PHP growing surprisingly strongly on Windows
Although PHP is universally thought of as implying Linux, Apache and MySQL, nearly 7% of PHP sites [when counting by ip address] run on Windows. This has doubled over the last year, and on its current growth trajectory PHP will overtake Cold Fusion as the most popular non-Microsoft scripting language used on Windows during the [...]
Trail of clues pointed to Blaster B author
On Friday evening [BST] US authorities charged Jeffery Parsons with creating a variant of the Blaster worm know as “Blaster B�. Such a trail of clues pointed to Parsons that those investigating the case must have initially expected that they were dealing with a case of identity theft, but from the reports it seems that [...]
Microsoft seeks cash from makers of IM clients
It hopes to cut licensing deals before booting rivals from its MSN IM network http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/groupware/story/0,10801,84456,00.html
El “hacker” afectó a 3 millones de internautas como venganza contra un servidor
Casi tres millones de internautas españoles se vieron afectados por las acciones de un pirata informático -hacker-, presunto autor del mayor ataque registrado de Denegación de Servicios Distribuidos (DDoS), que provocó el colapso de los servidores de una asociación de la que habÃa sido expulsado. http://iblnews.com/noticias/08/85399.html
No plans to sue Linux companies, says SCO
The SCO Group said today it had never planned to sue any Linux companies, had no concrete plans to sue anyone and also no current plans to take a commercial Linux customer to court. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/29/1062050642514.html
Tussle at the teller machine
IBM is pushing Linux as the upgrade path for current users of IBM’s venerable OS/2, but most customers of OS/2 computing, especially branch banking, are looking towards a Windows migration. http://www.idg.com.sg/pcwsg.nsf/unidlookup/9AA3C2EE096B694948256D8D001185EF?OpenDocument
Blaming Microsoft on Hacker Attacks
“Some think the software maker is at fault for the latest viruses. But you can’t blame a target. “Let’s all just beat the hell out of Microsoft. It unleashed the worms!” Well, that’s what some people think, if the e-mails (uninfected) I got during the past week are any indication.” says Wrastler for CNN Money. [...]
IT systems prevented worse blackout misery
UK electricity supplier National Grid Transco (NGT) said that without the £3.5bn invested in its IT systems over the last 13 years, the power cut which caused chaos in London last night could have been much worse. http://www.vnunet.com/News/1143280
World Trade deal bad news for IT staff
IT contractors are up in arms over a proposed relaxation of the rules that allow skilled workers from developing countries to work in the European Union (EU). http://www.vnunet.com/News/1143270
European software patent plan draws fire
The European Parliament votes Monday on the ‘patentability of computer-implemented inventions’ http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legalissues/story/0,10801,84457,00.html