David Legard
Legard is a reporter for the IDG News Service.
Singapore ministry offers open-source alternative
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MinDef) has moved away from a predominantly Microsoft Corp. desktop policy by installing the open-source OpenOffice productivity software on 5,000 desktop computers. OpenOffice will not replace...
Motorola continues profitable progress in Q3
Motorola Inc. has reported a net profit of US$479 million on sales of $8.62 billion for the third quarter of its fiscal 2004 ended Sept. 30, with both figures sharply higher than for the same period last year.Net profit was up 313...
IBM launches top-end Power5 servers
IBM Corp. has filled out the top end of its eServer range with three multiple-processor systems aimed at data centers and large enterprise clients, the company said in a statement Friday.The p5-595 and i5-595 systems can incorporate...
Online fraud: We got law, but no enforcement
Plenty of laws exist to prosecute online identity thieves and fraudsters, and also to co-opt ISPs (Internet Service Providers) and online auction sites into the fight against fraud, but enforcement is lacking across the board,...
U.N. promotes open-source software day across Asia
The United Nations, through its International Open Source Network (IOSN) is promoting the first annual Software Freedom Day on Saturday in an effort to educate Asian users about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)...
Symbian bugged by Mosquito bite
Users of mobile phones running the Symbian Ltd. OS are vulnerable to a trojan contained in an illegally adapted version of the Mosquitos game, Symbian said Thursday.The illegal game is being distributed by 'warez' Web sites (illegal...
Reports: Open-source software alliance formed in China
A number of Chinese software companies have joined forces with overseas vendors such as IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp and Novell Inc. to form the China Open Source Software Promotion Alliance, China's first open-source...
Gambling lawsuit filed against top Web content sites
A handful of leading online content providers, including Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc., have been served with a class action lawsuit in the U.S. for accepting advertisements for illegal Internet gambling, several law firms which filed...
Study: Phishing attacks up by 50 percent per month
The number of new phishing attacks reported has risen by an average of 50 percent per month in the first six months of this year, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), which monitors such attacks.Phishing attacks use...
Study: Phishing attacks up by 50% per month
Customers of banks and online e-commerce companies are targeted the most.
Microsoft, Apple sued for offering online updates
The lawsuit charges Microsoft and Apple with infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,557,054, alleging that their operating systems, as well as Microsoft Office products, incorporate patented technologies.