IT News Digest

Archive: 04-2008

• IT news for April 18: Google's strong earnings; PayPal browsers; NetSuite's OneWorld suite

  News to know for April 18, 2008, features stories about: PayPal browsers, Flock, Google’s strong earnings, NetSuite’s OneWorld suite, and much more.

  Posted by Jason Hiner | April 18, 2008, 4:57 AM PDT

• PayPal to get selective about browsers

  PayPal could resort to an outright ban of Web browsers that it considers to be old and vulnerable from using its services. Some of the key criteria appears to be the support of the relatively new...

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 18, 2008, 3:46 AM PDT

• IT news for April 17: CIO salaries rise; GUI changes in Vista SP1; Hyper-V

  News to know for April 17, 2008, features stories about: the rise of CIO salaries, GUI changes in Microsoft Vista SP1, Fixed Mobile Convergence, Hyper-V, and much more.

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | April 17, 2008, 5:16 AM PDT

• Are you ready for the next version of IP?

  Experts have been talking about IP addresses for several years now, because the current version of IP limits the number of such addresses to a theoretical maximum of 4.7 billion. Though the...

  Posted by Andy Moon | April 17, 2008, 3:58 AM PDT

• Windows XP Service Pack 3 internal schedule leaked

  The folks over at Neowin.net have got their hands on the internal schedule for the release of SP3 for the venerable Windows XP operating system. If you have been looking forward to it, do take a...

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 17, 2008, 12:01 AM PDT

• IT news for April 16: Microsoft-Yahoo saga; Zune VideoX; MySQL 5.1

  News to know for April 16, 2008, features stories about: the epic Microsoft-Yahoo saga, Zune VideoX, MySQL 5.1, Pystar’s Mac clones, and much more.

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | April 16, 2008, 5:19 AM PDT

• Taking it to the ... Web. Starbucks wants your ideas.

  Listening to consumer feedback in a meaningful way is an art often lost on companies. In the increasingly online world we live in, Starbucks has found a way to reach out to their customers so...

  Posted by Tricia Liebert | April 16, 2008, 4:48 AM PDT

• New phishing scam targets high level executives

  A new phishing attack has been circulating lately, but instead of trying to dupe millions of computer users into giving up their financial information, this one is aimed at high level executives....

  Posted by Andy Moon | April 16, 2008, 3:59 AM PDT

• IT news for April 15: Oracle plugs 41 holes; Mac clones; Google revolution

  News to know for April 15, 2008, features stories about: Oracle security holes, green IT, Google revolution, Windows’ pricing, PhysX, Apple updates, Mac clones, and much more.

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | April 15, 2008, 5:47 AM PDT

• Microsoft admits Vista UAC was designed to annoy users and developers

  Microsoft has a way of rubbing people the wrong way sometimes. In fact, so many people dislike Microsoft because of buggy code, the way it runs over competition, and the fact that it is the...

  Posted by Andy Moon | April 15, 2008, 3:55 AM PDT

• Playing your part for a greener IT

  With the increasing emphasis on reducing the negative impact on our environment, you must be wondering if there is anything practical at all that you can contribute. Well, PC World has come up...

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 15, 2008, 12:01 AM PDT

• University professor says Wikipedia fosters a climate of blind trust

  The associate professor of information systems from Deakin University believes that the popular online encyclopedia promotes an environment of blind trust among users searching for information.

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 14, 2008, 6:40 AM PDT

• News to know for Monday, April 14, 2008

  News to know for April 14, 2008, features stories about: Salesforce and Google, swarm intelligence, Live Mesh, cloud computing, Sun Microsystems’ data center, and much more.

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | April 14, 2008, 5:51 AM PDT

• The impact of the hive mind- all of us are smarter than one of us

  With the growth of the Internet and human beings’ natural desire to group together, the “hive mind” has become a reality. Now all we have to do is figure out all the myriad...

  Posted by Tricia Liebert | April 14, 2008, 5:10 AM PDT

• News to know for Friday, April 11, 2008

  News to know for April 11, 2008 features stories about: military equipment winding up on Craigslist and eBay, Gartner analysts’ prediction that Windows is “collapsing,” tips for...

  Posted by Mary Weilage | April 11, 2008, 7:05 AM PDT

• I found it on Craigslist -- an F-14 and night vision goggles

  It would appear that you really can buy anything on Craigslist and eBay — even military gear that should never be resold. The Government Accounting Office has proven that much to be true,...

  Posted by Tricia Liebert | April 11, 2008, 4:12 AM PDT

• Gartner analysts think that Windows is 'collapsing'

  Speaking at a Gartner-sponsored conference, two analysts noted that Microsoft’s flagship Windows operating system risks becoming a “has-been” if radical changes are not made. In...

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 11, 2008, 12:22 AM PDT

• News to know for Thursday, April 10, 2008

  News to know for April 10, 2008 features stories about: the latest twists and turns in the Microsoft/Yahoo deal, open source commandments, CTIA Wireless 2008’s efforts to go green, Windows 7...

  Posted by Mary Weilage | April 10, 2008, 5:29 AM PDT

• HP becomes next vendor to ship malware-infected media

  In yet another case of infected media being sent out direct from a manufacturer, HP’s software security response team has issued a warning on this to AusCERT earlier this week. Affected was...

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 10, 2008, 4:41 AM PDT

• Yahoo is trying to fend off the Microsoft deal as more players enter the picture

  Microsoft is playing hardball in their bid to acquire Yahoo, issuing an ultimatum and threatening to take the $31 per share offer directly to stockhoders. Microsoft may have some help in their...

  Posted by Andy Moon | April 10, 2008, 4:10 AM PDT