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  • Security flaw in MS Exchange patch

    Pre-packaged for your convenience

    Users of MS Exchange 5.5 or Exchange 2K with OWA (Outlook Web Access) implemented -- including those 2K users who patched their systems last week -- need to install an updated patch as soon as possible because the one issued earlier for Exchange 2K contains outdated files, and the vulnerability in 5.5 went unnoticed at first. …

    Software 14 Jun 2001, 00:07

  • Intel backdoor to White House questioned

    Bush advisor's $100k in 'zilla shares looks bad

    Senior Bush advisor Karl Rove appears to have been in the loop to some extent regarding Bush Administration approval of the merger of Dutch semiconductor lithography outfit ASML and US outfit Silicon Valley Group (SVG), which Intel strongly recommended, whilst in possession of over $100,000 worth of Intel shares, the Associated …

    Channel 14 Jun 2001, 06:11

  • Compel in mini share buy-back

    Way to go

    Compel, the UK reseller, conducted a mini buyback of shares yesterday. The company bought 260,000 shares at 95 pence per share. It will cancel these. This is one way to improve earnings per share, perhaps veven to shore up the share price (although it would be more impressive if individual directors bought the stock). It also …

    Channel 14 Jun 2001, 07:55

  • Ingram Micro suffers sales drop

    UK led the European slump

    Ingram Micro has said its sales have slowed down throughout the world, and as a result it has revised what it expects its Q2 revenues to be. After the market closed yesterday it said sales are expected to range from $5.8 billion to $6.0 billion for the three months ending 30 June. Cnet reports that the figures represent a year …

    Channel 14 Jun 2001, 10:09

  • IDT to axe 900 staffers

    Instigates major cost-cutting programme

    IDT blamed the downturn in the global chip market for the 900 job cuts it announced yesterday. The US-based company will rid itself of around 18 per cent of its 4900-strong worldwide workforce, primarily by laying off staff at its overseas manufacturing plants in the Philippines and Malaysia. It will also implement a hiring …

    Channel 14 Jun 2001, 10:23

  • Computex goes out with a bang

    Well, a rumble. There's been an earthquake

    An earthquake hit Taiwan in the early hours of this morning (GMT, that is - it was 11am in Taiwan), knocking down Web sites and disrupting Internet traffic to the country. The quake - 6.2 on the Richter scale - struck Taipei just a few days after the world's third biggest IT show Computex had ended. Aside from the collapse of …

    Business 14 Jun 2001, 10:32

  • Review Lexmark J110TN

    Inkjet printers struggle to compete with lasers in a business environment, because they tend to be more expensive to run and provide slower print speeds. Lexmark aims to change this with the J110TN. This network printer combines the colour printing facilities of an inkjet and the speed of a laser, offering offices the best of …

    Business 14 Jun 2001, 10:34

  • Iomart tainted by ‘sweatshop’ allegations

    Whip-crack away, whip-crack away, whip-crack awaaaay

    Scotland-based broadband provider, Iomart, has been rocked by allegations that it is anti-union and operates its business like a "sweatshop". It is also facing a number of tribunals following employee grievances. A report in the West Highland Free Press cites an unnamed employee who gives an insight into working conditions at …

    Telecoms 14 Jun 2001, 10:38

  • Palm begins great PDA giveaway in Orange County

    Beats landfill

    Speaking to finanical analysts last month Palm boss Carl Yankowski admitted that much of his surplus inventory could be destined for landfill. Palm didn't anticipate the slump in the PDA business, and exacerbated the problem by announcing its most significant upgrade for five years before it was able to stock the channel with …

    Business 14 Jun 2001, 11:00

  • You can't rely on Tiny to give ‘ultimate in service and support’

    Says Advertising Standards

    Tiny Computers has got a rap on the knuckles from the Advertising Standards Authority for making the outrageous claim that "you can rely on Tiny to give you the ultimate in service and support". One punter from the Isle of White doesn't think you can and the ASA agrees. It has asked Tiny to remove the claim from its advertising …

    Channel 14 Jun 2001, 11:32

  • We know BT's future strategy

    You just have to follow AT&T

    We always suspected that BT top bods Sir Peter Bonfield and Sir Iain Vallance wouldn't know a decent business strategy if it ran up and bit them on the arse. That's why we were slightly confused and mildly impressed when its latest restructure plan to split the monster into two - BT Wireless and Future BT - was announced. It, …

    Business 14 Jun 2001, 11:46

  • CIBER buys Aris Corporation

    UK arm included

    US reseller CIBER is buying Aris Corporation for $31.4m in cash and stock. Aris is a $50m Microsoft-centric systems integrator with operations in the US and the UK. Colarado-based CIBER is a $600m t/o business with "27 years of solid experience in the US, Canada and Netherlands". The company said in a statement: "The IT …

    Channel 14 Jun 2001, 11:53

  • Q: How do you pass off a cancer-reducing mobile add-on?

    A: Claim it's for increased phone efficiency

    The controversy continues over reports that mobile phone manufacturers have patented cancer-reducing add-ons, when they claim there is no risk to humans from the phones. Two days after The Times revealed the gadgets' existence, the phone companies have come up with their explanation. The "radiation-reducing devices" are not for …

    Business 14 Jun 2001, 12:39

  • Apple to shine through PC market gloom – analyst

    This time, the AAPL news is good

    Apple will defy the PC industry downturn, market analysis firm Goldman Sachs has claimed. The company reckons that Apple's new product line-up - a reference to the rumoured upcoming next-generation iMac, we wonder - will boost the value of AAPL shares by 25-30 per cent through the second half of the year. Apple's shareprice …

    Mac Channel 14 Jun 2001, 13:01

  • Doubleclick fails in California privacy challenge

    Class actions to continue

    Doubleclick has failed to get four California Internet privacy class actions dismissed. This means that it will have to fight the cases in court. The class action plaintiffs say that Doubleclick should obtain permission first before "tracking, storing, and analyzing what families click on and read on the Internet". Plaintiffs …

    Music and Media 14 Jun 2001, 13:32

  • Xerox abandons SOHO sector

    Loss-making, non-core

    Xerox, the blue chip-to-pauper imaging biz, is leaving the retail sector. The debt-driven company says this is consistent with stated aim of focusing on "core growth opportunities". The move will also "generate significant cash savings and improved earnings". In Q1, this year the company's SOHO (small office/home office) sales …

    Business 14 Jun 2001, 13:55

  • BT's broadband roll-out fails UK

    BT wary of 'high-risk' DSL strategy

    Four out of ten British households will be unable to access broadband services once BT has completed, in September, its planned roll-out of ADSL in the UK. After that, any future upgrading of telephone exchanges to accommodate DSL technology will have to be proven to be demand led and "commercially viable". However, in the …

    Telecoms 14 Jun 2001, 14:00

  • STMicro cuts Q2 sales forecasts

    Order postponements

    STMicroelectronics has slashed Q2 revenue forecasts. It expects to have sales of $1.55 billion to $1.6 billion, down on the $1.65 billion to $1.8 billion it forecast earlier. The company says it has been hit by order postponements and lower than expected utilisation rates of its 6-inch wafer fabs. It also said sales of memory …

    Channel 14 Jun 2001, 14:01

  • Oftel tries to steal unmetered limelight

    Typical, bloody typical

    Oftel is once again blowing its own trumpet and claiming responsibility for introducing affordable unmetered Net access in the UK. The winged watchdog published benchmark figures today which show that when it comes to Net access, the UK is cheaper than California and Germany. According to its latest international benchmarking …

    Telecoms 14 Jun 2001, 14:46

  • Sun board bandit pleads guilty to £1.7m raids

    Cop crackdown works its way through the courts

    A 20-year-old member of a slick computer robbery squad pleaded guilty yesterday to being part of a team which boosted £1.7 million in Sun boards from UK City banks. Harry Harris appeared at Southwark Crown Court. He will remain in custody until sentencing in August. Harris' trial is part of a long running series stemming from …

    Business 14 Jun 2001, 14:48

  • ‘Son of MP3’ to launch today

    MP3 Pro to be made public

    The brains behind the controversial MP3 digital audio format will unveil a higher quality, more compact version later today. Called MP3 Pro, the format emerged earlier this year and was to have made its first public appearance late March or early April. MP3 Pro's creators, France's Thomson Multimedia and Germany's Fraunhofer …

    Software 14 Jun 2001, 15:27

  • ICANN launches Whois review

    But what's it really up to?

    Everyone's favourite Internet Napoleon ICANN has launched a public review of the Whois system. The Whois system, if you don't know, is basically the Internet's phone directory. Tap in a domain name and it will tell you if the domain is already registered and if so by who. From here the level of information varies depending on …

    Music and Media 14 Jun 2001, 15:57

  • Oracle slams IBM with 9i release

    Oracle veep speaks

    Ken Jacobs, on a whistle-stop run through the UK, came to the IT-Analysis offices to explain his take on Oracle - and to give us a sneak preview of the 9i release later today. Price cuts, clustering and complaints about 'IBM's misinformation' was the message. I've been having a look at your homepage recently and it seems full …

    Software 14 Jun 2001, 16:41

  • Country domain chiefs prefer jaw-jaw to war-war

    But ICANN board seats and SO status would be nice

    Breakway county code chief Willie Black, chief of the UK registrar Nominent, sounded a conciliatory note towards ICANN today. Having read the riot act to ICANN in Los Angeles, and with the ccTLDs unanimously voting to withdraw from the key DNSO support organisation, Black thinks ICANN is much more prepared to do business now. …

    Music and Media 14 Jun 2001, 18:19