27th August 2003 Archive

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Channel

• Intel adds $375m to Asia-Pacific investment tally This time for an assembly plant in China
• NEC cedes Hiroshima fab control to Elpida Retains ownership
• Softline agrees Sage bid Sage Brush
• The incredible shrinking IT industry Opinion Out of Business proposition

Comms: Mobile

• Cellphones will sport Wi-Fi, say industry execs Carriers want to drive mobile data business
• Deutsche Telekom: increased mobility in Poland Buying out partners
• Standalone PDA days ‘are numbered’ The way of the Comptometer?
• US forces to target enemy mobiles with P2P WLANs CDMA vs GSM debate goes ballistic?

Comms: Wireless

• Blades cut wireless and mobile enterprise costs Mix and match
• Intel ‘may be guilty’ of over hyping Wi-Fi Company president confesses
• Silicon Valley to get US' first Wi-Fi train Commuter computing
• UK corporates unconvinced by Wi-Fi More than half have no plans to roll out WLANs

Hardware

• TI dribbles out UltraSPARC IV details Sun's other big bet

Hardware: Storage

• McData: buying its way into SAN niches Roll-up, roll-up

Management

• Oklahoma AG takes aim at WorldCom, Ebbers Southern justice

Management: Small Biz

• Small.biz gets flogging online Toe dipping

Music and Media

• Amazon.com cracks down on spoofers Files multi-million dollar lawsuits
• China to form anti-spam task force No more blocklisting?
• Zippo extinguishes flaming trick Web site Got burnt

Personal

• HP beefs up low-end iPaq Reg Kit Watch Faster CPU, SDIO support

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple to refund disappointed OS X buyers But only if you tried to run it on old G3 kit

Security

• GNU servers ‘owned’ by crackers for months Source code believed safe
• Passport biometric trials point way for ID cards Shadow pilot
• Symantec takes the Hilgraeve hit Doing the Right Thing
• Want to visit Britain? Join the fingerprint queue Biometric visas stamped

Security: Anti-Virus

• Why Sobig is bad for privacy and AV vendors The drugs don't work

Software

• Intel wants to tune your cluster Buys Pallas for grid and HPC know-how
• WindowsUpdate on Linux – an urban legend is born Unexpected effects of the Big Red Switch...