iSCSI puts storage on the Web

The Internet Engineering Task Force has approved a protocol that will enable SCSI devices attached to workstations and servers to be plugged into Ethernet networks and made available over local networks and the Internet. The technology should be formally ratified within a month. This iSCSI protocol will make it much easier for SCSI devices to be both backed up and managed remotely. ...more

Adobe unwraps Creative Suite 3

Adobe has upgraded its flagship design software suite, which includes Photoshop and also accounts for more than half of the company's revenue. It is two years since the release of Creative Suite 2. The 13 stand-alone products and six suites in Creative Suite 3, as the upgraded software package is known, represent the fullest use of Flash technology to date. ...more

Microsoft sanctions may extend beyond PCs

The judge considering proposed remedies in the Microsoft case has said that she needs to learn more about other markets in order to decide whether a settlement should extend to these. Reuters reports that judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly commented: 'I've decided that I need more factual information.' Previously she has been cautious about extending the terms of a settlement to cover new markets that Microsoft is making inroads into, such as mobile phones and PDAs, ruling out introducing any new allegations of monopolistic misconduct. ...more

BT's 3G roll out delayed till Autumn

BT's proposed launch of a 3G mobile-phone network on the Isle of Man will be delayed till late summer or early Autumn, the company said today. The project, to be conducted with BT's wholly-owned subsidiary Manx Telecom as well as Siemens and NEC, was to have been the first 3G roll-out in the world when it launched this month. It may still be, if it manages to beat NTT DoCoMo's roll-out in the Autumn. ...more

DoS attack blamed for Internet outage

A denial of service attack on security website Zonelabs has been blamed for major disruption of the Internet over the past couple of days. According to an anonymous NTL employee's posting on www.frogger. ...more