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

Microsoft issues 'critical' security bulletin to Internet Explorer users

Microsoft has issued a security bulletin warning of three 'critical vulnerabilities found in recent versions of Internet Explorer. This bulletin is outside of the normal monthly security update issued by the company. The versions affected are Internet Explorer 5. ...more

BPI turns its aim toward corporate IT managers

The BPI is turning its attention to corporate IT managers as it continues to step up its fight against unauthorised file sharing. The UK record industry's main representative body is sending a booklet to the country's largest employers warning them of the potential cost of file sharing in the workplace. 'Illegal filesharing in the workplace not only wastes employee time, it may also open up employers themselves to the risk of litigation,' said BPI chairman Peter Jamieson. ...more

Via makes inroads into HP's thin clients

Chip maker Via has made inroads into HP's thin client portfolio, previously the domain of Transmeta. HP has announced three new devices using Via's low power Eden platform, the five other existing products will continue to use Transmeta's Crusoe 5600 or 5800 chips. The HP Compaq t5125, t5520 and t5525, come in at the lower end of the range, with processors clocked at 800Mhz, 800Mhz and 400Mhz respectively. ...more

Another round of tech job cuts

Dell has announced that it has met expected results for its first quarter earnings, but it is also to shed up to 4,000 jobs. The reason for the apparently conflicting indicators are that Dell, while reporting slightly improved operating profit margins, remains "cautious" about the outlook for the coming year. As a result it is continuing its "aggressive management of operating expenses". ...more