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18th December 2002 Archive

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  • Samsung extends DRAM market lead

    Micron, Hynix down, Infineon up

    Samsung Electronics Co has extended its lead in the worldwide DRAM market, boosting its market share to 31% from 27% last year, according to latest figures from Gartner Dataquest. The research firm said that the worldwide DRAM market grew 37% to $16.2bn. Korean giant Samsung boosted its lead on the back of premium price …

    Channel 18 Dec 2002, 09:59

  • Intergraph files patent suit against HP, Dell, Gateway

    Cash for Cache

    Having been involved with patent litigation against Intel Corp for five years, Intergraph Corp is now turning its attention to Intel's OEMs, and patent lawsuits against Dell Computer Corp, Hewlett-Packard Co and Gateway Inc. Huntsville, Alabama-based Intergraph has filed suit against the three hardware vendors in the …

    Channel 18 Dec 2002, 09:59

  • Sharp piggybacks WLAN for PDA voice service

    Cool

    Sharp Corp is launching a commercial wireless LAN (WLAN)-based IP telephone service in Japan. The Tokyo, Japan-based electronics giant plans to use 300 public WLANs owned by NTT DoCoMo Inc for the service. It will be offered on a free trial basis to 1,000 owners of its Linux-powered Zaurus PDAs before its formal launch …

    Mobile 18 Dec 2002, 09:59

  • IBM to resell Nokia mobile VPN

    Good news for Symbian

    IBM Corp and Nokia Corp took a major step towards guaranteeing a healthy enterprise future for Symbian-based mobile devices yesterday, with the announcement of a systems integration tie-up between the two companies for Nokia's Mobile VPN (virtual private network) offering. Under the deal, IBM's Global Services unit, which …

    Mobile 18 Dec 2002, 09:59

  • Oracle seeks to align Eclipse with Sun's Java

    Reining in IBM

    An IBM-backed Java tools initiative could be yanked back into Sun Microsystems Inc's sphere of influence, to heal a potential community rift, through efforts lead by Oracle Corp, writes Gavin Clarke. Redwood Shores, California-based Oracle, who it was announced this week joined the Eclipse.org board, told ComputerWire …

    Hardware 18 Dec 2002, 09:59

  • MandrakeSoft intros commercial license

    But not stepping back from Free Software

    Rumors of MandrakeSoft "stepping back" from Free Software are not true, says Gael Duval, VP of the Paris, France Linux distribution company. Yes, they have released their latest product, the Mandrake Multiple Network Firewall, with a dual licensing scheme that would have commercial users signing up under a more restrictive …

    Software 18 Dec 2002, 10:13

  • Global Crossing bankruptcy plan approved

    SEC probe won't affect re-org

    Telecoms company Global Crossing Ltd. received a US judge's approval for its plan to emerge from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganisation. The approval by Judge Robert Gerber will clear the way for the firm to emerge from bankruptcy in less than a year. The plan that the judge approved, which was revealed in court papers on …

    Business 18 Dec 2002, 10:22

  • Vodafone's Gent to retire next year

    Successor named

    Vodafone boss Chris Gent is to quit the mobile operator next July, it was announced today. He will be replaced by Arun Sarin (48), who is currently chief exec of Accel-KKR Telecom in San Francisco. Sarin is also a non-exec director of Vodafone, among others, and was formerly president and COO of AirTouch Communications until …

    Business 18 Dec 2002, 10:39

  • DEA data thief sentenced to 27 months

    Plundered law enforcement databases

    A 14-year veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) who fled to Mexico to avoid federal computer crime charges was sentenced in a federal court in Los Angeles on Monday to 27 months in prison for selling information on private citizens he plundered from sensitive law enforcement databases. Emilio Calatayud, 36 …

    Security 18 Dec 2002, 10:40

  • Sun demolishes Dotcom Builder

    Who tore the dot out of dotcom?

    Sun Microsystems is 'retiring' its Dot-Com Builder website. Killing it, more like: the site shuts on December 23 and content is to be divvied up between other Sun developer web sites. Links to the old site are maintained through the Wayback Machine This otherwise mundane piece of housekeeping resonates with a certain symbolism …

    Software 18 Dec 2002, 11:18

  • US Dept of Untruth prospers – Rumsfeld

    You may choose to believe this, or not

    Earlier this year, the US administration floated the idea of an "Office of Strategic Influence", a propaganda ministry whose job it would be to plant false stories in the press, home and abroad. Thanks to several beautiful constitutional instruments, the United States frowns on such taxpayer sponsored boondoggles, and this was …

    Bootnotes 18 Dec 2002, 21:14