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  • TSMC lauds ‘fine’ Q2 figures

    Income up 169%, that's why

    TSMC, the world's largest chip foundry, today reported a significant upswing in sales during its second fiscal quarter. That, in turn, generated a big leap in profitability. Sales for the quarter hit NT$49.92 billion ($1.45 billion), up 26.9 per cent on the previous quarter and 13 per cent on the same period last year. Income …

    Channel 24 Jul 2003, 08:27

  • MS alerts users to Windows DirectX vulnerability

    Potentially devastating flaw

    Microsoft yesterday warned of security flaws with DirectX's DirectShow component that might be used by an attacker to run hostile code on vulnerable Windows machines. Redmond has issued a patch - designated as critical - which users are urged to review. The list of affected software is extensive: Microsoft DirectX 5.2 on …

    Security 24 Jul 2003, 08:31

  • Hey, it's ‘Internet Shopping Day’

    Should that be 'national shoplifting day'?

    You may not know it, but today is Internet Shopping Day. The UK's ever-growing population of Net users is being encouraged to spend, spend, spend online and cast off their fears about ecommerce. In particular, the campaign run by etailing industry body Interactive Media and Retail Group (IMRG) is hoping to target the 18 million …

    Music and Media 24 Jul 2003, 08:36

  • HP's app server fears, Unix dreams

    Exclusive Bright future for HP-UX

    A pair of documents related to HP's software business have made their way into our hands, shedding light on tough app server decisions within the company and the future of HP-UX. HP executives would have you believe that they scoff of Sun Microsystems' attempts to sell an application server. They claim that dumping the old …

    Servers 24 Jul 2003, 08:55

  • Hynix loses US 45% DRAM tax appeal

    Intl. Trade Commission backs Dept. of Commerce

    The US Department of Commerce's decision to impose a 44.71 per cent import duty on Hynix DRAM products has been allowed to stand, the US International Trade Commission said yesterday. The ruling follows an appeal launched by Hynix against the original DoC decision. The DoC's move to impose the punitive tariff followed an …

    Channel 24 Jul 2003, 08:58

  • Games firm sues Eminem for fraud

    Bad meets Evil

    Los Angeles based Conspiracy Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against rapper Eminem claiming that the entertainers management company is guilty of fraud and breach of contract over a potentially lucrative game licensing deal. According to the suit, Eminem's agents - Cousins Entertainment and Bravado International - had a …

    Personal 24 Jul 2003, 09:12

  • Euro PDA sales leap as global sales slump

    Local vendors for local people

    PDA sales may be rebounding in Europe, but interest in handheld devices is cooling off in the rest of the world, according to the latest market data from industry watcher IDC. Worldwide, PDA shipments during Q2 fell 10.7 per cent year on year and 10.2 per cent on the previous quarter to 2.27 million units, the company said …

    Mobile 24 Jul 2003, 09:51

  • Taiwanese chip makers prepare 802.11g assault

    Favoured weapon: price

    Intersil's recent decision to quit the "overcrowded" WLAN chip game because the numbers no longer add up is looking increasingly right-minded. A report on DigiTimes reveals a real readiness on the part of Taiwanese WLAN chip makers to push into the 802.11g market by the end of the year. The Taiwanese vendors are dedicated to …

    Wireless 24 Jul 2003, 10:09

  • Motorola pushed out of global chip making elite

    Joins IBM, AMD

    Motorola is no longer a top-ten global chip maker. The latest figures from market watcher IC Insights, of vendors' worldwide semiconductor sales during H1 2003, show the company slide out of the top ten for the first time in its history. The chip maker notched up sales of $2.27 billion during the first half of the year, a …

    Mac Channel 24 Jul 2003, 10:36

  • Delay Linux apps, look at Windows, Unix, says Gartner

    SCO FUD starts to threaten enterprise sales

    SCO's legal threats have prompted Gartner Group to recommend that companies delay deployment of critical Linux applications, determine "whether Unix or Windows will provide functions equivalent to those of Linux deployments", and take a "go-slow" approach to Linux in high-value or mission-critical production systems. "Instead …

    Software 24 Jul 2003, 10:47

  • Hyperion buys Brio

    Musical beds

    Hyperion is to buy Brio, a fellow business intelligence software vendor, for $142m in cash and shares, in the second major acquisition in the sector in a week. Last Friday (June 18) Business Objects announced the proposed all-stock purchase of Crystal Decisions for $820m to create a company with combined revenues of $736 …

    Hardware 24 Jul 2003, 10:51

  • iRiver 10GB iPod clone coming to UK

    Reg Kit Watch Plus: Creative's I-Trigue 3500 speaker

    MP3 Player South Korea's iRiver has launched the latest iPod clone, the iHP-100, a 10GB hard drive-based MP3 player. While the iHP-100 certainly lacks the iPod's styling, it does have some neat touches of its own. Like the latest iPods (but not the 10GB version, it has to be said), the iRiver device ships with a remote control …

    Personal 24 Jul 2003, 12:14

  • F5 snaps up uRoam

    SSL VPN play

    F5 Networks yesterday snapped up SSL Virtual Private Networks (VPN) firm uRoam for $25 million in a deal that marks the first signs of consolidation in the hotly-tipped SSL VPN remote access market. F5 has acquired the rights to all of uRoam's technology which it intends to integrate into its core secure application traffic …

    Security 24 Jul 2003, 12:20

  • Komtel ordered to stop ‘nuisance’ calls

    'Blatant misuse of automatic calling equipment'

    A Welsh company believed to have made 100,000 nuisance calls a day has been ordered to pack it in - or else. Lat week telecoms regulator Oftel ordered Komtel Ltd to stop making nuisance calls to mobile phones using automatic calling equipment. Since February this year Oftel has received more than 40 complaints from punters …

    Data Networking 24 Jul 2003, 12:21

  • Snipers fire at Sinn Fein's new online store

    Seditious claim

    Sinn Fein has run into a blizzard of criticism for selling a "seditious" t-shirt on its new online store. The Sniper at Work t-shirt celebrates "the famous South Armagh road sign" installed by the IRA as a photo opportunity for the newspapers during the Troubles. At €15 it's a snip for the Plastic Paddies of America to …

    Music and Media 24 Jul 2003, 12:21

  • Western Digital buys up Read-Rite assets

    Bankruptcy sale

    Hard drive maker Western Digital has acquired "substantially all" of the assets of bankrupt hard drive one-time market leading magnetic read-write head developer Read-Rite, the company said today. The purchase, approved by the bankruptcy court this week, covers Read-Rite's Fremont, California wafer fab and includes an option to …

    Hardware 24 Jul 2003, 13:49

  • Tiscali resolute following ad slap

    Stands by data

    Tiscali UK is standing firm following yesterday's ruling by the advertising watchdog that it is "Europe's leading ISP". The ASA reckoned this claim - along with another that it has "over 3 million UK members" - didn't stand up to scrutiny. Instead, it sided with Freeserve, the ISP which made the original complaint about the …

    Music and Media 24 Jul 2003, 14:13

  • Americans love Dell, Microsoft (but Sony most of all)

    Band of Brands

    Microsoft has come in at no.5 in a bullet in the 2003 Harris poll of best brands in the US. In 2002, the company didn't even make the top 10. Which goes to show that the legal ordure of recent years, the cacophony of complaints from competitors and (with Licensing 6) customers has not percolated very far, or at all, beyond the …

    Business 24 Jul 2003, 14:28

  • PestScan: free spyware checker

    Review Spotter, not killer

    A free online spyware detection service, which its developers claim is the first of its kind, was launched yesterday. PestScan from security software outfit PestPatrol is a Web-based program that runs from the PestPatrol Web site, downloading just a few small ActiveX components to a user's computer. In this respect the service …

    Security 24 Jul 2003, 14:39

  • The Overclocking Store ceases trading

    Blank page

    What's happened to The Overclocking Store, the popular online computer dealership for power users? A notice posted on the front page today says: The Overclocking Store Ltd. Has Ceased Trading 24/07/2003 The scuttlebutt is that two important members of staff left the company and the owner couldn't cope on his own. We …

    Channel 24 Jul 2003, 15:22

  • UK workers talk favourite revenge tactics

    The curse of the ex-employee

    More than half of UK workers would take revenge against a former employer if they were unhappy about losing their job. Badmouthing the company (31 per cent), taking customer leads (38 per cent), signing their ex-boss up to an X-rated mailing list (10 per cent) and sending nasty emails (10 per cent) were identified as key …

    Small Biz 24 Jul 2003, 15:26

  • RIAA is ‘fighting for survival’

    Letters Die another day

    Re: MIT says RIAA is legally challenged We asked Reg readers for their thoughts on the RIAA's aggressive pursuit of college students, and answers have poured in. Many people out there suggest that the RIAA is moving with such incredible speed in its litigation because the organization is fighting to justify its existence before …

    Letters 24 Jul 2003, 16:28

  • Microsoft unwraps enterprise apps strategy

    Chasing the mid-market

    Over the past few years, solutions have appeared on the market for automating the business processes that companies use on a day-to-day basis, writes Fran Howarth of Bloor Research. This charge has been led from two angles - from those companies, formerly known as ERP vendors, that have developed integrated suites on the one …

    Hardware 24 Jul 2003, 16:48

  • Overture sales climb, profits fall

    Merger costs

    Despite posting a substantial rise in second quarter revenue, Overture's net income has fallen by 56 percent from last year. The company, which is set to acquired by Yahoo! later this year for USD1.63 billion, posted second quarter net income of USD7.6 million or USD0.12 a share, down from USD17.5 million, or USD0.29 a share …

    Business 24 Jul 2003, 16:58

  • Uncle Sam may need to pay for Linux

    SCO eyeing the White House

    The next target in SCO's Linux licensing hunt may well be the White House. Netcraft shows the White House Web site humming away on the very Linux servers that have come under SCO's watchful eye. White House staffers are big open soucre fans using both Linux and Apache - two of free software's finest products. SCO has said that …

    Servers 24 Jul 2003, 20:48

  • Dell denies Opera users support

    Even the Feds can't make a deal

    Dell appears to be having some trouble with its Web site, as Opera browser users have been locked out of the company's premier support page and various other parts of the Dell experience. Dell's Web designers have taken special care to make sure Internet Explorer users can surf with freedom across any portion of the site. No …

    Music and Media 24 Jul 2003, 22:12