Python 3.0 is a major change from the Python 2 series, and the first release that is intentionally backwards-incompatible. Python developers on Wednesday released the final version of Python 3.0, a major reworking of the programming language that is incompatible with the Python 2 series. Python...
The weirdest computing disasters of 2008

(Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:12:55 -0800)

Roasted laptops, panthers savaging memory sticks and angry fishermen throwing computers overboard top the list of the year's weirdest computing disasters. Roasted laptops, panthers savaging memory sticks and angry fishermen throwing computers overboard top the list of the year's weirdest computing disasters. The top 10...
Roadmap: Open source to take over mainstream IT

(Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:46:14 -0800)

Open source-based IT jobs will grow and the cloud will be ubiquitous, as long as the community takes certain steps, according to a roadmap from the Open World Forum. Within the next 12 years, 40 percent of IT jobs will be related to open source, and open-source-based cloud computing...
Oracle adds data-integrity code to Linux kernel

(Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:52 -0800)

The enterprise-software company has collaborated with networking-hardware company Emulex to produce Linux kernel data-integrity code. Oracle has announced that it has contributed data-integrity code to the Linux kernel. The open-source code, which has been accepted into the Linux 2.6.27 kernel, is designed to reduce data corruption...
40 percent of IT jobs will be in open source, study

(Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:45:01 -0800)

By 2020, the cloud will have taken over, and open source will rule in the cloud - with the result that 40 percent of IT jobs will be related to open source, according to a report. By 2020, the cloud will have taken over, and open source will rule...
Microsoft boosts OOXML compatibility

(Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:23:27 -0800)

Documents created using the Office Open XML document format can now be viewed through a simple Firefox plug-in, while OOXML's compatibility with ODF and Apache has also been enhanced. Microsoft on Wednesday announced several incremental enhancements to the compatibility of its Office Open XML document...
CIOs vote on Vista for '09

(Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:31:50 -0800)

Silicon.com's CIO jury ruled unanimously on the question of whether to implement Microsoft Windows Vista in 2009. The latest silicon.com CIO Jury has unanimously voted that they are not ready to invest in Microsoft's latest OS Vista. When asked if they had any plans to implement Vista,...
IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, study

(Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:13:54 -0800)

The skills needed to modernize core IT assets are in short supply, according to latest report from the application-management company The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernizing key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. ...
Hackers boot Linux on iPhone

(Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:39:18 -0800)

A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the iPhone boot with a Linux 2.6 kernel. A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the...
Survey: CIOs 'out of the loop'

(Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:16:14 -0800)

CIOs are often seen as "glorified IT directors", looking after the day-to-day running of IT systems, instead of being used to align IT with business aims. Chief information officers are "out of the loop", according to a survey carried out by London-based Deloitte and the Cranfield School of Management....