4th December 2001 Archive
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Now we are 6 – ‘other’ browser Opera reaches next milestone
More platforms than Elton John...
Our friends in the Norse released Opera 6 for Windows last week, hot on the heels of the technology preview of Opera 6 for Linux, and just a couple of weeks after the public beta of Opera 6 for Windows was released. In addition, Opera is at version 5 for the Mac, with two betas for Classic and Carbon currently in the works, 5.13 …
Software 4 Dec 2001, 07:52
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Aramiska opens UK broadband satellite kimono
Touting for small businesses
Dutch-based Aramiska is the latest company to announce its pricing for broadband over satellite services. Launching in the UK today, the company said its satellite-based broadband business packages for SMEs start at £99 per month. Up-front installation and set-up fees cost from around £500. The outfit - backed by cash from …
Telecoms 4 Dec 2001, 08:25
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HP e3000 death is wrong
Users not happy bunnies
Two thirds of companies using HP's e3000 hardware platform don't support its decision to end support for the platform, according to a survey of more than 1,000 users. Last month, HP announced end of support dates for its range of e3000 servers and their associated upgrade kits, as well as the MPE/iX operating system. MPE ships …
Hardware 4 Dec 2001, 08:27
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IBM tools up DB2 with OLAP add-ons
Down in the data mines
The need for analytics is so great that, nowadays, even Microsoft bundles its database with a suite of the stuff. IBM previously took the approach of providing such functionality through third parties, but last week it souped up its offering with a new set of tools which, once again, demonstrates why Oracle is so concerned about …
Software 4 Dec 2001, 08:42
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MS to Europe: opening source would break patent laws
The international incident as antitrust weapon
Could this be a gauntlet? In its response to the European Commission's accusations of anti-competitive behaviour, Microsoft has claimed that the Commission forcing it to license its source code would break international patent laws. And it has noted: "The proceedings before the Commission are inevitably affected by the …
Software 4 Dec 2001, 08:53
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October chips sales up 2.5% on September
Not bad in the circumstances...
October wasn't too bad a month for the world's chip makers, the Semiconductor Industry Association has reported. Sales were up 2.5 per cent on September, marking the fourth consecutive month that the industry has seen sequential growth. Of course, the SIA is still predicting that the final figures for the year as a whole will …
Channel 4 Dec 2001, 10:53
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Nintendo GameCube sales on target to beat initial forecast
In the US, that is
Nintendo sold 600,000 GameCubes in the US during the 15 days on and after the game console's launch, it said yesterday in the latest in a long line of sales stats the company has posted. Microsoft, by contrast, is keeping mum on Xbox sales figures. Xbox went on sale three days before GameCube. The intense rivalry between …
Personal 4 Dec 2001, 11:08
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Mac OS X 10.2 delayed to summer 2002
Apple thinks updates are coming too quickly, apparently
Mac OS X 10.2 may not make it to Macworld Expo San Francisco early next January. Sources close to the development of Apple's Unix-based operating system, cited by eWeek, claim that the major update won't be released until the summer, to cash in on the back-to-school period. In its place, Apple will roll-out more minor updates …
Mac Channel 4 Dec 2001, 11:30
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Rambus founder's Matrix unveils first 3D memory chip
Updated World's first commercial 3D Flash technology to launch today
Microsoft-backed Santa Clara-based start up Matrix Semiconductor will today launch what it claims is the world's first commercial 3D chip technology and its initial implementation: the Flash-like Matrix 3D Memory (3DM). The company, formed by Rambus co-founder Mike Farmwald, also filled out its management team and revealed how …
Channel 4 Dec 2001, 12:17
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Pentium 4 shortages to ease next quarter
Intel S&M chief tells mobo makers
Intel has confirmed that the current shortages preventing its customers from getting hold of sufficient Socket 478 Pentium 4 processors will be eased sometime during the Q1 2002. The admission was made by Intel executive VP and head of sales and marketing Mike Splinter to Taiwanese mobo maker, according to a report in Taiwan's …
Channel 4 Dec 2001, 13:08
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HP's Blade strategy isn't so dense
Ambitious
Hewlett-Packard has at last taken the the wraps off its Blade servers. It's a much more ambitious programme than you might have suspected, encompassing HP's own PA-RISC chips as well as Intel Pentium IIIs, and the new 'PowerBar' chassis will find its way into storage and other specialised servers too. Surprisingly the first …
Hardware 4 Dec 2001, 13:57
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SonicBlue owns digital video recording
All your DVRs are belong to us
SonicBlue has been granted a multi-claim patent that covers almost every aspect of digitally recording TV programmes on a hard drive, in particular using a channel guide to manage what the machine records. The patent, number 6,324,338, was filed by ReplayTV back in the summer of 1998. Since then ReplayTV was bought by SonicBlue …
Personal 4 Dec 2001, 14:06
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AT&T absorbs @Home customers smoothly, readers say
An impressive lack of difficulties
Ma Cable appears to be showing @Home just how little it needs a service contract by switching recently-disconnected customers to their own broadband pipes smoothly and swiftly, according to anecdotal reports from the consumer front. Readers tell us that AT&T is committed to having all former @Home subscribers switched in ten …
Telecoms 4 Dec 2001, 14:24
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Amazon buys Egghead.com
Broken egg
Amazon has acquired what's left of ailing dotcom Egghead.com. It is temporarily redirecting traffic to a site in its electronics section until it can relaunch Egghead properly. Amazon will get Egghead's URL, intellectual property and business documentation, but not full use of its customer information, due to privacy policy …
Music and Media 4 Dec 2001, 16:15
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Light shed on Novell's darkest security secret
Updated Novell explains its Padlock Fix
Novell users are at last able to find out why they needed to apply a patch to fix a GroupWise security problem deemed so serious the firm decided to keep it secret. Back in August, Novell sent an email to GroupWise 5.5 Enhancement Pack and GroupWise 6 users asking them to apply the Padlock Fix patch to their servers immediately …
Security 4 Dec 2001, 16:19
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PC-poor pop pops pills…
...and dies (tales from the Digital Divide?)
A 42-year-old father took an overdose of pills because he couldn't afford to buy his daughter a PC for Christmas, his widow told police. Gyles Morton from Southampton was so distraught at his inability to afford a computer for his 15-year-old daughter, who has to write all her homework by hand, that he took an overdose of pills …
Personal 4 Dec 2001, 16:21
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eResolution quits domain arbitration
Blames WIPO
eResolution, one of the four domain name dispute arbitrators approved by ICANN, has quit the business, accusing its main rival, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), of "tilting" the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) process in its favour. In a press release, eResolution said: "The ICANN system was …
Music and Media 4 Dec 2001, 16:31
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Sharp Linux PDA needs apps now!
Fabulous prizes to be won!
Software company Trolltech has announced a worldwide developer contest, starting today, to generate apps for Sharp's upcoming Linux-based handheld, the Zaurus SL-5500. Sharp has just demoed the final version of the PDA in California, but will only make it available for sale, "in early 2002". Alas, Sharp has promised there will …
Software 4 Dec 2001, 16:42
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Stupid worm spreads like wildfire
Updated Going, going, Goner worm tries to delete security software
Goner, the latest mass-mailing email virus, is spreading rapidly on the Internet despite its relative lack of sophistication. The worm (which is also known as Gone) spreads by email as a file attachment called GONE.SCR It normally comes as an email with the subject line "Hi" and a body text that reads (much like SirCam): "How …
Malware 4 Dec 2001, 17:26
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The State of the E-Nation
Ready, steady - but when will UK plc go?
The UK government today published its second annual report for UK Online - the name it gives to the grand project of "ensuring the UK is a world leader in the knowledge economy" - and Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt and e-envoy Andrew Pinder were on hand to answer questions. Mrs Hewitt spoke enthusiatically about the "real …
e-Business 4 Dec 2001, 18:02
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BT Retail talks down costs, talks up revenues
Danon takes us from Sumo to Samurai
BT Retail CEO Pierre Danon today outlined his plans to cut massive costs from the company's bottom line, defending its core revenues and delivering at least three per cent annual revenue growth over the next three years. BT Retail aims to grow revenues in two areas; extending existing business through new initiatives - bringing …
Business 4 Dec 2001, 19:06
