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  • CA executive bonuses return to haunt It

    Fatter than the fattest fat cat

    Computer Associates International Inc has denied that three of its executives, and a $1bn stock compensation they received in 1998, are the focus of ongoing federal investigations into its accounting practices. The Islandia, New York-based company was responding to a report in the Wall Street Journal, which states that …

    Business 16 Apr 2002, 10:33

  • HWRoundup Taiwanese make ATI ‘scrapcards’

    And after a long break, here's a round-up of news from Hardware Land. And we swoop on 3DWin.net, a German language site, which is running this warning (scroll down for an English translation) about buggy OEM ATI Radeon 8500 LE cards from Taiwan hitting the system builder market. The bug is pretty damn serious - after a few days …

    Personal 16 Apr 2002, 11:07

  • UK ISP V21 to give £8,000 to charity

    Fulfilling sign-up pledge

    V21 is to donate more than £8,000 to charity, the UK ISP confirmed today. The donation comes after it pledged last year to donate £1 to charity for each new user it signed up to its unmetered service. The cash will be donated to children's charities Barnardo's and Capital Radio's Help a London Child. In a statement V21 said …

    Music and Media 16 Apr 2002, 11:16

  • AMD loves Microsoft (true)

    One Windows

    AMD has come out fighting for Microsoft in its antitrust case. Jerry Sanders, AMD chairman, is to testify today, and will tell the court that the nine states which want Microsoft to release a cut-down, modular version of Windows, are wrong. Both consumers and system builders benefit from having a standard Windows - A modular …

    Software 16 Apr 2002, 11:17

  • Freeserve prepares for broadband blast-off

    B minus 10, 9, 8, 7...

    Freeserve is gearing up to start its mass-market push for broadband. The UK's largest ISP has just begun its broadband marketing programme with the introduction of an "activation pack" available from its Web site. The "All-in-One" pack costs £84.99 and includes an ADSL modem, splitters and software ready for people to sign up …

    Telecoms 16 Apr 2002, 11:17

  • DVD+RW R&D JV

    Philips and BenQ

    Philips has unveiled a joint venture with Taiwan's BenQ Corp to pool their development resources for drive technology for the PC industry using the DVD+RW format championed by the Dutch conglomerate. With the format wars still underway between DVD+RW and its rival DVD-RW proposed by Pioneer, Eindhoven-based Philips is …

    Personal 16 Apr 2002, 11:21

  • UK plc reamed online

    Security breaches double over last two years

    A lack of investment in security systems is allowing British companies to fall victim to increasing severe security breaches. That's the main finding of the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) annual Information Security Breaches Survey, which concludes that the average cost of a security breach is £30,000, with several …

    Security 16 Apr 2002, 11:40

  • DVD+RW drive upgrades: Philips says free, HP says $$$

    Both technically feasible and not technically feasible, apparently

    In the great DVD+RW upgrade scandal, Philips may be poised to emerge as the hero and HP the villain. HP has quietly (or at least, as quietly as it can) announced a time-, geography- and product-limited $99 upgrade offer, while over at DVDplusRW.org there's a report (which we're trying to confirm with Philips) that the company …

    Personal 16 Apr 2002, 11:43

  • NTL gets new protest site

    All hail ntlhell.co.uk

    A new NTL protest site has been set up following the cableco's decision to buy nthellworld.com. Long-suffering NTL customer, Bryan Stevens, has registered the domain ntlhell.co.uk and already received offers of help to run the site from people providing Web space and programming skills. However, he told The Register that the …

    Telecoms 16 Apr 2002, 12:40

  • One2One to launch GPRS “within two months”

    Definitely, maybe

    One2One has finally given some indication when it will launch its long awaited GPRS service. The mobile operator, which will be rebranded as T-Mobile by parent Deutsche Telecom on Thursday this week, has said since July last year that its launch of GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) services was imminent. Since that time the …

    Mobile 16 Apr 2002, 12:42

  • NTL to file for Chapter 11, split in twain

    Deal beckons

    NTL inc plans to file for Chapter II and split its operations into two, in a deal to rescue the cable company. The lifeboat has been agreed by a committee of major creditors - mostly NTL bondholders, representing more than half the company's $11bn bonds debt. So it could still founder, if other bondholders disagree. Either way …

    Business 16 Apr 2002, 13:17

  • BT grabs £170m Redstone gig

    Wholesale

    BT Wholesale has won its first major deal to run a rival telco network. The deal is to run the voice network of cash-strapped Redstone Telecom, it's worth £ 170m, and it runs over six years. Twenty Redstone staff will transfer to BT under TUPE regulations. It's unclear how much of this contract is new money - BT Wholesale says …

    Business 16 Apr 2002, 13:40

  • PSINet Europe for sale

    Any bidders?

    PSINet Europe is up for sale after its parent, PSINet Inc, filed a motion with the US Bankruptcy Court to auction its European business. Executives at PSINet Europe are already talking with a number of possible suitors about a possible acquisition although no one at the company would disclose any further information about the …

    Music and Media 16 Apr 2002, 13:41

  • Gaucho hackers escape legal lasso

    Argentine justice system goes crackers

    A judge has ruled hacking is legal by default in Argentina because of a lack of applicable computer crime laws. Argentina's first computer hacking prosecution was dismissed after an unnamed Federal judge ruled its law only covered crimes on "people, things and animals" and not digital attacks. The quirky ruling came in the …

    Music and Media 16 Apr 2002, 14:05

  • Running MS-Office on Linux

    Review Clippy and Tux together at last

    There's been a lot of talk in the tech press lately about whether CodeWeavers' Crossover Office for Linux will draw Windows users. The theory here is that a fair number of home users and a vast lot of businesses naturally despise Windows, but can't give it up because they adore MS Office. Home computer users may have learned it …

    Software 16 Apr 2002, 14:47

  • Micron retails PC2700/ DDR333

    Fast to market

    Micron has released two new PC2700/DDR333modules, in 128MB and 256MB densities. It's flogging these fast memory modules direct through its Crucial retail subsidiary. In the UK, the modules cost £40.49 and £77.39 respectively. And in the US? they are knocked out at $57.59 and $111.59. That doesn't look too much of a differential …

    Channel 16 Apr 2002, 15:02

  • The Microsoft Government Portal explained

    And MSN and bCentral as public services...

    It's official - Microsoft owns the UK's Government Gateway. This will not come as a surprise to Register readers, who were tipped off last August that the government was poised to license IP relating to the Gateway to Microsoft "for a song," but it did shock people attending a recent govtalk (a Gateway-related discussion group) …

    Software 16 Apr 2002, 15:49

  • Edge Web services in Q4 – Akamai

    Edge Hedge

    Akamai Technologies Inc says its long-evangelized dream of moving web application logic to the edge of the internet will be realized mid-to-late fourth quarter this year, company spokespeople said, Kevin Murphy writes. The company, which pioneered and continues to lead the content delivery network market, inked deals with …

    e-Business 16 Apr 2002, 17:17

  • mm02 picks favourites in race to 3G

    Save €600m on network roll-out

    mm02 today named Nortel Networks and Nokia as preferred suppliers for the build out of its next-generation broadband mobile data network across Europe. In a related deal, mm02's Dutch business, Telfort, is to outsource its entire mobile network operations to Ericsson. mm02 hopes the agreements, which consolidate and replace …

    Site News 16 Apr 2002, 17:25

  • Jetstream goes down the plug hole

    Where da customers go?

    Jetstream Communications, a supplier of kit which sets up extra voice channels over DSL connections, ceased operations last Friday after failing to secure more funding. A notice on its Web site, explains that most of its staff have been dismissed and solicits offers of its various assets (intellectual property, inventory, …

    Data Networking 16 Apr 2002, 21:08

  • IBM announces Secure Web Services Technology

    Free trial version

    IBM Corp is delivering new security features and functions in its Web services toolkit - (WSTK) 3.1 - to help e-business application developers build secure Web services. The recently introduced WSTK 3.1 consolidates Web services-related technologies from various IBM development and research labs, and provides an …

    e-Business 16 Apr 2002, 21:12