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  • Intel ships dualie Xeon 2.4GHz parts

    Everyday low prices

    Intel yesterday took the wraps off the 2.4GHz dualie Xeon, its fastest low-end server processor to date. The part is manufactured on 300mm wafers, the first dualies to roll off this line, and built using 0.13micron technology. As Intel points out, this combo of bigger wafers and smaller die size means higher volume …

    Channel 24 Apr 2002, 06:14

  • Intel rolls out three P4-Ms

    30 laptop models

    And three more mobile P4 processors are rolling out of the Intel fabs. Nothing really new, except for the speeds: there are now 1.8GHz, 1.5GHz and 1.4GHz parts fleshing out the P4-M line up. They join their 1.6GHz and 1.5GHz sisters. So Intel is making big play about the customers, announcing that there are more than 30 new …

    Channel 24 Apr 2002, 06:27

  • IE-6 privacy solution backfires

    Several malicious possibilities

    It may seem ironic, but privacy functionality in IE6 makes it possible to launch several attacks against the browser, and against Outlook and Outlook Express, security researcher Thor Larholm has discovered. "The privacy features added in IE6 to help protect a user's privacy by giving them direct control over cookie management …

    Software 24 Apr 2002, 08:54

  • The quest for the killer mobile app: ringtones from hell?

    And beyond - we look at Beatnik's contribution to civilisation

    The quest for the killer mobile phone app is decidedly on at this week's Symbian Developer Expo, and of the various candidates spotted by The Register, the first wave of apps involving Beatnik's technology look like the ones most likely to get you killed. Think stupid ringtones, think of them becoming polyphonic, longer samples …

    Mobile 24 Apr 2002, 11:01

  • Security exhibitors set up insecure WLANs

    InfoSecurity Europe Cracked logic

    Wireless networking insecurity was a key theme of this week's InfoSecurity show with a number of suppliers coming out with surveys on just how vulnerable world+dog is to drive by hackers. However a quick scout around the show yesterday revealed the problem is closer to home than most vendors would like to admit - half of the …

    Security 24 Apr 2002, 11:49

  • A discount cornucopia from IT-minds

    The IT book cup runneth over by 40 per cent

    It's a veritable cornucopia of IT literature this week from Reg associate www.it-minds.com First out of the horn of plenty is Linux System Administration Handbook by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder and Trent Hein. This is the first Linux administration guide specifically focused on preparing students to administer large-scale …

    Business 24 Apr 2002, 11:50

  • NetScreen puts heat on software firewall vendors

    InfoSecurity Europe Fast show

    NetScreen has boosted the speed and added a new customised ASIC to its line of hardware firewall and VPN appliances. The NetScreen-5000 Series, based on its GigaScreen-II ASIC, boasts firewall speeds of up to 12 Gigabits per second and virtual private network (VPN) speeds of up to 6 Gbps. The NetScreen-5000 Series comprises the …

    Security 24 Apr 2002, 12:03

  • Virus writers outpace traditional AV

    One in ten 'protected' users still get the pox

    Email viruses infecting 10 per cent of users and are costing business millions of pounds each year - even though AV software is used by 95 per cent of companies That's the main finding of a study by analysts Hurwitz Group, sponsored by managed security outfit MessageLabs. This concludes that traditional anti-virus software …

    Malware 24 Apr 2002, 12:03

  • £129 isn't £129 – UK retailers revolt over GameCube RRP

    Rip-Off Britain Part 94?

    When Nintendo originally announced the GameCube's European launch details, it was meant to retail in the UK at £150, a couple of quid below the €249 RRP at current exchange rates. Retailers were soon up in arms about the slim margins this would leave them with though, and soon the street price had risen to around £165 at most …

    Personal 24 Apr 2002, 12:11

  • UK Gov depts must buy MS servers for 2005 deadline

    Biztalk, SQL, Win2k Advanced Server*100s...

    Last week we asked the UK Cabinet Office to tell us what a DIS box is, but the statement we got in response was somewhat bashful. Getting a complete answer to the question is however extremely important, as a DIS (Departmental Integration Service) box is a necessary component for government departments and local authorities to …

    Software 24 Apr 2002, 12:15

  • Chip market has bottomed out – STMicro

    That's what it thinks

    STMicroelectronics NV believes that its revenue bottomed out in the first three months of the current year and is looking for revenue growth of more than 10% in the current quarter. President and CEO Pasquale Pistorio said this expected growth in sales is expected to reflect strengthened demand from virtually all its end …

    Channel 24 Apr 2002, 12:36

  • Infineon sees demand rise

    But posts Q2 loss

    Infineon Technologies AG says that in the last quarter it has seen growing demand in all of its business segments, especially for memory products. However, for the second quarter to March 31, it posted a net loss of 108m euros ($95.8m) down from income of 23m euros ($20.4m) on revenue of 1.38bn euros ($1.22bn), down from 1 …

    Channel 24 Apr 2002, 12:36

  • AT&T Wireless does better than expected

    Falling ARPUs

    AT&T Wireless seems to be braving the crisis in the US telecoms market, and has reported a better first-quarter performance than Wall Street had expected. The company managed to add 650,000 customers in the first quarter, considerably better than the earlier estimates of between 425,000 and 600,000, taking its total customer …

    Mobile 24 Apr 2002, 12:36

  • IBM releases new Web Service tools

    Alphas, free downloads

    IBM Corp has released two brand new alpha products together with version 3.0 of its tried and tested Web Services Toolkit, in a bid to capture the hearts and minds of service providers as well as developers. Web Services Hosting Technology comprises a set of management tools for setting up and running revenue-generating …

    e-Business 24 Apr 2002, 12:37

  • Storage Tank on its way, IBM says

    A lot late

    IBM Corp has promised that its almost mythical Storage Tank software will emerge next year as the market's first heterogeneous file system, alongside an in-band in-house developed virtualization system, Tim Stammers writes. The promise of a file system which can support multiple source operating systems is great enough …

    Hardware 24 Apr 2002, 12:38

  • Intel and Symbian unveil mobile device alliance

    So that's two hardware alliances and minus one boss apiece then...

    As we suggested yesterday, today's big announcement from the Symbian Developer Expo is the Intel-Symbian one, which means that the two mobile phone platform partners Microsoft announced at GSM World Congress, TI and Intel, are now both announced Symbian partners. Today's Intel deal seems to be a straight Symbian equivalent of …

    Data Networking 24 Apr 2002, 13:03

  • MS to confirm Hammer support

    Sorry, Opteron

    This afternoon, East Coast time, AMD will hold a conference call to update the world on "significant developments" on Hammer. The most obvious significant development would be Microsoft support for its upcoming 64-bit CPU platform. The other obvious thing is the brand name for the 64-bit CPU (Hammer is simply a code name), the …

    Channel 24 Apr 2002, 14:21

  • Juniper unveils monster router

    40Gbps Gibson

    Juniper Networks, chief competitor to Cisco in the high-end routing market, has unveiled a monster high speed router designed for the core of service provider networks. The T640 Internet Routing Node (code-named 'Gibson'), which uses third generation of high-density silicon, supports 32 10Gbps (OC-192c) ports in a half-rack …

    Data Networking 24 Apr 2002, 14:27

  • BT spells out plan for broadband domination

    Serious stuff

    BT Retail has unveiled its plans to dominate the UK's consumer broadband market in a move that could leave a lasting mark on the ISP industry. Earlier today the monster telco announced details of its "no frills" broadband access product which will be provided directly by BT's giant customer-facing division. This new product - …

    Telecoms 24 Apr 2002, 14:30

  • UK firms hacked off with BT broadband

    Needs to be sorted

    BT today acknowledged that it has to do more to make its broadband service more robust and reliable. One in five (18 per cent actually) of BTopenworld's business customers are dissatisfied with the service, according to a presentation at BT's London's HQ today. It seems that businesses which rely on BT's broadband service get …

    Telecoms 24 Apr 2002, 15:22

  • Write your own Eden creation story

    Competition Win one of 3 VIA Eden™ EPIA Mini-ITX boards

    Modern life seems to move at an ever-increasing pace, and nowhere is this lust for speed more evident than in computing. With a foot flat on the accelerator and one eye on the clock speed, we seem to have forgotten a gentler, more sedate age. So, in the spirit of "less is more", Vulture Central has teamed up with VIA to give …

    Personal 24 Apr 2002, 18:06

  • Clash of the Sandbags : Carly, Walter go to court

    It's the HP wa-hey

    Even in her dotage, we suspect, Carly Fiorina will feel some trepidation before answering the doorbell. Instead of the regular Meals on Wheels guy, or the home help, there will be Walter B Hewlett delivering a severed horse's head. Hewlett Jr tacitly accepts that it lost the SirCam merger vote, but only by a whisker. …

    Business 24 Apr 2002, 18:15

  • Criminal BillG? Etymology of 'Itanic'… and Columbine's back

    Letters Gripe juice

    Another hiatus in the Letters page. I hit the road to see the dusty glories of Arizona for a few days in early March, and on the way back stopped off at what I'm now convinced is America's Greatest Work of Art. Since late last year, you can walk right through it, and if you're in need of spiritual uplift, I can't recommend it …

    Letters 24 Apr 2002, 20:09