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  • ALi preps low-cost WLAN chip for PCs, DVDs

    Dual band, triple mode

    ALi, the chip maker formerly known as Acer Labs, has launched its first dual-band, triple-mode wireless networking chip, pitching the part at low-cost computing and home entertainment applications. The M4305 MAC/baseband chip operates in the 2.4GHz band to provide 802.11b and 802.11g access, and in the 5GHz band for 802.11a …

    Mobile 27 Jun 2003, 09:15

  • Panther preview confirms new PowerBooks?

    Pinch o' salt time

    A tantalising glimpse of Apple's PowerBook plans has emerged courtesy of the preview release of Mac OS X 10.3, aka 'Panther', handed out to developers at this week's Worldwide Developers Conference. According to a posting on MacRumours.com, Panther's version of the AppleMacRISC2PE kernel extension contains a plug-in called …

    Mac Channel 27 Jun 2003, 10:34

  • ICANN comes to terms with country domains

    Starts making sense

    Internet overseeing organisation ICANN has backed down in its battle with the rest of the world and conceded that it cannot expect to dictate policy over countries outside the US. The decision - ratified late yesterday by the ICANN Board of Directors at the ICANN meeting in Montreal - is a victory of commonsense and speaks …

    Music and Media 27 Jun 2003, 11:33

  • Operators seek gold in wireless data

    Consumers are where the business is

    Mobile network operators must build up their data traffic if they want to continue growing their revenues, but most of the opportunity to do this is in the consumer area, not the business market, according to Yankee Group director Declan Lonergan. "A lot of focus has been on the enterprise market, with business usage forecast …

    Music and Media 27 Jun 2003, 11:35

  • EDS: IT outsourcing focus

    2700 jobs will be lost

    Electronic Data Systems [EDS] has announced that it is to change its strategy and recast itself as a unified IT outsourcing business. This comes at a time when companies are looking for quantifiable ways to cut IT costs. EDS needs to ensure close interaction with the client to improve services and guarantee customer satisfaction …

    Hardware 27 Jun 2003, 11:39

  • Mobile networks lose Oftel price cuts appeal

    Hanging on the telephone

    A UK court today rejected a legal challenge by mobile operators against a regulatory ruling that they must cut the cost of calling between mobile phone networks. Justice Moses ruled that Oftel had acted within its powers in insisting that mobile operators should cut so-called termination charges by around half over the next …

    Mobile 27 Jun 2003, 11:45

  • Must do Better – EC data protection report

    'Not at an acceptable level'

    The European Commission has recently published its first report on the implementation of the Data Protection Directive (EC/95/46) by Member states, writes John MacGowan of Bloor Research. Unsurprisingly, the Commission concludes that the Directive does not require any modification or updating - it was how it was interpreted [by …

    Music and Media 27 Jun 2003, 11:59

  • Corel sacks 66 in profitability drive

    Q2 sales below expectations

    Corel has rid itself of just under ten per cent of its worldwide workforce in a bid to save $4.2 million worth of operating expenses and better "manage expenses relative to its expected revenue performance". The software company today published its Q2 results: it lost $5.6 million (six cents a share) on sales of $32.2 million. …

    Software 27 Jun 2003, 12:52

  • RFID Chips Are Here

    Your privacy is at stake

    Bar codes are something most of us never think about. We go to the grocery store to buy dog food, the checkout person runs our selection over the scanner, there's an audible beep or boop, and then we're told how much money we owe. Bar codes in that sense are an invisible technology that we see all the time, but without thinking …

    Security 27 Jun 2003, 13:17

  • The RIAA Plays Whack-a-Mole

    Fear Factor

    It really shouldn’t be a surprise, the news this week. Having exhausted all the potential alternatives – save a thorough reexamination of their own business model and specific value offering to their customers – the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced this week that it intends to begin suing individual …

    Music and Media 27 Jun 2003, 14:46

  • I am not the Spammer you think I am

    Says UK man named in MS lawsuit

    A UK man named by Microsoft as a prolific spammer in a recent law suit is protesting his innocence. Simon Grainger, 43, a telecoms engineer from Merseyside, is one of 15 people targeted by Microsoft for their alleged spamming activities. Grainger says he is the victim of mistaken identity. He says that he has been singled out …

    Security 27 Jun 2003, 14:57

  • Linux: so what's in it for me?

    Marketing Linux to the masses

    One of the first lessons sales people are taught is that the potential customer ("prospect") has only one question on her mind when approached with a new product? That question is simply, "What's in it for me"? Unless the salesman can successfully answer that prime question satisfactorily, even the price of the product will not …

    Software 27 Jun 2003, 15:18

  • Eidos issues profit warning

    Tomb Raider release slips - again

    Game publisher Eidos has been forced to hold back the European release of the next game in the hugely popular Tomb Raider series, Angel of Darkness. The news has prompted a ten per cent drop in the company's share price. Gamers are unlikely to be too miffed that the game will ship a week late, taking it into July rather than …

    Software 27 Jun 2003, 15:21

  • eBay revamps site, hires Weird Al Yankovic

    Better protection - and daft lyrics to boot

    eBay has used its Annual eBay Live! event, the day after its corporate agm, to enthuse its users and outline future plans for the online auction house. In that wonderfully American way that people get so excited about having met through a financial transaction*, 10,000+ eBay fanatics listened intently in Orlando as CEO Meg …

    Small Biz 27 Jun 2003, 19:11

  • Almost dead: Win NT 4 support

    Bye-bye

    The sun is setting on support for Windows NT 4.0 with the closure of Microsoft's telephone support for the seven year-old system from the end of this month. From the beginning of July there will be no new hotfixes for workstation versions of NT 4 either. So from Tuesday the remaining (die-hard) NT 4 users will have to make do …

    Software 27 Jun 2003, 19:14

  • IBM: Power5 four times faster than Power4

    Big Blue Boasts as chip runs in lab servers

    IBM told the world today that servers based on its upcoming Power5 processor are now working away in servers in the company's labs. And it boasted that they're up to four times as powerful as the first generation of Power4 CPUs. Since Power5 isn't due to ship until next year, today's 'announcement' is all just press-release …

    Servers 27 Jun 2003, 19:16

  • Intel to launch Itanic 2 version 2 on Monday

    'I got the Madison blues'

    Intel will ship its next-generation 64-bit Itanium 2 chip on Monday, aka 'Madison', along with new Xeon MP processors. Madison is expected to launch at 1.3GHz, 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz, all improvements on the current Itanic 2's 1GHz maximum clock frequency. Unlike today's 0.18 micron 'McKinley' Itanium 2, Madison will be fabbed at 0. …

    Servers 27 Jun 2003, 19:16