Sun targets low-end PC server market

Sun is setting its sights on the low-end Wintel PC server market with its new Sun Cobalt range of servers and server appliances. Internet data centres, whether being built by Service Providers (SP) or corporate IT departments are the intended home for these machines. The release incorporates a rebranding of some of the technology acquired when Sun took over Cobalt Networks back in December 2000, such as the Cobalt RaQ XTR server appliance for mission critical Web sites. ...more

Hybrid keylogging Gozi trojan steals personal data

Currently spreading across the Internet is a new form of the Gozi trojan, which is infecting thousands of computers and has so far stolen the personal data of thousands. The variant is similar to the original worm, first detected in January, but two new features of the malicious code make it more deadly than before, according to experts. The trojan has the ability to steal data from an SSL stream and also contains an integrally-coded keylogger that is only triggered when an infected machine is used to access a banking website. ...more

EU sets 2012 date for digital TV

EU ministers have a set a Europe-wide date for the switch from analogue to digital TV broadcasts, and it is 2012. This suits the UK (and we currently hold the EU Presidency) as our own government-set date for switching has drifted from the original 2010 to 2012. A European Commission spokesman said that 10 of the 25 member states expect to go digital by 2010 but five have made no indication of whether they will make the change by 2012, reports Reuters,. ...more

Real under shadow of Apple Harmony attack

RealNetworks is concerned it faces a real threat if Apple decides to sue over its Harmony technology. The company's latest SEC filing acknowledges that Apple will, as it has more than once before, continue to update iPod software to break Harmony. The technology enables songs bought from Real's Rhapsody music downloads service to play on iPods. ...more

Psion buy into Teklogix

Psion PLC has announced the successful acquisition of Teklogix International. Psion, famous for its range of handheld computers have bought into Teklogix for £242 million. The North American company is a leading supplier of portable and wireless computers. ...more