The popular Windows Metafile format (WMF) is being cast as the demon as the spread of a new viral trojan is tracked across the internet.

An email claiming to direct people to a new version of Microsoft's popular MSN Messenger program has been shown to be a dangerous hoax.

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has announced a full review of the XAM (eXtensible Access Method) - also known as the X-Access Method.

In what is possibly 2005’s most absurd ‘world first’, the UK Government has announced that it will be monitoring all motor vehicle journeys. Not only will an estimated 35 million “numberplate reads” be harvested, the data must also be store...

Oracle’s US$5.85 billion purchase of enterprise software rival Siebel Systems has been cleared by the European Commission, clearing the way for Oracle to become the largest enterprise software company in the world.

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Getting into 2005 by the skin of their teeth, Seagate and Maxtor have struck an agreement to merge in a US$1.9 billion all-stock mega deal. The combined company will retain Seagate’s name.

Teradata is shipping the latest version of its data warehousing software suite. It’s been two years since the last version hit the market in 2003, now Warehouse 8.1 is out and strutting around showing off its apparent enhancements to perfor...

Peter Jackson’s remake of the iconic King Kong has hit the cinemas. One of, if not the most CGI heavy movie in history, Kong has raised the bar when it comes to digital visuals. To do this, it needed a data archival system as powerful as th...

Microsoft researchers claim to have uncovered a widespread typo-squatting scam that uses misspelled domains to serve Google advertising.