Windows beats Mac OS X on security says report

Mac OS X would appear to be less secure than Windows, as findings show that in the last six months of 2006 Microsoft patched its operating system fewer times than any rival, and turned around those patches far quicker. The information appears in Symantec's newly-published Internet Security Threat Report, which covers the period 1 July to 31 December 2006. Windows Vista was not released to retail until January 2007, so is not included in the report, although as it points out 'In December 2006, Symantec reported a vulnerability in previous versions of Windows that also affects the version of Windows Vista that was released to consumers in January. ...more

Sony delays Blu-ray movies

Delays in the delivery of the first Blu-ray players have prompted Sony to put back the release date for the first Blu-ray (BD) movies. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment had planned to ship the initial batch of nine titles on 23 May to coincide with the introduction by Samsung of the first BD player. But that has now been delayed by a month and the discs are now scheduled to go on shop shelves in the US on 20 June. ...more

From Java to C#, the Microsoft way

Microsoft JUMPs to promoting a migration path from Java to .NET. A beta 1 release of the Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA) has been made available by Microsoft. ...more

Strato opens web shops for business

Hosting giant Strato is hoping Napoleon was right to describe us Brits as a nation of shopkeepers. It has launched its web shop service into the UK, with the basic shop available for one pound for the first six months. The service is designed for small businesses to give them the same tool kit as much larger rivals. ...more

SCO fingered for GPL release of disputed technologies

SCO is making available key Linux files from its own servers under the GNU General Public License, it has been discovered. Yet in its court case against IBM it is contending these technologies have not been licensed outside of Unix and never for use in Linux. Readers of Groklaw identified a utilities file on SCO's ftp servers that include ELF (Executable and Linking Format) files essential to Linux. ...more