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  • Sun assumes full control of iPlanet

    AOL loses interest

    Sun is stepping in to acquire iPlanet, saving some of the jobs which were slated to be lost at the AOL-owned outfit earlier this week. iPlanet has been Sun's application server in all bar the formalities: it devised and owns the brand. Not surprisingly, AOL/Time Warner has decided that it isn't really interested in enterprise …

    Software 24 Aug 2001, 07:43

  • XP prices leak, released, as Bill and Jim polish choppers

    RTM celebration to last a whole 15 minutes...

    The distribution channels have clearly been primed with Windows XP dates and prices for weeks, but on strict orders from Microsoft they've had to pretend they know nothing until Bill & Co have done the grand unveiling. They've also clearly had their web sites ready to roll for weeks, even months, because the darn details keep ' …

    Software 24 Aug 2001, 07:43

  • SourceForge is the new ERP – VA Linux

    ClosedSourceForge, anyone?

    Barely six weeks ago VA Linux Systems was an open source hardware vendor. Now, the company is undertaking a Napoleonic retreat from the hardware business and it's doing the unthinkable: adding proprietary subscription software to its open source software flagship, SourceForge. VA swallowed charges of around $230 million in the …

    Software 24 Aug 2001, 07:51

  • Oi! Get out of my Data Centre

    MS enterprise argument falls on deaf ears

    As Microsoft prepares to launch the next iteration of its Windows platform, Windows XP, the company will take little relief from the news that CIOs still do not rate the company's products as "enterprise class". The latest study from Morgan Stanley has discovered that, when it comes to Microsoft's products, there is a long way …

    Hardware 24 Aug 2001, 08:07

  • Cisco splits into 11 technology groups

    Are they trying to form a Borg football team?

    Cisco Systems has radically restructured its business moving from three lines of business to 11 technology groups. The reorganisation sees the departure of the head of its service provider line of business, Kevin Kennedy. The move will see the creation within Cisco of centralised engineering and marketing organisations, and …

    Business 24 Aug 2001, 09:45

  • HP Secure Platform Architecture to fix McKinley flaws

    What else can you do if you're making a 'huge bet' on IA-64?

    Hewlett-Packard chiefs may not have bet the entire company's future on the success of Intel's 64-bit Itanium processor, but the business stands to lose out big-time if the chip fails to set the market alight. So said HP VP and CTO Richard DeMillo at the HP World conference, held in Palo Alto this week. His speech marks the …

    Channel 24 Aug 2001, 10:47

  • Intel details 16-way DDR-based i870 chipset

    Itanic, Xeon to get DDR support before Pentium 4?

    Intel took the wraps off its i870 chipset this week, the part that will allow server makers to build 16-way systems based on its Xeon and Itanium processors. It will also be the first chipset to support Intel's Infiniband architecture. And if it ships in Q4, as suggested by the company's server roadmap, it will be the first …

    Channel 24 Aug 2001, 10:47

  • Telcos welcome Oftel's heavy hand

    Can we expect more punishment beatings?

    There's been a mixed response to Oftel's intervention in the row over local loop compensation payments and service level agreements. Yesterday, the regulator issued a consultation document detailing a series of proposals concerning expectations about service level guarantees - and penalties if these are not kept. Many have …

    Data Networking 24 Aug 2001, 10:54

  • Maxtor keeps USB 2.0 faith with 40GB drive

    Fun for all the family

    Maxtor has kept the faith with USB 2.0 and started shipping the first 40GB external drive using the connectivity technology. The 3000LE drive operates at 5400RPM and is priced at £175.81. Microsoft has already blown hot and cold on USB 2.0 before finally deciding to include drivers for it in Windows XP. It's the IEEE 1394 …

    Personal 24 Aug 2001, 10:55

  • AMD to announce 300mm wafer fab partner by year's end

    Just as soon as Fab 30 gets up to full capacity

    AMD expects to reveal who it will build its first 300mm wafer fab with - and when - by the end of the year, the head of the company's Computing Product Group, Dirk Meyer, has said. There's no rush, it seems, since the economics of producing Athlons that are half the die size of the Pentium 4 suit AMD very well. AMD's Fab 30, …

    Channel 24 Aug 2001, 11:01

  • Novell results are outstandingly mediocre

    Not yet for One Net

    Novell has posted third quarter results which the current industry buzz about Web services software has yet to translate into a boost in sales for the networking software and services firm. Third quarter revenues for Novell came in at $247 million which resulted in a net loss of $19.3 million, once a $30.4 million restructuring …

    Business 24 Aug 2001, 11:24

  • Ipswich football fans give Reg a good kicking

    Kieren McCarthy sent off

    Chelsea heads the Premiership Net tables Who could have guessed that The Register would have so many loyal supporters of Ipswich Town Football Club among its [soon-to-be-ex?] readers? Dan Harris took the opportunity to set Kieren McCarthy straight on the national sport. no one supports ipswich town? apart from the 30,000 …

    Letters 24 Aug 2001, 11:43

  • Search for Reg corporate anthem continues

    Competition It's all duelling ukeleles and air guitars

    We've decided to extend the deadline for our Register corporate anthem competition by one week. This is your chance to win a cardboard cut-out Elvis and new Reg logo t-shirts, soon to be available on our e-commerce site: What we're looking for is a rousing Register corporate anthem set to a well-known tune. Pretty …

    Bootnotes 24 Aug 2001, 11:49

  • Online ad spend on the up

    Cheer up, this is a good news story

    There was good news today for the embattled dotcom sector after analysts predicted that online advertising would continue to rise this year. New York-based eMarketer reckons online ad spending will hit $7.6 billion by the end of the year, up seven per cent on the $7.1 billion spent in 2000. And it forecasts that despite the …

    e-Business 24 Aug 2001, 11:51

  • 110GB notebook hard drives are coming

    Fujitsu jacks up recording density

    Fujitsu Labs has said it can jack up hard disk drive recording density to 100Gb per square inch. This means it can squash 110GB capacity onto a 2.5 inch notebook hard drive, reports AsiaBizTech. The breakthrough is down to Fujitsu developing a new magneto recording technology, and the company reckons we'll be seeing 300Gb per …

    Personal 24 Aug 2001, 11:51

  • Reader pushed ‘to the verge of homicidal rage’ by Hotmail article

    But admits he's a moron

    Hacking Hotmail made easy Thomas C. Greene's detailed description of how to hack a Hotmail account did nothing to win him the admiration of reader 'cpuguy'. Well, not initially at least. Here's cpuguy's initial correspondence with Thomas. You people (or should that read "you dopes"?) piss me off to the verge of homicidal rage …

    Letters 24 Aug 2001, 11:53

  • Cliterati.co.uk reaches climax

    Self-proclaimed prude speaks out

    Welcome to Cliterati.co.uk A British company's claim that it was launching a text-based porn site for women didn't wash with reader and self-proclaimed prude Matthew Bloch. This is what he had to say about Cliterati.co.uk. Surprised not to see more of the usual Reg. cynicism over that site-it reads a bit like Loaded's `lesbian …

    Letters 24 Aug 2001, 11:55

  • PC charity reveals how to get MS OSes for free

    Judge Jackson neighbour involved

    PCs for Kids demands free MS OSes More on the PCs for Kids charity, plus an insight into the homelife of ex-MS judge Thomas Jackson, from reader Matthew A. Holzbauer. I just read your article and felt that I had to contact you regarding some points mentioned in it. I volunteer at a local charity that does the same things as PC …

    Letters 24 Aug 2001, 12:00

  • Apple preps $400, $500 PowerBook price cuts

    Paving way for new models?

    Expect Apple to cut its Titanium PowerBook G4 prices by up to 15 per cent - possibly in preparation for new, updated versions of the popular notebook. The cuts - $500 off the $3499 500MHz PowerBook (a 14 per cent cut) and $400 off the 400MHz $2599 (down 15 per cent) - will be made any day now, according to a US Mac reseller …

    Mac Channel 24 Aug 2001, 12:08

  • Readers Letters Revealed: Why octogenarians love Mozilla

    PCs for kids demands free MS OSes This week the Australian charity PCs for Kids charity stepped up its campaign to use Microsoft software for free. The issue of whether charities should have to pay for software licences, and why PCs for Kids doesn't go off and use open-source software like Linux like many other similar …

    Letters 24 Aug 2001, 12:13

  • Hacker hoaxer splats paintball firm

    Share dealing halted

    A false financial statement issued by a hacker who broke into the corporate systems of a paintball firm resulted in the suspension of its shares for two hours last night. "Hundreds, if not thousands" of emails containing phoney financial information about Brass Eagle were then sent out, Reuter reports. It seems the attacker …

    Security 24 Aug 2001, 12:39

  • Fujitsu invents world's most capacious 2.5in hard drive

    100Gb per square inch

    Fujitsu claims it has achieved the "highest recording density in the world" for a hard disk mechanism through a new magnetic recording system. The technology provides a data density of 100Gb per square inch, the practical upshot of which is that it allows 2.5in hard drives to hold up to 110GB of data The technology comprises …

    Business 24 Aug 2001, 13:17

  • Motorola names PowerPC G5 the 8500

    Tightens focus on embedded market, away from desktop

    The next generation of Motorola's PowerPC processor, codenamed G5, will be officially known as the 8500 and not the 7500, as originally planned. It's a sign that Motorola is turning its sights even further away from the desktop market - represented by the '7' in its chip nomenclature - to the embedded arena - which is …

    Mac Channel 24 Aug 2001, 13:24

  • FOTW Ipswich football fan turns nasty

    In full technicolor glory

    Chelsea heads the Premiership Net tables Robin Blyth had just one thing to say to Kieren McCarthy about his views on Ipswich Town Football Club. There's more choice Ipswich abuse here.

    Letters 24 Aug 2001, 13:37

  • DRAM price meltdown

    Seller Beware

    North America continued to be hit hardest by falling contract prices for DRAM memory in July. The 30-day rolling average prices of 128Mb DRAM chips dropped 9.1 per cent to $2.39 in North America for the period ended August 3, according to figures from ICIS-LOR. Prices fell eight per cent in Europe to $2.46, and 4.5 per cent to …

    Channel 24 Aug 2001, 15:14

  • ActiveX Trojan dubbed offensive

    It's nasty but rare and hard to catch

    Security experts have issued a low-key alert about a Trojan horse which exploits Microsoft's ActiveX applet programming language. Called Offensive, The Trojan comes in the form of an HTML file or a Web page on the Internet. Offensive is potentially dangerous, but it appears difficult to become a victim. An attacker would have …

    Malware 24 Aug 2001, 15:20

  • Sony Vaio PCG-SR31K and PCG-C1VFK

    Review Sub-notebooks

    Sony has updated its notebook range yet again, with the release of two new machines: the PCG-SR31K and PCG-C1VFK. Both models incorporate two new features: integrated Bluetooth for wireless communication and a Memory Stick slot. The SR31K is a slim, light sub-notebook that packs a fair amount of power. The 750MHz Mobile Pentium …

    Personal 24 Aug 2001, 15:26

  • Intel to cut up to 55% off Pentium 4 prices Sunday

    Celerons trimmed too

    Intel will cut its Pentium 4 prices by up to 55 per cent on Sunday, just ahead of the launch of 1.9GHz and 2GHz versions of the same processor. The chip giant has already confirmed the arrival of the 2GHz P4, which will be officially rolled out at Intel's Developer Forum on Monday. Interestingly, the company will also be …

    Channel 24 Aug 2001, 16:00

  • NEC sells laser printer biz

    Fuji Xerox pays 20bn yen

    Fuji Xerox is to buy NEC's laser printer business at the end of September. Fuji Xerox is to pay around 20 billion yen ($166 billion) for all outstanding shares in NEC Niigata - the company that runs the laser printer business, Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports, via Asiabiztech. The move will hoist Fuji Xerox's share of the …

    Business 24 Aug 2001, 16:28

  • Dial MSN for murder

    Hotmail via SMS might lead to spam SOS

    Microsoft has signed an alliance with mobile operators that will allow users to receive their Hotmail messages via SMS messages on mobile phones. The alliance, with MIGway, a joint venture of Danish mobile outfit TDC Mobile International and CMG Wireless Data Solutions, will enable more than 40 European mobile operators to …

    Data Networking 24 Aug 2001, 16:37

  • When did Linux users go number-plate crazy?

    Reg reg coverage £61K for L7NUX, £1K for L2NUX

    Welcome back to the Reg's vehicle registration coverage. It's been another exciting day in the world of LINUX number plate auctions. L7 NUX has now reached the mighty price of £61,101 on eBay and the reserve has not been met. The seller, John Leitch, did send in a link to the auction page earlier this morning showing £110,000 …

    Bootnotes 24 Aug 2001, 16:51

  • Dead people rise in support of Microsoft

    Another lobbying campaign corpses...

    Dead people are flocking to Microsoft's Freedom to Innovate banner, and bombarding States attorneys general with letters demanding they lay off the much misunderstood Beast, according to a story in today's Seattle Times. Well, not exactly, but theTimes details how Utah's attorney general got suspicious when two of the people who …

    Software 24 Aug 2001, 17:22

  • Flirting tops recession-beating US wireless agenda

    Tasteless maybe - but shockingly cluefull

    What brings two hundred developers to the hairdryer-parched salt flats of northern Santa Clara? The same thing that has always brought the tech hopeful here - the prospect of striking gold. Only this is wireless hype, 2001-style: which means that with Silicon Valley ghostly quiet these days, no one can hear you scream. We …

    Data Networking 24 Aug 2001, 20:21

  • Celebrate Ten Years of Linux!

    Bring a bottle and a bird.

    As you can't have failed to notice with so many patronising, space-filling special "features" recently, it's ten years since Linus Torvalds alerted the world to a modest Unix-clone he'd lashed together. And Penguinistas around the world will be celebrating tomorrow, as Lord, only they know how with a number of anniversary …

    Bootnotes 24 Aug 2001, 20:40