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  • SCO still offers ‘infringing’ Linux source code

    Have a look, IBM.

    SCO has told the public that its version of Linux is no longer for sale due to its legal pursuit of IBM and Linux users. That much is true. In fact, the code does not cost a penny with SCO providing a rather swift download site for SCO Linux. Close to 30 Reg readers have sent along the following link that leads directly to a …

    Servers 8 Aug 2003, 00:49

  • Google introduces free news alerts

    Search Me

    Google is expanding its news section with tools to let users sign up for news alerts or search specific news publications. With the news alerts tool, users type in the news topic they would like to track, and choose whether they would like to receive bulletins once a day or "as it happens." The alerts will be sent to the e-mail …

    Music and Media 8 Aug 2003, 07:27

  • Tablet dumping starts ahead of Centrino shift

    Market scare

    When you cut the price of a nice Tablet from £1500 to £600 (to dealers) it's a pretty good sign that you're clearing the shelves of old stock. That's what Northamber, leading UK distributor, has just done with the Fujitsu Siemens Stylistic Tablet. Sales of the Tablet, especially in Europe, have been disappointing. Battery life …

    Personal 8 Aug 2003, 07:34

  • Jailbird appeals in bug disclosure case

    'Dangerous interpretation of computer crime laws'

    Bret McDanel already served his 16 months in federal prison for violating the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Now he wants to clear his record, writes Deborah Radcliff of SecurityFocus. McDanel was wrongly convicted under the federal computer fraud statute, criminal code 18 U.S.C. 1030, claims a 62-page appeal filed on …

    Security 8 Aug 2003, 07:50

  • Nvidia Q2 sales, income up

    GeForce FX, Xbox chips drive bottom line

    Nvidia saw its sales rise sequentially and annually during the second quarter of its 2004 financial year, the graphics chip maker said yesterday. Its income was up too, despite earlier warnings the company's gross margins wouldn't be up to scratch. Revenue for the three months to 27 July totalled $459.8 million, up eight per …

    Music and Media 8 Aug 2003, 08:10

  • Intel delays Dothan debut?

    90nm chip knocked back to end of year, apparently

    Intel has put back the release of its next-generation Pentium M processor, codenamed 'Dothan' back to what is effectively early 2004. So claims Japanese web site PC Watch, which has a pretty good record on its Pentium M (aka Banias) forecasts. When Intel announced Dothan, at the Pentium M launch last March, it would only say …

    Channel 8 Aug 2003, 08:14

  • ‘C’ word use shocks IT industry

    Opinion Tools of the trade

    As the "C" word creeps into everyday IT conversation, the confused get scared, and the squeamish, squirm. Of course we are talking commoditization, which not only heralds the end of big margins for the IT establishment, but ultimately the demise of the in-business IT community. Let's look at the IT establishment, and the rush …

    Channel 8 Aug 2003, 08:22

  • Microsoft, Eidos line up to buy 3DO titles

    Bankruptcy sale

    Microsoft, Eidos and Ubi Soft are among seven companies bidding for the remains of collapsed game publisher 3DO. JoWood Productions Software AG, Turbine Entertainment Software, Crave Entertainment and Namco Hometek are also named in papers filed with the US San Francisco Bankruptcy Court, Reuters reports. 3DO sought Chapter 11 …

    Software 8 Aug 2003, 09:13

  • Something Awful going on with SPEWS

    All-in wrestling

    An unseemly spat between SomethingAwful.com and SPEWS.org has flared up since the IP range used by the humour site was blacklisted by the anti-spam group late last month. Something Awful shared a subnet, hosted by service provident Cogent, that also housed the domain of a recalcitrant spammer. This was enough to earn a …

    Music and Media 8 Aug 2003, 09:45

  • ‘Unscrupulous’ Net drugs trade led to death of student

    Govt urged to clamp down on e-pharmacies

    Web sites selling prescription drugs on the Internet are "cynically manipulating vulnerable people who are desperate". Sue Bracknell was speaking after the inquest into her son's death found that the 24-year-old had taken his own life while suffering from depression. Liam Bracknell, a Durham University graduate student, became …

    Music and Media 8 Aug 2003, 09:49

  • LINX to Webcast next meeting

    Transparently clear

    The next meeting of LINX (the London Internet Exchange) - Europe's largest Internet exchange point which handles up to 96 per cent of the UK's Internet traffic - is to be broadcast over the Web. In a move described as being in the true spirit of the Internet as "an open, transparent and co-operative organisation", the 42nd LINX …

    Music and Media 8 Aug 2003, 09:50

  • Wanadoo is not caching your KaZaA

    Drops PeerCache

    Wanadoo Netherlands has suddenly dropped Joltid's PeerCache, software designed to reduce costs of network traffic by caching frequently traded files within file-swapping system such as KaZaA, saying “it was only an experiment”. It seems that Wanadoo's parent company in Paris became a little too anxious about copyright liability …

    Music and Media 8 Aug 2003, 10:41

  • Microsoft unveils Live Web

    Games people play

    Microsoft has announced more perks for US Xbox Live players. They can now look forward to "Live Web", which lets them see which games their friends are playing, view stats and scoreboards and download content via a special website. Microsoft recently confirmed plans to debut "Live Now", its new Dashboard with Friends list and …

    Personal 8 Aug 2003, 10:54

  • Tory councillor resigns over kinky photo email

    All fur coat and no knickers

    A Tory councillor has resigned from the party after kinky pictures he emailed to 'an admirer' found their way into the in-boxes of his fellow councillors and members of the press. Married father-of-two Phil Grayson, 45, resigned the Conservative party whip this week but continues to sit as an independent member of Bracknell …

    Music and Media 8 Aug 2003, 11:00

  • Lindows unveils $449 PC

    Consumer KooBox

    Consumer Linux specialist Lindows yesterday launched KooBox, a $449 PC - including monitor - moving the company even further into the hardware arena. The KooBox is actually made by US systems builder MicroTron 2000. It's based on a 1.2GHz AMD Duron processor, bundles 256MB of PC133 SDRAM, offers 20GB of hard disk storage and a …

    Personal 8 Aug 2003, 12:06

  • Nintendo halts GameCube flow

    Has too much unsold stock

    Nintendo has suspended production of GameCubes in a bid to empty is warehouses of unsold consoles. Provided Nintendo can sell off sufficient stocks of its unsold inventory, GameCube production will recommence in the Autumn, the company said. Company president Satoru Iwata wouldn't say how many machines Ninentdo has piled up, …

    Personal 8 Aug 2003, 12:10

  • Broadcom, Intel agree to end fight, share toys

    Intel pockets $60m too

    Broadcom and Intel have confirmed that hostilities have ended and the war is over. Last week, the two companies asked the Texas Court that the patent infringement lawsuit brought by Intel against Broadcom be dismissed. Today, the duo revealed they have "settled all outstanding litigation between the companies as well as all …

    Channel 8 Aug 2003, 12:26

  • Net share sting claims UK victims

    Pumped then dumped

    A small Welsh business lost a "substantial amount of money" after buying shares in a non-existent company which lived only online. The fraudsters behind the scam also ensnared a Manchester-based businessman and theire could be many more British and Irish victims, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal. Alpha Fasteners …

    Music and Media 8 Aug 2003, 12:44

  • IT workers need more skills – bosses

    UK IT jobs market remains mixed

    Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England can all expect to see an increase in demand for IT jobs over the next year. However, the increase in demand for IT staff - estimated to grow by 4 per cent in some regions over the next twelve months - is likely to be offset by further downward pressure on jobs in London and …

    Small Biz 8 Aug 2003, 12:46

  • 3G, security drive smart card sales

    Bottom called

    The advent of 3G and various credit card security programmes will enable smart card manufacturers to leave behind a troubled 2002 and look to a period of sustainable growth. Fierce competition in the low-end SIM market dampening revenue growth in 2002. But the expansion of 3G will create brisk demand for high-end 32k and 64k …

    Security 8 Aug 2003, 13:19

  • BT faces fresh Datastream complaint

    'Stifling competition'

    MediaWays.uk - a subsidiary of German Internet outfit Telefonica - has lodged a new complaint with telecoms regulator Oftel over plans by BT to increase the cost of its wholesale broadband product, Datastream. In June, BT was forced to reduce the price for DataStream by 70p a line following a barrage of complaints from rivals …

    Telecoms 8 Aug 2003, 14:21

  • Anti-scam website pressured by scammer

    Threatened with trademark violation action

    A website set up to advise small businesses about how not to get caught up in a European directory scam has come under increasing pressure from the company it exposes, European City Guide. StopECG.org has received lawyers' letters from St Louis in the US insisting its domain name infringes the European City Guide's ECG …

    Small Biz 8 Aug 2003, 14:41

  • Merrill Lynch shackles employee Net access

    Third-party email services banned

    Merrill Lynch today introduced a company-wide ban on access to third-party email services from corporate PCs. In a memo to staff, the investment banker said it was prohibiting workers from picking up or sending email through Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL and the like because of "regulatory requirements" and as a means to cut off a …

    Business 8 Aug 2003, 14:47

  • Cherie Blair dance track hits Number One

    Hoax of the summer?

    "Will you still love me, will you still hug me, when I'm number 1?" read a story in The Independent on 4 August, which revealed the startling news that Cherie Blair, wife of the Prime Minister, was to become the summer's biggest dance hit sensation. According to the article, a sample of Cherie singing The Beatles' 'When I'm …

    Bootnotes 8 Aug 2003, 15:34

  • Do Not Spam list and filtering firms join hands

    But will it make a difference?

    A company that runs a Do Not Spam list and a spam filtering firm this week launched a reciprocal discount scheme. Global Removal and DAIR Computer Systems, the publisher of spam filter SpamAI, said their discount scheme gives their customers "two forms of spam protection for the price of one". The Do Not Spam List, from Global …

    Security 8 Aug 2003, 15:50

  • Macworld Expo to stay in Big Apple?

    Organiser rethinking Boston jaunt

    Apple appears to be close to winning its battle with Macworld Expo organiser IDG World Expo over the location of the bi-annual show's East Coast venue. David Korse, IDG World Expo's new chief, has told the Boston Herald that he is examining the merits of New York and Boston, and will make a final decision on the show's location …

    Mac Channel 8 Aug 2003, 16:04

  • Sun scoops up CenterRun

    Deploy. Someone hit deploy

    Sun Microsystems is doing its part to eliminate the glut of small virtualization companies haunting the IT market by acquiring them one at a time. The latest addition to Sun's virtualization stable is software maker CenterRun based in Redwood City, California. Sun is said to have offered up close to $60 million to purchase …

    Servers 8 Aug 2003, 18:08