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  • ‘Six million crystal tubes’ in China's first CPU

    Stuckist hardware or homegrown surveillance chip?

    China's first CPU - the existence of which was first reported a year ago - has made its debut, according the People's Daily. The Dragon boasts the power of a 486, according to an earlier communique issued by the Chinese Ministry of Technology, and thanks to a charming mistranslation we learn that it features "six million …

    Channel 30 Sep 2002, 08:37

  • Vodafone Ireland faces ski spam allegations

    Taking the piste

    Vodafone customers in Ireland have complained that the mobile phone company is spamming their friends. As part of a competition to win a €3,000 skiing trip customers have been asked to enter the email addresses of three friends who would accompany them on the holiday. But according to one Vodafone customer: "Shortly afterwards …

    Music and Media 30 Sep 2002, 08:38

  • MobilCom freezes 3G plans, cuts 1,850 jobs

    Starts making sense

    MobilCom AG plans to cut its workforce by 40% and has frozen plans to roll out a 3G network as the struggling German mobile operator fights for survival. The move is another set-back to 3G hopes on the continent and follows the decision by Sonera and Telefonica to scrap their Group 3G UMTS GmbH joint venture in Germany. …

    Business 30 Sep 2002, 08:39

  • US P2P Hacking Bill draws support, critics

    Too vague, potentially dangerous?

    US lawmakers last week sat down with proponents and opponents of a controversial bill that would allow copyright holders to use techniques critics compare to "hacking" to prevent content being pirated on peer-to-peer networks, Kevin Murphy writes. At a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the …

    Music and Media 30 Sep 2002, 08:39

  • Excite@Home exhumed to sue cable firms for $600m

    'Critically weakened'

    Excite@Home, which went bankrupt a year ago and folded early this year, is suing former partners Cox Communications Inc and Comcast Corp for over $600m in profits, over allegations of insider dealing over two years ago, writes Kevin Murphy. A lawsuit filed in Delaware last week names At Home Corp as the plaintiff, but is …

    Business 30 Sep 2002, 08:40

  • IBM signs up Clear Technologies

    Beefs up mid-market alliances

    IBM Corp has concluded two strategic alliances with dedicated mid-market applications vendors as part of its own ongoing strategy to take advantage of this sweet spot market segment that is estimated to be worth $40bn. First was a deal with Coppell, Texas-based Clear Technologies Inc over its C2 CRM web-based customer …

    Hardware 30 Sep 2002, 08:40

  • SAS gets more analytical about CRM

    Someone has to

    SAS Institute Inc is building up its analytical CRM portfolio with the release of Interaction Management, real-time analysis software for multi-channel, in- and out-bound customer interactions. SAS says a key element of Interaction Management is its ability to work with any front-end system - both packaged and bespoke - across …

    Hardware 30 Sep 2002, 08:40

  • BT Ignite preps managed Web Services

    Microsoft tie-in

    BT Ignite, the services and solutions business of BT Group Plc, aims to be one of the first vendors outside of the software sector to offer commercial web services, and plans to launch a managed web services offering in January 2003. Some newly announced tie-ups with Microsoft Corp and Flamenco Networks Inc, as well as the …

    e-Business 30 Sep 2002, 08:40

  • IBM snaps up TrelliSoft for Tivoli

    Storage play

    IBM Corp yesterday said it is to acquire storage software start-up TrelliSoft Inc, in order to strengthen the hand of the IT giant's infrastructure management arm, IBM Tivoli Software, in the storage management arena. The Glen Ellyn, Illinois-based storage management start-up provides web-based storage resource management …

    Hardware 30 Sep 2002, 09:10

  • HP and IBM swap APIs in managed storage move

    API swap hugging gathering pace?

    The door leading to open technology access in the storage industry swung further open yesterday with the announcement of an API-swapping deal between IBM Corp and Hewlett Packard Co. The deal is only the second wide-ranging API swap to be struck between major competing storage suppliers, and it will allow the two to sell …

    Hardware 30 Sep 2002, 09:11

  • Cisco goes storage with Andiamo buy

    Let's go storage!

    Cisco Systems today announced a deal to acquire storage firm Andiamo Systems and outlined plans to introduce a line of high end storage switches based on Andiamo's technology by the end of the year. Cisco, which already owns a stake in the startup, will acquire Andiamo in a stock swop deal worth up to $2.5 billion. The price …

    Data Networking 30 Sep 2002, 09:11

  • EMC pushes Clariion upmarket

    Prepping cheaper lines

    EMC Corp has begun the promised promotion of its midrange Clariion storage array, by launching a high-end version of the device that fills in where the company's Symmetrix flagship array cannot compete because of its cost, Tim Stammers writes. Joe Tucci, EMC CEO, said the new machine is also the first of what will be …

    Hardware 30 Sep 2002, 09:12

  • Bluefin caught by SNIA, renamed SMI

    Setting standards

    It is possible to argue that storage and storage management have been the most active areas in IT over the last couple of years. Storage Area Networking (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS) and software tools addressing the management of increasingly complex storage infrastructures have been evolving rapidly. However, the whole …

    Hardware 30 Sep 2002, 09:12

  • Maxtor preps 320GB HDD

    Big is Beautiful

    Maxtor has been a busy PR bunny on the launch front with three ginormous HDD announcements in the last week. Today, the hard drive maker announces the Maxtor MaXLine, a new enterprise-class ATA line with two unique selling points. First the HDD is huge, with a capacity of up to 320GB. And second it will be ultra-reliable - …

    Hardware 30 Sep 2002, 09:21

  • Google brings Adwords to UK

    CPC gig

    Google today launches Adwords - you know, the text boxes on the righthand side of search pages - for UK advertisers. It's a cost-per-click deal and it's self-service and, says Google, it only costs £5 to start. So it's a low-cost way of getting SME businesses advertising online, and there's targeting too, so of course Google …

    e-Business 30 Sep 2002, 10:13

  • IBM plays Host to Websphere integration

    The Register has a new Enterprise Storage Channel The Green Screen of Life

    IBM has released details of new and updated tools addressing the issues of host integration. Traditionally, legacy applications, or green screens, are accessed from modern desktop workstations using emulation software. This means loading client software onto every machine used to access the legacy applications, a time-consuming …

    Hardware 30 Sep 2002, 10:39

  • BTo to ditch 24/7 unmetered service – sources

    Caps and quotas

    BTopenworld is ditching its 24/7 unmetered dial-up service, according to insiders. Instead, BT's ISP plans to cap the amount of time people are allowed to use the service to 150 hours a month. In effect users will have the amount of time they are allowed to stay online without incurring additional call charges cut by around …

    Music and Media 30 Sep 2002, 11:02

  • ATI fits 9700 into All-in-Wonder card

    Editing, tuning, gaming

    ATI today added a RADEON 9700 flavor to its ALL-IN-WONDER retail line up of home entertainment graphics/multimedia cards. You can pick up a board this fall, in North America anyway. It doesn't come cheap - "less than USD$500", ATI says. But what's that to the computer games fanatics who like to watch TV on their PCs and maybe …

    Personal 30 Sep 2002, 13:02

  • Satire site shut by police lives again

    Freedom of speech

    The satirical Web site, thinkofthechildren.co.uk, has reactivated - after it was shut down following intervention by police. Last week, officers from the Metropolitan Police Service's Obscene Publications and Internet Unit contacted the hosts, Host Europe, alleging that that its content had offended some people and could incite …

    Music and Media 30 Sep 2002, 14:11

  • Net radio – call your congressman today

    Or the revolution will not be Shoutcast

    There's still a chance to spare small time webcasters from the axe, but hurry. The House votes on the Relief for Small-Business Webcasters Act (HR 5469), so today's the last day to make your views heard to your local Congressional representative. If passed, HR 5469 would delay the introduction of punitive rates, set by the …

    Music and Media 30 Sep 2002, 19:21

  • Apple loses World's Most Valuable List

    Why they should pay you for .Mac. Seriously.

    Apple has extended the cut-off date for iTools account holders to October 14. After that date, existing iTools account and mac.com email addresses will cease to work unless they've been converted to the $100-a-year subscription software package .Mac. The $49.95 introductory offer has also been extended. Apple recently claimed …

    Mac Channel 30 Sep 2002, 21:31

  • Aqua eye-candy comes to the PC

    Direct3D on the desktop

    Stardock has released a small utility that brings several of the dazzling effects seen in Apple's Aqua UI to the PC. WindowFX 2.0, released today, performs Direct3D operations including transparency and transitions on each window - which we think is a first on Windows - although Stardock is shying away from a confrontation with …

    Mac Channel 30 Sep 2002, 23:34