BBC shares content with YouTube

BBC content will soon be legitimately appearing on YouTube. Whereas shows such as Top Gear, for example, were often to be found on the site, content will now appear legitimately. Under the terms of the deal, there will be be three officially BBC-branded channels on YouTube, which is now owned by Google. ...more

Sky names the day for HD TV

Satellite broadcaster Sky has announced - to no great surprise - that it intends to kick off its High Definition television service in time for the World Cup finals taking place in Germany this summer. HDTV is regarded to be the next big change in television viewing habits. The new generation of 'HD Ready' plasma and LCD television sets can not only give much sharper resolution than the traditional set but also provide more vivid colour and often have surround sound built in too. ...more

The top 20 security threats identified for Windows and Unix

The SANS Institute has delivered its annual top 20 security threats list for Windows and Unix, to an audience of security experts at a conference at the Department of Trade and Industry this morning. On the Windows platform side new entries to the list include Instant Messaging and the LSASS vulnerabilities exploited so successfully by network-aware worms such as Sasser. For Linux/Unix-based platforms, threats to the kernel and to version control systems are new. ...more

Vista won't force hardware upgrades

Businesses won't be forced into accelerating their normal hardware upgrade cycles or shell out on the latest equipment in order to take advantage of Windows Vista, according to Microsoft's UK head. 'Vista hardware requirements are not that dissimilar to those of XP,' said Gordon Frazer, managing director for Microsoft UK, at the combined launch of Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 this afternoon. 'And there are a number of different experiences people can have with Vista. ...more

Microsoft wins European city contracts

Microsoft has won three contracts in cities in Germany and Finland - where the open-source force is strong - and in Latvia. Microsoft said of the wins: 'Microsoft is always willing to discuss with government or organizations how we can help bring higher-value, stable, easy to use Microsoft solutions to the benefit of government agencies, consumers and businesses alike. Microsoft government customers across Europe. ...more