Cricket Fans. The newly formed Indian Cricket League (ICL) whose website uses Silverlight for providing LIVE feeds of scores of Ongoing T-20 Cricket matches. Not only that, you...
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Google Maps Street View Heads Overseas
Google�s occasionally controversial Street View product is heading outside of the United States. ...
Vize 0.8 Beta
Vize is a GUI enhancer for Windows Vista. It replaces most of the non-Vista icons, animations and bitmaps that Microsoft is still overlooking. Vize automates the process of replacing resources in system files, applying the real fit and finish to Windows Vista. The patching process will not disable Vista's built-in security features. Vize will au...
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