Borland's App Server updated for JDK 1.4.1

Borland Enterprise Server is a deployment system - to use Borland's terms - aimed at large-scale, business-critical systems. It provides a platform for managing a range of business applications and Web Services. Features new to version 5. ...more

Michael Dell keen to sell Intel-based Macs

The founder of Dell has said that he would like to sell PCs running Mac OS X. 'If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happy to offer it to our customers,' Michael Dell told Fortune . Fortune reports that a number of PC makers have said that they are interested in licensing OS X. ...more

Nationwide reassures customers after laptop containing sensitive data was stolen

Nationwide CEO asserts that customers' money is safe after a company laptop that had customer data on it was stolen. Nationwide Building Societyhas only just informed customers that sensitive data they entrusted to the institution's care may have been stolen when an employee's laptop was taken in a domestic break-in a number of months ago. But the institution is adamant that account holders' money is safe as it hasn't seen any evidence of fraudulent activity resulting from the burglary. ...more

AMD offers cash prize for municipal Internet centre

AMD is continuing to push its philanthropic 50x15 Initiative, which has the goal of connecting 50 per cent of the world's population to the Internet by 2015. The processor and graphics technology company has announced a new Open Architecture Prize, for encouraging low-cost, sustainable design projects. The first brief for which design teams will be able to compete is an 'e-community centre'. ...more

Microsoft releases January security update

Microsoft has delivered its batch of security bulletins for January. The latest 'Patch Tuesday' has seen the release of three fixes flagged as 'Critical'. Two of the three Critical patches affect Office, relating to corrupted data records, and the third is for Windows, affecting Internet Explorer. ...more