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  • Intel shrugs off Intergraph for strong Q1

    Pumping profits

    Intel pulled out a solid first quarter despite taking hits for legal costs and a slowdown in processor sales. Intel reported $8.1bn in revenue for the quarter. This is down 7 per cent from last quarter but is up 20 per cent compared to the same quarter last year. First quarter net income came in at $1.7bn - an 89 per cent year- …

    Financial News 14 Apr 2004, 01:10

  • Unix fiends attack universities

    Have Solaris or Linux - will hack

    A number of research institutions and high performance computing hubs have come under attack with software miscreants performing "sophisticated" attacks on Solaris and Linux boxes. Stanford University last week issued a notice about the assaults, posting a rich explanation of how the coders have cracked the Unix systems. "An …

    Enterprise Security 14 Apr 2004, 02:17

  • Foreign workers dominate Dell

    Next Dell dude has Slovak twang

    Dell is doing its part to create jobs in the US, but it's doing an even better job creating jobs overseas. In a recent SEC filing, Dell revealed that 23,800 of its 46,000 employees are currently working outside of US shores. That leaves just 22,200 workers at home. And even though only 36 per cent of its revenue comes from …

    IT Director 14 Apr 2004, 03:41

  • Apple speeds budget Mac

    While Europeans pay hefty mark-up

    Apple has speed-bumped the bargain basement Macintosh originally aimed at schools. The eMac was last refreshed in May 2003. Both new models of the CRT eMac now feature 1.25GHz G4 processors, up from 1Ghz, and improved graphics cards with ATI's Radeon 9200 superseding the 7500 card. US prices are $799 for the 40GB CD-RW model …

    Mac Channel 14 Apr 2004, 07:48

  • Apple ups eMac spec, cuts prices

    Base model now only £549

    Apple updated its CRT-based all-in-one desktop, the eMac, yesterday, bumping up the machine's specs. and knocking up to £150 and $100 off the price while it was at it. Every eMac sports a 17in, 1280 x 960 display, a 1.25GHz G4-class Power PC processor with 512KB of on-die L2 cache, 256MB of 333MHz DDR SDRAM, up from a 1GHz and …

    Mac Channel 14 Apr 2004, 08:47

  • IBM buys disaster recovery biz

    Schlumberger sells

    IBM has bought Schlumberger's business continuity division for an undisclosed sum. The deal gives IBM 40 new recovery sites and an extra 10, 000 seats in Europe and the US. Schlumberger Business Continuity Services (SBCS) has long-term contracts with 750 clients. Terms of the deal were not given. The unit will be rolled into …

    Storage 14 Apr 2004, 08:47

  • UK gov's IT CIO is dumb idea, says likely appointee

    There goes the pay rise

    The government's appointment of an IT chief is flawed, according to the man most observers see as the front runner for the job. The British government wants a chief information officer to replace e-envoy Andrew Pindar; and favourite for the new role is Richard Granger, who is currently IT chief for the NHS. The post would …

    Public Sector 14 Apr 2004, 08:54

  • Sony preps slimline 5mp digicam

    Reg Kit Watch April/May camerafest planned

    Sony will ship is latest ultra-slim five-megapixel digicam in Japan on 29 April, the consumer electronics giant said today. The CyberShot DSC-T11 follows on from the slimline T1 announced last October. At 186g to 180g, the new model is slightly heavier and slightly longer, too: 10.3cm to the T1's 9.1cm, largely thanks to the …

    Peripherals 14 Apr 2004, 09:42

  • Offshore analysts speak with forked tongue

    Rightshore, anyshore...

    As the political backlash over the wholesale movement of IT services and business process outsourcing jobs to cheaper labor markets gathers pace, those with the most to gain from offshoring are keeping very quiet. Many companies considering an offshore strategy are very reticent to reveal their plans because they are wary of a …

    IT Director 14 Apr 2004, 09:54

  • IBM sells off low-end PowerPC chips

    ARM-style licensing scheme takes shape

    IBM last night sold two of its PowerPC processor lines and a licence for the PowerPC instruction set to Applied Micro Circuits for $227m in cash and a renewed foundry commitment. The deal, announced last night, focuses on three low-end (133-400MHz) parts pitched at embedded applications, the 400 series and the 440 family, …

    Data Networking 14 Apr 2004, 10:03

  • Nokia launches N-Gage QD

    More a bug fix than a second-generation console

    It's official, folks. Nokia today unveiled the 'N-Gage 2' - officially called the N-Gage QD - as expected. The QD is more compact than its predecessor and now features a hot-swappable MMC card slot for game cards. Nokia has upped the battery life, installed a brighter screen and improved the controls into the bargain. …

    Consoles 14 Apr 2004, 10:31

  • Disabled web access is 'being ignored'

    Websites risk legal action - DRC

    A study of 1,000 websites across the UK today revealed not only that most organisations breach guidelines on making sites accessible to disabled users and risk legal action under disability discrimination laws, but that the guidelines themselves may be inadequate. Since March 2003, the Disability Rights Commission and the …

    Financial News 14 Apr 2004, 10:37

  • RM wins £20m Newham gig

    And Oracle does it for the kids...

    RM has been appointed preferred bidder for a £20m, eight-year contract with Newham education authority. The project covers 140 classrooms in 30 schools in the London borough. RM will provide teachers with Tablet PCs. Teaching assistants and more than 4,000 pupils will get laptop machines. The project also includes interactive …

    Public Sector 14 Apr 2004, 10:39

  • Germans top World text league

    Europe in Brief SMS a-go-go

    Germans have been crowned world-texting champions. A survey by the Global System for Mobile Communication recently showed that Germans send a whopping 200m messages a day, nearly three times as many as the Finns (75m) or Britons (70m). DPA suggest that texting is popular in Germany because the long-divided country had a patchy …

    Business 14 Apr 2004, 10:43

  • Apple must fight Apple in UK - judge

    Going to US would take too long, cost too much

    Apple Computer's legal battle with the Beatles' Apple Corporation will be heard in the British High Court, the presiding judge ruled last week. The Mac maker had asked that the trademark tussle be transferred to the San Jose District Court, where it is also fighting the Beatles' recording company over the naming of a product …

    Mac Channel 14 Apr 2004, 11:54

  • MS score card: four patches, 20 vulns, heaps of trouble

    Record clean-up

    Spring is a time for growth. And Microsoft has taken this maxim to heart by releasing an unprecedented number of security fixes on the same day. Yesterday it released four security patches to protect Windows users against 20 security vulnerabilities. Eight vulns are critical. The most serious is a critical vulnerability in the …

    Enterprise Security 14 Apr 2004, 11:58

  • Ilkka Raiskinen on N-Gage, and more

    Interview Nokia's games supremo tells all

    As Finnish mobile communications giant Nokia unveils the second generation of N-Gage hardware, GI.biz's Rob Fahey speaks to Nokia's head of games, Ilkka Raiskinen, about the company's plans for the future - and lessons from the past year. You might reasonably expect Raiskinen to be somewhat guarded around the games press. It' …

    Consoles 14 Apr 2004, 13:31

  • IT vendors talk rubbish: official

    UK SMEs confounded by jargon

    IT and telecoms vendors have pulled off an impressive feat: beating lawyers and even PR operatives in the art of obfuscation. According to a survey of 340 UK small and medium-sized businesses carried out by VIA NET.WORKS, 51 per cent of respondents thought that "IT and telecoms suppliers were the biggest culprits for using …

    Small Biz 14 Apr 2004, 13:35

  • 102 UK kids saved from paedos

    Operation Ore claims success

    UK police reckon they have saved more than 100 children from abuse during a two-year investigation into users of paedophile websites. As part of Operation Ore, police have investigated 6,500 British people suspected of using a paedophile portal in the US. The operation has so far led to 3,537 arrests, 1,679 prosecutions and 1, …

    Music and Media 14 Apr 2004, 13:41

  • Lindows throws in the tow - l

    Changes name to end MS legal action...

    Linux distributor Lindows is changing the name of its operating system to Linspire. The company hopes "this puts a halt on the international lawsuits." Microsoft has been busy suing the company in the US and in Europe alleging that Lindows is too similar to Windows. After failing to persuade the US courts the software giant …

    Operating Systems 14 Apr 2004, 14:18

  • Nvidia rolls out GeForce 6800

    Ultra version too

    Nvidia today launched its latest top-of-the-range graphics chip, the GeForce 6800, largely as expected. Two products derive from the chip formerly known as NV40: the GeForce 6800 and the GeForce 6800 Ultra, both 220 million-transistor beasts. Both provide a new architecture based that can process 16 pixels in parallel with …

    Channel 14 Apr 2004, 15:07

  • SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: FTC labels porno spam

    e-brown paper bag

    The US Federal Trade Commission is to enforce the labelling of spam containing pornographic content. From 19 May, spam that contains sexually oriented material must include the warning "SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT:"; in the subject line. The senders face fines for violations of the recently-introduced CAN-SPAM Act. The "SEXUALLY- …

    Spam 14 Apr 2004, 15:14

  • Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra

    Review Most impressive graphics chip yet?

    After the arguably disappointing GeForce FX family of products, Nvidia has launched its latest graphics chip, which has been the subject of rumours from all corners of the world over the past few weeks. But now it's finally here and it's officially called the GeForce 6800. That's it, no fancy moniker in front of the numbers this …

    Reviews 14 Apr 2004, 15:21

  • 9/11 'entrepreneur' on fraud rap

    Bogus face recognition system

    A Californian man who claimed to be developing post-9/11 face recognition system has been arrested by Feds probing allegations of fraud. Ross Rojek, 36, of Sacramento in California, is charged with wire and mail fraud in relation to the operations of a business called Face Information Technology (AKA Face IT), AP reports. FBI …

    ID 14 Apr 2004, 16:34

  • Microsoft: May expectations for Longhorn

    Alpha code for WinHEC?

    Microsoft is expected to deliver its first draft of the delayed Longhorn OS next month, with some of its ambitious sub-system features trimmed down. If Longhorn is not ready in time for May's WinHEC hardware conference, Microsoft could lose goodwill from OEMs, developers and customers. It is believed Microsoft will release …

    Operating Systems 14 Apr 2004, 17:00

  • AMD mocks the Street with bumper Q1

    'Modest increase' for Q2

    Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) surged past analyst expectations in its first quarter with strong sales across the board helping it post a profit for the second quarter in a row. AMD reported $1.24bn in sales for the first quarter and net income of $45m. This marks a 73 per cent increase in sales compared to the same period a year …

    Financial News 14 Apr 2004, 23:59