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  • Corel makes money shock!

    Fiscal conservatism

    By abandoning its imperial pretensions, and concentrating on the desktop graphics stuff (and WordPerfect too) it does best, Corel has rediscovered the knack of making money. In Q3, ended Aug 31, 2001, the Canadian software publisher declared a profit, not a big one - US$500K - but a profit nevertheless. And a profit for a third …

    Software 27 Sep 2001, 08:58

  • Maxtor thinks enterprise

    Mass NAS

    Maxtor, the hard drive vendor, is moving upmarket with its first proper system for the enterprise storage market. The company first announced the MaxAttach NAS 6000 at Network Interop in Atlanta on September 11, the day of the New York atrocity. Understandably we missed this at the time, but we're here second time around, in …

    Hardware 27 Sep 2001, 09:50

  • Affinity revenues up as losses widen

    Unmetered Net access fails to take-off

    Affinity Internet has reported widening losses today amidst a sharp increase in turnover. For the six months to June 30 the UK-based Internet and telecoms company posted pre-tax losses up three-fold from £3.4 million in H1 2000 to £14.9 million in H12001. Turnover shot up 250 per cent to £15.8 million in H1 2001 from £4.5 …

    Music and Media 27 Sep 2001, 09:59

  • MS moves to head off Linux desktop ‘threat’

    'You told us Linux is coming - we believe you!'

    Is Linux ready for the desktop? Microsoft seems to think so, if a company channel partner email leaked to The Register is anything to go by. The email, which we believe to be genuine, is labelled for the attention of Microsoft Certified Partners, and takes the form of a call to action aimed at intercepting major customers " …

    Software 27 Sep 2001, 10:49

  • BTAnytime turns into Notime for 200 ‘abusers’

    Complaints pile up with Ad watchdog

    Some 200 BTopenworld customers have been expelled from the service after failing to heed warnings from the ISP to curb their usage of the 24/7 unmetered dial-up service. It's understood that those who have been fingered by BT will have their services disconnected today. Emails notifying those involved were sent out earlier …

    Music and Media 27 Sep 2001, 11:47

  • New UK domain rules save Internet's soul

    Nominet remembers the concept of openness and free speech

    New UK rules over domain name disputes, which came into effect on Monday, show that Internet regulators can, if they put their mind to it, be capable of making good decisions. The changes to Nominet's domain resolution service (DRS) - which affect all domains ending .co.uk - are the first major overhaul since 1997 of the …

    Music and Media 27 Sep 2001, 11:56

  • Marconi shares ‘worthless’

    Former giant hits all-time low

    Shares in Marconi have hit an all-time low of just 18 pence following a City briefing in which analysts said they were "virtually worthless". The drop is a very, very long way from its high of £12.50 a share just over a year ago. Only a huge injection of cash looks like saving the company which was once a flagship company of UK …

    Business 27 Sep 2001, 12:54

  • blueyonder jumps onto broadband content bandwagon

    Just as BTopenworld leaps off

    Telewest has unveiled its new broadband Web site today - it's latest bid to ramp up demand for hi-speed Net access in the UK. The site is the first time the cableco has attempted to provide broadband content for its users. Initially, the site will focus on games, entertainment, music, and local content and services. But there …

    Telecoms 27 Sep 2001, 13:45

  • RM stuffed by school cut backs

    Profit warning

    RM plc, who'll you probably know as Research Machines, has issued a profit warning for its second half. The company, the UK's biggest supplier of software, services and systems, to schools, says it's been hit by education establishments cutting their spending on IT and communications kit. The company also blames changes in the …

    Channel 27 Sep 2001, 13:49

  • BSA sues five UK businesses for software piracy

    Investigating 300 more

    The BSA is sueing five UK companies for allegedly using unlicensed software, and it has announced legal settlements with five more organisations. The companies it is suing are: Baines & Ernst Financial Management - a debt management company; Climax Development - a video game technology and content developer; Claranet …

    Software 27 Sep 2001, 14:08

  • Mandrake revamps Linux distro

    First impressions

    The latest version of the most popular desktop Linux distro, Mandrake, is available for download today for Pentium-class PCs. It's based on the 2.4.8 kernel with some of the more recent mods in newer kernels backported. Several of Mandrake's own configuration tools have been revamped in this version, and it includes the latest …

    Software 27 Sep 2001, 14:53

  • MS hires Iran-Contra attorney

    Big tobacco and the Beast

    Microsoft has hired Chicago attorney Dan Webb to help out with its defence in the antitrust case. Webb defended General Motors in an earlier antitrust case, and his former clients include Iran-Contra defendant John Poindexter, and big tobacco, in the shape of Philip Morris, reports the Chicago Tribune. Amnesia played a large …

    Business 27 Sep 2001, 14:59

  • Tiscali accounts slip leaves punters disconnected

    Sorry

    Tiscali UK business customers were left stranded on Friday when their leased lines were cut off without any notice - and all because the ISP had forgotten to pay a bill. As many as a dozen companies were hit by the outage after BT cut off the leased lines for non-payment. Tiscali UK resells BT leased lines. Those hit were …

    Music and Media 27 Sep 2001, 15:09

  • Kournikova virus kiddie gets 150 hours community service

    Hanging was too good for him

    The author of the Anna Kournikova virus has been sentenced to 150 hours community service - or 75 days in jail if he fancies that option. The sentence is a good deal lighter than the prosecutors called for. They wanted Jan de Wit, aged 20 of Sneek, Netherlands, to get 240-hours community service. De Wit was tried in Leeuwarden …

    Malware 27 Sep 2001, 16:29

  • DSL roll-out delayed in Ireland

    Regulator wants to ensure pricing is competitive

    Net users in Ireland will have to wait even longer for broadband, following the regulator's insistence that it wants to ensure that eircom's wholesale pricing is competitive. Yesterday, Telecoms Regulator Etain Doyle asked incumbent telco eircom to submit revised wholesale pricing proposals and to provide evidence that their …

    Telecoms 27 Sep 2001, 16:39

  • Software sales growth slows – Gartner

    Sept 11 intensifies slowdown

    Software sales growth is slowing - to less than half that of last year. Spending has climbed by just six per cent in the first half of 2001 according to analysts Gartner Dataquest. Last year worldwide software spending increased by 18 per cent. For all of 2001, new licence revenues are expected to rake in $77 billion, a growth …

    Software 27 Sep 2001, 17:01

  • Brits hailed for component software breakthrough

    Only sensible VCs, please

    After a dozen years of false dawns, it takes a lot for us to suspend our cynicism about object-oriented software development. But a British start-up has not only got the analysts excited all over again, but attracted some big names to its commercial department. MetaDyne has only eleven staff right now, but the sales team …

    Software 27 Sep 2001, 17:10

  • Face recognition useless for crowd surveillance

    So why is Visionics selling it to airports?

    Anyone offended by the Orwellian implications of using face-recognition technology to scan airport crowds for terrorists can take heart in the fact that the technology is, quite simply, worthless in that situation. As an authentication tool, used in controlled settings, face recognition has real value. But even here we can …

    Software 27 Sep 2001, 19:51

  • Apple OS X upgrade: reaction and rumours

    Updated News at Ten

    Mac OS X fans planning to besiege the stores this weekend to take advantage of Apple's free upgrade offer to version 10.1 are recommended to set off at a brisk pace, and save buying the papers and Woodbines for the return journey. We're not sure how extensive the offer is, after enquiries on both sides of the pond. We heard …

    Mac Channel 27 Sep 2001, 20:21

  • SuSE grabs Best-Business-Linux gong

    Big Three almost too close to call

    SuSE has been crowned as the most functional Linux distro by DH Brown Associates, whose exhaustive surveys have over the years become the bible of enterprise Unix capabilities. It's the first time DHBA has given Linux the full treatment, using the time-honoured categories that are surely tattooed on every big-iron Unix …

    Hardware 27 Sep 2001, 21:02