21st August 2002 Archive

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ISOC set to triumph in race for .org domain

And win helpful funding input

The Internet Society has been recommended by the Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers to replace VeriSign Inc as the manager of the .org top-level internet domain, writes Kevin Murphy. ISOC, an international association that focuses on standards, public policy, education and training, and membership, beat off 10 …

Music and Media 21 Aug 2002, 07:16
KPN loses faith in 3G, to dump Hutchison stake

At a knock-down price...

Dutch incumbent KPN NV plans to sell for a knock-down price its 15% stake in Hutchison 3G, which is due to pioneer 3G services in the UK in October, after a major reappraisal of the business plans of its mobile operations in Europe led it to write off 9bn euros ($8.7bn) from the value of its holdings. While it paid …

Data Networking 21 Aug 2002, 07:19
MS JV aims for 50% growth in China

Targets chemicals, steel, electric

Microsoft Corp's Chinese joint venture is aiming for 50% annual sales growth with products launched against IBM, the company said yesterday. Censoft Co Ltd is a joint venture with the Beijing government's Zhongguancun conglomerate, which owns the majority stake. Chief executive Zhu Xiduo told reporters Microsoft would help …

Business 21 Aug 2002, 07:22
First Direct banks on broadband

Teams up with BTO

First Direct - the telephone and Internet bank - has teamed up with BTOpenworld to offer its one million punters discounted broadband access. Punters can get the co-branded service for £27.49 a month - a discount of £2.50 on BTO's normal monthly fee. As part of first direct's bid to attract users it will target some 100,000 of …

Music and Media 21 Aug 2002, 11:29
AMD Athlon breaks through 2GHz mark

...as Intel readies 2.8GHz part

AMD launched its fastest ever processors today, the Athlon XP processor 2400+ and 2600+, claiming their application performance outshone anything arch-rival Intel had to offer. The newly minted Athlon XP 2400+ and Athlon XP 2600+ run at 2.0GHz and 2.133GHz respectively, though AMD says judging processor performance on speed …

Channel 21 Aug 2002, 12:31
UK Gov inches ahead with broadband aggregation

Steady

The UK Government has finally begun its search for broadband providers prepared to supply services to the public sector. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC), responsible for procurement, has placed an advert in the Official Journal of the European Communities looking for potential partners. The OGC claims this "signals the …

Music and Media 21 Aug 2002, 12:53
Dell taps dealer channel with unbadged ‘white box’ PC

The reseller's friend as well, apparently...

Dell intends to tap the channel by selling unbadged computers which resellers can configure as their own. Dell is, of course, the Great Satan of direct sales, but it uses resellers and distributors from time to time when circumstances make this the best solution. Its new 'white box' strategy specifically embraces dealers …

Channel 21 Aug 2002, 12:53
MP wants law to force ISPs to get tough on porn spam

Hang on a mo

The UK's Internet industry has reacted to comments made in a newspaper by respected Net-savvy MP, Derek Wyatt. In today's Guardian Mr Wyatt, chair of the parliamentary Internet Committee, called for the Government to force ISPs to get tough on spam. In particular, he called on ISPs to be responsible for pornographic spam …

Music and Media 21 Aug 2002, 14:28
Nokia 7650 – the camera phone future?

Review Picture a phone...

Only a couple of Bluetooth issues mar Nokia's much-hyped camera phone, which is a landmark consumer electronics device. For one - lack of support for Bluetooth headsets, Nokia is firmly to blame. Who's to blame for the other, problems syncing with Windows PCs? Several culprits. We'll address these at the end. I was on hand at …

Personal 21 Aug 2002, 16:38