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11th December 2002 Archive

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  • Darwinists don their Finking caps

    Linux package manager - fit and working again

    Fink, the program that brings oodles of Linux software to Mac OS X, has been updated for Jaguar. It's a native, Darwin version of the Debian GNU/Linux package manager - specifically three tools dpkg, dselect, and apt-get - and opens up a new world for OS X users by bringing everything from small utilities to complete desktop …

    Mac Channel 11 Dec 2002, 00:04

  • Google debuts reputation, slideshow experiments

    Labs toys

    Two new toys from Google's "technology playground" make their debut today, the first new experiments since Google Labs opened their doors in May. One, Google Viewer turns your results into a slideshow. Take your hands off the keyboard and allow it to pan across the results. You can speed up or slow down the refresh rate, which …

    Music and Media 11 Dec 2002, 00:49

  • Spammer gets junk mailed

    Slashdot heroes

    A US bulk emailer is threatening legal action after so-called "anti-spammers" signed him up for lots of junk mail. Detroit Free Press tech columnist Mike Wendland reported last week that Alan Ralsky is now experiencing what it likes to be flooded with unwanted correspondence. Mr Ralsky has the capacity to send a billion emails …

    Music and Media 11 Dec 2002, 10:10

  • VeriSign goes Swiss as Web Services war brews

    Boing cuckoo

    VeriSign Inc CEO Stratton Sclavos sees 2003 as the year of the web services platform war, and wants to make his company as "Swiss" as possible, providing the security plumbing for multiple vendors' offerings. Sclavos, talking to ComputerWire at VeriSign's web services strategy day in San Francisco yesterday, said the time …

    Hardware 11 Dec 2002, 10:11

  • nCipher teams up to secure Web Services

    Key points of risk

    Hardware security vendor and cryptographic acceleration specialist nCipher Plc has put together a series of new partnerships and products in a bid to ease the problems of deploying security to XML applications and web services. The difficulties of managing and protecting authentication and authorization processes using …

    Security 11 Dec 2002, 10:11

  • Caribbean storm brews over C&W

    Milch cow will run dry

    Cable & Wireless Plc, which had a stock market valuation of £7.8bn ($12.2bn) a year ago, slumped to a new low of £952.8m ($1.5bn) yesterday, on fears that the company's cash cow in the Caribbean may be eaten by competitors. The new blow to the troubled carrier came in the form of an internal C&W report leaked to the …

    Business 11 Dec 2002, 10:13

  • EDS issues profit warning on United bankruptcy

    Plane leasing wheeze not so clever after all

    IT services firm EDS Corp has issued a profit warning following news of the bankruptcy of the world's second largest airline United Airlines. Plano, Texas-based EDS was forced to cut its fourth-quarter and full-year 2002 profit forecast by 5 cents per share, or as much as 10%, as it announced that it would have to write …

    Business 11 Dec 2002, 10:13

  • HP comes clean in latest wave of storage benchmarks

    Testing Times

    The Storage Performance Council has posted another wave of benchmarks, including new results for hardware from IBM Corp and 3Pardata Inc, and a re-test by Hewlett Packard Co in response to criticism of what was diplomatically called the "real world applicability"of its previous results. While HP set an example for others - …

    Storage 11 Dec 2002, 10:13

  • VeriSign plans Web Services security gateway

    Halt! Who goes there?

    VeriSign Inc plans to announce web services security gateway software early next year, it emerged yesterday. Speaking at a gathering in San Francisco, CEO Stratton Sclavos disclosed the plan, which seems likely to place the company in competition against a number of startups and potentially larger security players. …

    Hardware 11 Dec 2002, 10:28

  • Web filters block health sites

    The infinite subtlety of censorware

    A study from the US has shown that Internet filters designed to screen out pornography can end up blocking access to health information Web sites. The study, carried out by the Kaiser Family Foundation and published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that when Internet filters were set at …

    Music and Media 11 Dec 2002, 10:35

  • More flexible software licences needed for Utility Computing

    Tap on. Tap off

    The basic ideas behind utility computing, also known as computing on demand, are very simple, writes Tony Lock. At the core can be found the concept that today's rapidly changing market conditions place a requirement that every organisation's IT infrastructure needs to be flexible in order to satisfy the fluctuating demands for …

    Hardware 11 Dec 2002, 11:19

  • Last day for EU orders at Cash'n'Carrion

    Stuff those stockings sharpish

    Just a quick reminder that midnight GMT tonight is the final order deadline for pre-Xmas delivery within the EU from our Cash'n'Carrion" Reg shop. Final UK order deadline is midnight GMT on Friday. We've been doing brisk Yuletide trade, with the new O'Really XXLs and Hacker mug proving popular with the punters. Last-minute …

    Site News 11 Dec 2002, 14:43