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  • Slow Symbian product ramp turning off ISVs, says AvantGo

    How much of the lead has been squandered?

    Mobile operating system vendor Symbian Ltd is in danger of losing the support of wireless business application developers unless its supporters can bring compelling devices to market as soon as possible, writes Tony Cripps. Richard Owen, CEO of Hayward, California-based wireless software vendor AvantGo Inc said his …

    Mobile 1 Mar 2002, 09:53

  • Novell Predicts Breakeven for Current Quarter

    But times are still tough

    Novell Inc turned in lack luster results for its first quarter yesterday, and warned that it will be hovering around breakeven in the upcoming quarter. The Provo, Utah-based company turned in sales of $271.1m for the quarter ending January 31, a 10.6% rise on the previous year. However, this quarter's figure included $58m …

    Data Networking 1 Mar 2002, 10:39

  • Blueyonder notches up 107k broadband punters

    900 new punters a day

    Blueyonder is signing up 900 new broadband customers a day, according to the latest figures from the UK cableco Telewest. The company said that as of yesterday its ISP, Bueyonder, had 107,000 broadband users putting it neck and neck with BT’s ISP, BTopenworld. Of course, all that could change following recent price cuts for …

    Music and Media 1 Mar 2002, 11:10

  • MS opponents may testify

    Keep it short and sweet

    US District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted permission to several business competitors and their lobbying arms to put their objections to the MS/DoJ proposed antitrust settlement on the record, though many will receive mere ten-minute slots. The dissenting states will of course be granted larger hunks of the Court's …

    Software 1 Mar 2002, 12:08

  • UK Gov deal opens up 2m desktops to MS rivals

    Now there are three games in town. Well, two and a half...

    The UK Government's Office of Government Commerce has struck a "ground-breaking" three-cornered deal covering the use of desktop productivity software in Government departments. The deal is the upshot of protracted and at times acrimonious negotiations between the OGC and Microsoft, during which OGC CEO Peter Gershon repeatedly …

    Software 1 Mar 2002, 12:42

  • How to fry an egg using an Athlon XP1500+

    PC turned into domestic appliance in mad experiment

    Someone with obviously too much time on their hands, and a gourmet bent, has worked out how you can fry an egg using an Athlon XP1500+ CPU. Trubador details how he turned his PC into a domestic appliance capable of cooking an egg in 11 minutes in a quite remarkable posting on Tekforums, which comes complete with pictures. The …

    Bootnotes 1 Mar 2002, 12:45

  • DSL headlines religious slot

    Unhappy punter

    If, like me, you are part of the sizeable minority of people in the UK who cannot get broadband via cable or DSL – then take heart. For we have a spiritual ally. Writer and broadcaster, Dr Lavinia Byrne (Internet Consultant for Catholic Bishops’ Conference, among many other things) is also without ADSL. And she ain’t happy. …

    Telecoms 1 Mar 2002, 12:59

  • WinXP SP1 to combine new goodies with the fixes

    Effectively, the next generation is being slipstreamed into this one

    Microsoft will ship Service Pack 1 in Q3 this year, a little later than expected. But from the sound of it the company is planning SP1 more as a bundle of goodies and enhancements than as a plain old fix roll-up. It'll include support for the Mira and Freestyle technologies Microsoft intends to unleash on us, and will also …

    Software 1 Mar 2002, 13:58

  • Senator brutalizes Intel rep for resisting CPRM

    You're either with us, or you're with the criminals

    Entertainment industry lapdog Senator Fritz Hollings (Democrat, South Carolina) lashed out at Intel executive VP Leslie Vadasz who warned that the copy-protected PCs Hollings is obediantly promoting on behalf of his MPAA and RIAA handlers would stifle growth in the marketplace. "We do not need to neuter the personal computer to …

    Personal 1 Mar 2002, 14:42

  • Euro IT spend to rise, but still lags US

    No returns

    Europe is poised to see a return to moderate growth in IT spending next year, according to the latest assessment from Forrester Research. It claims that spending on IT in Europe will increase by six per cent in 2003 following a dip last year. In the UK, IT spending will also recover next year making it the biggest IT spender …

    Business 1 Mar 2002, 15:53