18th January 2002 Archive

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• Microsoft profits down

  Takes hit for class action

  Microsoft Corp said sales of Windows XP and its Xbox games console boosted net income for its second fiscal quarter, reported yesterday, but profits were knocked back by a $660m accounting charge related to a consumer class action suit. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft reported an 18 per cent increase in revenue to $7. …

  Business 18 Jan 2002, 07:30

• IBM profit steady amid revenue decline

  Buggy disk drives take their toll

  The adverse economic conditions in the world and the tough times that have fallen on companies in the information technology sector have taken their toll on IBM Corp, which yesterday reported profits of $2.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2001, down 13% from last year, on worldwide sales of $22.8 billion, down 11% - …

  Business 18 Jan 2002, 07:30

• Proxim and Western create ‘wireless powerhouse’

  Merger of equals

  In a rare genuine merger of equals, two Sunnyvale, California-based companies, Proxim Inc and Western Multiplex Corp, are joining forces to create a wireless equipment maker spanning across local and wide area networks - Patrick O'Brien writes. Under the terms of the deal, Western Multiplex will swap 1.8896 of its shares …

  Data Networking 18 Jan 2002, 07:30

• 2001 ‘bloodbath’ for PC vendors

  Outlook mixed as shipments fell last year

  2001 was a "bloodbath" for vendors after the number of PCs shipped last year dipped for the first time since 1985, according to the latest figures from Dataquest. Despite the fall the PC market could begin to pick up again during the second half of the year as long as economic conditions begin to improve. That's the assessment …

  Business 18 Jan 2002, 11:38

• Linux Quake3 rocks Win-XP Quake3 on new P4

  Go figure

  The new Northwood 2.2gHz 0.13-micron P4, as I mentioned earlier, seems made for Windows-XP. It's got special chipset drivers; it's got an 'application accelerator'; it's got Rambus working overtime. For Linux it's got nothing special to offer -- no accelerators or drivers. Just 2.2 in clock speed and a memory controller that …

  Software 18 Jan 2002, 12:59

• Philips moves to put ‘poison’ label on protected audio CDs

  Not CDs at all, sniffs company...

  Netherlands giant Philips Electronics has lobbed a grenade into the audio copy protection arena by insisting that that CDs including anti-copying technology should bear what is effectively a plague warning. They should in Philips' view clearly inform users that they are copy-protected, and they shouldn't use the "Compact Disc" …

  Software 18 Jan 2002, 13:19

• Oftel gets new second in command

  Cheerio Anne

  Anne Lambert is stepping down as director of operations after three years at telecoms regulator Oftel. She is returning to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) having played an important role in helping to introduce unmetered Internet access to the UK. Ms Lambert has also overseen the difficult and testing introduction …

  Music and Media 18 Jan 2002, 13:21

• Nortel in black pit of despair

  Results more depressing than a Leonard Cohen song (shurely not possible? - Ed)

  Losses keep pilling up at Nortel Networks as the firm announced a Q4 deficit of $1.83 billion, bringing net losses for the year to $ 27.30 billion. Nortel's revenues from continuing operations for Q4 2001 were $3.46 billion compared to $8.20 billion in the same period in 2000. Revenues in 2001 for the Canadian firm were $17.51 …

  Data Networking 18 Jan 2002, 13:24

• Compaq revitalises depressed disclaimer market

  Comes back fighting with email classic

  Those readers who remember the result of our astounding 2001 email disclaimer contest, will doubtless enjoy the following effort from Compaq, courtesy of our man in the land of coffee and maracas. The company recently donated 10 PCs to an Indian community centre in Chiapas, Mexico. Very laudable, but the subsequent press …

  Bootnotes 18 Jan 2002, 13:26

• Distributed computing case ends with probation

  BOFH put through hell for installing screensaver

  A sys admin who installed distributed computing software on computers at an American college has been sentenced to probation. This may seem harsh but David McOwen, the former BOFH at the state run DeKalb Technical College in Georgia, can consider himself fortunate - since the authorities brought charges against him that might …

  Software 18 Jan 2002, 14:59

• Oftel cuts LLU charges

  Please - don't get excited

  Oftel has ordered BT to cut some its charges linked with local loop unbundling, claiming they are too high. The telecoms regulator ruled that BT must cut the amount it charges for providing line test information from £5.30 to £2.60 per line. It must also halve the amount it charges for unplanned escorted access to exchanges. …

  Music and Media 18 Jan 2002, 15:51

• bin Laden hackmeister ‘flees’ Germany

  Updated Auf Wiedersehen, prat

  German glam-hax0r Kim Schmitz (aka Kimble), the founder of a group which made unsubstantiated claims to have hacked a Sudanese bank with /bin/laden accounts, has fled the country in fear of his life. At least that's what the man himself would have us believe from a farewell letter on his site which shows, if nothing else, that …

  Security 18 Jan 2002, 15:55

• Dell takes 27pc of US PC market

  Upbeat trading statement

  More than one in four PCs sold in the US in the last three months had a Dell badge, according to analyst estimates cited by Dell today in an upbeat trading statement. In Dell's Q4 (not over yet - it finishes on Feb 1) , the company will account for 27 per cent of all PCs sold in the US, totting up to sales of $8 billion. This …

  Business 18 Jan 2002, 17:30

• Canon UK to shed 500 jobs

  Downturn bites

  Canon is to axe 500 jobs in the UK despite having reported record global sales over the last 12 months. The printer and copier company said that it was not immune from the pressures being faced by the whole industry. Following a review of its business in the UK, the Surrey-based operation said its workforce would be cut from 3 …

  Business 18 Jan 2002, 17:31

• Sun's sales slip, forecasts summer recovery

  Big restructuring charges

  Sun Microsystems has posted a second quarter net loss of $431 million as its sales fell by more than a third. Losses for the quarter came in at $431 million compared with net income of $423 million in the same quarter last year. Excluding losses on Sun's equity investment portfolio, charges related to job losses and other …

  Business 18 Jan 2002, 17:34

• Avoid the Christmas rush with El Reg January sale

  Bargains galore

  We've mucked out the Augean stables of the Register merchandising-warehouse, courtesy of our January clearance sale. Nearly. Only 90 sacks to get out the door - everything must go! Will no-one rid us of our fine El Reg-logo yellow button-down shirts? Only seven left, and at just £10 a pop, an absolute steal. We have Bastard …

  Bootnotes 18 Jan 2002, 18:19

• Next-gen ISP peering network launches

  draft Martini - shaken not stirred

  PacketExchange, a provider of peering services to carriers and ISPs, has launched a network which enables service providers in different locations to peer directly with one another. The network (dubbed ProXimity) links traffic exchange points in London, New York, Paris, Frankfurt, and Amsterdam, and reduces the cost of …

  Data Networking 18 Jan 2002, 18:40

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