Toute l'actualité informatique du Web - 9 mai 2008

Did you get infected? Virus running amok after JavaOne conference par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 16h08

No, not that kind of virus. An alert from the San Francisco Department of Public Health says that a number of people fell ill while working or attending events at the Moscone Center that week. Don't worry, it was just stomach flu.

Week in review: Yahoo, Microhoo's biggest loser par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 16h00

Yahoo and Microsoft don't make a love connection, while Grand Theft Auto IV gets a lot of love. Also: Wild about WiMax.

NCAR Climate Water-Cooled Supercomputer Aims to Save Lives par DailyTech le 9 mai 2008 à 15h35

New IBM built climate computer in Colorado will help analyze deadly severe weather and climate change

Last.fm announces original video programming par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 15h30

CBS Interactive's social-media site got its start by letting members share audio playlists, but by launching a video show called "Last.fm Presents," it's moving into MTV territory.

WiMAX gets EU harmonisation at 2.6GHz par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 15h25

Intel buys up Swedish airwavesThe European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has started the approvals process for WiMAX to be officially recognised as a 2.6GHz technology, though Intel's bid for Swedish airwaves provides more substantial evidence of deployment plans.…

Firefox add-on infected with Trojan par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 15h24

A Vietnamese language pack for the open-source Web browser has been infected with the infectious Xorer Trojan since February. A new version is now being checked.

Citi: solar prices to sink rapidly in looming shakeout par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 15h22

Today's silicon shortage will lead to an over-supply in two years that will push down solar prices. Good for buyers but not manufacturers.

Apple settles with Canadian iPod owners par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 15h15

Company offers Canadian iPod owners a $45 store credit, in response to two class action lawsuits over the advertised battery life of its devices.

Avant Browser 11.6 Beta 13 par Warp2Search.Net le 9 mai 2008 à 15h05

Block pop-up windows and browse multiple sites at once....

Nvidia CEO talks about his beef with Intel par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 15h00

Jen-Hsun Huang describes his company as laser focused on just one thing: visual computing. This is leading to clashes with chipmaker Intel, which is shifting its focus to this area.

5/9/2008 Daily Hardware Reviews par DailyTech le 9 mai 2008 à 14h58

DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Friday

DWP still sending out passwords and discs together par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 14h47

Government data not secure? Shurely some mistake?The Department for Work and Pensions is still sending out discs containing confidential data together with passwords.…

Retailers risk libel nightmare over 'no-work' database par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 14h43

A nation of suspicious shopkeepersShop staff who have been sacked or resigned while under suspicion of dodgy behaviour could soon struggle to find work, as some of the UK's top retailers are set to share information online about their employment history.…

NGO attacks Apple's lack of action on climate change par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 14h35

Mac maker's green credentials rotting?Apple’s MacBook Air may have received the thumbs-up from Greenpeace, but the iPhone maker should be avoided by the "climate-conscious consumer", a new eco survey claims.…

GIGABYTE X48T-DQ6 Review par Warp2Search.Net le 9 mai 2008 à 14h30

Bjorn3D takes a look at the GIGABYTE X48T-DQ6....

Windows XP SP3 sends PCs into endless reboot par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 14h12

That Groundhog Day feeling, againMicrosoft's service pack three (SP3) for Windows XP has caused havoc on hundreds of PCs, just hours after it was released as an automatic update.…

US: BAE 'could have' pirated our secret Stealth 3.0 tech sauce par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 14h06

Arms globocorp enters grey zone?Global arms and aerospace colossus BAE Systems this week released a high-profile audit into its internal ethics and served it up with a big slice of humble pie as it promised to be a better corporate citizen in future.…

The GPL vs. Skype: Open source's bedrock license wins again par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 14h06

The GPL, like Ionesco's Rhinoceros, "ne capitule pas" (won't capitulate). So long as we have a strong and vibrant GPL community, we'll have a strong and vibrant open-source community. It really is as simple as that.

Circuit City retains Goldman Sachs to explore 'strategic alternatives' par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 14h05

Electronics retailer says it will allow Carl Icahn and Blockbuster to conduct due diligence in the latter's takeover bid.

Google waves sayonara to Hello par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 13h53

Photo-messaging service, which Google acquired as part of Picasa in 2004, will breathe its last breath on May 15.

Court Finds TorrentSpy Liable for $110 Million par DailyTech le 9 mai 2008 à 13h43

Shuttered BitTorrent tracker sued back to the stone age

Vista security credentials tarnished in malware survey par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 13h14

Better off with a Win 2000 boxWindows Vista is better at protecting against malware than XP but more easily infected than Windows 2000, according to a study by Australian anti-virus firm PC Tools.…

Office 2007 SP1 goes automatic for the people par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 12h33

'Huddled masses yearning to breathe free'Microsoft will start automatically pumping out its first service packs for the Office 2007 suite next month.…

Compulsory lobby register moves closer par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 12h23

EU Parliament calls for Book of Fat LunchA compulsory register of lobby companies revealing which companies or organisations are paying their bills comes a step nearer today.…

Iubi Blue personal media player par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 12h17

Not a bad box of tricksReview Anyone after a portable 30GB media player is quite possibly going to end up with either a Cowon A3 or the Archos 605, both of which we liked. Many might argue, however, that list should also include the Iubi Blue.…

50 Windows XP & Vista Tips & Tricks par Neowin.net le 9 mai 2008 à 12h16

Computer Active has compiled a list of 50 tips to improve performance of both XP and Vista. For most people using a computer means using Windows and over the years Microsoft’s operating system has become easier to use. However, there is always room for improvement, so in this...

Fujitsu develops world's first hi-def train simulator par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 12h07

Going loco - virtuallyWriting down the number of the 10.47 to Chichester standing in the freezing cold is fine, but now you can pretend to be the actual train driver, thanks to Fujitsu, which has developed the world’s first HD virtual railway.…

Steve Jurvetson: The constant search for disruption par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 12h00

The managing director of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, says he isn't concerned by the economic downturn as long as the diversity of innovation keeps up.

A modest proposal to fix Dell's customer service par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 12h00

A former leader in its field, customer satisfaction ranking now lags behind most competitors. Here are some suggestions.

The founder's dilemma: How to play the final sale par CNET News.com le 9 mai 2008 à 12h00

Critics say Jerry Yang and David Filo blew it by getting into 11th-hour negotiations directly with Steve Ballmer. But other company founders say the dynamics of the end game are more complicated than that

Toshiba to ship laptops with Cell-based GPUs this year par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 11h38

And putting PS3 processor into TVs in 2009Toshiba has pledged to begin selling notebooks equipped with its oddly named SpursEngine graphics chip this year. SpursEngine is based on the technology that powers the PlayStation 3's Cell processor.…

Irish data protection chief in leaked report 'hack' par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 11h28

Man bites watchdogUpdated There's red faces at the office of the Data Protection Commissioner this morning after a blogger lifted an upcoming official report off its website and published it early.…

MPs say shared service sums 'don't add up' par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 11h28

Cabinet Office's claim 'flimsy'MPs say that the Cabinet Office's claim that government could save £1.4bn a year through sharing corporate services is a "flimsy estimate at best".…

XP SP3 cripples some PCs with endless reboots par Neowin.net le 9 mai 2008 à 11h26

Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 sends some PCs into an endless series of reboots, according to posts to a Microsoft support forum. Jesper Johansson, a former program manager for security policy at Microsoft and a prominent Windows blogger, has worked with users to tentatively...

GIGABYTE X48T-DQ6 Review @ Bjorn3D par Neowin.net le 9 mai 2008 à 11h20

Today we are going to take a look at GIGABYTE's high end motherboard, the X48T-DQ6. GIGABYTE makes two versions of this board utilizing Intel's X48 chipset. The X48 which is a DDR2 variant and the X48T which is the DDR3 version that we will be covering today. The X48 brings minimal...

Swiss ponder the 'dignity of plants' par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 11h19

Biotech guidelines tackle thorny issueA Swiss government ethics committee has issued guidelines on the thorny issue of the "dignity of plants" in relation to biotech research after the country's 2004 Gene Technology Law declared that "the dignity of creatures" should be considered in...

Rowling ruling bolsters privacy chief's view of data protection par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 11h16

Auto-breachThe Court of Appeal's ruling in JK Rowling's privacy case confirms that a breach of other laws can result in an automatic breach of the Data Protection Act, an expert has said.…

A simple way to avoid being the next Star Wars Kid par Neowin.net le 9 mai 2008 à 11h15

Fifteen years ago, the world wide web was the playground of boffins. Its design reflected the open ethos of those users: it had no central managers, no main menu and no investment in content – indeed, no business plan whatsoever. Instead, its framers assumed that people would put...

EDF circles British nuclear powerplant sites par The Register le 9 mai 2008 à 11h12

Buys farmland to secure juice futuresFrench nuclear energy colossus EDF, which also operates various types of non-nuclear generation in the UK, has been buying up farmland close to existing British nuke plants.…

CoolIT Systems PURE CPU Cooler Review par Warp2Search.Net le 9 mai 2008 à 11h01

TweakTown posted a review on the CoolIT Systems PURE CPU Cooler...

Dell to replace wonky keyboards par Neowin.net le 9 mai 2008 à 10h58

Dell has offered to replace the keyboards on a recent batch of Vostro laptops, which had the keys in the wrong places. The problem was flagged by blogger Jake Gordon who pointed out that his Z key had been shifted too far to the right by an enlarged shift key, meaning that instead...

Apple working on its own Wiimote? par CNET News.com l