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  • VeriSign to revamp secondary domain biz

    Going wholesale

    VeriSign Inc next month will re-launch its GreatDomains domain name resale service, dropping its retail auction model in favor of a wholesale system that will be made available to all of its registrar channel partners, ComputerWire has learned. The service, expected to be announced next week, will be called Name Store. Coming …

    Music and Media 3 Dec 2002, 10:04

  • Oracle readies e-biz suite lite for Europe

    Trawling in that tiny sub-$1bn sector

    Oracle Corp is set to take the wraps off its new E-Business Suite of applications specially designed for the European midmarket sector. All eyes are on the Redwood Shores, California software vendor to unveil the software later this week. Although the technical specifics of the new suite are still closely guarded by Oracle …

    Hardware 3 Dec 2002, 10:05

  • Microsoft eases licences with Windows .NET Server 2003

    Per-User Access Route

    Microsoft Corp is broadening client access rights to Windows servers through licensing changes unveiled yesterday along with the second release candidate (RC) of Windows .NET Server 2003. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp will let organizations access Windows .NET Server 2003 and Windows .NET Server 2003 Terminal …

    Hardware 3 Dec 2002, 10:05

  • IBM preps 32-way Intel server

    Truly big iron

    IBM has confirmed that it is working on a greatly expanded version of its xSeries 440 server which will see the company deliver in 2003 a 32-way Wintel and Lintel box that uses either 32-bit Xeon MP or 64-bit Itanium processors. This is based on the Summit EXA chipset and will be the largest Intel-based machine that IBM …

    Servers 3 Dec 2002, 10:06

  • Hitachi pushes Thunder box downstream

    Storage is for the little people too

    Hitachi Ltd's storage division has refreshed its mid-range Thunder box and pushed it further down-market, chasing sales in the growing mid-range storage market. At the same time the company has fleshed out its software line-up with a point product which reports on I/O performance and capacity usage, but is not an SRM …

    Storage 3 Dec 2002, 10:08

  • Liberty insists no rift, just differences of opinion

    Distinct lack of fraternité

    Reports of a damaging rift between Liberty Alliance Project members have been down played, although differences do exist in the platforms vendors are likely to target. Liberty president Michael Barrett said yesterday individual group members are interested in only certain platforms and technologies. Barrett insisted, …

    Software 3 Dec 2002, 10:26

  • Cheap Mandrake for Windows refugees

    Deal time

    Monday, MandrakeSoft announced what it calls a Refugee Program. If you can muster proof that you purchased an operating system license to run Windows or Unix or any other OS, Mandrake has got a deal for you. MandrakeSoft VP Gael Duval says that he wants to see a copy of your proof of ownership (doesn't he know that EULAs say …

    Software 3 Dec 2002, 10:26

  • Ireland sets three year target for cheap broadband

    But first, flat rate Internet

    Ireland's Minister for Communications, Dermot Ahern, has set a deadline for affordable broadband in the country. The targets for broadband roll-out in Ireland were included in a new government draft policy statement published to coincide with this week's launch of Ireland's new and more powerful Commission for Communications …

    Telecoms 3 Dec 2002, 11:30

  • Telewest seeks Xbox Live volunteers

    Step forward one pace

    Telewest is looking for volunteers to take part in a trial to test the online gaming service Xbox Live. Those taking part must have been a 512k or 1Mb blueyonder broadband Internet customer for at least six months. They must also own an Xbox console and already applied for an Xbox Live test pack from Microsoft. Telewest's …

    Telecoms 3 Dec 2002, 11:31

  • AOL to outline broadband strategy today

    And other stuff

    AOL Time Warner is to provide an update on its AOL Internet division today. In particular, it's expected to outline its strategy for broadband. According to the US wires, one of the key points could be the decision to increase efforts to flog its content to those who already have broadband supplied by another provider. The " …

    Telecoms 3 Dec 2002, 11:34

  • eBay UK is detagged!

    Now you see it, now you don't, now you see it again

    Reader reports have flooded in this morning concerning the 'disappearance' of ebay.co.uk from the Web. Our informants kindly did the legwork for us, pointing us to the Nominet who is entry for ebay.co.uk. And there we have our answer: "This registration is DETAGGED". Update: within five minutes of publishing this article - the …

    Music and Media 3 Dec 2002, 12:02

  • Woman jump starts car with cyber-infant

    Vorsprung durch Kinder

    A London woman used her own one-year-old infant to jump start her Ford Focus after the voracious rugrat ate the coded radio transponder from the car's keys, the Telegraph reports. Mum Amanda Webster, 34, called in the RAC when the car refused to start during a shopping trip. Patrolman Keith Scott was initially baffled until he …

    Bootnotes 3 Dec 2002, 12:04

  • Europe talks tough on broadband competition

    UK could be fingered

    The UK could face legal action from the European Union (EU) unless there is greater competition for high-speed Net access. A draft European Commission (EC) report into the telco sector seen by the FT and due to be published within the week warns that some countries have failed to open up their markets to competition for …

    Telecoms 3 Dec 2002, 13:32

  • Windows costs less than Linux. A bit. Sometimes – MS study

    But you don't want to use it as a web server. Oops...

    Windows 2000 servers are cheaper to run than Linux ones, sometimes, says an IDC study which was by strange coincidence sponsored by Microsoft. The study will come as welcome relief to Microsoft salespeople who have been parroting the 'cheaper than Linux' line to general disbelief, but whether anyone else will believe it is …

    Software 3 Dec 2002, 13:38

  • Sage sales, profits up

    Shares down

    Sage, the UK's most successful software firm, has hit the numbers with full year profits up six per cent to £89.1m on revenue up 14 per cent to £557m. This was not quite good enough for the market, which was expecting something a little more sparkling. Shares fell 9 per cent in morning trading. There is a big question mark over …

    Business 3 Dec 2002, 14:54

  • AOL warns of tough times ahead

    Oh dear

    AOL has warned that revenues for 2003 are expected to remain flat and that the Internet division of AOL Time Warner is unlikely to deliver solid growth until 2004. Total revenues for AOL for 2002 are expected to come in somewhere between $8.8bn and $9bn with advertising and ecommerce revenues generating between $1.5bn and $1. …

    Business 3 Dec 2002, 14:56

  • Nominet wins injunction against DRS

    Domain disputes

    Nominet UK has won an interim injunction order in the High Court against Domain Registrar Services Limited (DRS), banning the company from using the Nominet name and logo. The legal action for trademark infringement and passing off was taken by Nominet following complaints about DRS' sales tactics. The injunction also applies …

    Music and Media 3 Dec 2002, 16:07