Novell bids to push Linux into mission-critical computing

Novell announced a massive partnership campaign at its annual BrainShare conference in Salt Lake City this week in a bid to push Linux into mission-critical computing. The networking and Linux company is looking to help software houses port to Linux, by offering its global scale to help market and support applications, speed development and certification on its SUSE platform, and integrate identity management components that fit in with its own identity technologies. It announced a strengthening of its relationship with open source middleware company JBoss - builder of the popular application server - in which Novell will donate code and engineering resources and steer a number of products under the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS). ...more

Another IE 6.0 vulnerability emerges

Another problem has surfaced with Internet Explorer. A proof of concept code has revealed that the Microsoft browser is open to attack through ActiveX, Microsoft's built in programming interface on Internet Explorer. Security firm Secunia rates the vulnerability as 'highly critical'. ...more

G8 signals renewed attack on Internet child abuse

The world's richest countries have vowed to redouble efforts to combat the sexual exploitation of children by Internet pornographers. Interior and justice ministers from the G8 nations - Germany, USA, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Japan and Russia promised to step up efforts to stamp out child porn during the first working session of a conference on Web crime in Munich, Germany. 'We categorically denounce those who sexually exploit children by producing images of their sexual abuse and by distributing or collecting such images,' they said in the joint declaration. ...more

Billions of pounds wasted on IT projects, says report

The UK is throwing away billions of pounds on new IT systems because the country is failing to produce the standard of professionals needed to develop and manage these projects effectively, according to a new report. Only 16 per cent of IT projects can be considered a success. The report by the Royal Academy of Engineering and the British Computer Society says that a 'lack of professionalism in software engineering' jeopardises the estimated ?22. ...more

Archos intros latest touch-screen media player

Archos has unveiled the latest addition to its range of portable media players, the touch-screen 704 WiFi. Capable of playing or displaying up to 40GB or 80GB of music, movies or photos, the handheld has a 7in, 800x480 colour screen that displays 260,000 colours. Both USB 2. ...more