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Stories by Robert McMillan

  • Oracle patches SSL server bugs

    Oracle has issued a security alert and software patches for a set of serious vulnerabilities in the security protocols used by some of its server products.

  • Linux kernel vulnerability behind Debian attack

    A serious vulnerability in the Linux 2.4 kernel that allows users on a Linux machine to gain unlimited access privileges has been discovered, according to a security advisory posted by developers of the non-commercial Debian Linux distribution.

  • HP creates SMB storage line

    HP is set to announce a new storage product line, today, that is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. The StorageWorks Modular Smart Array (MSA) family will be made up of existing HP products, repackaged and re-branded to make them more appealing to smaller companies.

  • Cisco exec: SANs too expensive for SMBs

    Networks that pool together storage resources may be common in the enterprise, but their cost so far has kept them from being deployed in more than 10 per cent of small and medium-sized businesses, said a Cisco Systems executive at Comdex in Las Vegas.

  • AMD: Days are numbered for 32-bit chips

    Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will probably stop producing 32-bit processors by the end of 2005, a senior AMD executive predicted during a Monday panel discussion on AMD's 64-bit processors at Comdex.

  • SCO CEO: Novell-SuSE breaks SCO contract

    Novell's US$210 million planned acquisition of SuSE Linux will put it in violation of a non-compete agreement the networking vendor has with The SCO Group, and could possibly lead to legal action, SCO CEO Darl McBride said Monday in an interview.

  • Analysts puzzled over SCO, IBM subpoenas

    Industry analysts were left scratching their heads as they tried to understand the reasoning behind ten subpoenas sent out by IBM and The SCO Group recently as part of their ongoing legal dispute.

  • Palmisano: No more "gizmos and guessing" for IT

    IBM has talked about the technology behind its on-demand software initiative for more than a year now, but this week the computer giant turned its attention to the customer at an event held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.