IBM to axe 13,000 jobs worldwide

IBM to axe 13,000 jobs worldwide

Computer giant IBM will cut 13,000 jobs worldwide, or about 4% of its total workforce, as part of a restructuring aimed at boosting profits.

Most of the job losses will be at IBM's European operations as the firm looks to focus on high-growth markets.

IBM, the world's biggest computer company, said the plans would cost between $1.3bn (£684m) and $1.7bn.

The company employs 100,000 staff in Europe, with about 25,000 of those working in the United Kingdom.

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CompTIA Offers Up Expiring A+ Vouchers

CompTIA Offers Up Expiring A+ Vouchers

4/27/2005 -- The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) has an inventory of discount vouchers for A+ exams that are on the verge of expiring, the certification vendor told CertCities. So, CompTIA wants to unload them at even deeper discounts to anyone who plans to take the A+ in the next few weeks.

Fee for the A+ exam retails at $145 (U.S.) for non-members, but CompTIA members can shave off as much as $65 with an expiring voucher, which can be used at any Pearson VUE or Thomson Prometric testing center worldwide. (Some CompTIA partners often provide discount vouchers of around 10 to 15 percent off retail.)


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Ticket trap snares Windows users

Ticket trap snares Windows users

Windows users are being warned not to open a virus that poses as a message from football body Fifa.

Some of the messages sent by virus say users have won tickets to the football tournament in 2006.

The variant seems to have caught a lot of people out because its release coincided with a mail out by Fifa telling fans about tickets.

Other messages sent by the bug contain fake warnings about passwords and messages not being delivered.


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Microsoft shares spare technology

Microsoft shares spare technology

Microsoft is to license out some of its spare technology from its research and development arm to start-up companies.
It wants investors in small, young firms to take advantage of 20 technologies which have not yet been let loose on the technology market.

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Microsoft offers pirate Windows users legit XPs

Microsoft offers pirate Windows users legit XPs

MICROSOFT is offering US Americans compensation if they bought a dodgy copy of Windows, in exchange for information on its source.
The compensation will be in the form of a handy little product activation key by email, followed by a nice new legit copy of Windows XP in the post.


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Microsoft gunning for Adobe's PDF format?

Microsoft gunning for Adobe's PDF format?

When Bill Gates showed off the new Metro document format in Longhorn at a hardware conference last week, some analysts were quick to call it a PDF killer.

Indeed, there's plenty of overlap between Adobe's popular Portable Document Format and what Microsoft is planning to include in the next version of Windows. Metro is designed to do things PDF already does, namely to allow for the creation of files that can be printed, viewed or archived without needing the program that created them.

It's that omnipresence, analysts say, that Microsoft covets, laying the groundwork for a significant battle between the two formats.

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Review: VMware 5.0

Review: VMware 5.0

With last month's release of VMware Workstation 5, the virtual machine software is better than ever. VMware Workstation now has 64-bit host support, the ability to capture multiple snapshots for each virtual machine, easier sharing of virtual machines, and the ability to connect multiple virtual machines in a "team" setting. Perhaps most importantly, GNU/Linux support is improved in version 5.

VMware is a framework that allows multiple operating systems to install and run inside of another one. There are a variety of different VMware products and tools designed for specialized uses, but the Workstation product is the core technology. VMware Workstation supports Windows and GNU/Linux host operating systems, and a somewhat larger number of guest OSes. You must choose which host version you want, and if you want both, you have to pay two license fees. There is some loss in performance in comparison to a native operating system...

Novell Takes Linux to China

Novell Takes Linux to China

Novell today announced a partnership with a leading Chinese organization to help expand and promote Linux adoption in China.

The agreement with China Standard Software Co., Ltd. (CS2C) of Shanghai is intended to help optimize and promote Linux adoption in China. The two companies will partner on services, marketing and technology support issues that will give Chinese organizations access to "enterprise-class Linux services and local and global support."

Today's announcement is not Novell's first move into China. Novell spokesman Bruce Lowry told internetnews.com that Novell has been actively building up its business in China over the last several years.

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Don't donate corporate secrets when discarding old hardware

Don't donate corporate secrets when discarding old hardware

When it comes time to purchase new computers, how do you decide what to do with the old hardware? This is a growing concern for organizations, particularly when you consider the rate at which new technology makes its way to the market. The problem has even spawned its own buzzword—e-waste.

For many companies, the best solution is to recycle old personal computers, donating them to schools, churches, or other organizations. While this approach is good for the environment, your corporate image, and a worthy cause, that doesn't necessarily mean your corporate security will fare as well.

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Virus pits itself against music pirates

Virus pits itself against music pirates

A hacker has created a virus that targets music lovers by deleting MP3 files on infected computers, according to antivirus company Sophos.

The worm, dubbed Nopir.B, spreads over peer-to-peer networks and appears to have originated in France, security researchers at Sophos said Friday.

Nopir.B is designed to look like a DVD-cracking program, to fool people looking for a program that will circumvent copy-restriction technology on the discs. When the worm is downloaded and run, it attempts to delete all MP3 music files and wipe some programs from the infected PC, the company said in its advisory.

Sophos said it...