Microsoft simplifies its virtualisation licences

Microsoft has announced a comprehensive overhaul of its virtual machine licensing as part of its push to get its customers moving towards a dynamic systems network model. Self-managing dynamic systems are becoming increasingly prevalent in the larger scale enterprises where resources are allocated dynamically through virtual machines. The deployment of dynamic systems not only saves on hardware costs as many virtual machines can run on a single physical box, it also cuts down the time spent by IT staff in maintaining the plethora of computers linked together in the network. ...more

McAfee sounds alarm for mobile viruses

Security company McAfee has warned of the growing danger posed by viruses and other malware appearing in mobile phones. It says that such mobile malware has gone beyond the 'proof of concept' and is now appearing in the wild with increasing frequency. In its 'Avert' report, McAfee says that mobile viruses were now becoming 'a serious threat'. ...more

A Webcam in digicam clothing

The new StyleCam BLINK is described by its maker, SiPix, as one of the world's smallest digital cameras. However, perhaps a more accurate description is a removable Webcam. Via the USB interface, live video footage can be captured and transferred over the Internet. ...more

Internet boosts social life - report

Net-savvy users value their online community as much as real-world friends and family, according to the sixth annual survey of the impact of the Internet conducted by the USC-Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California. Around 43 per cent of some 2,000 US Internet users said that they felt 'as strongly' about their digital friends as their flesh and blood contacts. 'More than a decade after the portals of the Worldwide Web opened to the public, we are now witnessing the true emergence of the Internet as the powerful personal and social phenomenon we knew it would become,' said Jeffrey I. ...more

UK games chart: FIFA 07 holds off Pro Evolution Soccer 6

EA's FIFA 07 football game (DS, GBA, GC, Mob, PC, PS2, PSP, Xb, Xb360) was the Christmas number one and has now held the top spot going into 2007, according to the ELSPA UK games chart. Its footballing rival, Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (PC, PS2, Xb360, DS, PSP), climbs one place to number two. EA's street racing game Need For Speed: Carbon (DS, GBA, GC, PS2, PSP, Wii, Xb360, Xb, PC, PS3) completes the top three. ...more