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  • IBM confirms PowerPC 750GX ‘Gobi’ spec.

    It's all in the architecture

    IBM has come clean and detailed the attributes of its latest 32-bit G3-class PowerPC processor, the 750GX. The new chip is the successor to the 750FX, aka 'Sahara', that powers Apple's consumer-oriented iBook notebook. As revealed by The Register back in May, the 750GX is the chip that will take the G3 to 1GHz and beyond. The …

    Mac Channel 1 Jul 2003, 07:32

  • Transylvanian hackers put the bite on

    Blackmailing US firms

    A gang of Romanian 'cyber terrorists' has blackmailed several top American firms to the tune of up to $50,000 apiece. The gang gained unauthorised access to protected databases, downloaded files, and threatened to publish sensitive commercial data on the Internet, if their demands weren't met. A number of unnamed companies …

    Security 1 Jul 2003, 08:35

  • More hotspots must be deployed: Gartner

    Loss Leader

    New research says that public hotspots, by and large, are not profitable, but they can boost profits in other segments of a retail business. According to Gartner vice president Ken Dulaney, the building of Wi-Fi hotspots cannot be justified through the profits they will generate. However, he says that as an additional customer …

    Wireless 1 Jul 2003, 08:42

  • Nvidia ships nForce 3 Pro

    Opteron a-run, run, run

    Nvidia yesterday announced that its nForce 3 Pro chipset has entered volume production, following AMD's launch of the latest 64-bit Opteron server and workstation processors. The nForce 3 Pro is a single-chip implementation of Nvidia's Athlon XP-oriented nForce 2 product. The Opteron's built-in memory controller has forced …

    Channel 1 Jul 2003, 09:35

  • Intersil, ViXs tout high quality video over 54Mbps WLANs

    Technology share

    WLAN chip maker Intersil and video networking silicon specialist ViXS Systems are to incorporate each others' technologies into their own products to provide high quality video over 54Mbps Wi-Fi networks. ViXS will initially combine its Matrix 2.4GHz and 5GHz dual-band MAC and PHY chipset with Intersil's Prism Indigo 802.11a …

    Wireless 1 Jul 2003, 09:50

  • Samsung licenses Rambus Yellowstone

    Cheaper, faster

    Samsung has licensed Rambus' 'Yellowstone' DRAM technology, the memory technology company said yesterday. Yellowstone is a chip-level technology designed to align precisely DRAM and system clocks, essentially to simplify process of building memory modules, and makes it easier to drive up data transfer rates. According to …

    Channel 1 Jul 2003, 10:01

  • mmO2 launches WLAN in UK, pumps up XDA

    Data crazed

    mm02 paraded a clutch of plans today to improve data revenues. The mobile network operator is setting up a public wireless LAN (PWLAN) network in the UK, introducing ICQ instant messaging to its German operation, and committing to an updated version of its XDA voice/data handset, out in time for Christmas. O2 is gunning for …

    Mobile 1 Jul 2003, 11:24

  • EC publishes digital VAT FAQ

    Taxing read

    Today, July 1, sees the beginning of a new VAT regime, which will see the tax applied to all digital services delivered to people within the EU, regardless of where the services are supplied. The European Commission has published an FAQ which attempts to address concerns over red tape, expense, supposed inequities between …

    Small Biz 1 Jul 2003, 12:07

  • Apache Web Server Administration with GBdirect

    Site offer Top-quality course at a price you can afford

    The elite team of server-wrestling codemeisters behind the magnificent html edifice that is El Reg are offering readers the chance to get to grips with Apache Web Server Administration. What that actually means is that GBdirect will shortly be running an Apache training course which provides a technical introduction to …

    Software 1 Jul 2003, 12:08

  • Introducing ITMugs.com

    Cash'n'Carrion Receptacles with attitude

    Those lovers of hot beverages who prefer their receptacles with plenty of attitude might like to pop down to new Reg associates ITMugs.com. Proprietor Lee Caller has put together more mug designs than you can shake a cleft USB memory stick at. Categories include "Net Admin", "User Abuse" and "Rant Mugs", the latter of which …

    Site News 1 Jul 2003, 12:08

  • SiS preps DirectX 9 integrated chipset

    Who supplies the graphics?

    SiS has launched what it claims is the first integrated chipset designed to support the Pentium 4's effective 800MHz frontside bus frequency, the SiS661FX. But since the part won't ship in volume until August, with mobo availability in September, it's possible a rival will get a similar product out the door first. SiS' chipset …

    Channel 1 Jul 2003, 13:27

  • 3D Labs open sources OpenGL HLSL compiler

    Implemented in Wildcat VP drivers

    Graphics chip maker 3D Labs today began supporting the OpenGL high-level shader language extension through updated drivers for its Wildcat VP series of graphics cards. The company claims it's the first to implement the high-level shader language. The HLSL was approved by the OpenGL Architecture Review Board, the standard's …

    Software 1 Jul 2003, 13:32

  • IBM preps 1GHz-plus PowerPC 750GX ‘Gobi’

    Successor to 750FX due this summer

    Further details have emerged about IBM's next revision of its G3-class processor family, codenamed Gobi, but set to ship as the PowerPC 750GX. It will finally take the G3 family to 1GHz and beyond. The chip is the successor to IBM's current top-end G3 CPU, the 750FX. That part, launched in October 2001, was due to ship in …

    Mac Channel 1 Jul 2003, 13:46

  • US anti-spam laws ‘will legalise spam’

    Opting Out

    Proposed US legislation designed to clamp down on the spam is only likely to make the problem far worse, according to a leading anti-spam activist. Steve Linford, founder and director of the UK-based Spamhaus Project, a non-profit organisation that tracks the activities of the world's biggest spammers, warned that legislation …

    Security 1 Jul 2003, 15:29

  • IBM steps over HP to take benchmark lead

    What Itanic server?

    IBM and Hewlett-Packard are engaged in one of the fiercest benchmarking battles seen in some time. As of Monday afternoon, IBM reclaimed the world record for transaction processing with one of its high-end pSeries Unix servers. The system edged out a larger Itanium 2-based server from HP that had held the top score since May 20 …

    Servers 1 Jul 2003, 18:02

  • Sheltered judges keep Aimster down

    Using P2P is soo immature

    A Chicago court has called on file-trading service Aimster to provide some proof that its users do more than trade copyrighted files before it can come back online. The federal appeals court has put the screws on Aimster - now known as Madster - despite an earlier ruling that gave Grokster and StreamCast the all clear to keep …

    Music and Media 1 Jul 2003, 21:30

  • California enacts full disclosure security breach law

    Dear Madam, we let your data get away. Sorry!

    From today (July 1) all firms doing business in California will be obliged to advise their customers what data might be disclosed if their systems are ever successfully attacked. Under the Security Breach Information Act, companies whose systems are broken into by crackers will be expected to report attacks to customers …

    Security 1 Jul 2003, 21:52