Linux vendors move to patch the Penguin

Linux vendors have released a raft of security patches over the last week. Red Hat, Mandrake and Novell's SUSE have all published a range of fixes, some rated highly critical, according to the Secunia website. Red Hat announced three, Mandrake two and Novell one. ...more

West Country turns to Novell

Part of Cornwall county council has jumped to Novell in a weekend. Cornwall's health infomatics service, which serves more than 12,000 health professionals throughout the county has shifted its communications and remote access infrastructure software to Novell's suites. Tony Bray, Technical Services Manager for the service said: 'Novell knows the business issues and challenges Cornwall health authority faces. ...more

New improved online adverts

Online ads should be even bigger and more noticeable. That's the future for the Internet, according to a task force working on behalf of the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB). The goal of the Ad Unit Task Force, Reuters reports, is to "make the Internet a more effective marketing medium". ...more

Mozilla fixes Firefox flaw with version 1.0.7

The Mozilla organisation has released Firefox 1.0.7 which addresses several security flaws, including an extremely critical vulnerability recently discovered in the Linux version. ...more

Gigabyte readies rock solid SLI board

Gigabyte boasts the first 'high-performance' SLI solution for the Intel Pentium 4 platform' with the launch of its new i-DNA series of motherboards. Specifically, it has added the GA-8N-SLI Royal mainboard to its SLI range, aimed squarely at hard-core gaming enthusiasts. As well as supporting 1066MHz FSB LGA775 Intel Pentium 4 Processors and DDR-2 667 memory, it is built around Nvidia's nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition chipset. ...more