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  • MS declares programming moratorium – report

    Bug-hunting intermission

    Microsoft will suspend software development for a month to scour its vast, bloated reams of code in search of bugs, according to a brief item by Government Computer News. This startling development was announced by MS privacy chief Richard Purcell during a conference in Washington on Friday. Chairman Gates "is really annoyed …

    Software 4 Feb 2002, 09:37

  • Chip sales slump in 2001

    PCs, mobile phones to blame

    World chip sales fell 32 per cent in 2001 to $139 billion, the worst slump ever for the semiconductor industry. Declining sales (that's value, not units) in chips for mobile phones and PCs were responsible for most of the slump, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) which compiled the figures. But demand …

    Channel 4 Feb 2002, 10:46

  • BT to slash broadband charges

    'Wildly speculative'

    BT is set to slash the cost of broadband – apparently. Today's newspapers of full of reports that BT's new boss, Ben Verwaayen, will announce the price cuts on Thursday when he releases the telco's Q3 results. Some reports claim that prices could be cut by as much as 50 per cent. If true, then the retail cost of ADSL could …

    Telecoms 4 Feb 2002, 10:56

  • Enterasys faces SEC probe

    "Apparently unrelated" results delay

    The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is examining the finances of Enterasys Networks. The subject of the investigation of the enterprise networking firm is unclear. In a statement published Friday, Enterasys said it "and certain affiliated companies" are under SEC investigation, adding only that it intends to co-operate …

    Business 4 Feb 2002, 11:04

  • AMD mobos are certifiable

    Corporate TCO play

    AMD has launched a motherboard certification programme for desktop AthlonXP and Durons, and has enlisted the support of top mobo maker ASUS to promote the scheme in North America. The aim is to help system builders seed more AMD boxes in American businesses. AMD PCs may be cheaper than equivalent performing Intel-powered …

    Channel 4 Feb 2002, 11:35

  • Hacktivists claim coup against global leaders site

    Conflicting reports from the front line

    Hacktivists have been blamed for cutting off access to the Web site of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a talking shop for the world's political and business leaders, over the weekend. The "denial of service" attack against weforum.org began on the first day of the five-day conference in New York and continued during the course …

    Security 4 Feb 2002, 12:51

  • Fujitsu Siemens shoots for ‘Mobility’ leadership

    Xscale-powered PDA

    Fujitsu Siemens Computers BV said last week that wireless technology will drive the next great wave in corporate IT spending, and announced plans to establish itself as a top-three player in a "mobility" systems market it expects to be worth 14bn euros ($12bn) by 2003. The Amsterdam, Netherlands-based joint venture of …

    Personal 4 Feb 2002, 12:57

  • Dell inks Linux HPC cluster deal with Cray

    Beowulf 'not good enough'

    Dell Computer Corp may be setting the pace in the Intel-based server market by virtue of the high-volume business it does at the low-end of the server market, Timothy Prickett Morgan writes. But the company does not have any expertise in enterprise Unix servers and it sure doesn't have all that much experience in the fast- …

    Hardware 4 Feb 2002, 12:58

  • Will you be using this Dell PC for world terror (y/n)?

    UK sub does its bit in the war...

    Dell UK is dutifully doing its bit in the war against terrorism, as evidenced by the Export Compliance section of the company's online order form. Says Question 4: "Will the product(s) be used in connection with weapons of mass destruction, i.e. nuclear applications, missile technology, or chemical or biological weapons purposes …

    Bootnotes 4 Feb 2002, 13:41

  • RM declares war on BBC, issues profit warning

    Schools spend on broadband

    RM, Britain's biggest IT supplier to schools, today expressed concern at the threat presented by BBC's Digital Curriculum proposals to the UK educational IT industry. In a profits warning today, the company said it would spend whatever it takes to support joint action with "other industry partners to defend choice, innovation …

    Channel 4 Feb 2002, 13:46

  • Computacenter bags BT renewal?

    Staff talk strike

    Up to 370 BT staff will be transferred to Computacenter, the UK's biggest computer reseller, as part of a £100 million deal, The Guardian reported today. The staff are said to be angry and discussing strike action. Computacenter issued a statement to the London Stock Exchange confirming that it was in discussions with BT "in …

    Channel 4 Feb 2002, 14:04

  • SOYO flag-waves patriotic mobo

    But for which country?

    SOYO's latest motherboard, the SY-P41 Fire DRAGON Pentium 4, has a "patriotic color scheme" - it comes in red, white and blue. These are the colours of the flag of Taiwan, SOYO's homeland, but it's American patriotism the company is playing to with this limited "addition" (sic) Pentium 4 mobo. Buy a board and five bucks goes to …

    Channel 4 Feb 2002, 15:23