aqsalter writes “Apple has finally created a new section for information from an IT Professionals viewpoint, with articles about all the good stuff. Previously Apple shied away from having any obvious IT focus, but it seems Apple are acknowledging their influence in the IT sphere, with two high-profile HPC clusters and enterprise class tools for managing open source technologies.” Slashdot [article]

Time to mix things up. Meet iPod shuffle, the unpredictable new iPod. What will it play next? Can it read your mind? Can it read your moods? Load it up. Put in on. See where it takes you. Choose from 512MB or 1GB models starting at £69 (UK) / €99 (Ireland) and surprise yourself. iPod shuffle: Smaller than a pack of chewiing gum and much more fun.* Random is the New Order Welcome to a life less orderly. As official soundtrack to the random revolution, the iPod Shuffle Songs setting takes you on a unique journey through your music collection � you never know...

Live the digital life in stylish simplicity. At just 16.5 cm wide and just over 5 cm tall, Mac mini provides what you need to have more fun with your music, photos and movies � right out of the box. And it boasts a miniscule price to match: Mac mini starts at £339 (UK) / €519 (Ireland). Get a Mac for Less The modular design of Mac mini lets you upgrade your current system to the elegance, simplicity and reliability of Macintosh. If you already own a monitor, keyboard and mouse, you can get up and running in minutes. Or choose any combination of new devices...

MP3newswire.net have released their opinions on the digital media winners and loosers of 2004. With Apple at the top selling 4Mil iPod’s in the Christmas period alone. Winners 2004 Loosers 2004 And of course, a wishlist for 2005

I’ve posted about IE6 vulnerabilities before. They mostly involved spoofing the address bar, which was in itself dangerous as it allowed scam artists to make their websites be at the address “www.visa.com” or other such honeypot locations. This vulnerability is far worse however: it makes command lines run on the user’s machine. Why is that bad? Because someone can make that command be “del C:WindowsSystem32*.dll” or something equally sensitive, causing Windows to crash… permanently. The solution? Switch browsers; stop using Internet Explorer. More here I’m...

Blogs and message forums buzzed this week with the discovery that a pair of simple Google searches permits access to well over 1,000 unprotected surveillance cameras around the world – apparently without their owners’ knowledge. Searching on certain strings within a URL sniffs out networked cameras that have Web interfaces permitting their owners to view them remotely, and even direct the cameras’ motorized pan-and-tilt mechanisms from the comfort of their own desktop. Video surfers are using this knowledge to peek in on office and restaurant interiors, a Japanese barnyard, women...

On January 6th 2005, Microsoft introduced the first public beta release of its solution to the spyware problem. Dubbed Microsoft AntiSpyware, the application was born after the purchase of Giant Software Company, which developed their anti-spyware application. Microsoft AntiSpyware offers plenty of features which is sure to turn some heads. Not only does it scan for spyware/adware, it can also offer real-time protection which prevents spyware from being installed in the first place. Though Microsoft’s new toy offers really nice feature as we are about to explore, how well does...

This guy made a very nice pc case out of, you guessed it, lego! I’m really impressed (this looks like an oldish pc) and its nice to see people doing interesting things with their computers these days…! See his pics here