22nd August 2003 Archive

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Channel

• AMD to ship Athlon 64s as Athlon XPs Limited to 32-bit 'legacy' mode
• AMD's Opteron party squashed by AMD Sanders left on his own
• Intel ups Q3 revenue forecast Chips on the rise, Flash flat
• Nvidia class action suit dismissed Over and done with
• Nvidia signs UMC as chip producer Update Well, sort of...
• TSMC foundry market share dips But IBM et al still have a very long way to go to catch it

Comms: Mobile

• Judge dismisses Palm patent case win Plaintiff to 'evaluate' other vendors' products for violation
• Motorola launches first Linux smartphone First to two 'secret weapons', too
• Vodafone flogs off Japan Telecom for £1.4bn Focusing on mobile
• Woman burned by exploding cellphone Cheap replacement battery blamed

Hardware: Data Networking

• Novell decimates workers, goes into the red One job in ten axed

Management

• IT jobs under threat from WTO deal 'Don't panic,' says contactors group

Management: Small Biz

• 192 switch-off not cheaper for punters Oh well

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Anna K sends Amazon CEO into shock Bras in stock

Personal

• Toshiba debuts smallest HDD MP3 player Reg Kit Watch Cooler than iPod shock

Security

• Hi-tech crime a ‘significant’ threat, warn police New tools, old crimes

Security: Anti-Virus

• Sobig-F timed for Trojan download tonight? Twist in the tail

Software

• IBM dismisses OpenOffice as child's play Peace, love and Microsoft