Intel servers are starting to gain some valuable features of higher-end Unix systems and mainframes with improvements to software that lets a single machine act like several computers. SWsoft announced this week that in a test the forthcoming version 2.1 of its Virtuozzo software was able to support more than 2000 copies of the Linux operating system on a single eight-processor Intel-based server, the Dell 8450. The different Linux partitions were housing Web sites and running software such as databases, Web shopping carts and Web-based e-mail
Internet access, e-mail accounts and personal Web pages will be progressively rolled out to 1.2 million NSW public school students by June 2003, in what is being touted as one of the largest projects of its kind in the southern hemisphere. And to go with it are strict filtering and censoring guidelines, which will undoubtedly end up censoring legitimate sites required for research rather than the terrifying spectre of porn that they claim to target
The European Commission has called for more efforts to expand the Internet’s real estate because the current one is running out of space
IBM’s security update will offer several new security measures when it comes out in Australia, including support of a fingerprint reader and proximity badge
Sydney’s rail system is perilously close to strangulation because of soaring passenger numbers and recurring track and train faults, confidential reports warn. The findings, kept secret for more than a year, say operational paralysis
can be avoided only by adding new lines and up to 80 stations, buying 770 carriages worth $2.2 billion and spending at least $20 billion in the next decade on urgent maintenance
Antimatter atoms, among the most elusive matter in the Universe, may have been captured for the first time. Researchers on the ATRAP experiment at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics near Geneva, think they have made and stored thousands of antiatoms in a particle trap
Kidnapping amorous males who hold a sexual monopoly over their peers may be the key to saving some endangered species
Authors of e-mails and Internet postings that contain racist or xenophobic material may face criminal charges under a proposed European treaty that is dividing the Internet and law enforcement communities. The proposal, drafted by the Council of Europe, would essentially outlaw the publishing of hate speech on the Internet. Welcomed by law enforcement agencies, it has been slammed by Internet firms as impossible to enforce
Chuck Jones, the Oscar-winning animator who helped bring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck to life and personally created Wile E Coyote and his fruitless hunt for the Road Runner, died Friday of congestive heart failure at age 89
The latest gay couple in New York to be photographed in matching tuxedoes isn’t a pair of businessmen or male models but a pair of penguins at the New York Aquarium at Coney Island
A Florida fisherman was recovering on Friday after being stabbed with the bill of a swordfish during a fight with another man
Advanced Micro Devices will make the first chipset for its upcoming Hammer processor available during the fourth quarter. Hammer is AMD’s first family of 64-bit processors
The competition watchdog has said there is the potential for both a contractual and consumer protection issue surrounding early termination fees, following its inquiry into Telstra’s recent mobile price hike which will see users slugged with AU$150 for cancelling contracts
If you are spending too much time on the internet and are concerned that it is affecting your concentration, you are not alone. The addictive nature of web browsing can leave you with an attention span of nine seconds, the same as a goldfish
Once again South Carolina’s state government has proven that it can’t be trusted with the personal information it demands from its citizens. Last week South Carolinians learned that — without their knowledge or permission — the state had created a DNA library on their children
Keepers at a Japanese zoo packed with children scrambled Friday to catch an escaped polar bear — except it was a fellow employee in a bear suit
A new great wall is being built, this time across the internet. Constructed by frustrated systems administrators and intended only to stop spam, the wall could eventually cut off much of the e-mail communications between the East and the West
Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies have developed a transparent aluminium tile made from aluminium oxide pellets baked at 1200°C. The material is very hard, and could be used as bullet-proof windows
Researchers in the US think they have solved a puzzle dating back to the days of the 17th century Dutch scientist, astronomer and inventor Christiaan Huygens
Sacha Baron Cohen, the actor who plays Ali G, has been branded an embarrassment to his Jewish religion because of his trademark insults and political incorrectness. The founders of jewish.co.uk, Britain’s largest Jewish web site, have sent comedian Sacha Baron Cohen an open letter saying his recent acts were damaging to their community
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