US Navy orders 260 Xserves

Lockheed Martin has placed an order on behalf of the US Navy for 260 Apple Xserve servers running Linux. As well as being the biggest server sale yet for Apple, worth around $1.9mn, the deal is remarkable for the fact that the machines will not be running the Mac OS X Server software that is normally installed. ...more

InfoSec 2006: Expert warns of over reliance on technology against crime

Bruce Schneier, security guru and Founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security, said today that the high-profiling of the problem of child-pornography on the Internet is entirely misplaced. 'It's a people problem,' he told us. 'And it's very dangerous to rely on a technology solution to a people problem. ...more

Delphi gets seriously corporate

Borland has taken the wraps off Delphi 6, which brings the world of Web Services into a graphical development environment. Three editions of the popular Object Pascal-based system are scheduled to be available this month: Enterprise, Professional and Personal, and the latest release emphasises the development of "Web Service" applications. As well as XML and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), Delphi now supports WSDL (Web Services Description Language), which is an XML-based way of describing the services an e-business offers. ...more

Analysis: Hitting the wrong note

When iTunes launched in the UK last year, the music download service promised to deliver the record industry from the evils of the file-sharing pirates and offer consumers an exciting new way to buy singles and albums. Although legal downloads jumped by 900 per cent in 2004, according to the industry body IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), and has a global value that Jupiter Research puts at more than ?200 million, downloading remains a drop in the ocean compared to the overall music market. What, experts are asking, is holding it back? The prime cause for consternation among many consumers stems from digital rights management (DRM). ...more

Premier League sues YouTube

The Premier League has sued YouTube for copyright infringement, the second such legal challenge to the popular video site in two months. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, charges that YouTube deliberately encourages massive copyright infringement on its website to generate public attention and boost traffic. This has resulted in the loss of valuable content, the complaint said. ...more