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  • Intel sabotaged Solaris on Itanic – Sun

    Erratum not sent

    Sun has renewed its offensive blaming Intel for the abandonment of the Solaris OS for Itanic port. (Note to newer readers: Itanium is Intel's 64 bit chip, which was scheduled to revolutionise enterprise computing by 1998, and is apparently still in development somewhere at Zilla.) Sun VP John Loiacono told The Register that …

    Hardware 17 Jan 2002, 08:15

  • BT casts off ‘Internet Villain’ handle

    What a difference a year makes

    BT is to be stripped of its title as Internet Villain after failing to make the short-list for the UK's "Internet Oscars". Last year, the title of "Internet Villain" went to BT CEO, Sir Peter Bonfield. This year, telecoms regulator Oftel, the Home Office and the Radiocommnications Agency are slugging it out for the honour. …

    Music and Media 17 Jan 2002, 08:17

  • Akamai tightens legal screws on Digital Island

    Injunction to switch off service

    Akamai Technologies Inc is trying to have rival Digital Island Inc forced to turn off its flagship content delivery service, in the latest twist to the patent wrangle between the two firms, Kevin Murphy writes. The company yesterday filed a motion for an injunction against DI's Footprint 2.0 service, which a jury found …

    Telecoms 17 Jan 2002, 08:36

  • Novell flies high with Lufthansa

    Far-reaching deal

    Novell Inc is to receive product development input from Lufthansa Systems Infratec GmbH (Infratec) as part of a major security infrastructure deal with German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG. The deal will also see Provo, Utah-based Novell trumpeting its new-found credentials as a network solutions provider. Although details …

    Telecoms 17 Jan 2002, 08:37

  • Price boosts strengthens AMD Q4

    Way out of the woods

    Advanced Micro Devices Inc pointed to the way out of the woods yesterday as it turned in better than expected fourth quarter sales and said it expected to return to profit in the second quarter. The Sunnyvale, California-based company turned in sales of $951.9m for the quarter ending December 30, down 19% on the year. …

    Business 17 Jan 2002, 08:37

  • MS' highest priority must be security – Billg

    MemoWatch The founder has an epiphany

    Microsoft founder Bill Gates has finally noodled out the fact that his precious .NET initiative is never going to fly if the company continues turning out insecure products. Therefore, in a long-winded bull to all Microserfs issued Wednesday, Billg finally admits that the company has wrongly emphasized whistles and bells over …

    Software 17 Jan 2002, 09:05

  • The Sun shines out of BEA's hind

    Chairman Scott on wireless, IBM's W3C nasty, and bundling iPlanet

    "blah blah blah giant hairball blah Microsoft Lookout blah Dell banana blah blah IBM unintegratable... OK, we'll assume readers are familiar with the down-home patter of Sun CEO McNealy, and appreciate that it's reliably funny and well-timed, etc. etc. Or at least it is the first seventy five times you've heard it. All you need …

    Hardware 17 Jan 2002, 09:39

  • VIA parades go faster Athlon XP chipset

    DDR, Ultra ATA-133 etc.

    VIA has launched a new integrated chipset for the Athlon XP. It's called the VIA ProSavageDDR KM266 and the numbers at the end indicate that is supplied with 266MHz DDR DRAM i.e. it's got fast memory. The chipset is built on an S3 core, and the spec includes "effective AGP 8X bandwidth graphics and ultra fast ATA-133 at ultra- …

    Channel 17 Jan 2002, 09:53

  • A Silicon Valley funeral for Be Inc

    Liquidated

    In the movies, it always rains at funerals. In Silicon Valley yesterday, Be Inc held its liquidation auction and although not a drop fell from the heavens, it was fucking cold. But that didn't lessen the sense of occasion, as the most romantic of all Silicon Valley start-ups finally ran into the auctioneer's hammer. The big …

    Software 17 Jan 2002, 10:36

  • Compaq shows signs of recovery

    Better times ahead

    Compaq has announced fourth quarter results that provide evidence of recovery in its business, even though sales are well down on the same period last year. The IT giant reported Q4 revenue of $8.5 billion, an improvement of $1 billion - or 14 percent - on Q3, but down 26 percent on revenues of $11.5 billion recorded in the …

    Business 17 Jan 2002, 11:40

  • Yahoo! president! to! quit!

    Cheerio!

    Yahoo! Inc's president and COO, Jeff Mallett, will step down in April after seven years at the Internet giant. Some reports claim Mallett's decision comes after being overlooked for the job of chairman and CEO, which went to Terry Semel last year. Yahoo! insists, though, that his departure will enable him to "take advantage of …

    Music and Media 17 Jan 2002, 12:14

  • Xbox-based home gateway a runner, says analyst

    Launch this year?

    The rumoured transformation of the Xbox into a home entertainment hub is real, and will launch this year, according to Prudential Securities analyst Hans Mosesmann. Speaking to EBN, Mosesmann claimed that he'd picked up sufficient information at CES to confirm that the device, the HomeStation, will be given the go-ahead. …

    Personal 17 Jan 2002, 13:09

  • On Wallace, Gromit and charging for content by PC and mobile phone

    Skin my flint

    Yesterday, Aardman, the animation studio responsible for Wallace and Gromit, announced its intention to release 12 new one minute films featuring the plasticine idols on the Web. They will be available free from the Autumn. The shorts are intended as a promotional device. "Using a free CD Rom 'album', fans will visit chosen web …

    e-Business 17 Jan 2002, 14:24

  • Get your future wife stalked for just $78,000

    By coincidence or design?

    Former federal agents and police officers in the US are prepared to stalk women and tap phones so that wealthy bachelors can get a date. A US Web site - Coincidencedesign.com - claims its team of crack private investigators can carry out discreet surveillance on a potential partner before setting up a "coincidental" meeting …

    Music and Media 17 Jan 2002, 14:26

  • Viral outbreaks leave vendors in clover

    It's an ill wind...

    Antivirus firms are enjoying the benefits of heightened security awareness, and viral outbreaks, with extas sales of their security software. Helped by a recovery in consumer spending, Symantec yesterday posted Q3 revenues of $290.2 million, compared to $241.8 million for the same quarter last year. Net income before one-time …

    Malware 17 Jan 2002, 14:28

  • HP outsources more PC ops

    Lines up Sanmina-SCI as buyer

    Hewlett-Packard wants to outsource its PC manufacturing facility in France, and it has a buyer already lined up. This is Sanmina-SCI, the contract electronics manufacturer which last week, announced its intention to buy IBM's PC manufacturing business in the US and Europe. The deal has to be squared with the French unions, but …

    Business 17 Jan 2002, 15:50

  • Broadband is ‘private sector’ affair – eminister

    Govt will chip in where it can

    It is up to industry - and not Government - to ensure that Europe capitalises on broadband, according to ecommerce minister Douglas Alexander. Speaking at the Europe21 conference in London yesterday Mr Alexander said that access to broadband would be "delivered primarily by market players, and not necessarily by governments". …

    Telecoms 17 Jan 2002, 17:41

  • MS security memo a mere gesture

    Opinion Sound and fury signifying nothing

    By now, you've seen the news articles. Microsoft Founder and Chairman Bill Gates announced that security would have the 'highest priority' in MS products and that security is now 'more important' than any other part of the company's work. This is Microsoft's latest public attempt to address security concerns with its products …

    Software 17 Jan 2002, 21:29