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  • SGI: new Onyx visualization server may open new markets

    Price performance x40 claim

    SGI has launched a new visualization server, the Onyx4. SGI claims its new high-end visualization server has a price/performance ratio 40 times better than the next best technology. This may open up new markets for visualization systems where, previously, all but the largest organizations have found the price prohibitive. SGI …

    Servers 15 Jul 2003, 06:56

  • McDATA sets out its virtual stall

    Programmable switches will virtualise in hardware

    McDATA has revealed its plans for hybrid out-of-band SAN virtualisation, combining programmable intelligent switches with an external control engine. This separates the control path from the data path, says McDATA senior marketing manager Chris Ilg. Most data then goes straight through the switch at high speed, whereas the …

    Storage 15 Jul 2003, 06:59

  • Corel founder slams ‘pathetic’ bid

    Best wishes to rebels

    Corel founder Dr Michael Cowpland has thrown in his support for dissident shareholders who are fighting the takeover of the company. Describing the $97.6m cash offer tabled last month by Vector Capital 11 as "pathetic", Cowpland also expressed hopes that "we Corel fans succeed in helping an independent amazing future for Corel …

    Business 15 Jul 2003, 07:39

  • It's curtains for voice recognition, says survey

    No, really...

    Curtains, drapes, blinds, hangings, shades, valances, jalousies - call them what you will, but consumers see them as a key application for voice recognition technology, according to the latest survey to emerge out the silly season. Yes, some 44 per cent of web users surveyed on behalf of Intervoice, a developer of voice control …

    Bootnotes 15 Jul 2003, 08:28

  • Infinium to unwrap Phantom console next month

    PC in a sheet with two eye holes?

    Infinium Labs will pull the sheet off the mysterious Phantom broadband-oriented games console next month, the company said yesterday. Phantom is being touted as a "next-generation console" that will be "the fastest console on the market" at launch thanks to a "state-of-the-art design and architecture". It hit the enthusiast …

    Personal 15 Jul 2003, 08:54

  • Chip fab kit spend to rise 3.9 per cent this year

    Shift to 300mm wafers

    Chip makers are forecast to spend 3.9 per cent more on semiconductor production equipment this year than they did in 2002, according to the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) organisation. SEMI reckons chip makers will spend $20.52 billion in 2003, up from $19.75 billion in 2002. Most of that investment …

    Channel 15 Jul 2003, 09:26

  • Samsung ramps up 1Gb DDR chip output

    Good news for notebook users

    Samsung yesterday said it has begun mass-producing 1Gb DDR SDRAM chips. It added that the parts were the first of their kind to receive Intel validation. The 1Gb chips are fabbed at 100nm (0.1 micron) and punched out on 300mm wafers. Available in 266MHz and 333MHz speeds - for PC2100 and PC2700 memory, respectively - the chips …

    Channel 15 Jul 2003, 09:42

  • Sony-Ericsson stops the rot

    Sales, shipments climb again

    Sony Ericsson sales and shipments have started climbing again. The handset maker reports Q2 shipments of 6.7 million, 34 per cent up year on year, and net sales of €1.125bn for the quarter ended June 30, a 40 per cent advance on last year. S-E claims a strong performance for its core business areas - GSM and Japanese standards …

    Mobile 15 Jul 2003, 10:29

  • Student hackers: we didn't defeat campus debit card system

    Wiping the Blackboard clean

    Two student hackers yesterday settled a lawsuit filed against them by campus debit card firm Blackboard with an admission that they never built a device to defeat the system. Georgia tech student Billy Hoffman (AKA Acidus) and University of Alabama student Virgil Griffith (Virgil) were to present a paper on security flaws …

    Security 15 Jul 2003, 10:37

  • Agere designs wireless VoIP chipset

    Wi-Fi phone thang

    Chipmaker Agere Systems today announced plans to integrate wireless LAN and VoIP technology on a single integrated chipset. Agere's wireless VoIP phone technology offers the promise of making low-cost, mobile phone calls over the Internet more widely available once the chips become available from September. Wi-Fi/802.11 …

    Data Networking 15 Jul 2003, 11:15

  • Samsung ships compact Q20 Centrino notebook

    Reg Kit Watch Plus: SanDisk slims its Cruzer Flash drives

    Notebooks Samsung has expanded its range of Centrino-based notebooks, with the new Q20 series of compact machines and the X05, a low-cost alternative to the company's X10 notebook. The Q20 family comprises the TEC 1100 and TLC 1200, powered by 1.1GHz and 1.2GHz Low-voltage Pentium M processors, respectively. The 1100 ships …

    Personal 15 Jul 2003, 12:39

  • Fujitsu creates 800x600 PDA LCD

    It's all in the backlighting

    Fujitsu has succeeded in cramming 480,000 pixels into a 4in PDA-oriented LCD screen - more than four times as many as current PDA screens sport. Our Palm Tungsten T has a 320 x 320 display. Fujitsu's 4in panel has a resolution of 800x600 - enough, the company claims, to show digital TV pictures. It will also show an entire web …

    Mobile 15 Jul 2003, 12:57

  • Sucks.com issue rears ugly head again

    Free speech or trademark infringement?

    Just when you thought commonsense had prevailed and ownership of "sucks" websites had been clarified, US mobile phone company Nextel and a media school in Florida have reopened the issue. Nextel has sent a legal letter to the owner of Nextelsucks.org, Ty Hiither of Michigan, threatening him over alleged trademark infringement …

    Music and Media 15 Jul 2003, 14:07

  • Mac fans pervert Forbes tech-CEO popularity poll

    Scripting pro-Jobs votes

    It's hard to decide what's more pathetic: scripting an electronic ballot stuffer for a trivial on-line poll of tech-CEO popularity, or creating a trivial on-line poll that begs to be abused. Both have happened. First off, Forbes did create a trivial on-line poll of tech-CEO popularity and did leave it absurdly easy to exploit …

    Music and Media 15 Jul 2003, 14:07

  • Toshiba enters 17in notebook market

    Like a PowerBook only cheaper

    Toshiba has launched a 17in notebook into the European market in a bid to catch up with Apple's technology lead. The Satellite P20 series (in the US it's the P25 series) is - surprise, surprise - aimed at the desktop replacement market. Models within the series are based on the Pentium 4 processor, clocked at up to 3.06GHz and …

    Personal 15 Jul 2003, 14:56

  • EU preps phase two of war on spam

    Battle of the Bulging in-boxes

    The European Commission today fleshed out plans to fight spam. Member States must implement the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications by putting a 'ban on spam' into national legislation before the end of October, 2003. With a limited exception covering existing customer relationships, this directive states …

    Security 15 Jul 2003, 15:02

  • Symantec ‘security scan’ distributes rootkit

    Irony among the paranoiacs

    "Symantec Security Check is a free web-based tool that enables users to test their computer's exposure to a wide range of on-line threats," the press release begins. Unfortunately, Symantec Security Check has also been installing an on-line threat of its own in the form of a dangerous ActiveX control. "The ActiveX control, …

    Security 15 Jul 2003, 15:03

  • Tomb Raider developer chief quits Eidos board

    Heath-Smith, heave-ho

    Games publisher Eidos today announced the immediate departure of Jeremy Heath-Smith from the company's board. Heath-Smith has also stepped down from Core Design's board. Core Design developed the Tomb Raider series of games, which were published by Eidos. Heath-Smith's role as both Eidos' Global Head of Development and Core's …

    Software 15 Jul 2003, 15:23

  • IBM, Cisco team on iSCSI and FCIP

    Users can go both ways

    IBM and Cisco are putting their collective weight behind iSCSI and FCIP, hoping to give the fledgling protocols a kick in the pants. IBM has agreed to resell the Cisco MDS 9000 IP Storage Services Module. Don't let the long name fool you. The Cisco product is just a bit of multiprotocol kit that supports iSCSI (Internet Small …

    Storage 15 Jul 2003, 16:05

  • HP claims HPTC bragging rights

    'We appear to be considerably richer than yow'

    HP has retained top spot in the High Performance Technical Computing (HPTC) market, according to the latest statistics from researchers IDC. The market research firm's "Worldwide High Performance Systems Technical Computing Census 2002" report shows that HP holds 34 percent revenue share (based on the combined revenue of HP and …

    Servers 15 Jul 2003, 18:55

  • Dell's big R&D bet – Solar Power

    Flying cars

    It turns out that Dell Computer does invest in research and development - just not for computers. Around 100 students today met in Round Rock, Texas at Dell HQ to kick off the eighth annual Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge. The high schoolers are to head out on the open road and make their way from Texas to Florida in solar- …

    Bootnotes 15 Jul 2003, 19:06

  • Intel doubles earnings in Q2

    Happy birthday! Free PCs!

    Intel saw both revenue and income rise in its second quarter, as processor sales came in better than expected. It's 35 years to the day since Intel first opened its doors, and the company shows no signs of slowing just yet. Intel pulled in $6.8 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 28. This marks an eight per cent rise …

    Business 15 Jul 2003, 21:05