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  • Goodbye, PC; hello, PS (Personal Server)

    IDF Your life on your mobile phone

    Intel's vision of the future of mobile computing is a hard drive with built in wireless. That, at least, is the concept the company chose to present to journalists at its Developer Forum, this week. The idea is simple: what makes any computer unique is the data held upon it, so all people should need to carry with them is that …

    Personal 16 Sep 2003, 00:45

  • Sun shows its hand with enterprise software and Linux desktop

    Sun NC03 Orion and Mad Hatter priced

    Sun Microsystems' two big software bets go into play Tuesday, as it reveals new pricing models for the Sun ONE enterprise software stack and a Linux desktop. For months, Sun has hummed and hawed over the final price of the software it planned to bundle with Solaris as part of a project code-named Orion. Sun settled on a cost of …

    Data Center 16 Sep 2003, 06:24

  • Mobile email pegged for big growth

    So says Nokia

    Mobile email usage is to grow by 35 per cent over the next 18 months among European businesses already using mobile phones, according to Nokia. For its "Dawn of the Mobile Enterprise" study, Nokia said it polled thousands of European SMEs that have mobile workers, or workers that work outside the office for at least a portion …

    Mobile 16 Sep 2003, 09:10

  • Kids online – parents in the dark

    Someone turn on the light then

    More than half of the UK's parent's haven't the foggiest idea what their kids are up to online, according to a study commissioned by cableco Telewest. Its NOP survey of 500 parents found that half of those quizzed are so concerned they sit with their kids while they flit about on the Net. More than a third of parents said they …

    Media 16 Sep 2003, 09:12

  • Motorola: Microsoft Smartphone evolution

    Notable omissions

    Motorola is to launch its first Windows based mobile phone. The clamshell format MPx200, which is set to debut on Orange's European networks next month, builds on lessons learned by Orange and Microsoft with the SPV range of phones built by Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp. However, there are some notable omissions, which are …

    Mobile 16 Sep 2003, 09:17

  • Barclays: Internet scam victim

    Small scale

    Consumers are repeatedly warned to keep their bank security details secret. Yet these warnings have failed to stop a number of Barclays customers from falling foul of an Internet scam. Security breaches like this damage consumer faith in Internet banking services. With 3.5 million customers banking online, Barclays has more …

    Media 16 Sep 2003, 09:18

  • Home entertainment for the broadband masses

    UK VoD experiment to offer unbundled broadband lines

    The UK experiment with delay TV, set up by British Telecom in the mid 1990s is about to come back to haunt it, with the company formed from that experiment about to challenge BT’s control of broadband in the UK, by joining other unbundled local loop suppliers. An innocuous order with Alcatel, announced this week for €15m ($16.6 …

    Broadband 16 Sep 2003, 09:35

  • Microsoft launches new Xbox Live Dashboard

    As if by magic

    A number of key upgrades to the Xbox Live service have been rolled out in the past few days as part of a low-key automatic update to the Xbox Dashboard system. Originally promised some months ago, the upgrade - being referred to as Xbox Live 2.0 - offers significant Live functionality right on the Dashboard, with the ability to …

    Personal 16 Sep 2003, 09:50

  • Tombola.com scratches ‘large number’ of winners

    'Technical error' blamed for cock-up

    Online scratch-card outfit - tombola.com - has apologised after a software glitch at the weekend led to a "large number" of punters winning the jackpot. Those who took part in the online game couldn't believe their luck when they won up to £5,000 just for taking part in the "i:scratch" game. But their euphoria was short-lived …

    Media 16 Sep 2003, 10:48

  • Bowie fronts experiment on new digital concert format

    Changes

    Rock legend David Bowie last week beamed a live concert into 22 digital theaters around Europe last week, effectively creating a new concert format that is likely to become more and more common going forwards. The idea came from his record label, Sony Music, which used a satellite to effectively allow 22 times the number of …

    Broadband 16 Sep 2003, 10:57

  • All your Web typos are belong to us

    Updated Verisign wildcard changes spark fury

    Network administrators are fuming about changes made by domain registrar Verisign to the DNS system yesterday that they say violate longstanding Internet standards. Verisign yesterday added wildcard DNS records to all .com and .net domains - redirecting surfers who get lost on the Net to a search page, called Site Finder, run …

    Media 16 Sep 2003, 11:34

  • Apple revamps 15in PowerBook, adds Bluetooth

    Price cuts too

    Apple has given the mainstay of its portable line, the 15in PowerBook, an overhaul at Apple Expo in Paris. Rather more than just a speed bump, the PowerBook gets its first serious redesign since the introduction of the Titanium three years ago. This also represents Apple's first reply to Intel's $300 million Centrino marketing …

    Mac Channel 16 Sep 2003, 12:07

  • Kingston approves Elpida 512Mb DDR 2

    DIMM test-flight goes swimmingly

    Kingston Technology's plan to sample DDR 2 DIMMs by the end of the year has moved a step closer to completion after the company gave the thumbs up to Elpida's 110nm 512Mb DDR 2 chips. The two companies today said unbuffered DIMMs built upon Elpida's memory had tested successfully for compliance with JEDEC standards. Having …

    Mac Channel 16 Sep 2003, 13:14

  • Campaigners quiz UK.gov on BB aggregation plans

    'We are not reassured'

    As the Government prepares to spend £1 billion of public sector cash over the next three years to help roll-out broadband, lobby group Broadband4Britain is raising concerns that the investment might not deliver long term benefits to end users. Broadband4Britain met officials from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) last …

    Broadband 16 Sep 2003, 13:47

  • Get overcharged by MS, win a free PC, says Lindows.com

    Lindows vouchers feature in 'helpful' service

    Lindows.com has offered to help Californian software buyers take $1.1 billion out of Microsoft's hide. Or alternatively (or perhaps additionally), Lindows.com is mounting a blatant and shameless publicity stunt for itself on the back of Microsoft's antitrust settlement with California. 'File a claim against Microsoft and win a …

    Software 16 Sep 2003, 14:41

  • Ebay creates 800 Irish jobs

    Cheers

    Online auction outfit eBay is to create 800 jobs in Ireland, it was confirmed today. Around 400 of the jobs will be created for eBay's online payment operation, PayPal, as it establishes a European centre for customer services and its financial operation. The centre will also be responsible for fraud prevention and detection. …

    Business 16 Sep 2003, 15:24

  • Ballmer to crackers: this PC ain't big enough for the both of us

    And it ain't me who's going to leave

    The recent deluge of Internet worms and security vulnerabilities affecting Windows will not affect Microsoft's ability to "innovate", CEO Steve Ballmer pledged yesterday. Ballmer told an audience at the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, California, that "better security and constant innovation go hand in hand". Essentially this …

    Software 16 Sep 2003, 15:35

  • Intel commits to multi-core Pentiums, Xeons, Itanics

    IDF Tanglewood and Tulsa untangled

    Intel today confirmed what we revealed some time ago: that the next-but-one generation of Itanium processor, codenamed 'Tanglewood', will be a multi-core chip. It also unveiled its dual-core strategy for the IA-32 server chip family, Xeon, and said it would bring the technique to its mainstream CPUs over time. Tanglewood will …

    Channel 16 Sep 2003, 18:06

  • Intel to bring server-style virtualisation to desktop chips

    IDF Partition magic

    Intel will bring server-style operating system partitioning to its mainstream processors, company COO Paul Otellini told Intel Developer Forum attendees today. The technique, codenamed 'Vanderpool', will allow a single Pentium processor to run multiple OSes - or more likely multiple instances of the same OS - simultaneously. …

    Channel 16 Sep 2003, 18:47

  • AMD to pitch Opteron at blades

    Low-power parts coming next year

    AMD will ship less power-hungry incarnations of its high wattage 64-bit Opteron server and workstation processor next year, the company said today. The chips, which will consume around 30W and 55W, are aimed at ultra-dense, blade-based servers where minimising the heat generated by all those chips is as important as reducing …

    Channel 16 Sep 2003, 19:47

  • Micron ships DDR 2 to ‘Lindenhurst’ server vendors

    Certified for use with Intel's upcoming Xeon DP chipset

    Micron today became the latest memory manufacturer to win Intel approval for the use of its DDR 2 SDRAM in the chip giant's upcoming server chipsets. It also said that it had begun shipping DIMMs to "major OEM customers". Micron will offer 256MB and 512MB registered DIMMs based on 400MHz and 533MHz 256Mb DDR 2 chips for Intel's …

    Channel 16 Sep 2003, 19:59

  • Scott McNealy shows his serious side to users

    Sun NC03 Who beat Network?

    Scott McNealy has a dog named Network, and we think someone has beaten it. Sun's CEO put the usual comic routine to the side during his opening keynote at the Sun Network conference here, opting instead for a somber customer pitch. McNealy donned a jacket, propped on a serious scowl and told Sun customers why they should stick …

    Servers 16 Sep 2003, 21:49

  • Intel ships Xeon MP in Pentium 4 clothing

    IDF Update Extreme Edition

    Intel today introduced a version of its Pentium 4 chip aimed directly at game PCs - called the P4 Extreme Edition. The "awesome" performance comes not so much from the chip's 3.2GHz clock frequency but the fact it contains an "extra" 2MB of cache, according to Intel VP and General Manager of the company's Desktop Products Group …

    Channel 16 Sep 2003, 22:22

  • DRAM makers mass to support Lindenhurst

    Hynix, Samsung, Elpida and Infineon join Micron

    Hynix, Samsung, Elpida and Infineon have all begun touting their DDR 2 memory for Intel's upcoming Xeon DP chipset, codenamed 'Lindenhurst', just as Micron did, earlier today. Hynix has submitted its 512Mb DDR 2 chip to Intel for official Lindenhurst validation and reports that Lindenhurst mobos will boot successfully if …

    Channel 16 Sep 2003, 23:23

  • Orange launches Handspring Treo 600

    Targets UK, French, Swiss subscribers

    Orange today launched Handspring's Treo 600 smartphone in the UK, France and Switzerland, as we last week predicted it would. The handset will ship in all three territories next month. British punters will be asked to pay £299.99 ($480) for the phone, while French buyers will have to fork out up to €459 depending on their …

    Mobile 16 Sep 2003, 23:59