IT News Digest

Archive: 11-2007

• IBM extends Autonomic computing features for simpler datacenter management

  IBM announced Systems Director Active Energy Manager (AME) and several self management capabilities to its Tivoli Software Suite.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 10, 2007, 9:35 AM PST

• Problems with Apple's Time Machine backup software

  Time Machine, a back-up tool that comes bundled with Apple’s new Leopard OS, has been facing several issues, and users continue to face them despite Apple announcing several workarounds.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 10, 2007, 9:29 AM PST

• Microsoft settles patent dispute with Eolas

  As a result of settling the patent dispute with Eolas, Microsoft will be rolling out its “Click to Activate” tags from Internet Explorer 7.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 10, 2007, 9:17 AM PST

• Web 2.0 portals for the enterprises

  Portlets are a feature from Web 2.0 whereby users customize their web dashboard to their convenience. An excerpt from Silicon Portals are homepages which users can tailor to hold a host of...

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 10, 2007, 9:12 AM PST

• Nifty features from Firefox add-ons

  Firefox has an extensible framework that enables developers to write add-ons, which provide several great features such as blocking ads, scrambling keystrokes, and blocking intrusion.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 9, 2007, 1:13 PM PST

• BBC underestimated number of Linux users visiting its site

  The BBC admitted that it made a mistake in estimating that only 400-600 Linux users visited the BBC sites every week.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 9, 2007, 1:11 PM PST

• UK broadband industry witnesses drop in subscribers

  In the third quarter of 2007, ISPs in the United Kingdom added only 470,000 new broadband subscribers. The figure is 40,000 short of the results for the second quarter.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 9, 2007, 1:09 PM PST

• Opera Mini 4 mobile Web browser launched

  Opera announced the launch of its new Opera Mini 4 mobile Web browser.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 9, 2007, 1:08 PM PST

• More online shoppers are comparing prices before making a purchase

  I’m a last-minute holiday gift shopper, but when I do shop, I like to be well informed. Coincidentally, I’m not the only person on the Internet who likes to compare products and prices...

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | November 9, 2007, 12:38 PM PST

• Computer monitor that draws zero power on standby

  Fujitsu Siemens has successfully come up with monitors that don’t consume electricity from the main electrical supply when in standby mode.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 9, 2007, 8:48 AM PST

• AS/400 coming to blade servers

  Chris Maxcer of the SystemiNetwork journal has stumbled across an entry showing the i5, aka the AS/400, slotting into IBM’s BladeCenter racks.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 9, 2007, 8:08 AM PST

• HP to stop manufacturing digital cameras

  HP is abandoning its digital camera manufacturing business. Instead, it plans to work with a manufacturing partner that will design, source, and distribute cameras under the HP brand.Why? HP wants...

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 9, 2007, 7:45 AM PST

• IT News Digest Week in Review, November 9, 2007

  Some of the stories that are covered this week include Ubuntu, faster broadband, the Storm worm, XO laptop, HD DVD players, Everex’s desktop, and TechRepublic’s new blog submission tool.

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | November 9, 2007, 6:19 AM PST

• Only two fixes from Microsoft on Patch Tuesday next week

  Security administrators can breath a little easier come November’s Patch Tuesday next week. Microsoft said that it will issue only two security bulletins next Tuesday, November 15 —...

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 8, 2007, 11:59 PM PST

• Blu-ray’s BD+ DRM technology cracked

  SlySoft, the makers of AnyDVD, has released a new beta of its famous ripping application, which it claims has successfully cracked Blu-ray discs protected by the BD+ DRM technology.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 8, 2007, 11:58 PM PST

• iPhone 1.1.2 update out on Friday to support international launch of iPhone

  The U.K. Apple press team has confirmed that version 1.1.2 will be an international update for all iPhone owners and will be released on November 9, 2007.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 8, 2007, 11:56 PM PST

• Social networks overtake Webmail in Internet traffic

  For the first time in the United Kingdom, Internet traffic attracted by social networking sites has overcome the traffic of Webmail services.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 8, 2007, 11:59 AM PST

• Quigo, another feather in AOL's ad cap

  AOL is acquiring Quigo, a company that specializes in matching ads to Web page content.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 8, 2007, 11:58 AM PST

• IT News Digest user submission tool: From news consumer to news reporter

  Currently, TechRepublic has a few outstanding news bloggers. Even though these fellas are covering a lot of the top IT-related stories out there, it’s impossible to cover it all....

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | November 8, 2007, 9:05 AM PST

• Talks to merge ultra-fast Internet networks fail

  Talks to merge two ultra-fast Internet networks that serve several U.S. universities failed to reach a conclusion.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 8, 2007, 8:58 AM PST