Microsoft VP quits to join Google

Another senior executive has left Microsoft. Vic Gundotra, the general manager for platform evangelism at Microsoft who has been with the company for 15 years has quit the company to join Google. This news arrives shortly after the revelation that Microsoft VP Martin Taylor, the former Martin Taylor, the VP of Windows Live and MSN quit just 24 hours after announcing Windows Live Messenger. ...more

Google buys the Earth

Search engine Google is continuing its flurry of activity by announcing that it has bought the Silicon Valley digital mapping company, Keyhole Corp. No details of the deal have been released. The Keyhole software claims it offers a 3D digital model of the entire earth via the Internet. ...more

AMD falls back into the red

As expected, AMD plunged back into the red in the final quarter of 2004 despite a rise of 29 per cent in processor sales. The company reported a net loss of $30 million compared with a profit of $43.2 million for same quarter in 2003. ...more

NISCC warns of email attacks on 300 key UK systems

The National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) issued a report today warning that almost 300 key UK Government departments and major commercial organisations are being targeted by a highly sophisticated wave of email-borne attacks. The NISCC says that while the attacks have been in existence for sometime, lately there appears to have been a significant surge in the numbers of email involved. The attacks take the form of Trojans attached to emails, often with spoofed sender addresses and content designed to either tempt the victim into opening an attachment or visiting a malicious website in order to trigger the installation of malicious code. ...more

Apple puts high-speed, high capacity storage online

Apple has released a beta version of new software for creating shared access across a network to high-speed, high-capacity storage. The Xsan software enables the easy creation of storage area networks (SANs) which can be accessed simultaneously by all users and are ideal for environments where many people need access to the same data. These include professional video editing as well as large enterprises and organisations. ...more