Some projects less open than others Microsoft is posting code to its much-trumpeted CodePlex open-source projects site using licenses and conditions that go against the principles of open source.… Full published article at: Read More »

Jeff Kantor, on building and managing a 150 Petabyte database Interview It makes for one heck of a project mission statement. Explore the nature of dark matter, chart the Solar System in exhaustive detail, discover and analyze rare objects such as neutron stars and black hole binaries, and map out the structure of the Galaxy.… Full published article at: Read More »

Can't beat 'em? DoS 'em A British man and a German man have been indicted by a US federal grand jury for launching a campaign of denial of service attacks against two US-based home satellite television vendors on behalf of a rival company.… Full published article at: Read More »

200K login credentials found on crimeware server Cybercrooks have used the latest version of Neosploit to booby-trap an estimated 80,000 legitimate sites with malicious code.… Full published article at: Read More »

But is there hope? Poll results The Reg reader poll run earlier this week as part of our agile development workshop produced a set of results that do not paint a particularly inspiring picture. When asked how distributed software development was managed within organisations, almost half told us things were not that great. About a third gave feedback indicating that they were just about doing okay, but only one in five said things were managed well.… Full published article at: Read More »

Hotmail, Gmail and kitchen-based checks all neutered Spammers have reportedly defeated revised CAPTCHAs from both Google and Microsoft.… Full published article at: Read More »

Text messages tapped as well as censored VoIP outfit Skype has admitted that surveillance was carried out on instant messages sent using the service in China, blaming local partner TOM Online for the eavesdropping.… Full published article at: Read More »

Engineers could face open exit Exclusive BT is secretly considering outsourcing the operation of its heavily regulated and unionised network access division Openreach, sources have told The Register.… Full published article at: Read More »

'Daddy needs to tell you about an exciting new service called WebWise' BT subscribers who are invited to take part in its new trial of Phorm's internet monitoring and advertising system will be responsible for telling anyone who uses their computer that they could be being tracked online - whether they opt in or not.… Full published article at: Read More »

Schtop. This email client is not ready yet Mozilla has pushed back its development schedule for Thunderbird 3, the next version of its email client. A planned beta of the package will now be described as a third alpha build.… Full published article at: Read More »