3rd September 2003 Archive
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Itanium fends off Opteron for slowest selling chip crown
IBM 13, Dell 0
Itanium server sales reached record levels in the second quarter, as Intel's chip surged into the lead as the slowest selling server processor. For a couple of months, we've been awaiting the latest data dump from IDC, hoping to see whether Itanic or AMD's Opteron was winning the slow chip sales competition. Well, the IDC …
Servers 3 Sep 2003, 00:07
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Mice pave way for online signatures
Cunning plan
Computer scientists at the University of London have developed a way for people to sign for goods or services online using a mouse instead of a pen. Boffins have developed software that is able to uniquely identify the range of movements people make in writing their signature. The technology was invented by Ross Everitt and Dr …
Security 3 Sep 2003, 07:32
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PC market drives chip sales rebound
But is it enough?
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) yesterday lifted its third-quarter world chip sales forecast on the back of a three per cent increase in revenue between June and July. July saw $12.9 billion worth of chips sold worldwide, up from June's figure of $12.5 billion. July's number is the highest monthly total this year, …
Channel 3 Sep 2003, 08:59
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Intel invests $23m more in Elpida
Memory maker's DDR II investment tally grows
Elpida will receive a further ¥2.7 billion ($23 million) cash injection from Intel, the memory maker said yesterday. That figure expands the sum the chip giant has already sunk into Elpida to around ¥14.4 billion ($123 million) - all of it in return for non-voting stock. Elpida will use the money to ramp up production of DDR …
Channel 3 Sep 2003, 09:07
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Siemens' Symbian smartphone slips – sources
Series Sixty schedule on skids
Siemens' much-anticipated Series 60 smartphone has been pushed back to November, according to reliable sources at the Siemens user board. The phone was originally announced at Cannes in February, when shipment was promised by the first half of the year. The SX-1 certainly promised to pack a punch back then, sporting an FM radio …
Mobile 3 Sep 2003, 09:33
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Alton Towers told off for BT bash
Can't dodgem this one
Alton Towers has been given a ticking off by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for closing the theme park for two days to host a private party for BT employees and families. Some punter objected to the claim that "Alton Towers is open every day from 5th April to 2nd November..." claiming this was misleading since it was …
Business 3 Sep 2003, 09:37
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Intel samples Prescott, Dothan
Better late than...
Intel has begun sampling Prescott desktop and Dothan mobile next-generation processors build on its 90nm process. And both chips will achieve "revenue shipments" during Q4, the company says. So reports EBN, citing an unnamed Intel spokesman, undoubtedly responsding to questions concerning recent analyst claims that the company …
Channel 3 Sep 2003, 09:44
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Citigroup wants to buy Hynix' non-memory biz
To pay with a Diners' Club card?
Hynix is negotiating the sale of its non-memory business to US banking company Citigroup, a company spokesman said, cited by the Financial Times. "Citigroup has submitted a letter of intent to buy our non-memory chip operations, so we are talking to it as our primary negotiating partner," the spokesman said. Non-memory …
Channel 3 Sep 2003, 09:47
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Govt rings in teleworking changes
Not so flexible working
The Department of Trade and Industry has unveiled a set of legal guidelines that UK firms must follow if they employ staff who regularly telework from home. The DTI says the tightened rules are necessary as there are currently some 2.2 million employees who work away from corporate central offices using IT. The number - which …
Small Biz 3 Sep 2003, 09:53
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Smartphone infidelity = content opportunity?
On the fly
Symbian, Microsoft, PalmSource, Linux - there are plenty of choices of operating systems for building smartphones if that what handset manufacturers are looking for The thing is, with so many choices, why just stick with one, writes Rob Bamforth of Bloor Research. Recent moves by Motorola suggest a Microsoft-based phone, a …
Mobile 3 Sep 2003, 10:02
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Gateway takes chainsaw to costs, staff
Major cutbacks - WSJ
Gateway, America's weakest big-name PC maker, is looking to outsourcers to help it reduce costs by $100m a year, The WSJ reports. And that means 1,000 people are to lose their jobs by October 30, according to the newspaper. Currently Gateway employs 8,700 people. It is possible, of course, that some may be taken on by whichever …
Channel 3 Sep 2003, 10:24
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Sony Ericsson unveils Xmas phone line-up
Reg Kit Watch Will set the tills a-jingling (it hopes)
Cellphones Sony Ericsson today launched three new handsets it hopes to tempt buyers with this coming Christmas. The clamshell Z600 comes with the now almost obligatory built-in digicam. Photos can be sent by MMS, or zapped straight to a PC using the phone's Bluetooth link. The tri-band GSM/GPRS handset features a main 16-bit …
Mobile 3 Sep 2003, 10:53
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MS, eBay, Amazon et al join ID theft busters
Scam to the lam
Leading financial services, IT and e-commerce companies and organizations yesterday formed an industry coalition to fight online identity theft. Microsoft Corp, eBay, Amazon.com and Visa are among founder members of the Coalition on Online Identity Theft, which is dedicated to fighting the growing menace of ID theft. Analysts …
Security 3 Sep 2003, 11:23
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Broadband runs like water
Utility value
Broadband is increasingly becoming regarded as a basic utility - such as gas, electricity and water - and could affect the value and take-up of commercial property developments. What's more, broadband is no longer exclusive to office developments, but is being regarded as a key asset for retail and industrial premises, …
Small Biz 3 Sep 2003, 11:29
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Mobile phones sales climb
But not for Moto or Siemens
The latest figures from the mobile phone industry show that the sector is healthy again, but Motorola and Siemens are stumbling. According to Gartner's figures for the second quarter of 2003, mobile phone shipments were up 12 percent over last year, totalling 114.9 million units in the April to June period. Gartner also said …
Mobile 3 Sep 2003, 11:35
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Lindows signs up PC Club
US retail thang
US retailer PC Club is to start flogging LindowsOS PCs throughout its 51-strong chain. This is the largest retail launch of Linux in the US, according to Lindows, which is nice; but it shows just how far Linux has to go before it reaches the mainstream. According to Michael Robertson, Lindows.com's ebullient CEO, this is a …
Channel 3 Sep 2003, 11:52
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Congestion builds up on GPRS; WAP blocked
Incapacitated
When the GPRS standard was first proposed, sceptics said that it didn't have the capacity that a serious service would need. Now, it turns out that some carriers are finding it hard to meet existing demand and are switching data services off. Asia-Pacific mobile provider Globe Telecom has attempted to limit the amount of GPRS …
Mobile 3 Sep 2003, 11:59
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Feds sexed up case – Blaster suspect
I am not the one they need to get!
Jeffrey Lee Parson, the Minnesota teenager accused of unleashing a variant of the Blaster worm, has accused the authorities of exaggerating the case against him. His parents yesterday went on NBC's "Today" show to defend their son. Meanwhile in an off-camera interview with one of the show's producers, Parson, 18, took exception …
Malware 3 Sep 2003, 12:28
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Copy protected CDs illegal in France? Not quite
Unfit for human consumption
Big news from France today where EMI has landed in the soup for selling 'defective' copy protected CDs. A Nanterre court has ordered the music label to refund a woman who could not play her new Alain Souchon CD on her car CD player. Alternatively, EMI is to provide a full-working copy. The ruling applies to all people who have …
Personal 3 Sep 2003, 13:03
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FindWhat.Com finds $8m for Miva
Online store play
US pay-per-click firm FindWhat.com plans to splash out $8m (£5m) to buy SME ecommerce software and services outfit Miva Corporation. FindWhat will pay $5.5m as well as taking on approximately $2.5m in notes and "other liabilities". According to FindWhat.com, the main reason for swallowing up Miva is to expand its service …
Small Biz 3 Sep 2003, 13:52
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BT says sorry for poaching Zetnet punter
Honest mistake, Guv
One of the UK's oldest ISPs is demanding answers from BT after one its customers was blocked from having an ADSL connection - only to be poached by BT Openworld. Zetnet - founded in 1994 and based in the Shetland Isles - is unhappy at the way it has been stonewalled over the last month following a cock-up by the UK's dominant …
Music and Media 3 Sep 2003, 13:53
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IBM's server safety net has HP at a loss
Not looking good, Carly
IBM's server business is booming - in a big way - and it couldn't come at a worse time for the HP camp. The server divisions at IBM scattered around the globe deserve high praise for a solid second quarter. IBM marched back into first place as the worldwide leader in server sales, taking 30.4 percent of the market compared to …
Servers 3 Sep 2003, 14:38
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GX Networks buys Firstnet
Fixed wireless deal
Firstnet Services Ltd - the company that acquired fixed wireless broadband outfit Liberty Broadband (aka Tele2 UK) earlier this year - has been bought by GX Networks for £4.3 million. The deal, finalised last week, means that the telecoms network operator and business broadband ISP can now add wireless broadband to the stable …
Telecoms 3 Sep 2003, 16:01
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Two arrested in £80m money laundering probe
Customs allege missing trader fraud
Customs and Excise officers investigating a suspected £80m VAT money laundering scam arrested two people in Chelmsford yesterday. The money is believed to have been channelled through the bank accounts of two Chelmsford-based companies and suspected to be the proceeds of a VAT missing trader fraud involving the sale of mobile …
Channel 3 Sep 2003, 16:12
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HP hears happy voices inside of Talking Blocks
Have Web service, will acquire
HP has snatched up one of the many wee Web services companies out there and said it may buy a couple more as needed. By the end of this month, HP expects to complete its purchase of Talking Blocks - a Web services software management company located in San Francisco. The idea is to add Talking Blocks' tools into HP's Utility …
Hardware 3 Sep 2003, 19:09
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Anti-terror face recognition system flunks tests
Logan's Run
The extent of the failure of facial recognition technology in spotting terrorists in crowds has been revealed in a report on tests at Boston's Logan airport. We knew already that the tests were a flop but the airport's official report, obtained last month by way of a Freedom of Information Act request from the American Civil …
Security 3 Sep 2003, 20:24
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Why wait in line when you can SMS Ganesh?
Texting God
Connecting on a spiritual level with one's deity or deities of choice can be a very difficult, time-consuming and testing process. That is unless you're a BPL Mobile subscriber. Indians can send an SMS PUJA (prayer) to BPL and have the prayers recited for them at a popular Bombay temple, during the annual Ganesh Chaturthi …
Mobile 3 Sep 2003, 20:37
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Telemedicine: remote healthcare reaching new audiences
Arm's length
Maricopa County jails in Arizona, US are treating inmates via telemedicine to save time, money and increase public safety. Through the use of video technology, healthcare professionals are able to conduct routine examinations and provide certain specialist care remotely, therefore reducing the need to transport prisoners for …
Data Networking 3 Sep 2003, 21:10
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US warns nuke plants of worm threat
If there was ever a place that needed AV protection...
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday issued a formal Information Notice to nuclear power plant operators warning them about an incident in January in which the Slammer computer worm penetrated networks at Ohio's Davis-Besse nuclear plant and disabled two important monitoring systems for hours. The notice is the NRC …
Malware 3 Sep 2003, 21:32
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Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV
Fighting back
Lawyers for three men whose online equipment purchases made them targets of DirecTV's anti-piracy campaign are hoping to turn the tables on the satellite company by suing under the mob-busting Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) federal organized crime statute. The lawsuit was filed late last month on behalf …
Personal 3 Sep 2003, 21:35
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Horizon profits up, sales down
No upturn in short term
Horizon, the Irish-based Irish systems integrator and distie, has posted lower revenues for the first six months of the year, although cost-cutting boosted profitability. For the first six months of 2003 the company produced turnover 128.52 million, a marginal increase from the €128.48 million posted in the previous six months …
Channel 3 Sep 2003, 22:20
