Microsoft to give advanced warning of security alerts

Microsoft has announced that in future it intends to give three days notice of its security alerts in order the IT managers can prepare to apply the patches. Currently, security bulletins are scheduled to be released on the second Tuesday of each month. The company says that it is making the move in response to customer requests So as not to tip of the hackers who are avid readers of the security bulletins, the company says it will only be providing general information on the products affected, how many and the level of severity rather than go into the details of the vulnerability itself. ...more

Four in five UK homes ready for digital switchover - Ofcom

Almost 80 per cent of homes had some form of digital television at the end of 2006, with the popular Freeview service leading the sales, Ofcom said on Wednesday. Freeview proved the front runner. In total, 2. ...more

AMD seeking 600,000 documents for EC Intel probe

AMD is taking Intel to the US Supreme Court today in a bid to release some 600,000 pages of documents. AMD plans to turn the documents over to the European Commission as part of its claim that Intel has engaged in anti-competitive behaviour. The case before the Supreme Court concerns a law that allows the US courts to make documents available to foreign courts. ...more

Apple gets legal green light to pursue rumour sites

A US judge has granted Apple permission to pursue the legal action necessary to secure the source of leaks about future Apple products. Judge James Kleinberg of Santa Clara County Court, California dismissed the PowerPage website's attempt, backed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, to win a protective order that would prevent Apple from subpoenaing PowerPage's email provider for its records. On the 19, 22 and 23 November 2004, the judge noted, PowerPage contained an 'exact copy of a detailed drawing' of 'Asteroid, a FireWire breakout box for its GarageBand software. ...more

'Unacceptable' server and storage performance hits HP results

Hewlett Packard has blamed 'unacceptable execution' in its Enterprise Servers and Storage division for its poor showing in its third quarter results. Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina said that the company would be making 'immediate management changes' in order to turn the division back into profit in the fourth quarter. Overall, the company made an operating profit of $586mn on revenues of $18. ...more