Sophos bids for one-stop enterprise security

UK security specialist Sophos is launching an integrated, multiplatform endpoint security system designed to cater for all the security requirements of an enterprise in a one-stop shop. Key to the Endpoint Security product is a central console that takes much of the administrative legwork out of managing devices and the security policies and procedures applied to them. The Enterprise Console 2. ...more

Net music downloads to feature in Billboard charts

Nielsen SoundScan is to track downloads of digital music, of both singles and albums. Paid-for tracks from commercial services, to be precise. As of yesterday, Apple's iTunes Music Store, Pressplay, MusicNet, Listen. ...more

Dell unveils ultra-small OptiPlex desktop PC

The ultra-small machine is described by Dell as 'the smallest and most flexible desktop computer' in the company's history. It does away with 'unnecessary' PCI slots completely and integrates many components onto the motherboard. The machine measures 247mm x 84. ...more

IGF - Major changes ahead for domain name system

The chairman of ICANN has given the biggest indication yet of a major change ahead for the domain name system. Vint Cerf told the open session of the inaugural Internet Governance Forum that he accepts that it will be necessary to expand the range of characters that can be used in domain name so that individuals and organisations can include characters from their own languages in their websites' URLs. 'There is a strong interest in the existing and nascent Internet community to have the ability to register domain names written in the characters used in their preferred languages,' he told the audience in Athens, Greece, before adding that, 'therein lies a huge technical challenge. ...more

Apple determined to keep control over iPhone software

Steve Jobs is determined that Apple will retain tight control over the software that can be loaded on an iPhone and has no plans to open the handset to third-party developers. The Apple CEO told the New York Times that he does not want users to be able to load software from all and sundry only for the phone to cease to function. 'We define everything that is on the phone,' he said. ...more