3rd November 2009 Archive

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Hacker charged in $1m cable ISP customer cloning scheme

MAC spoofing biz flourished for six years

Federal prosecutors have charged a California man with earning $1m over a six-year period by illegally selling products that allowed customers to get high-speed internet service for free. Ryan Harris, 26, of San Diego sold software and hardware that were designed to fool Charter Communications and other internet service …

Crime 3 Nov 00:20
AMD desktop rejig: six-core 'Thuban' set for Q2 2010?

Phenom IIs out, Phenom IIs in

AMD is reported to have rejiggered its phase-out and phase-in plans for various members of its Phenom II and Athlon II processor lines. According to a report on Monday by the Taiwanese market-watchers at DigiTimes, "sources at motherboard makers" say that AMD has stopped taking orders for the 2.6GHz Phenom II X4 910 and 3.0GHz …

PCs & Chips 3 Nov 01:09
Yahoo! open sources uber web server

'400-terabytes-a-day' Traffic Server lands at Apache

Yahoo! has open sourced the back-end software platform that underpins the company's webmail client and countless other applications offered up across its sweeping web portal. Known as Traffic Server, the platform handles general edge caching, edge processing, and load balancing at Yahoo!, but it's also used to manage traffic …

Applications 3 Nov 01:12
Early adopters bloodied by Ubuntu's Karmic Koala

Smooth Windows upgrade it ain't

Ubuntu 9.10 is causing outrage and frustration, with early adopters wishing they'd stuck with previous versions of the Linux distro. Blank and flickering screens, failure to recognize hard drives, defaulting to the old 2.6.28 Linux kernel, and failure to get encryption running are taking their toll, as early adopters turn to …

Operating Systems 3 Nov 03:36
Motorola to boost smartphone range

Promises 20 models for 2010

Motorola was slow to join the smartphone bandwagon, but that’s all about to change. The firm has promised to launch no fewer than 20 top-end mobile phones next year. During the launchof Motorola’s most prominent smartphone of recent months, the Droid, Sanjay Jha, Motorola’s CEO, announced that the firm will launch “multiple …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 06:02
SpiderCloud weaves 3G into enterprise

Fattened-up Femtocell

Networking startup SpiderCloud wants to bring 3G networks into the enterprise, and hopes that network operators will pay for them. Running your own cellular network is all the rage these days, with femtocells spreading the 3G goodness into homes beyond the macro network, but enterprise users need a more centrally-managed …

Telecoms 3 Nov 07:02
Sony Ericsson S312

Review Cut-price Cyber-shot?

Sony Ericsson tends to get the most publicity from its Cyber-shot cameraphones and Walkman music phones. Not unusual, that, but the company also has a large array of mid-range and lower end mobiles. A case in point: the S312. At £100 Sim-free or £69 from T-Mobile on pay-as-you-go, it fits right into that lower price bracket. …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 08:02
Big Blue red-faced over Congestion charge crash

First day fumble of new systems

Things did not go entirely smoothly for IBM on its first day in control of Transport for London's Congestion Charge systems yesterday. Capita set up the system and ran it for five years before TfL handed the contract to IBM in October 2007. Some staff were moved across and new systems put in place. But sources told The …

Government 3 Nov 08:02
Google not normal for Norfolk

Search engine too taxing for web-footed web surfers

Good news for Microsoft's Bing today - Google does not have the whole search market sewn up and nor is it easy to use. At least one English county is apparently unable to fathom its mysteries. Somewhere in Norfolk an extremely dull argument is raging over Liz Truss - a potential Tory candidate for a safe seat - and whether she …

Bootnotes 3 Nov 09:02
T-Mobile: Google to open Android Market to Win Mo apps

Surely some mistake?

Google has extended the reach of the Android Market online app store to Windows Mobile devies... if T-Mobile UK is to be believed. The carrier this week put up a page on its website for the upcoming HTC Touch HD2. T-Mobile's HD2 page: Android and Windows, together at last The handset, due this month, numbers, says T-Mobile …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 09:02
Bono serenades fellow fader, Bill Gates

"Happy Birthday' to Bill(ionaire)

Bill Gates' fortune may have slipped by $18bn in the past year or so, but pop oldster Bono apparently thinks that the leftover $40bn still deserves a royal salute. The final performance of U2's 360° Tour took place on October 28 at the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia - which also just happened to have been the …

Software 3 Nov 09:02
Devious decryption scam rides ransomware Trojan

We can remember it for you wholesale

Devious virus writers have come up with a new twist on ransomware-style malware. A new strain of Trojan encrypts recently-opened files on compromised Windows PCs. But instead of demanding a ransom for a decryption key to unlock files, the malware relies on users to search the web for a possible way-out. Hackers have cleverly …

Malware 3 Nov 09:50
Irish brogue voted world's sexiest accent

'Have you got any Irish in you..?'

There's some good news this morning for our readers from the Emerald Isle: their Irish brogue has topped a poll of 5,000 women worldwide to emerge as the world's sexiest accent. The result of the www.OnePoll.com survey demonstrated that our sweet-talking Irish cousins boast the most mellifluous tones, pipping the smooth- …

Bootnotes 3 Nov 09:53
Big business bullies EU into open source U-turn

Definition replaced with dubious vagueness

The European Union has long promoted open source software, but it seems that years of expensive lobbying by big software companies has finally worn down the bureaucrats' resistance. The latest version of the European Interoperability Framework - which aims to offer governments and businesses guidance on using open source …

Applications 3 Nov 09:58
Airwave cop-comms to be 'brought to life' for Olympics

'U-turn' West coughs up £39m for Games upgrades

The Home Office has announced a £39m deal to upgrade its Airwave emergency-services comms net in and around the 2012 Olympics venues, allowing it to handle "several thousand users within confined geographical locations". Contractors described the requirement as "challenging", but anticipated meeting it by Games time. The …

Policing 3 Nov 10:02
Sony Ericsson confirms Android Xperia

Kimono opened, Rachael revealed

Sony Ericsson has finally undressed 'Rachael' – its latest flagship smartphone known for ages only by its sexy pseudonym. Leaked images, pictures and specifications have been doing to rounds for months. But today marks SE’s first official confirmation that the X10 smartphone will launch during “the first half of 2010”. Can …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 10:06
Desktops: To upgrade or not?

Live Webcast Today we have the answer

With Windows 7 ready to bite, the recession drawing to a close - maybe - and a certain optimism crossing the land, we’ll soon enter the season for desktop upgrades. But seriously, what’s the rationale for keeping an up-to-date desktop environment? In our latest webcast, live today November 3, at 11am, we tackle this challenge …

PC Management 3 Nov 10:09
Opera Mobile sings out new Symbian version

Mini features, mobile capabilities

Opera's latest Mobile version is out in beta for Symbian, providing the best mobile browsing experience with an interface borrowed from Opera Mini. Opera Mobile has been starting to look a little tired when compared to its little sibling, Opera Mini, which has been sporting a shiny new interface since September, so the Symbian …

Mobile 3 Nov 10:38
Creative back on Apple's case with iPad-style media tablet

E-book readers? PMPs? Pah! says firm

Creative Labs, one-time maker of major iPod challengers, is to take on Apple again - if the Mac maker releases its eagerly anticipated 'iPad' tablet, that is. Creative has just held its latest AGM. At the event, Willie Png, the company's head of strategy, revealed that Creative will shortly enter the e-book reader market, …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 11:01
WD dives into SAS enterprise drive pool

And then there were three

Western Digital has jumped into the enterprise-class hard drive market with a 10,000rpm, 300GB capacity drive. The WD S25 is built on WD's popular Velociraptor drive base, having a similar 2.5-inch form factor, spinning at 10K and with a capacity of up to 300GB. The capacity points are 150GB, with one platter, and 300GB with …

Storage 3 Nov 11:02
Nintendo hints at free DSi 3G connectivity

WhisperNet-style service coming to handheld?

Recent comments by Nintendo’s CEO have sparked speculation that the gaming giant’s upcoming Nintendo DSi XL will offer free game downloads over an integrated 3G connection. Satoru Iwata reportedly told the Financial Times that he’s “interested” in Amazon’s Kindle model. The online retailer provides free 3G access to the …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 11:06
EMC/Cisco's V-Block faces the hard Cell from HP

Comment Integrated stacks to face off

EMC and Cisco have announced a plan to sell virtual blocks - or V-Blocks - likely to be integrated stacks of virtualised servers, storage and switches, either as products or services. HP's Cell technology could achieve the same end: IT stacks provisioned on demand in private or public clouds. A V-Block is, El Reg reckons, a …

Storage 3 Nov 11:21
Atheros touts 802.11n chip for phones, handhelds

1-stream coming

We may at last be soon able to see handheld gadgets equipped with 802.11n Wi-Fi. WLAN chipmaker Atheros has introduced a part aimed at just such devices, but don't expect full 802.11n speeds. The AR6003 series of chips comprise single-band (2.4GHz) and dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) offerings. All of them, however, use a single …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 11:28
M86 picks up Finjan to tackle web-based threats

Doubling up on behaviour-based protection

Content security firm M86 Security has acquired web security appliance firm Finjan in a deal designed to allow it to offer better protection against both email and web-based threats. Terms of the agreement, announced Tuesday, were undisclosed. The deal adds Finjan’s line of secure web gateway and security as a service products …

Enterprise Security 3 Nov 11:45
Boffins working on biodegradable flexi LED implants

Silky hand-tattoo displays to replace watches, PDAs?

Boffins in America are working on biodegradable, flexible electronic devices printed on silk, which could be implanted in the human body and would decay naturally over time. Applications could include LED displays inlaid beneath the skin, or direct nerve-controlled interfaces. MIT Tech Review reports on the new in-body tech, …

PCs & Chips 3 Nov 11:50
Granada to start losing analog telly tomorrow

BBC 2 first, all the rest later

The Granada TV region will lose part of its analog signal tomorrow, paving the way for stronger Freeview digital broadcasts. The region, which stretches North of Lancaster down to into Cheshire, taking in Manchester and Liverpool on the way, is served by the Winter Hill transmitter. A mountainous neck of the woods, the …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 12:02
MPs give offender system drubbing in scathing report

Government cannot explain where the millions went

The Public Accounts Commitee, the funding watchdog, has reported back on its investigation into the failed National Offender Management System - which was abandoned in 2007 after wasting millions of pounds - without pulling any punches. The EDS-run project was effectively gutted two years ago - it will now, hopefully, provide …

Government 3 Nov 12:08
Extortionist targets jailbroken iPhones

But then relents and offers free fix

A Dutch hacker who threatened iPhone jailbreakers has relented on their threat to abuse unlocked handsets unless users pay €5. Some Dutch users of jailbroken iPhones got a shock when greeted with a message from a Dutch hacker claiming to have complete control of their beloved handset. The miscreant threatened to use that …

Mobile 3 Nov 12:10
3M shows 9in naked-eye 3D display

No specs please, we're British

Three-dimensional displays that don't rely on polarised or active-shutter glasses could be coming to handheld devices soon ther than you think. 3M's Japanese subsidiary this week showed off 9in and 2.8in LCD panels that generate a 3D image viewable with the naked eye, Japanese newssite Tech-On reports. The secret lies in a …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 12:19
Friends Reunited reunited with ITV?

Regulator kicks deal into full investigation

The Office of Fair Trading has sent the proposed takeover of Friends Reunited by DC Thomson to the Competition Commission. Dennis the Menace's publisher was to pay £25m for the websites. But it is not Friends Reunited's tiny slice of the social networking pie that worries regulators. As part of the deal, DC Thomson subsidiary …

Financial News 3 Nov 12:34
Google wheels out Chrome, Wave updates

Bookmark that, federate this

Google's developers clearly missed all the Halloween fun, with both the Chrome and Wave teams slinging out updates yesterday. The Wave team has pushed out a "developer instance" of the messaging everything platform. "One of the fundamental concepts we discussed was the vision for wave as an open communications protocol. We …

Developer 3 Nov 12:36
Employers to take fingerprints for CRB checks

In place of plod

Private companies will take fingerprints from job applicants as part of a trial to improve the accuracy of Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) background checks. The trial, disclosed to The Register in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, will see employment agencies gather biometric data from some applicants to …

Government 3 Nov 12:40
T-Mobile Pulse

Review The Googlephone for everyone?

There haven’t been that many Android smartphones in the UK yet, but T-Mobile is already looking to capitalise on the burgeoning demand Google's operating system by releasing the Pulse, the first pay-as-you-go Android handset. T-Mobile's Pulse: Android goes PAYG Running Android 1.5 - aka Cupcake - the Pulse is the lowest- …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 13:02
Cisco plays hardball over Tandberg buy

But snaffles Chinese TV box business in the meantime

Cisco is warning shareholders of Tandberg - the video conferencing firm it is buying for $3bn - that it will not pursue the takeover at any price. Last month some large shareholders made noises that Cisco's offer for the firm was too small - despite offering a 38 per cent premium. Cisco issued a tough statement warning: "no …

Data Networking 3 Nov 13:02
Tories will scrap 'pre-crime' vetting

Won't assess dodginess by beliefs, fave films

An incoming Conservative government would take steps to cut the vetting database down to size and would balk at 'pre-crime' behavioural vetting techniques. Tory opposition to key elements of the Vetting and Barring process proposed by the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) emerged last night at a meeting of the …

Government 3 Nov 13:10
Nokia Siemens Networks to slash almost 6,000 jobs

No omelette without strategic workforce rebalancing

Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to shave €500m off annual running costs over the next 26 months, with cuts that could include six thousand jobs. The plan is to cut €500m from annual expenses by the end of 2011, and includes a new company structure as well as greater emphasis on 'partnerships' and savings from purchasing. …

Telecoms 3 Nov 13:22
BetOnSports founder Kaplan jailed for four years

Racket rumbled

The founder of BetOnSports.com was imprisoned for four years and three months on Monday after pleading guilty to violating the Wire Wager Act and racketeering offences. Gary Kaplan, 50, pleaded guilty to the offences and agreed to pay $43.6m as part of a plea bargaining agreement. The huge fine reportedly amounts to around …

Law 3 Nov 13:51
FBI techs shy away from facial recognition

Spends 40 years losing face

A senior FBI technologist declared last month that after decades of evaluation, the agency sees no point in facial recognition. Speaking at last month's Biometrics 2009 conference in London, James A Loudermilk II, a senior level technologist at the FBI, outlined the agency's future biometrics' strategy. He said that 18,000 …

Policing 3 Nov 13:58
Adaptec CEO on the ropes after dreadful results

Company steels itself for doomed proxy fight

Adaptec's November 10th AGM runup has been bespoiled by dreadful quarterly results and the company is facing the likely ejection of its CEO from the board. The results for its second 2010 quarter showed a 42 per cent revenue decline year-on-year and a $3.8m loss, compared to a $3.3m profit a year ago. To increase Adaptec …

Storage 3 Nov 14:21
3Leaf makes big SMPs out of x64 clusters

Shared memory trumps virtualization

Everybody is looking to shake up the server business this days, it seems. But everyone had better get in line behind 3Leaf Systems, which is launching its much awaited "Aqua" system pooling and virtualization chipset and an intriguing x64 system to match. A little more than two years ago, 3Leaf Systems came out of stealth mode …

Servers 3 Nov 14:33
Volcanic African 'unzipping' could see continent divided

Mighty cleft suddenly appears in 'mega dyke intrusion'

An enormous 35-mile-long rift which "unzipped" in "just days" across the face of Ethiopia has now been confirmed by boffins as the beginning of a process which will see Africa split in two by a new ocean. Geologists around the world, including some at Leeds Uni in the UK, came together to analyse the startling event in which a …

Science 3 Nov 15:14
Who does what in the server room?

Workshop Servers and service delivery

The “architectures” deployed in server rooms are beginning to change dramatically. Organisations are seeking to increase service delivery to their customers while keeping a strong hold on costs, both in terms of acquisition and, increasingly, operation. This trend in turn is shaping the skills required to run the datacentre and …

Server Management 3 Nov 15:20
Reg hack pursues Street View spymobile

Orwellian black Opel flees from chance encounter in rural Spain

You know how it is: you pop out in the morning to buy some milk and before you know it you've been recorded for posterity by a prowling spymobile from Google's Street View. Well, that's what happens in the big city, at least, but it's the last thing this Spanish rural hack expected when he nipped to the shops this morning to …

Bootnotes 3 Nov 15:21
Microsoft chops cloud costs

Hosted biz services cheaper

Microsoft is cutting the cost of its hosted cloud business productivity bundle. This includes Exchange Online, which falls from $10 per user, per month, to $5. The business productivity bundle of Sharepoint Online and Office Communications Online falls from $15 to $10. In public the company is insisting this has nothing to do …

Channel Register 3 Nov 15:31
Americans promised all you can eat Twittering for $99

Hail the unsmart phone

Millions more Americans will now be able to engage in SMS inane babble and update the world on their lunch habits with the official launch of the TwitterPeek, a handheld device that does nothing but let you Twitter. Unfortunately, UK Twitterers standing by to defend the honour of Stephen Fry and/or the baboon genus will have …

Mobile 3 Nov 15:34
Arkeia digs deep for dedupe technology

Pockets Kadena Systems

Backup supplier Arkeia is buying Kadena Systems and its deduplication technology for an undisclosed amount. Kadena is a startup which has developed block-level deduplication, using what it calls sliding-window technology. The size of this window can be adjusted to match the type of content in a file and, to that extent, the …

Storage 3 Nov 15:56
Trojan pokes Facebook for zombie commands

Anti-social networking

Crimeware distributors have begun using Facebook as a command and control channel for a Trojan that turns compromised Windows PCs into zombie drones. Zombie clients poll the Notes section of the mobile version of Facebook for instructions. Compromised clients might be instructed to download further code from a specified web …

Malware 3 Nov 16:01
Cisco, EMC, and VMware join hands and plunge into cloud

Acadia, the power of three

Cisco Systems, EMC, and VMware this morning announced the formation of a new joint venture called Acadia and a stack of data centre servers, storage, networking. The venture will peddle the stacks, called Vblocks, for companies who want to buy preconfigured virtual and cloudy infrastructure. The three companies have been …

Servers 3 Nov 16:27
Peugeot's bulbous BB1 e-car bound for Blighty

Leccy Tech Your chance to kick the types, etc.

Following its official unveiling at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Peugeot's visually arresting BB1 e-car has been sent on a European Grand Tour to drum up interest and give the masses a chance to kick the tyres. The tour kicked off at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz at the weekend and the following stop is London where the car will be on …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 16:28
US sees 'hot-tub related injuries' increase triplefold

Horrific 'body part entanglement' <cough> bloodbath

According to a recent study, those US citizens who manage to survive swine flu, terrorists, meteor strikes, guvmint agents fixin' to pry their guns from their cold dead fingers and other such perils of the modern age are still doomed. They will almost certainly be killed - or anyway badly injured - in some kind of horrific hot- …

Biology 3 Nov 16:33
Barnes & Noble nobbled for 'nicking' Nook-e Reader notion

Sued for 'stealing idea' from business partner

Spring Design is suing Barnes & Noble for allegedly stealing its e-book reader designs. The Cupertino-based company announced its own dual-screen viewer, the Alex, in October, but claims that since the beginning of the year it's been in conversation with Barnes & Noble under a mutual non-disclosure agreement, during which time …

PCs & Chips 3 Nov 16:40
Buffalo adds add-in card adaptor to USB 3.0 line-up

PCI Express to the rescue

Storage specialist Buffalo has re-announced its first USB 3.0 hard drive and this time it's also offering punters stuck in the USB 2.0 era - all of them, in other words - a PCI Express Card containing a pair of SuperSpeed ports. The USB 3.0 hard drive is the DriveStation HD-HXU3, a desktop unit that will ship in 1, 1.5 and 2TB …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 16:51
Microsoft's SQL Server gets appliance of iron

Test code challenges Oracle

Near-final code for Microsoft's next SQL Server database is due today, wrapping in hardware from partners to help counter Oracle's proprietary Exadata appliance. A second SQL Server 2008 R2 community technology preview will be delivered for testing at Microsoft's Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) conference in …

Applications 3 Nov 17:02
Can Darwin help us find little green men?

Astrobiologist celebrates Origins bday

Life as we know it on Earth is mostly ugly, sometimes monstrous, and to a statistically small but nevertheless disquieting magnitude, it's composed of wandering packs of ravaging blood-thirsty wolves. Curiously, this beastly menagerie comes from what is essentially the same biological recipe that also spawned Academy Award- …

Space 3 Nov 17:17
VIA intros Nano 3000 netbook, notebook CPUs

Takes aim at Intel's Atom and CULV chips

VIA has introduced out its latest Nano CPUs, pitching the new 3000 family of low-power processors at makers of thin'n'light laptops and of all-in-one desktops. The Nano 3000 series runs to six processors, clock at between 1GHz and 2GHz. They all sit on an 800MHz system bus. Four U3x00 models consume just 100mW of power when …

Reg Hardware 3 Nov 17:22
Dell hit by $12.8m camera conspiracy verdict

Not so big and easy now

A New Orleans jury has found Dell liable for $12.8m in damages on conspiracy and unfair competition charges in a lawsuit about the city's problem-plagued crime camera program. The eponymous computer vendor was sued by local CCTV vendors, Southern Electronics Supply and Active Solutions, in a hideously complex lawsuit alleging …

Odds and Sods 3 Nov 19:21
PayPal opens 'embed everywhere' APIs to world+dog

PayPal X Innovate X marks the 'we're bigger than eBay' play

PayPal and eBay have opened their PayPal X developer platform to world+dog. Named with a nod to PayPal's original url, this new collection of APIs is pitched as a way for developers to embedded payment processing in everything from third-party web apps to online app stores to outside dev platforms. "Working together, we will …

Developer 3 Nov 19:39
ChiPhone fails to ignite consumer frenzy

But betting against Apple still inadvisable

Legal iPhones have been available in China since last Friday, but Chinese consumers aren't falling over themselves to buy the pricey smartphones. But don't let the low sales figures fool you. According to a report by Reuters, China Unicom has sold a mere 5,000 iPhones since their release last week. That's approximately one …

Mobile 3 Nov 20:17
Turkey whacks Google with £28.7m fine, claims tax dodging

Doubts over Dublin domicile

Google has run afoul of Turkish tax laws to the tune of 71m Turkish Lira ($47m, £28.7m). That's the amount of a fine levied by the Turkish government against the Mountain View ad broker cum search giant, as reported by Turkish-language news sites here and here, reporting on Google's vergi cezası, or tax fine. According to …

Financial News 3 Nov 20:40
Bug in latest Linux gives untrusted users root access

Protections for some, but not all

A software developer has uncovered a bug in most versions of Linux that could allow untrusted users to gain complete control over the open-source operating system. The null pointer dereference flaw was only fixed in the upcoming 2.6.32 release candidate of the Linux kernel, making virtually all production versions in use at …

Security 3 Nov 20:55
Red Hat pitches x64 virtualization with KVM rollout

RHEVing up server hypervisors

Commercial Linux distributor Red Hat today got its freestanding, bare-metal Enterprise Virtualization hypervisor, a hardened version of the KVM hypervisor it took control of last summer, to market. That makes Red Hat a player as x64 servers the world over are set for a massive wave of virtualization. Red Hat announced its …

Virtualization 3 Nov 21:42
Inside Acadia: the Cisco, EMC, VMware love child explained

A chip of the old vBlocks

As El Reg reported earlier Tuesday, Cisco Systems, EMC and VMware announced a partnership to peddle integrated server, storage, and networking stacks to data centers that want to buy preconfigured and integrated x64 servers running VMware's vSphere 4.0 software. Cisco and EMC had already let the cat out of the bag before the …

Servers 3 Nov 22:15
IBM hurls defiance at Microsoft after communications pitch flop

Enterprise 2.0 'Trust me, this stuff works'

IBM suffered through an extremely glitchy demo of its unified communications software at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference today, but it still preserved enough bravado to challenge Microsoft to a throw-down. Live demo goblins nibbled mightily at Big Blue's pitch of its communication tools at their conference keynote today in San …

Applications 3 Nov 22:26
Microsoft adds higher price to SQL Server's new features

The rising cost of data

Microsoft is bumping up the price of its SQL Server database for the first time in four years. The company said Tuesday that the Standard and Enterprise editions of SQL Server 2008 R2, coming next year, will see increases in the price you pay per processor. SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition will be available at a price per …

Applications 3 Nov 23:17