21st November 2003 Archive
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Intel's Otellini promises ‘Year of Itanium’
But where are they all hiding?
Peeved that AMD is taking the 64bit plaudits this week, Intel has promised that Itanium's twelfth year will be its finest yet. The project began in December 1991, and was formally unveiled in a joint announcement with Hewlett Packard in 1995. Some analysts were cautious: in 1997 IDC predicted that it would be 2002 before EPIC …
Servers 21 Nov 2003, 02:18
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Intel stakes phone hopes on Manitoba
WiFi to appear alongside EDGE, WCDMA protocols
Intel President Paul Otellini touted a Manitoba Xscale phone as he outlined the company's cellular ambitions yesterday. Otellini told Intel's Fall analyst conference that the company expected to ship 10 million Xscale phones next year. Otellini said that Intel had memoranda of understanding with five of the largest ten carriers …
Mobile 21 Nov 2003, 05:30
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BT gloats as Freeserve loses broadband pricing appeal
'Spurious' claims rejected by Oftel
Oftel has, once again, rejected claims for Freeserve accusing BT of predatory pricing. Confirmation that Freeserve has failed in its attempt to prove that BT abused its dominant position is likely to come as a massive blow to those who've worked long and hard on this case. It is the Freeserve's second big setback in weeks, …
Telecoms 21 Nov 2003, 09:51
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Germans deploy talking überbin
War on litter takes to the streets
The good burghers of Berlin believe they have found the answer to litter-ravaged streets - talking rubbish bins which thank citizens for their deposits. "We want to encourage people in a nice, funny way to throw their trash in the baskets and not on the street," said city official Bernd Mueller. The bins, he insisted, would …
Bootnotes 21 Nov 2003, 09:53
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Novell looks to Linux to pull it out of the red
Losses, lower revenues in Q4
Novell yesterday posted increased quarterly losses on lower revenues but promised its strong commitment to open source will bear fruit over the next year. For the fourth quarter ending October 31, Novell produced revenues of $287 million compared to revenues of $300 million in Q4 2002 and $283 million in Q3 2003. Net loss in Q4 …
Software 21 Nov 2003, 10:01
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NTL waves goodbye to 2,000 jobs
Efficiency gains
NTL is to zap 2,000 jobs over the next couple of years. The cableco isn't planning a sweeping redundancy programme and it doesn't know yet which jobs are to go, according to the FT which got the scoop. But it's clear that NTL needs to get into shape before it prepares for its much-talked-about- but-nothing-official-yet merger …
Business 21 Nov 2003, 10:47
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Low self esteem makes you thick - official
But PDA-driven brain tickler offers hope
Think positively or you could end up with a brain the size of a pea - that's the stark warning from scientists at Montreal's McGill University. Dr Sonia Lupien has spent 15 years scanning the brains of OAPs and discovered that old timers with low self esteem were more likely to suffer from brain shrink and memory loss, the BBC …
Bootnotes 21 Nov 2003, 10:48
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Broadcom bites back against Intel-Mobilian, Atheros
Under Pressure
Broadcom was the star of the WLAN chip market in the early part of this year, stealing a march on all its rivals with its successful gamble on leaping into the 802.11g market even before the standard was finalized. This helped it to gain a significant lead over Intel, which is still to implement ‘g’ in Centrino, and to position …
Wireless 21 Nov 2003, 10:50
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Mixed fortunes for enterprise WLANs
‘low priority’
Mixed fortunes for enterprise WLANs, if the latest crop of research results are anything to go by. A survey by investment bank Goldman Sachs found that wireless Lans are now rated ‘low priority’ for IT spending, according to a panel of 100 CIOs. In the same survey last year, WLANs rated in the top category. The bank says this is …
Wireless 21 Nov 2003, 10:50
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Don't say nothing to the SCO cops, Gartner advises Linux users
High performance systems? You seen any high performance systems, Rico?
Is it just us, or could Gartner's latest advice for Linux-packing corporations have similar application in slightly different contexts? Is it, do you think, perhaps the kind of language Edward G Robinson might understand? Gartner kicks off normally enough, sagely observing that SCO looks in some danger of being eaten by its own …
Software 21 Nov 2003, 10:52
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AMD admits 90nm production slippage
Volume output in Q3 2004, not Q2
AMD's first 90nm processors will go into volume production during Q3 2004, the company said yesterday, narrowing the focus of its recently released public roadmap from any time in the second half of the year. Speaking during an analyst conference call yesterday to detail the company's decision to build a 300mm wafer fab in …
Channel 21 Nov 2003, 11:26
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DRM music goldrush is a race for losers – mp3.com founder
While Apple leads the lemmings
Apple is leading a race of lemmings into the zero-profit business of closed music downloads, says the founder of MP3.com, Michael Robertson. "It seems kind of crazy to me, the economics don't make sense," Robertson told us Thursday. "Why are all these guys like Microsoft and Wal-Mart rushing into a business where the industry …
Music and Media 21 Nov 2003, 11:32
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Business Serve buys Legend Internet
Swing low, sweet chaaaa-reee-hut
Lancaster-based business ISP Business Serve, has swallowed up Bradford-based ISP, Legend Internet. Financial details were not disclosed. Er, and that's about it, really. Other than background info, such as Business Serve employs 175 people while Legend has 40 staff. No job losses are expected. Business Serve has three sites in …
Music and Media 21 Nov 2003, 12:15
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Intel commits to 4GHz Prescott P4 by Q4 '04
On all fours
Intel promised to ship a 4GHz Pentium 4 by the end of 2004, company President Paul Otellini said yesterday during the company's regular autumn analysts conference. The 4GHz part will, of course, be Intel's 90nm 'Prescott' chip. Otellini said the company will ramp up its 90nm process aggressively through next year. He expects 60 …
Channel 21 Nov 2003, 12:23
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IBM puts new efforts behind PC division
Laptop push
IBM has responded to doubts over its commitment to its PC business and used the Comdex trade show to put new focus on the division. It plans a major advertising and marketing campaign behind its PCs, particularly its laptops, and will integrate the PC group more tightly with other operations, enabling it to work closely with …
Channel 21 Nov 2003, 13:08
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Peoplesoft welcomes EC intervention
Changes small print on refund
Two announcements this week affect the Oracle vs Peoplesoft hostile merger, a Peoplesoft endorsement of the decision by the European Commission to carry out a deeper review, and some adjustments to the terms of Peoplesoft’s new refund program. You couldn’t expect any other outcome from Peoplesoft other than glee, to the news …
Hardware 21 Nov 2003, 13:08
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Scandis rule global ICT waves
UK limps in at 12
Most wired countries in the world? Sweden, Denmark and Iceland top the first International Telecommunication Union's Digital Access Index. The Digital Access Index distinguishes itself from other indices by including a number of new variables, such as education and affordability. Research has shown that internet use is strongly …
Business 21 Nov 2003, 14:08
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Sentencing postponed in nuclear lab hack case
Hearing set for December 18
The sentencing of a UK teenager who admits breaking into the network of a US high-energy physics research lab has been postponed until December 18. Joseph McElroy, 19, from Woodford Green in East London, was due to be sentenced today at Bow Street Magistrates Court for hacking into the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in …
Security 21 Nov 2003, 14:11
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Nthellworld.com whinge site pulled
Time for a 'comprehensive review' of service
NTL - the cableco that is to lose 2,000 jobs over the next two or three years - closed down its nthellworld.com whinge site this afternoon. A brief notice on the site explains that nthellworld.com is "temporarily unavailable whilst we carry out a comprehensive review of the service. Please check back here in the next couple of …
Telecoms 21 Nov 2003, 15:20
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European Cyber security agency is go
Measly budget
The European Union has voted to set up a pan-European agency to promote closer co-ordination on information security. The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has been allocated a four year budget of €24.3 million. It's headquartered in Brussels and goes live in January, 2004. Until now, there has been a …
Security 21 Nov 2003, 15:20
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Thus pulls out of 118 to ‘protect reputation’
Regulators urged to clamp down on 'cowboy' operators
Scottish telco Thus - best known for its Demon Internet brand - is pulling out of the 118 directory enquiries (DQ) business to "protect its reputation". Its decision follows a damning report earlier this week which found that, on average, four in ten of all calls made to DQ services end up with punters being given the wrong …
Telecoms 21 Nov 2003, 16:13
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Roadside PDA test targets drug-crazed UK drivers
Would you mind drawing on the screen, sir?
There seems to be no end this week to the fascinating and socially-useful new applications for the humble PDA. No sooner had we got wind of a terrific brain-tickling PDA peripheral than word came down the wire that UK police may in the future use PDAs to test drivers for drug use. According to a New Scientist report, the so- …
Bootnotes 21 Nov 2003, 21:18
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UK ID theft gang jailed for £350K fraud
Six crooks jailed for 15.5 years
Six British men were sentenced today to a combined total of 15 and a half years imprisonment for involvement in a major ID theft and fraud conspiracy. The fraud, which netted the gangs £350,000 over two years, is reckoned to be the biggest case of its kind to date in the UK . The men used false identities obtained on the net to …
Security 21 Nov 2003, 21:20
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Bluejacking ain't hijacking
Letter And snarfing is purely theoretical
Last week we reported on preliminary research from security firm A.L. Digital which suggested a number of security problems with Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones from Nokia and Ericsson. The paper argued that digital pickpockets could swipe address books and data from mobile phones because of security shortcomings in the …
Wireless 21 Nov 2003, 21:24
