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  • J.D. Edwards sues Oracle and Ellison

    See you in court

    J.D. Edwards has filed suit against Oracle in Colorado and another in California against Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and EVP Chuck Phillips. In the action against Oracle the company, J.D. Edwards is seeking $1.7 billion in damages for bad behavior. J.D. Edwards is all set to be scooped up by PeopleSoft and has charged Oracle with …

    Data Center 13 Jun 2003, 00:21

  • 3Com's staff keeps shrinking

    Another year, another reduction

    Another 10 percent of 3Com's workforce will be let go over the next two quarters - part of what has become a restructuring tradition at the company. U.S. workers at the Santa Clara, California location will be hardest hit by the cuts. Staff in EMEA will be affected as well, 3Com said in a statement issued Thursday. The company …

    Data Networking 13 Jun 2003, 03:35

  • Bush okay after Segway attack

    No worse than a pretzel

    President Bush has fallen victim to a weapon of minimal destruction - a Segway scooter. Bush took a nasty tumble on the fabled Segway, during a stay at the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, ABCNEWS.com reports. The president strode up to the space-age scooter with a tennis racket in hand, jumped on and then stumbled …

    Bootnotes 13 Jun 2003, 07:11

  • Law Society of Scotland pays £10K to ‘cybersquatter’ for domain

    So what will he do with the money?

    The Law Society of Scotland has climbed down on the eve of a court case to decide ownership of a domain it claimed was run by a cybersquatter. Rather than go to court today - Friday 13th - the owner of Lawscot.co.uk, Tommy Butler, is instead in possession of a £10,000 cheque from the Society for the domain - just a year after …

    Media 13 Jun 2003, 07:32

  • Mirror TV on the wall who's the fairest of them all?

    Watch TV while brushing your teeth

    Electronics giant Philips has introduced a new television that enables you to brush your teeth and watch TV at the same time. The Mirror TV is a LCD display integrated into a mirror. Designed to be initially used in hotels, the Mirror TV uses a unique polarised mirror technology, which transfers close to 100 percent of the …

    Personal 13 Jun 2003, 07:38

  • Video games sales take wing

    BB, mobile phones pump up the volume

    Video games sales will grow to $35.8 billion a year by 2007, fuelled by major advances in online gaming thanks to broadband, and in wireless gaming thanks to new mobile phone technologies, according to PricewaterhouseCooper. It forecasts an 11 per cent compound rate, significantly ahead of the growth rate for the global …

    Personal 13 Jun 2003, 07:46

  • 802.11g is a standard (official)

    Testing begins in earnest

    The Register's Wireless LAN Channel The IEEE yesterday finally turned the 802.11g 54Mbps WLAN from a specification to a standard, giving the technology its official blessing. Final ratification was something of a formality, the 802.11g spec. having barely changed since last year, and the final draft was passed unchanged last …

    Broadband 13 Jun 2003, 08:38

  • Microsoft books ATI for Xbox 2 chipset gig – report

    Bye-bye, Nvidia

    Microsoft has dropped Nvidia in favour of the graphics chip maker's arch-rival, ATI, as the provider of the graphics technology to be incorporated into its as yet unannounced next-generation Xbox console. So says a report on Internet gaming-oriented web site Spong, citing "senior development sources in the UK". Certainly …

    Personal 13 Jun 2003, 09:07

  • Europe exports e-flirting op to US

    Loves me, loves me not, loves me...

    Smartflirts.com - a European outfit that helps people find "dates on the go" (no, not the fruit) by using text messaging - is to launch in the US later this month. The service has already gone live in Denmark and the UK and is designed for "independent, active individuals who are looking for a way to safely meet new people". …

    Media 13 Jun 2003, 09:09

  • The network is the phone book?

    We love traffic

    When you hear the term mobile service delivery, what do you think? You probably think about content downloads - ringtones, Java games and applications. That covers items for delivery, but what about the all-important bit about service. Mobile devices are growing in size and stature, at least from a computing power and memory …

    Mobile 13 Jun 2003, 09:13

  • Compal to build 15.4in PowerBook

    PowerPC 970 or 7457?

    Claims that Apple is updating its 15.2in PowerBook was strengthened today when sources said the company has signed Taiwanese notebook manufacturer Compal to produce just such a machine. The sources, cited by DigiTimes, say Compal will start shipping 15.4in PowerBooks in the second half of the year. Compal is a logical choice …

    Mac Channel 13 Jun 2003, 09:42

  • Nokia ships 2G/3G 6650 handset

    Roam from GSM to WCDMA and back again

    Nokia has begun shipping its 6650 handset into Europe, Asia and Japan, tempting users with the phone's ability to switch between GSM and WCDMA networks seamlessly. In other words, it will hop between second-generation networks and 3G networks. Nokia claims this is a market first. The advantage, the handset maker says, is the …

    Mobile 13 Jun 2003, 10:10

  • BT and Cisco team up for IP services push

    Combined reach

    BT and Cisco have signed a letter of intent pledging to work more closely together in bringing IP services to market. Under the letter of intent, BT and Cisco will cooperate in marketing and selling a range of new converged IP based services beginning this summer. BT and Cisco will work more closely to develop and deploy IP …

    Channel 13 Jun 2003, 10:29

  • Change that pacemaker. Now!

    Mobiles disrupt old models

    Signals from GSM phones could interfere with heart pacemakers, according to a study published in the Institute of Physics journal, Physics in Medicine and Biology. The study (abstract) found that some pacemakers confuse the signals from mobile phones for the heart's own electrical signals, causing the pacemaker to go on the …

    Mobile 13 Jun 2003, 12:07

  • Micro Anvika bows to OFT, scrubs unfair terms

    Consumer rights no longer wronged

    London-based computer retailer Micro Anvika Ltd has become the latest company to agree to give punters a fairer deal when buying computer gear. The pledge follows intervention by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) acting on a complaint from Trading Standards. Micro Anvika has told OFT that it will stop using unfair terms in its …

    Channel 13 Jun 2003, 12:08

  • SiS spins off Xabre, buys Trident's graphics biz

    Trident to focus on digital TV

    Xabre Graphics (XGI),SiS' newly formed subsidiary, has bought US-based Trident Microsystems' graphics chip development operation for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is accompanied by a major restructure at Trident, which will now focus on digital TV products by merging its digital media set-top box operation into its …

    Channel 13 Jun 2003, 12:12

  • On MS, AV and Addictive Updates

    All your security updates are belong to us

    Microsoft's surprise decision this week to buy the antivirus business of little-known Romanian firm GeCAD Software is part of a plan to get users "addicted to WindowsUpdate". Redmond has long toyed with the idea of delivering security patches for its product alongside their own updates for virus definition files. This sounds …

    Security 13 Jun 2003, 12:37

  • AuctionWorld offers all-in-one LCD PC for a tenner

    Update Start the bidding

    British satellite TV auction channel AuctionWorld is offering bidders an all-in-one TFT LCD PC at a starting price of just £10. AuctionWorld broadcasts on the BSkyB and NTL networks on channels 651 and 924, respectively. It's on from 12pm to 1am Sunday to Thursday, and 12pm to 2am on Fridays and Saturdays. Auctions are …

    Personal 13 Jun 2003, 12:57

  • July 1 is ‘VAT Day’

    Time to sober up

    From July 1, the Net will have to face up to a sobering new fact of life. Suppliers of digital services from outside the European Union (EU) will have to pay tax on sales to punters inside member states. The measure is designed to level playing fields, iron out distortions and close loopholes that have effectively meant that …

    Small Biz 13 Jun 2003, 14:24

  • Help! My BOFH's ex-Russian army

    Trained by the British

    If you thought BOFHs were bad enough, welcome a new breed that you really don't want to mess with - ex-Russian military sysadmins trained by the British Ministry of Defence and let loose on the world with a Cisco qualification and a point to prove in civvy street. As incredible as it may seem, the UK government is currently …

    Data Networking 13 Jun 2003, 23:01

  • Security vuln in NTL spam

    Cross-site scripting exploit

    Spam email recently sent out on behalf of NTL pointed to a potentially serious vulnerability in the cable operator's online processing system. Although NTL acted quickly to shore up the potential problem it serves as yet another example of why spam messages can damage an organisation's brand. The offending message was sent to …

    Security 13 Jun 2003, 23:07

  • Orange tweaks overseas tariffs

    Winners and losers

    Orange has simplified tariffs for making and receiving international calls. The changes appear to be broadly neutral but there are winners and losers. For example, A Reg reader reports that it will cost him twice as much to call from Poland on Orange. The old system featured different charges for different countries and for …

    Mobile 13 Jun 2003, 23:26