Gareth Halfacree

AMD to spin-off fabrication?

Comments by AMD CEO Dirk Meyer and CFO Bob Rivet lead to rumours that the company is planning to spin-off its manufacturing ability into a wholly separate company.

July 24, 2008 | 10:52

Google launches Knol

Google has announced the launch of Knol, a new Wikipedia-style site aimed at allowing those knowledgeable on a topic to create informative pages and collaborate on others.

July 24, 2008 | 08:56

Ubuntu to include enterprise Java

Comments by Canonical staff at OSCON lead to the belief that future versions of the popular Ubuntu distribution will include a full Java Enterprise Edition framework out of the box.

July 23, 2008 | 12:59

No netbook chips due from AMD

AMD's chief marketing officer has quashed rumours that the company is due to launch an ultra-low-voltage chip for 'netbook' devices aimed at competing with Intel's Atom processor line.

July 23, 2008 | 09:17

Toolkit breaks FileVault and BitLocker

A team at Princeton University has released the source for a toolkit designed to perform a 'cold boot' attack on BitLocker and FileVault volumes - allowing access to encrypted files.

July 22, 2008 | 13:56

Windows Home Server data corruption bug fixed

Microsoft has released Home Server Power Pack 1, which finally addresses the eight-month-old data corruption issue that has plagued users.

July 22, 2008 | 10:11

Facebook sues StudiVZ

Social networking site Facebook has filed suit against rival German site SudiVZ, accusing the latter of being nothing but a Facebook ripoff with a red colourscheme.

July 21, 2008 | 10:31

OCZ SSD vs. VelociRaptor

HotHardware has shared the results of a performance test between the OCZ Core SSD and the high-end WD VelociRaptor mechanical drive - and the results may surprise you.

July 21, 2008 | 08:42

World spam volume at 81.5%

Anti-spam firm MessageLabs has published figures showing that spam now accounts for 81.5 percent of all e-mail traffic world-wide, and names the ten worst US states for spam.

July 18, 2008 | 09:52

AMD CEO replaced amid losses

AMD announced during its quarterly conference call that current CEO Hector Ruiz is to be replaced by Dirk Meyer in an attempt to steer the ailing company back to profitability.

July 18, 2008 | 08:56

.ME TLDs available today

ICANN, in conjunction with Montenegro-based registrar doMEn, has officially opened the doors for registration of .ME domains - the latest generic top-level domain.

July 17, 2008 | 12:05

IDC: SSD performance gap 'small'

Research house IDC has published results of a test demonstrating that the performance differential between SSDs and traditional drives is a lot smaller than previously thought.

July 17, 2008 | 09:14

Intel announces Centrino 2

Intel has officially launched the latest version of its mobile platform, Centrino 2 - previously codenamed Montevina - and there are some impressive new features included.

July 16, 2008 | 14:53

Psystar sued by Apple

Psystar, a startup offering pre-installed 'Hackintosh' computers built from off-the-shelf parts and running MacOS X, has found itself staring down the barrels of Apple's legal team.

July 16, 2008 | 10:12

SSDs do increase battery life

Tom's Hardware has re-tested SSDs from its controversial original test showing lessened battery life, and come to a completely different conclusion this time around.

July 16, 2008 | 09:05

Photobucket privacy hole patched

A flaw in the popular Photobucket photo-sharing site opened up private albums to anyone capable of guessing a filename has been patched, according to a security researcher.

July 15, 2008 | 13:24

NEC launches embedded Linux

NEC has joined the embedded Linux market with a new hypervisor system from Pheonix to debut in its laptop range, offering off-OS anti-virus and firewall applications.

July 15, 2008 | 09:05

iPhone 3G ships with yellow screen

Fans of the iPhone have noticed that the colour temperature on the latest 3G model is a lot colder than the original iPhone, leaving a yellow cast on the screen.

July 14, 2008 | 09:09

ZoneAlarm fix for DNS death released

A bug in the ZoneAlarm personal firewall package left users without a working 'net connection this Tuesday after a patch was released for DNS resolution by Microsoft.

July 11, 2008 | 09:00

Ubuntu Linux launches via Best Buy

Canonical has announced that the Ubuntu Linux operating system will now be available through Best Buy shops in the US in a boxed retail form, complete with technical support.

July 10, 2008 | 10:09

iPhone App Store details revealed

Apple fan site MacRumours has compiled a list of information regarding the iPhone App Store, due to officially launch this Thursday. The good news is it includes a bunch of freebies!

July 10, 2008 | 09:07

vi editor in JavaScript

An open-source JavaScript applet has been released that allows fans of the vi text editor to implement it on any website textbox they choose - which is sure to confuse Emacs users.

July 9, 2008 | 11:36

MS launches Vista compatibility tool

Microsoft launched a compatibility database for Windows Vista yesterday revealing that 18 months after launch users are still struggling with the new OS.

July 9, 2008 | 08:46