A server virtualization project success story

Westminster College's VMware ESX-based server consolidation project is in place and running very smoothly. Its CIO details their solution and discusses why it's a success. Westminster College's recently completed virtualization project is the second...

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Sunderland is Facebook capital of Britain

LONDON - Sunderland has emerged as the Facebook capital of Britain. Dr Aleks Krotoski, presenter of BBC2 series The Virtual Revolution, discovered that the northern city's online population is 24 per cent more likely to visit the social networking...

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Reunion dinners are like project work

Merry metal Tiger year! If your family observes the lunar new year, you would have had the traditional reunion dinner over this past weekend. As we trickled back to work after the long weekend, my friends and colleagues exchanged updates about our...

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Judge in Google Books case says no ruling Thursday

U.S. Federal Judge Denny Chin kicked off the much-anticipated Google Books hearing Thursday morning by making one thing clear: there will be no quick ruling in the case. "I'm going to say right off, I'm not going to rule today," Chin said, highlighting...

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Dell earnings: Enterprise spending rebounds

Dell reported a better-than-expected fourth quarter as enterprise sales rebounded. The company said that it was "cautiously optimistic” that commercial IT spending will improve throughout the year ahead amid “ongoing signs of stabilization". Dell...

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Yahoo and Microsoft get search deal OK

Both the US Department of Justice and the European Commission have said there are no issues to prevent Microsoft and Yahoo going ahead with their search deal. The 10-year deal makes Yahoo the salesforce and Microsoft the search platform for their...

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Chip-and-PIN flaw to be investigated by industry body

The body that oversees the technology behind chip-based payment cards is to investigate chip-and-PIN security, following claims that the protocol has been broken. The specification body, EMVCo, said it will analyze a paper by researchers from Cambridge...

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Tablet commandments for PC makers

The Apple iPad is expected to help rejuvenate the tablet industry, with other PC makers also looking to cash in with their own slate products. But, what will it take to emerge leaders in a market that is gradually getting crowded with players eager for...

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ARM, Globalfoundries outline 28nm SoC platform

ARM and Globalfoundries have released details on their upcoming system-on-a-chip (SoC) platform, which they say will combine "PC-class performance" with the portability and longevity of smartphones. The companies revealed the details on Monday at Mobile...

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Body scanners may be illegal, says rights watchdog

The use of full-body scanners at airports could break UK laws on discrimination, race relations and privacy, the government equality watchdog has warned. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said in a statement on Tuesday that the government...

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RIM to offer free BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Research In Motion will soon begin giving away a free version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server. BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) Express will be made available as a free download in March, RIM chief executive Mike Lazaridis announced on Tuesday in...

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Microsoft Issues Fixes for Outlook 2010 Beta Bug

Microsoft on Thursday announced fixes for its Outlook 2010 beta to address an e-mail message bloat problem. The bloat stems from the use of numbered and bulleted lists in e-mail messages. Outgoing messages containing such lists will bulk up with "redundant...

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Microsoft Affirms BSOD, Halts Windows Patch

Redmond is once again looking into chatter about Microsoft security patches causing "screens of death." This time the patch in question (MS10-015) was for a long-unaddressed Windows kernel bug that could enable elevation-of-privilege control by an...

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Microsoft Releases Anti-Piracy Update for Windows 7

Microsoft plans to release an update for Windows 7 today to counter software piracy. The new Windows Activation Technologies Update continues anti-piracy technologies initiated with Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage program in 2006. In a Windows...

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Verizon CTO says 4G service is on track

Verizon Wireless is on track to offer its 4G wireless service later this year, the company's chief technology officer said here Monday. Dick Lynch, an executive vice president and CTO for Verizon Communications, said during a press conference here...

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Ballmer banks on Windows Phone 7 for the future

Steve Ballmer hopes "7" will be Microsoft's lucky number as the company restarts its mobile business with the release of Windows Phone 7. On Monday, the CEO of Microsoft and his team of Microsoft executives took the wraps off the latest version of...

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Adobe bringing AIR to smartphones--Android first

dobe Systems, hard at work bringing its Flash technology to mobile phones, announced Monday that it's also working on making the same move for a related programming foundation called AIR. AIR, short for Adobe Integrated Runtime, is a foundation for...

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Apple bans hackers from App Store

After a long battle with hackers who have been successful at jailbreaking the iPhone from one version of the OS to another, Apple is now taking a more personal approach to locking down the device. It's been reported that known iPhone jailbreaking/unlocking...

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Google CEO comes to Barcelona in peace

Google CEO Eric Schmidt extended an olive branch to wireless-network operators as he took the stage Tuesday afternoon at the GSM Association's Mobile World Congress. Schmidt delivered his speech hours after the CEO of the world's largest mobile operator,...

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Digital ID beneficial for biz credibility

Consumers would be more willing to visit a corporate Web site and transact online if they trust the company, and this comfort level can be achieved by enterprises adopting digital identification (ID). This is the sentiment of industry watchers such...

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PayPal explains Indian service suspension

PayPal has confirmed that its recent service suspension involving local bank transfers and personal payments to and from India, was the result of the country's revised licensing rules. In a blog post Tuesday, Anuj Nayar, director of global communications...

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Wireless@SG goes places with new engine

-The country's government-funded free Wi-Fi service, Wireless@SG, has opened a location-based engine to allow developers to build location-aware apps and services over the network. At a press briefing here Thursday, the Infocomm Development Authority...

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Five tips for tackling a one-time project

Don't let a one-time project derail your career. An IT consultant shares tips on how to successfully manage a "once-in-a-career" event. The CIO informs you that you've been selected to lead a special project that will impact your IT organization. When...

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Google's social side hopes to catch some Buzz

Google is determined not to be left behind by the social-media revolution. The company wants to take what it does best--organizing Web content by relevancy--and apply it to social media, perhaps the most disorganized segment of the Web. Google Buzz...

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Indian IT market to regain 'normal' growth

The IT market in India is expected to grow at about 15.5 percent in 2010, returning to a "new normal rate" after last year's turbulent economic environment, according to a new report. In a report titled "India IT Market Predictions 2010" released Monday,...

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SAP leadership change just 'business reality'

The departure of SAP CEO Leo Apotheker is simply a reflection of "business reality and part of business life" and will not impact customer relationships, says the company's Asia-Pacific top exec. Stephen Watts, SAP's new president for Asia-Pacific...

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The enduring cipher: Unbreakable for nearly 100 years

One cryptographic cipher has been mathematically proven to be unbreakable when it is used correctly, but it is only very rarely used. Chad Perrin breaks down the one-time pad cipher. It seems to be a truism of cryptography that any cipher, no matter...

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