19th May 2004 Archive

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Channel

• AMD preps revitalised value CPU line Duron endures?
• IBM to fab next-gen VIA CPU 90nm process to take Esther beyond 2GHz
• SBC workers use four-day weekend to taunt management Onshore strike

Comms: Mobile

• AT&T back on the mobile road Virtual network deal with Sprint
• HP preps 4 July iPaq launch Bluetooth links to offer 'independence day' from desktops, no doubt
• Russia's first operator-brand mobile Europe in Brief MTS unveils S-680

Comms: Networks

• 'Large spam attack' hits BT Yahoo! email Delays will be sorted today
• AOL UK in sub £20 broadband offer No cap for 'Silver' service
• NTL email suffers 'complex failure' Must be catching
• UK DSL coverage reaches 90% 'Bout time too

Comms: Wireless

• Intel-backed Wi-Fi network calls it quits Cometa crashes

Hardware: Data Networking

• House of the future to feature talking mirror Does my bum look big in this?
• My chip is bigger than yours It was five years ago today... 19 May 1999

Hardware: Servers

• IBM dishes out Power tools for Linux Penguin incentives
• IBM locks in VMware through 2007 Embrace and extend with EMC

Hardware: Storage

• Brocade narrows loss, whacks workers Valued employees affected

Lifecycle: Manage

• EU patent law dies, software law lives Years of work down the drain
• EU software patents: how the vote was won No hanging chads, but still a close call

Management: Financial News

• Baltimore directors face second coup Major shareholder moves to oust board
• BEA posts mixed quarter Little bit ooohhh, little bit aaaahhh...
• CSC secures $110m in UK contracts Beer, fags and DIY - it's all here
• Logica warns on wireless profits Management to walk plank?
• Marconi back in the black 'Turned the corner...'
• RLX tempts yet another investor Keep the meter running

Music and Media

• DVD streamers deploy royalty-dodging ruse Cunning Dutch plan
• ESPN faces baseball score theft rap Stole stats from rival, lawsuit claims
• Fur flies in animal rights domain dispute Carcass and Marcus not 'confusingly similar'
• ID card backlash: is the poll tax effect kicking in? Large numbers prepared for demos, even prison
• Napster to announce 'partnership' with NTL UK launch date to be revealed tomorrow
• Online church smites sinners Excommunication for rowdy congregation

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• US engineers perfect butt-kicking machine I get a kick out of you

Personal: Reviews

• Acer Aspire 1355XC budget notebook Review £600 well spent?

Security

• Powergen awarded whistleblower's domain WIPO rules on PoWergen.tv

Security: Anti-Virus

• MS' anti-virus bounty success Opinion But does industry encourage culprits?

Security: Enterprise Security

• Inkra preaches consolidation to UK Virtualise security and ye shall save
• Utah sees first spyware case Online retailer sued for pop-ups

Security: ID

• Barcelona nightclub chips customers Tuesday night is implant night