2nd December 2002 Archive

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Cisco backtracks on security functionality

Gun jumping

Having previously said that it had added firewall and intrusion-detection features to its IOS security software, Cisco Systems Inc has now clarified its position and said that those features will not actually be integrated into the product until the first quarter of 2003. Earlier this month, San Jose, California-based …

Data Networking 2 Dec 2002, 09:32
Orange delays 3G roll-out

France Telecom wants budget cuts

Mobile network equipment suppliers are likely to be the main victims when Thierry Breton, the new chairman of France Telecom SA, announces the group's survival strategy this week. With a promise of immediate government assistance of 9bn euros ($8.9bn), Breton is expected to come up with matching savings. Applying the brake …

Security 2 Dec 2002, 09:33
Nokia late with Singapore 3G network

It's that dual-mode handset switching issue

Nokia Corp's ambitions to be world leader in mobile technology have been dented by the embarrassing revelation that it has failed to produce a 3G network on time. An IPO document filed by Singapore's second largest mobile operator MobileOne (Asia) (M1) revealed that Nokia failed to meet a mid-year deadline to supply 3G …

Security 2 Dec 2002, 09:33
BEA disses IBM WebSphere 5.0

Application server war gets ugly

The fierce battle between the two top vendors in the application server market, BEA Systems Inc and IBM Corp, has become even nastier as BEA has attempted to deride the latest release of IBM's WebSphere, 5.0. IBM retaliated just as strongly, saying that BEA's arguments over the technical deficiency of WebSphere are simply …

Hardware 2 Dec 2002, 09:34
37 million Americans bank online

Glacial shift

The drift from bank teller lines to internet banking continues, according to a report from non-profit-making Pew Internet and American Life Project, with estimates that 37 million Americans now pay bills and transfer funds on the web, more than twice the number that did so two years ago. Of those surveyed, 32% did their …

Music and Media 2 Dec 2002, 09:37
StorageTek rides the data lifecycle

Pragmatism rules in storage services

StorageTek is reinventing itself again, this time as a specialist in data lifecycle management. The $2 billion company believes its expertise in areas such as mainframe disk arrays, tape libraries and archival can be turned to advising clients on how to classify, manage and appropriately protect all their digital assets. It is …

Storage 2 Dec 2002, 09:50
Does your local pub have WiFi? It's free…

Chips and Alcohol

This report was written in Barneys in St Albans. It's a pub/wine bar/restaurant, and all I had to do was walk in, sit down, and open up my laptop. Instantly, I had free Internet. Who pays? Well, the simple answer, according to Brian Parker, marketing director of Wialess, is - I do. I bought a meal and a drink which Barneys …

Mobile 2 Dec 2002, 10:02
ATI aims low with with ALL-IN-WONDER VE

Shipping now (in North America)

ATI is driving a new budget multimedia video upgrade card into North America shops, just in time for Christmas. Called the ALL-IN-WONDER VE, this 'value' PCI card sits at the bottom of the ATI range, retailing for US $129. This is a card for people who want to watch and record TV on their low-cost, low-mid spec PCs and if they' …

Personal 2 Dec 2002, 11:29
DT flogs shares in T-Online

Debt-cutting move

Deutsche Telekom is to flog up to 120m shares in its Internet division, T-Online, in a bid to cut the monster telco's debt mountain. The sell-off could net the company up to €700m although the exact amount won't be known until after the sale is completed. Deutsche Telekom's stake in T-Online will fall to 73.5 per cent from 81. …

Business 2 Dec 2002, 11:31
PCA publishes Fujitsu HDD advisory

What to tell the customers

The PC Association, the UK lobby group for system builders, has issued an advisory on the Great Fujitsu HDD Fiasco for its members. It makes for interesting reading, but remember, the PC Association is carrying the banner for the UK trade only. DC INFORMATION - NOVEMBER 2002 FUJITSU MPG3 series HARD DISK DRIVES The following …

Personal 2 Dec 2002, 12:34
P2P cookie monsters just want to pick a packet or two

Parting shots from Telewest content chief

Last week, the MD of Telewest's broadband content confirmed that he is to leave the cableco. Telewest has no plans at the moment to replace David Docherty although he will carry on as a consultant. Mr Docherty's departure from Telewest marks a shift in strategy for the cableco. Instead of relying on generating its own broadband …

Telecoms 2 Dec 2002, 13:04
Terminator – the Seagate connection

LogoWatch I'll be back...

Things have been pretty quiet recently on the white-knuckle rollercoaster ride that is corporate rebranding. So quiet, in fact, that when disk drive manufacturer Seagate Technology decided a month or so ago to present a new face to an expectant world, El Reg hardly raised an eyebrow. Indeed, Seagate's rebrand launch blurb …

Bootnotes 2 Dec 2002, 15:41
Third of UK biz does not have IT staff

Research blah blah

Almost a third of UK businesses don't employ someone specifically to look after the IT needs of their company. Not surprisingly, small companies are less likely to have an IT bod than larger outfits. Okay, no great shakes we know but that's what UK ISP Star Internet found out. Instead, in those companies which don't have an IT …

Business 2 Dec 2002, 15:43
Mistral buys Routo

Wind of change

Brighton-based business ISP Mistral Internet has bought hosting and telecoms outfit Routo (formerly Boyannet) for an undisclosed sum. Mistral says the deal will add more punters for managed firewalls, hosted servers, leased lines and dial up connections. Mistral has so far recorded sales this year in excess of £6m and reports …

Business 2 Dec 2002, 15:45
Orange, not MS, is SPV smartphone app-breaker in chief

Just sign here...

The dastardly control-freak company responsible for throttling application development for the Orange SPV smartphone is Orange, not Microsoft, it transpires. With Smartphone 2002 Microsoft provides the mechanisms for developers to produce applications and actually have them run on the target platform, but it leaves the final say …

Mobile 2 Dec 2002, 16:50
BT accused of blocking broadband take-up

An irate user complains

BT has been accused of "anti-competitive behaviour" following allegations that it blocked attempts for a customer to subscribe to a rival broadband service. Six weeks ago Tina Weston from Worcester tried to subscribe to Demon's ADSL service but was told by BT that the distance between her house and the local exchange was too …

Telecoms 2 Dec 2002, 16:53
Hewlett Packard eyes smartphone biz

Sssh... don't tell Bill

There's an eye-catching name in an otherwise content-free press release from Symbian today: Hewlett Packard. HP makes its first appearance as a "Premium Partner" for the smartphone OS provider. Peter Bancroft, VP of communications at Symbian, told us that he couldn't comment on the specific relationship, but said this was …

Personal 2 Dec 2002, 20:58