IDC Sees Healthy IT Growth Through 2009
(By James Niccolai)
The days of double-digit growth may be over, but an up tick in spending by the media, communications and health-care industries will help to keep worldwide IT spending growing at a healthy clip through 2009, IDC predicted.

HP, Red Hat Team to Offer Linux Clusters on Blades
(By Manek Dubash)
Hewlett-Packard and Red Hat are collaborating to bundle Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and other tools on HP blade servers for the first time.

UK Government Gets its Own Intranet
Energis has completed the first phase of its upgrade to the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) covering 350,000 public servants in 154 central government departments.

HP Preparing the Next Wave of Wireless iPaqs
(By Tom Krazit)
Hewlett-Packard Co. is readying several new versions of its iPaq wireless personal digital assistants that will also feature a new version of Microsoft Corp.’s mobile operating system, according to details of the new products posted on Web sites for HP in both the U.S. and the U.K.

ASUS Launches Silent Thermal Solution for Latest Graphics Cards
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS), a leading provider of graphics solutions, introduced their Silent Cool Technology, a fan-less, noiseless cooling solution for high-performance graphics cards. The all-new thermal innovation operates at 0db for silent operation and reduces GPU (graphics processing unit) by 40.C compared with competing cooling technologies.

NEC Develops Organic Battery for IT Use
(By Martyn Williams)
Researchers at NEC Corp. have developed a new type of rechargeable battery that is based on organic compounds and could be useful in a wide range of IT-related applications, they said Thursday.

E-mail Exposure
Brace yourself: You could be legally responsible for worldwide network security. OK, that may be an overstatement, but it does capture the essence of what’s ahead. Companies that pass viruses, worms or any type of malware to other companies via electronic transmissions such as e-mail could find themselves in court, say legal and security experts. And they could be held liable for damage done, even if they unintentionally spread such cyber pests.

Managing Prosumers
The new wave of handheld consumer devices in the workplace means new headaches for IT managers.
(By Matt Hamblen)
An IT manager wandering through the exhibits at a mobile and wireless computing expo might well wonder where the explosion of new applications and devices, many created for the consumer world, will lead.

Internet Domain System Wide Open to Fraudulent Attack
(By Matthew Broersma)
A large number of DNS servers, a critical part of the Internet’s infrastructure, are vulnerable to attacks that could lead to widespread fraud, according to a security researcher.

Anti spy ware Firm Warns of Massive ID Theft Ring
(By Jaikumar Vijayan)
Officials at Sunbelt Software Inc., a Clearwater, Fla.-based vendor of anti spy ware tools, said the company stumbled upon a massive ID theft ring that is using a well-known spy ware program to break into and systematically steal confidential information from an unknown number of computers worldwide.