Technology

IBM greases mainframe app pipe

System zware boost

IBM is sweeping cobwebs off big iron with a host of new software products and updates aimed at streamlining maintenance and squeezing more workloads out of the System z mainframe.���

National Security Agency beefed Win 7 defenses

Now for Apple, Sun, and Red Hat

The National Security Agency helped Microsoft harden Windows 7 against attacks and is providing similar assistance to Apple, Sun Microsystems and Red Hat too, an agency official said.���

Stalker video peepholed ESPN bombshell

'Erin Andrews Naked Butt'

A Chicago man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews across the United States managed to secretly videotape America's sexiest sportscaster in the nude twice, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.���

Salesforce insists on 'Facebook for enterprise'

More Chatter

Dreamforce 09 Tired of the Facebook hype and metaphors stretched to breaking point? Well, now you've got "Facebook for the enterprise" from Salesforce.com, trying to stake out its place in enterprise collabora

Google and the myth of the open cloud

The world's most closed open company

It is a truth universally acknowledged that if Google offers the world a web service, large numbers of people will convince themselves that it's superior to anything else they can get their hands on - a

Egyptian telecom counts cost of football riot

Police brace for trouble after World Cup grudge match

Police in North Africa were braced for further trouble on Wednesday night after Algeria secured a 1-0 win to advance to the World-cup finals next year at the expense of arch-rivals Egyp

Microsoft unleashes Silverlight 4 beta

Delivers IE 9 standards vagueness

PDC Microsoft has unveiled major and long-awaited basic features in the next version of Silverlight, hoping to take on AJAX and Adobe Systems' Flash.���

Intel cash pays down AMD debt

Good news. For Intel

Less than a week after accepting $1.25bn from Intel in exchange for dropping its legal actions against Chipzilla, AMD has announced how it plans to use that windfall.���

Office 2010 fights Google with SharePoint bloat

Decent upgrade gets out of shape

Review Office is in a curious competitive position. On the desktop, Office is untouchable - even the free OpenOffice.org has done little to shift its hold, especially in business.���

IBM lab builds computerized cat brain

Feline consciousness sim

ROTM Mad scientists at IBM say they've made "significant progress" towards creating a computer chip that can emulate the human brain's ability to sense, perceive, comprehend, and interact with the