17th November 2003 Archive
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Brocade: Dell deal comes at a price
Customary hard terms
Dell has forced its customary hard terms on Brocade Communications in return for a very important channel to the low-end SAN market, according to sources. Brocade will need to pick up a significant amount of business from the deal to protect profit margins. The deal, which sources say was influenced by EMC, will see Dell bundle …
Storage 17 Nov 2003, 09:36
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Councils ‘sceptical’ about e-gov
Best 'wait and see' instead
The Government's big idea to digitise essential public sector services looks to be falling out of favour as local councils decide to wait and see before spending taxpayers' money on e-government projects such as online procurement and e-voting initiatives. It seems local authorities are reluctant to commit to major IT …
Music and Media 17 Nov 2003, 09:39
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AMD set to select Dresden for next-gen fab – report
Awaiting $945m in loans, grants
Dresden will be chosen for AMD's next chip plant on the back of a €700 million ($825 million) loan guarantee and a further €100 million or more in grants, all from local and national German government. So said Reuters this weekend, citing an unnamed "industry source" - undoubtedly AMD staffers given their use of the word 'we' …
Channel 17 Nov 2003, 09:42
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Bluetooth is attack vector for mobile phones
Real vulns, serious too
Security researchers have uncovered a serious flaw in the authentication and data transfer mechanisms in some Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones. Data including a user's entire phonebook and calendar could be nicked from a range of Nokia and Ericsson phones using what researchers Adam and Ben Laurie of A.L. Digital describe as a " …
Security 17 Nov 2003, 09:48
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Pulse detected in data networking market
Cisco sweeps all before it
Light at end of the tunnel glows for network equipment vendors But it's not burning bright The enterprise and carrier networking sectors are at last heading for an upturn. But so very slowly, according to two new Gartnerr studies Worldwide Ethernet switch port shipments, according to the market watcher's preliminary number …
Data Networking 17 Nov 2003, 10:07
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T-Online to take over AOL?
True or false
"Totally unfounded," Deutsche Telekom hotshot Kai-Uwe Ricke last week said of rumors that online daughter T-Online was to buy a 70 per cent stake in the struggling online giant AOL. But there may be more truth to this story than he is willing to admit. On Friday, The New York Times cited two anonymous AOL company executives who …
Music and Media 17 Nov 2003, 10:21
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Apple G5 pushes ahead of Intel, AMD in supercomp list
And Alpha ahead of all four of 'em
Top500 released its latest list of the world's five hundred most powerful supercomputing rigs, yesterday. Naturally enough, Intel was quick to spin the announcement of the 22nd edition of the Top500 as a thumbs up for its own high-performance computing endeavours. So, 189 of the 500 systems listed are based on Intel processors …
Hardware 17 Nov 2003, 10:21
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Broadband-for-all possible by 2005 – BT
Telco sets triggers for 2300 more exchanges
Blanket coverage of affordable broadband in the UK could happen by 2005, BT says. The UK's dominant fixed line telco is to extend its demand registration scheme for ADSL by setting triggers for a further 2300 exchanges, serving some two million homes and businesses. The scheme enables BT to map demand for broadband in areas …
Telecoms 17 Nov 2003, 10:36
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AMD announces Opteron x48 line-up
Boosts memory support to 400MHz DDR
AMD today rolled out Opteron 148, 248 and 848 processors, as anticipated. The three chips - for one-way, two-way and four- to eight-way systems, respectively - cost $733, $913 and $3199 a pop, when ordered in batches of 1000 processors. The 148 and 248 have come in higher than we'd heard might be the case. We'd been expecting …
Channel 17 Nov 2003, 10:44
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Microsoft Spot watches delayed
Need further testing, apparently
Microsoft's information-by-radio Spot watch technology will now not hit the market until early next year rather than this week. And some of the software giant's hardware partners may not even ship product then. Citizen, for one, may decided not to offer a Spot-compatible watch after all, ExtremeTech reports, citing company …
Mobile 17 Nov 2003, 11:26
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Intel Dothan to launch 4 Feb – report
Clock speeds to encourage upsells from Banias
'Dothan', Intel's 90nm update of its Pentium M processor, will officially launch on 4 February, say moles from within the Taiwanese notebook industry - the source of almost all of the world's branded and unbranded mobile computers. And in addition to the anticipated 1.8GHz model, Intel will offer 1.6GHz and 1.7GHz part, …
Channel 17 Nov 2003, 11:52
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Microsoft aims to ‘shift the tide’ in war on spam
SmartScreen
Microsoft is porting its anti-spam technology to the latest version of its Exchange messaging platform. Early versions of Microsoft's SmartScreen spam-filtering technology have already been introduced in Outlook 2003, MSN 8 and Hotmail. The technology will be available as an Exchange Server 2003 add-on, called Microsoft …
Security 17 Nov 2003, 12:32
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Ad campaign tells drivers about new cellphone law
You're being warned
The Government has launched a radio advertising campaign warning drivers that, from December 1, they face a £30 fine if caught holding a mobile phone while driving. Those nabbed holding a phone face a £30 fixed penalty fine, which can be upped to £1000 if the matter goes to court. Drivers of vans, lorries, buses and coaches …
Mobile 17 Nov 2003, 12:33
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IETF to cramp Cisco's WLAN empire?
Opposing camps
A meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards body this week is likely to clear the way to create a standard based on the Lightweight Access Point Protocol (LWAPP), a technology backed by wireless switchmakers and NTT DoCoMo but in opposition to Cisco’s view of the wireless LAN. The LWAPP creates a standard …
Wireless 17 Nov 2003, 12:48
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Voda plans show why MS will struggle with phones
Casting vote
Microsoft’s Windows Mobile had mixed fortunes last week, losing its top executive, but gaining a Samsung handset launch and strong predictions from Gartner Group. But while Gartner talked about OS features, what Microsoft really needs is to get its phones on to the A list at major operators - something that still seems far away …
Mobile 17 Nov 2003, 13:16
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Garage door DMCA case dismissed
Remote uncontrol
A federal judge in Illinois this week ruled that the maker of a universal garage door remote didn't violate the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA, in a closely watched case that offers hope to critics of the controversial copyright law. Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer dismissed part of a civil suite brought by the Chamberlain …
Mobile 17 Nov 2003, 13:16
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Nintendo signs IBM for next-gen console
Big Blue chips to sell chips to all major players
IBM has its finger in every next-generation home console pie: Sony, Microsoft and now Nintendo. Sony earlier this year confirmed that IBM-developed product will make it into Sony's Playstation 3, when it said that the 'Cell' processor being co-developed by the two firms, along with Toshiba, will be used as the basis for the …
Personal 17 Nov 2003, 14:05
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Rock Pegasus CTS notebook
Review Does Pegasus fly above the competition?
The uptake of Intel's Centrino mobile technology is gaining pace. You only have to look at the increasing number of Centrino-based notebooks arriving through our doors to realise that. It's clear why too, as notebook manufacturers had been waiting for a mobile solution like this for some time, writes Jalal Werfalli. A couple of …
Reviews 17 Nov 2003, 14:07
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Nvidia touts second-gen mobile GeForce FX
5700 is Go
Nvidia today began shipping its latest mobile graphics chip, the GeForce FX Go 5700, to notebook manufacturers, who expect to offer product based on the part to punters early next year. The 130nm 5700 builds on previous GeForce FX Gos by offering technology only available to date from Nvidia's top-end desktop graphics chips, …
Channel 17 Nov 2003, 15:13
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Broadcom blames Atheros for bad WLAN performance
Not our fault, Wi-Fi chip maker responds
Broadcom last week fired a broadside against Wi-Fi chipset maker Atheros, alleging the latter's proprietary performance and range-boosting Super G technology slows down nearby standards-based wireless networks. According to Broadcom, Super G, which doubles 802.11g's 54Mbps raw data rate (but only if you have two products …
Wireless 17 Nov 2003, 16:05
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Those ‘Name the wireless store’ compo results in full
We finally pulled our fingers out
It was several months ago that we asked readers to think up a snappy new name for our Mobile, Wireless and PDA Store. At the time we said we'd draw up a shortlist and put it to a vote. Sadly, circumstances have conspired to drive this ambitious plan onto the rocks. Firstly, the Reg Strategy Boutique failed even to agree on a …
Bootnotes 17 Nov 2003, 16:07
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England Rugby team hunt electronic bugs
Rugger buggers
England's Rugby World Cup team is screening team hotel rooms and dressing rooms for electronic bugs. The Australian media have pointed to the security measure as a sign of England' supposed "paranoia". England's security stance is more Austin Powers than James Bond, according to the Ozzies. But England coach Clive Woodward …
Security 17 Nov 2003, 16:10
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PM bigs-up BT's BB-4-all goal
Swing low, sweet chaaaaa-reeee-hut
PM Tony Blair has welcomed BT's bid to bring affordable broadband to the UK. Addressing the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) at its conference in Birmingham today the PM explained how the last six years has seen a "dramatic increase in the use of the Internet". He went on: "Broadband is a key driver in the increase in …
Telecoms 17 Nov 2003, 16:11
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ICANN wins first round of Wait List fight
Judge denies preliminary injunction
ICANN has won the first round of its legal battle over the introduction of a controversial “wait list service” run by VeriSign. On Wednesday, District Court Judge John F Walter denied a preliminary injunction by registrars Dotster, Go Daddy and eNOM over the WLS. The registrars had argued that the service broke ICANN rules …
Music and Media 17 Nov 2003, 16:18
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Road Runner messages ‘censored’, newsgroups complain
Piracy filter gone mad?
Media giant Time Warner appears to be censoring subscribers to its Road Runner Net access service by corrupting newsgroup messages it fears contain pirated material. (Update: Here is TW's explanation) For the past fortnight, users of the $44.95 a month service have been complaining that the vast majority of newsgroups messages …
Telecoms 17 Nov 2003, 16:52
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Former Gateway execs deny SEC fraud charges
Expect to be exonerated
Three senior former Gateway executives charged with fraud by the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week have denied any wrongdoing. Last Thursday, the SEC filed a civil action law suit against Gateway's former chief financial officer John Todd as well as former chief exec Jeffrey Weitzen and controller Robert Manza. …
Channel 17 Nov 2003, 16:54
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Sun and AMD toast their Opteron marriage
Update China Linux desktop win for dessert
As previously reported by The Register, Sun and AMD have formed a relationship around the Opteron processor and Solaris x86 and are teaming to lure software partners such as Oracle onto their systems. Over the next year, Sun will roll out two and four processor Opteron servers. The systems will be available with Linux and Sun's …
Servers 17 Nov 2003, 18:26
