Recent articles by Iain Thomson

China's green dam could block PC exports

China's green dam could block PC exports

Intellectual property spat could halt US shipment to China.
Iain Thomson Jun 16 2009, 9:32AM News
PC infections rising as botnets try to reseed

PC infections rising as botnets try to reseed

McAfee is reporting that it has seen a sharp rise in the number of PC infection and malware variants as botnet operators try to rebuild their networks after the McColo shutdown.
Iain Thomson Jun 15 2009, 2:27PM Security
SAP announces surprise software-as-a-service move

SAP announces surprise software-as-a-service move

The vice president of SAP has made the shock announcement that the company is looking into offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) product line.
Iain Thomson Jun 15 2009, 9:30AM Software
Top ten biggest egos in technology

Top ten biggest egos in technology

This week, we count down some of the biggest egos in the IT business - the larger than life personalities that dominate IT.
Shaun Nichols , Iain Thomson Jun 15 2009, 9:29AM Software
PC infections rising as botnets try to reseed

PC infections rising as botnets try to reseed

Criminals react as dark servers get shut down.
Iain Thomson Jun 13 2009, 9:10AM Servers & Storage
Best Buy memo gives hints on Windows 7 pricing

Best Buy memo gives hints on Windows 7 pricing

A leaked memo from electronics retailer Best Buy has given some indications of the pricing for the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system.
Iain Thomson Jun 9 2009, 10:10AM Software
Microsoft lays out plans for servers and netbooks

Microsoft lays out plans for servers and netbooks

Microsoft OEM head Steve Guggenheimer used his keynote address at Computex in Taiwan today to outline Microsoft’s plans for servers and netbooks.
Iain Thomson Jun 4 2009, 2:25PM Hardware
Microsoft confirms Windows 7 launch date

Microsoft confirms Windows 7 launch date

Big day set for October 22nd.
Iain Thomson Jun 3 2009, 2:33PM News
Asus and Microsoft join forces against Linux

Asus and Microsoft join forces against Linux

Firms launch web site promoting Windows for netbooks.
Iain Thomson Jun 1 2009, 6:39AM News
Dell first-quarter earnings crash 63 percent

Dell first-quarter earnings crash 63 percent

Giant hit hard by recession spending cuts.
Iain Thomson Jun 1 2009, 6:37AM News
Asus and Microsoft join forces against Linux

Asus and Microsoft join forces against Linux

Microsoft and Asus have launched a marketing campaign to encourage netbook users to use Windows rather than Linux.
Iain Thomson May 29 2009, 3:48PM Software
Dell first quarter earnings crash 63 per cent

Dell first quarter earnings crash 63 per cent

Dell has announced its results for the first quarter of the year and has revealed earnings fell by 63 per cent and business and consumers cut back on purchases.
Iain Thomson May 29 2009, 3:47PM Hardware
Federal investigation into missing presidential hard drive

Federal investigation into missing presidential hard drive

U.S. Federal investigators are examining how a hard drive containing sensitive personal information from the Clinton era has gone missing from the National Archive.
Iain Thomson May 22 2009, 12:56PM Data centre
Sun builds world's biggest application store for Java

Sun builds world's biggest application store for Java

Sun chief executive has announced that Sun is to build an application store for Java and is aiming for a billion users.
Iain Thomson May 22 2009, 9:36AM Software
Free Software Foundation settles case with Cisco

Free Software Foundation settles case with Cisco

Cisco has settled its outstanding court action brought by the Free Software Foundation over the unauthorised use of free software in its Linksys routers.
Iain Thomson May 21 2009, 3:00PM Collaboration
Don’t pay for separate anti-spyware, says Gartner

Don’t pay for separate anti-spyware, says Gartner

Gartner is warning companies not to be ripped off by vendors seeking to sell anti-spyware software as a stand-alone product.
Iain Thomson May 20 2009, 10:44AM Security
Sophos planning to supply antivirus in Klingon

Sophos planning to supply antivirus in Klingon

Sophos seems to be preparing to launch a version of its software security suit for users who prefer to speak Klingon.
Iain Thomson May 20 2009, 10:43AM Security
Top 10 disappointing technologies

Top 10 disappointing technologies

Pretty much every new product gets hyped as a potentially disruptive technology these days, and usually nobody outside of the company's marketing department actually believes it.
Shaun Nichols , Iain Thomson May 18 2009, 9:31AM Software
Apple hires OLPC security guru to harden OS

Apple hires OLPC security guru to harden OS

Krstic signs on with “local fruit vendor” to beef up Mac OSX.
Iain Thomson May 15 2009, 2:54PM News
Google updates search engine with new options

Google updates search engine with new options

Aiming to stay ahead of competition, new and old.
Iain Thomson May 13 2009, 3:55PM Software

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