Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch?

The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations.

According to analyst house Forrester, as organizations look at reducing costs through mergers and acquisitions, skills around data, applications and process integration will be increasingly in demand.

Forrester analyst and author of a report looking at IT's hottest roles, Marc Cecere, told silicon.com: "For the economic problems that we're going through right now, there are probably some roles that tend to be helped by this - and those are going to be those around architecture because there's going to be a lot of data integration, application integration, especially process integrations."

Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch?

The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations.

According to analyst house Forrester, as organizations look at reducing costs through mergers and acquisitions, skills around data, applications and process integration will be increasingly in demand.

Forrester analyst and author of a report looking at IT's hottest roles, Marc Cecere, told silicon.com: "For the economic problems that we're going through right now, there are probably some roles that tend to be helped by this - and those are going to be those around architecture because there's going to be a lot of data integration, application integration, especially process integrations."

Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch?

The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations.

According to analyst house Forrester, as organizations look at reducing costs through mergers and acquisitions, skills around data, applications and process integration will be increasingly in demand.

Forrester analyst and author of a report looking at IT's hottest roles, Marc Cecere, told silicon.com: "For the economic problems that we're going through right now, there are probably some roles that tend to be helped by this - and those are going to be those around architecture because there's going to be a lot of data integration, application integration, especially process integrations."

Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch?

The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations.

According to analyst house Forrester, as organizations look at reducing costs through mergers and acquisitions, skills around data, applications and process integration will be increasingly in demand.

Forrester analyst and author of a report looking at IT's hottest roles, Marc Cecere, told silicon.com: "For the economic problems that we're going through right now, there are probably some roles that tend to be helped by this - and those are going to be those around architecture because there's going to be a lot of data integration, application integration, especially process integrations."

Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch?

The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations.

According to analyst house Forrester, as organizations look at reducing costs through mergers and acquisitions, skills around data, applications and process integration will be increasingly in demand.

Forrester analyst and author of a report looking at IT's hottest roles, Marc Cecere, told silicon.com: "For the economic problems that we're going through right now, there are probably some roles that tend to be helped by this - and those are going to be those around architecture because there's going to be a lot of data integration, application integration, especially process integrations."

Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch?

The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations.

According to analyst house Forrester, as organizations look at reducing costs through mergers and acquisitions, skills around data, applications and process integration will be increasingly in demand.

Forrester analyst and author of a report looking at IT's hottest roles, Marc Cecere, told silicon.com: "For the economic problems that we're going through right now, there are probably some roles that tend to be helped by this - and those are going to be those around architecture because there's going to be a lot of data integration, application integration, especially process integrations."

Report: Nintendo will add camera, music to DS

Earlier this year, Nintendo projected hardware sales of its DS handheld system to total 28 million for the current fiscal year. While that can be considered a massively successful year, it is down slightly from the 30 million portable game players the company sold last year. That anticipated slowdown led one industry analyst to predict a new iteration of the DS hardware is on the way, while another had been expecting such a redesign since last November.

Report: Nintendo will add camera, music to DS

Earlier this year, Nintendo projected hardware sales of its DS handheld system to total 28 million for the current fiscal year. While that can be considered a massively successful year, it is down slightly from the 30 million portable game players the company sold last year. That anticipated slowdown led one industry analyst to predict a new iteration of the DS hardware is on the way, while another had been expecting such a redesign since last November.

Asus Eee PC to get embedded 3G

Computer maker Asus has announced its Eee PC mini laptop is to get embedded 3G for the first time.

The Eee PC, which launched in 2007 and has spawned numerous, copycat, diminutive laptops, has relied on built in Wi-Fi and the availability of hotspots for connectivity up until now.

Asus said it plans to add HSDPA connectivity to its Eee PC 901 netbook to enable "convenient and high-speed access to the internet anytime, anywhere".

Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads

NEW YORK--A security hole in Adobe Systems' software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com's video streaming service.

Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads

NEW YORK--A security hole in Adobe Systems' software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com's video streaming service.

Ford to run ad using film from Web contest

LOS ANGELES--Ford on Wednesday will run an ad featuring a short film that won an online competition, reflecting how companies are seeking to cut costs while boosting their brand awareness.

Ballmer: Tech industry still buoyant

SANTA CLARA--Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday he still sees a "certain buoyancy" among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes.

Ballmer: Tech industry still buoyant

SANTA CLARA--Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday he still sees a "certain buoyancy" among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes.

Ballmer: Tech industry still buoyant

SANTA CLARA--Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday he still sees a "certain buoyancy" among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes.

Yahoo begins radical home page overhaul

SUNNYVALE, California--Yahoo is moving ahead on Thursday with a radical redesign of its home page--the most heavily trafficked site on the Web--making changes that give users a personalized view of the wider Web.

Porn passed over as Web users become social--author

CANBERRA--Social networking sites are the hottest attraction on the Internet, dethroning pornography and highlighting a major change in how people communicate, according to a web guru.

Porn passed over as Web users become social--author

CANBERRA--Social networking sites are the hottest attraction on the Internet, dethroning pornography and highlighting a major change in how people communicate, according to a web guru.

Comcast details changes for managing Web traffic

NEW YORK--Comcast has provided U.S. regulators details of how it plans to change the way it manages Web traffic over its high speed Internet network without blocking any applications or content.

Comcast details changes for managing Web traffic

NEW YORK--Comcast has provided U.S. regulators details of how it plans to change the way it manages Web traffic over its high speed Internet network without blocking any applications or content.

What the credit crunch means for IT

As job losses mount, and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, here's a look at what the crunch means for the IT industry.

Hardware and software vendors will feel the squeeze
Holding off on big projects such as upgrading to dual-core PCs or Windows Vista for another six months is likely to be a rather painless way of postponing spending for the IT department. Charles Ward, chief operating officer of IT trade association Intellect, said he believes that many companies will hold off on hardware and software refreshes for longer, hitting technology vendors and computer-equipment leasers in the pocket.

Cheat sheet: SEO

SEO--something to do with aliens and unidentified objects, right?

Hmm, not quite, but crawlers do come into it. Not outer space beings, mind, but bots crawling the World Wide Web. Basically, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and it's a process that all businesses with an online presence need to be aware of.

I'm listening...

In short, SEO involves manipulating a particular website with a view to increasing its ranking in search engines' results and so increasing its online traffic.

Yahoo begins radical home page overhaul

SUNNYVALE, California--Yahoo is moving ahead on Thursday with a radical redesign of its home page--the most heavily trafficked site on the Web--making changes that give users a personalized view of the wider Web.

Microsoft trumps Apple in battle of the brands

Apple may currently be king of consumer gadgets but the company is failing to hit similar heights in a list of the world's most valued brands.

The iPhone maker languishes in 24th place in the Best Global Brands 2008 survey conducted by market-research organisation Interbrand.

In contrast, Google moves into the top 10 for the first time, up from 20th place last year.

Although Coca Cola tops the brand pile, tech companies dominate the top 10 with IBM (second), Microsoft (third), Nokia (fifth), Intel (eighth) and Google (10th) all making the list.

Battle of the bands: MySpace vs. iTunes

NEW YORK--News Corp's MySpace, the world's largest social networking site, on Wednesday unveiled a long-expected joint venture with all four major music companies in a bid to compete with Apple's market-leading iTunes store.

Dell: Netbooks won't change shape of PC market

Netbooks are unlikely to change the shape of the PC market, according to Michael Dell.

A number of hardware vendors, including Dell, have been unveiling their own versions of the ultraportable devices, but it seems Dell himself is not convinced by the form factor. When asked about the netbook phenomenon, Dell said: "I'm not that fond of the phraseology. If you look at screen sizes for portable computers, 85 percent of portable computers that run advanced operating systems are in the 14- to 15-inch screen space. What percentage will be 8.9- to 10-inch [screens] is hard to say."

Battle of the bands: MySpace vs. iTunes

NEW YORK--News Corp's MySpace, the world's largest social networking site, on Wednesday unveiled a long-expected joint venture with all four major music companies in a bid to compete with Apple's market-leading iTunes store.

Call off the dogs--authentication solution already in enterprise-class PCs

Glitch shuts 'Big Bang' collider for two months

GENEVA--A technical glitch has forced scientists to shut down the huge particle-smashing machine built to simulate the conditions of the "Big Bang" for at least two months, they said on Saturday.

Shuttleworth: Open-source desktops need a facelift

Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, is hiring a team to help make open-source software on the desktop more appealing and easier to use.

The company plans to sign up designers and specialists in user experience and interaction to lead Canonical's work on usability and to contribute to other free and open-source desktop-environment projects, including Gnome and KDE, Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical chief executive and founder of the Ubuntu project, wrote in a blog post on Wednesday.

Shuttleworth defends Firefox license in Ubuntu

Mark Shuttleworth, whose company, Canonical, funds the Ubuntu operating system, has stepped in to try to resolve a dispute on Ubuntu developer's forum Launchpad.

The dispute revolves around a Firefox 3.0 end-user license agreement (EULA) that has been incorporated into the Intrepid Ibex version of Ubuntu (read ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. The Firefox 3.0 EULA was noted as a bug on Launchpad on Saturday by William Grant, an Ubuntu developer. Shuttleworth has claimed that the EULA's inclusion had been requested for trademarking purposes by Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox browser.

Aerosmith's Tyler sues over blog impersonations

LOS ANGELES--Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler on Wednesday sued unknown bloggers who the singer said impersonated him on the Web, writing about the death of his mother and other "intimate details" from his life.

Virtualization: The race is on to corner the market

Most of the servers installed next year will be virtualized from the outset, experts have said. But, as the technology goes mainstream, will moves by Microsoft be enough to dislodge VMware from its place at the top of the tree?

Virtualization is perhaps the hottest topic in IT at the moment. The technology was already making strides with the promise to cut up to three-quarters of server-room hardware and energy costs, before Microsoft weighed in and the hype shot off the scale.

Google Chrome has Microsoft's code inside, says MS manager

From Rupert Goodwin's blog on ZDNet UK:

And furthermore, he says, that's a good thing.

A great post over at Scott Hanselman's blog goes into some detail of the Microsoft code Google has included in Chrome. It's all street-legal: the code was made available under a very permissive open source licence back in 2004, and may be the first of Microsoft's steps in that direction.

Hanselman is a senior program manager at MS, and clearly enthusiastic about the whole business. He also writes a mean blog--if you've got any curiosity about some of the gnarly bits inside Chrome, including how it works securely with multiple versions of Windows, then give this the once-over.

Intel's secret weapon: Fresh air

Fresh air could save millions in datacenter cooling costs, Intel has claimed, after a successful experiment in the New Mexico desert.

Replacing air conditioning by piping in outside air saved power costs with no appreciable increase in server failure rates, the company concluded in a research paper. Despite a lot of dust and major temperature changes--both long considered undesirable in datacenters--the equipment wasn't affected, said Intel.

VMware vs Microsoft: Place your bets

The talk of this year's VMworld conference in Las Vegas was how much of a competitive threat Microsoft, which weeks earlier announced the free release of its hypervisor product, will prove to virtualization leader VMware.

The theme behind Microsoft's push into the virtualization market, as exemplified by guerrilla marketing campaigns at the VMworld event, is that it can offer much of VMware's basic capabilities at a fraction of the price.

ITC to probe Nintendo Wii patent infringement

WASHINGTON--The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Hillcrest Laboratories' allegations that Nintendo infringed Hillcrest's patents in making its popular Wii video game, the ITC said on Wednesday.

NEC joins IBM on chip project

TOKYO--Japan's NEC Electronics, the world's No.12 chipmaker, said on Thursday it would team up with IBM and others on next-generation microchips in a bid to beat mounting development costs.

Chip makers are working together to shrink chips and squeeze more power out of them, even as they try to keep costs below sliding prices.

OLPC faces 'vicious' rivalry in laptop market

When the One Laptop per Child organization first mooted the idea of a super low-cost laptop aimed at schoolchildren in the developing world some years ago, it was arguably on its own in the market.

Since the not-for-profit organization first unveiled its coveted wind-up PCs, however, it's seen the number of commercial interests hungry for a piece of the same pie grow and grow.

Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threats

A document emphasizing mobile-data security threats has appeared online after being leaked from the US Department of Homeland Security.

The document, entitled Foreign Travel Threat Assessment: Electronic Communications Vulnerabilities was posted to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks on Friday. It gives advice to corporate and government travelers on how to stop data falling into criminal or foreign-government hands.

A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (US-DHS) confirmed that a memo with that title had been circulated to US-DHS employees in June.

Yahoo begins radical home page overhaul

SUNNYVALE, California--Yahoo is moving ahead on Thursday with a radical redesign of its home page--the most heavily trafficked site on the Web--making changes that give users a personalized view of the wider Web.

Yahoo begins radical home page overhaul

SUNNYVALE, California--Yahoo is moving ahead on Thursday with a radical redesign of its home page--the most heavily trafficked site on the Web--making changes that give users a personalized view of the wider Web.

Yahoo begins radical home page overhaul

SUNNYVALE, California--Yahoo is moving ahead on Thursday with a radical redesign of its home page--the most heavily trafficked site on the Web--making changes that give users a personalized view of the wider Web.

Intel's secret weapon: Fresh air

Fresh air could save millions in datacenter cooling costs, Intel has claimed, after a successful experiment in the New Mexico desert.

Replacing air conditioning by piping in outside air saved power costs with no appreciable increase in server failure rates, the company concluded in a research paper. Despite a lot of dust and major temperature changes--both long considered undesirable in datacenters--the equipment wasn't affected, said Intel.

Intel's secret weapon: Fresh air

Fresh air could save millions in datacenter cooling costs, Intel has claimed, after a successful experiment in the New Mexico desert.

Replacing air conditioning by piping in outside air saved power costs with no appreciable increase in server failure rates, the company concluded in a research paper. Despite a lot of dust and major temperature changes--both long considered undesirable in datacenters--the equipment wasn't affected, said Intel.

ITC to probe Nintendo Wii patent infringement

WASHINGTON--The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Hillcrest Laboratories' allegations that Nintendo infringed Hillcrest's patents in making its popular Wii video game, the ITC said on Wednesday.

ITC to probe Nintendo Wii patent infringement

WASHINGTON--The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Hillcrest Laboratories' allegations that Nintendo infringed Hillcrest's patents in making its popular Wii video game, the ITC said on Wednesday.

ITC to probe Nintendo Wii patent infringement

WASHINGTON--The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Hillcrest Laboratories' allegations that Nintendo infringed Hillcrest's patents in making its popular Wii video game, the ITC said on Wednesday.

OLPC faces 'vicious' rivalry in laptop market

When the One Laptop per Child organization first mooted the idea of a super low-cost laptop aimed at schoolchildren in the developing world some years ago, it was arguably on its own in the market.

Since the not-for-profit organization first unveiled its coveted wind-up PCs, however, it's seen the number of commercial interests hungry for a piece of the same pie grow and grow.

Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threats

A document emphasizing mobile-data security threats has appeared online after being leaked from the US Department of Homeland Security.

The document, entitled Foreign Travel Threat Assessment: Electronic Communications Vulnerabilities was posted to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks on Friday. It gives advice to corporate and government travelers on how to stop data falling into criminal or foreign-government hands.

A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (US-DHS) confirmed that a memo with that title had been circulated to US-DHS employees in June.

Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threats

A document emphasizing mobile-data security threats has appeared online after being leaked from the US Department of Homeland Security.

The document, entitled Foreign Travel Threat Assessment: Electronic Communications Vulnerabilities was posted to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks on Friday. It gives advice to corporate and government travelers on how to stop data falling into criminal or foreign-government hands.

A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (US-DHS) confirmed that a memo with that title had been circulated to US-DHS employees in June.

Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threats

A document emphasizing mobile-data security threats has appeared online after being leaked from the US Department of Homeland Security.

The document, entitled Foreign Travel Threat Assessment: Electronic Communications Vulnerabilities was posted to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks on Friday. It gives advice to corporate and government travelers on how to stop data falling into criminal or foreign-government hands.

A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (US-DHS) confirmed that a memo with that title had been circulated to US-DHS employees in June.

Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threats

A document emphasizing mobile-data security threats has appeared online after being leaked from the US Department of Homeland Security.

The document, entitled Foreign Travel Threat Assessment: Electronic Communications Vulnerabilities was posted to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks on Friday. It gives advice to corporate and government travelers on how to stop data falling into criminal or foreign-government hands.

A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (US-DHS) confirmed that a memo with that title had been circulated to US-DHS employees in June.

Cheat sheet: SEO

SEO--something to do with aliens and unidentified objects, right?

Hmm, not quite, but crawlers do come into it. Not outer space beings, mind, but bots crawling the World Wide Web. Basically, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and it's a process that all businesses with an online presence need to be aware of.

I'm listening...

In short, SEO involves manipulating a particular website with a view to increasing its ranking in search engines' results and so increasing its online traffic.

Porn passed over as Web users become social--author

CANBERRA--Social networking sites are the hottest attraction on the Internet, dethroning pornography and highlighting a major change in how people communicate, according to a web guru.

Call off the dogs--authentication solution already in enterprise-class PCs

While static passwords are still the most widely employed type of user authentication credential today, they are fast losing ground to stronger authentication solutionsdriven by the proliferation of virtual private networks (VPNs), wireless local area networks (LANs) and the heightened awareness of compliance regulations imposed by state and federal governments. So will tomorrows PC users walk around with RFID chips planted under their skin? Will biometricsonce considered a panaceacontinue along the adoption curve?

Shuttleworth defends Firefox license in Ubuntu

Mark Shuttleworth, whose company, Canonical, funds the Ubuntu operating system, has stepped in to try to resolve a dispute on Ubuntu developer's forum Launchpad.

The dispute revolves around a Firefox 3.0 end-user license agreement (EULA) that has been incorporated into the Intrepid Ibex version of Ubuntu (read ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. The Firefox 3.0 EULA was noted as a bug on Launchpad on Saturday by William Grant, an Ubuntu developer. Shuttleworth has claimed that the EULA's inclusion had been requested for trademarking purposes by Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox browser.

Apple execs settle shareholder suits for $14 million

LOS ANGELES--A federal judge in San Jose has given preliminary approval to a $14 million settlement of shareholder claims over backdating of stock options against current and former Apple executives, court documents showed.

Google Chrome has Microsoft's code inside, says MS manager

From Rupert Goodwin's blog on ZDNet UK:

And furthermore, he says, that's a good thing.

A great post over at Scott Hanselman's blog goes into some detail of the Microsoft code Google has included in Chrome. It's all street-legal: the code was made available under a very permissive open source licence back in 2004, and may be the first of Microsoft's steps in that direction.

Hanselman is a senior program manager at MS, and clearly enthusiastic about the whole business. He also writes a mean blog--if you've got any curiosity about some of the gnarly bits inside Chrome, including how it works securely with multiple versions of Windows, then give this the once-over.

Shuttleworth: Open-source desktops need a facelift

Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, is hiring a team to help make open-source software on the desktop more appealing and easier to use.

The company plans to sign up designers and specialists in user experience and interaction to lead Canonical's work on usability and to contribute to other free and open-source desktop-environment projects, including Gnome and KDE, Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical chief executive and founder of the Ubuntu project, wrote in a blog post on Wednesday.

Large Hadron Collider powers up

Early Wednesday morning, scientists at Cern turned on the Large Hadron Collider for the first time. Within one hour, a particle beam had been successfully circulated through the machine.

The world's most powerful particle accelerator to date, the system is designed to recreate the conditions that existed a millionth of a millionth of a second after the Big Bang, or the birth of the universe. By smashing particles together at unprecedented--in man-made terms--energies, the scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) hope to answer questions such as why some subatomic particles are heavier than others, and how particles were formed in the first place.

Red Hat: Virtualization will be free

Red Hat has predicted that virtualization will be included in all operating systems for free, while setting out the roles of the two hypervisors it is working on for its own product range.

Red Hat is making a kernel-based hypervisor using KVM, developed by its new acquisition, Qumranet. This will provide better performance and power management on new hardware optimized for virtualization, Paul Cormier, Red Hat's president of products and technologies, said on Wednesday.

NEC joins IBM on chip project

TOKYO--Japan's NEC Electronics, the world's No.12 chipmaker, said on Thursday it would team up with IBM and others on next-generation microchips in a bid to beat mounting development costs.

Chip makers are working together to shrink chips and squeeze more power out of them, even as they try to keep costs below sliding prices.

IBM reworks storage strategy

SAN JOSE, California--IBM is making a major push on Monday to upgrade computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to manage mountainous piles of data being created inside their organizations.

IBM reworks storage strategy

SAN JOSE, California--IBM is making a major push on Monday to upgrade computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to manage mountainous piles of data being created inside their organizations.

British MP risks arrest for Segway use

British Member of Parliment Lembit Opik braved arrest on Tuesday as he teetered along on a Segway at a cool 12mph outside the Houses of Parliament.

The MP for Montgomeryshire was willing to be hauled away by police in his protest against the ban on the two-wheeled transporters on UK roads saying: "It's either Segways or Strangeways."

Opik, who can regularly be seen weaving along the country lanes on his Segway Personal Transporter around his home in Newtown, Wales, believes the machines will be legal on UK roads by Christmas.

Microsoft on IE8--speed not top priority

The user interface was Microsoft's top priority when building its latest version of Internet Explorer, not performance benchmarking, according to a Microsoft executive.

Stephane Kimmerlin, product marketing director, Windows client business group, Asia-Pacific, Microsoft, said during a press demonstration of IE8 beta 2 that the browser's important features were user-interface enhancements, aimed at automating some common actions for users.

Ubuntu details next project: 'Jaunty Jackalope'

The Ubuntu project has detailed plans for the April 2009 version of its Linux distribution, continuing its habit of naming its software after animals by dubbing Ubuntu 9.04 "The Jaunty Jackalope."

The news comes as the project last week made available an advance testing version of its Linux distribution, Ubuntu 8.10, the "Intrepid Ibex," which is scheduled for release in late October.

"As we approach the launch of Ubuntu 8.10, it's time to create space for future plans... [Jaunty] will be the focus of our efforts from November through to April next year," wrote the project's founder and patron Mark Shuttleworth in an email to developers this morning.

Ubuntu details next project: 'Jaunty Jackalope'

The Ubuntu project has detailed plans for the April 2009 version of its Linux distribution, continuing its habit of naming its software after animals by dubbing Ubuntu 9.04 "The Jaunty Jackalope."

The news comes as the project last week made available an advance testing version of its Linux distribution, Ubuntu 8.10, the "Intrepid Ibex," which is scheduled for release in late October.

"As we approach the launch of Ubuntu 8.10, it's time to create space for future plans... [Jaunty] will be the focus of our efforts from November through to April next year," wrote the project's founder and patron Mark Shuttleworth in an email to developers this morning.

Google bows to keystroke privacy concerns

See all ZDNet Chrome coverage.

Google says it will anonymize user data received through search requests entered in the company's search engine and Chrome browser.

In response to concerns over privacy, Google announced on Monday that it would render the data anonymous within 24 hours of it being gathered. Writing on the official Google blog, senior vice president of operations Urs Hlzle also noted that the data was, in any case, of "limited potential use" to Google.

Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex edges closer

Canonical's Ubuntu project has made available an advance testing version of its popular Linux distribution, with the full 8.10, "Intrepid Ibex" release scheduled to be released in October.

Ubuntu developer Steve Langasek announced that the Alpha 5 version of Ubuntu 8.10 was online and available for download, although he said the software was not intended for use in stable environments.

"Pre-releases of Intrepid are not encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage," he wrote in an email to developers.

Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex edges closer

Canonical's Ubuntu project has made available an advance testing version of its popular Linux distribution, with the full 8.10, "Intrepid Ibex" release scheduled to be released in October.

Ubuntu developer Steve Langasek announced that the Alpha 5 version of Ubuntu 8.10 was online and available for download, although he said the software was not intended for use in stable environments.

"Pre-releases of Intrepid are not encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage," he wrote in an email to developers.

What is UR txt msg str@tegy?

Two years ago my daughter, Anna, sent me her first text message. She borrowed her older brothers mobile phone and composed this question, Where R U When the message arrived I was happy to know that she was thinking about me. My initial thought was to reply, @ wrk.

Yahoo search arrives on AT&T mobile phones

SAN FRANCISCO--AT&T is set to begin featuring Yahoo Inc search services on the Internet menu of mobile handsets used by its base of up to 70 million U.S. customers, the companies said on Monday.

Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing.

Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing.

Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing.

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight

The biggest rival for Microsoft's next-generation Silverlight web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe's ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Sydney on Friday.

"I think that the next 18 months we're going to see a 100- to 1,000-fold speed increase in JavaScript as Google and the guys at Mozilla are going to kick us all in the arse and make our JavaScript jittered," Microsoft senior program manager Scott Hanselman told the audience, days after Google released its Chrome browser, which features faster JavaScript technology.

EA's 'Spore' aims to create new worlds, businesses

RALEIGH, North Carolina--Electronic Arts's creature-building game Spore offers players a chance to develop new worlds--and maybe even new lines of business for the video game maker.

Ten key differences between Linux and Windows

Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list.

I have been around the Linux community for more than 10 years now. From the very beginning, I have known that there are basic differences between Linux and Windows that will always set them apart. This is not to say one is better than the other; it's just to say that they are fundamentally different.

Microsoft to slash price of Xbox 360

SEATTLE--Microsoft said on Wednesday it plans to cut the U.S. prices of its Xbox 360 video game machine, lowering the price of its entry-level console to $50 below Nintendo's top-selling Wii.

iPhone's remote deletions may help crooks cover tracks

Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security features on the Apple iPhone, a leading digital-forensics expert has warned.

The head of the UK's Serious Fraud Office's digital forensics unit, Keith Foggon, cautioned that the ability to remotely erase the iPhone and other smartphones used by enterprises could be exploited by lawbreakers.

Foggon said: "The iPhone 3G is brand new, there are not many tools for dealing with it and it can be remotely wiped. It's a bit like the BlackBerrys, where users can carry out remote deletion."

Five reasons Chrome will take over the world

After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the end of Firefox to the demise of Microsoft itself.

silicon.com spoke to industry experts and Google's new rivals to find out why Chrome matters and whether the browser reality can deliver on the hype.

Bye bye Microsoft
Chrome carries shades of an OS in a browser's clothing and Google's latest encroachment on Redmond's turf must have a few Microsoft execs sweating.

Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn

After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the end of Firefox to the demise of Microsoft itself.

silicon.com spoke to industry experts and Google's new rivals to find out why Chrome matters and whether the browser reality can deliver on the hype.

Internet Explorer's stranglehold
The average computer user tends to lack the technical know-how or motivation to change from their default browser, Internet Explorer, giving Microsoft around 60 per cent of the market without even trying. Despite being the only really viable alternative to IE's domination, Firefox has struggled to gain above 20 per cent of the market.

Ten key differences between Linux and Windows

Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list.

I have been around the Linux community for more than 10 years now. From the very beginning, I have known that there are basic differences between Linux and Windows that will always set them apart. This is not to say one is better than the other; it's just to say that they are fundamentally different.

Ten key differences between Linux and Windows

Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list.

I have been around the Linux community for more than 10 years now. From the very beginning, I have known that there are basic differences between Linux and Windows that will always set them apart. This is not to say one is better than the other; it's just to say that they are fundamentally different.

Microsoft to slash price of Xbox 360

SEATTLE--Microsoft said on Wednesday it plans to cut the U.S. prices of its Xbox 360 video game machine, lowering the price of its entry-level console to $50 below Nintendo's top-selling Wii.

iPhone's remote deletions may help crooks cover tracks

Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security features on the Apple iPhone, a leading digital-forensics expert has warned.

The head of the UK's Serious Fraud Office's digital forensics unit, Keith Foggon, cautioned that the ability to remotely erase the iPhone and other smartphones used by enterprises could be exploited by lawbreakers.

Foggon said: "The iPhone 3G is brand new, there are not many tools for dealing with it and it can be remotely wiped. It's a bit like the BlackBerrys, where users can carry out remote deletion."

Five reasons Chrome will take over the world

After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the end of Firefox to the demise of Microsoft itself.

silicon.com spoke to industry experts and Google's new rivals to find out why Chrome matters and whether the browser reality can deliver on the hype.

Bye bye Microsoft
Chrome carries shades of an OS in a browser's clothing and Google's latest encroachment on Redmond's turf must have a few Microsoft execs sweating.

Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn

After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the end of Firefox to the demise of Microsoft itself.

silicon.com spoke to industry experts and Google's new rivals to find out why Chrome matters and whether the browser reality can deliver on the hype.

Internet Explorer's stranglehold
The average computer user tends to lack the technical know-how or motivation to change from their default browser, Internet Explorer, giving Microsoft around 60 per cent of the market without even trying. Despite being the only really viable alternative to IE's domination, Firefox has struggled to gain above 20 per cent of the market.