2nd June 2004 Archive

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Channel

• Intel ships mobile Prescott P4s Computex And a Pentium M-based Celeron
• Nvidia rejigs nForce 3 for AMD's Socket 939 Computex Ultra MCP supports latest Athlon 64s
• Nvidia touts media access tool for 'living room' notebooks Computex No-boot music, movies, photos
• Tyan aims four-way Opteron board at supercomp makers Computex Boasts Chinese 640-node cluster win

Comms: Mobile

• 3G roll-out to boost semiconductor market Spending will continue to rise
• Boys love games, girls love ringtones But neither gives a hoot for 3G
• Dialogue demos 'total wireless' sub-notebook Computex Flybook even works as a tablet
• EU moves towards spectrum trading The radio waves, not the Sinclair
• NEC goes all out for China 3G market 270m potential subscribers
• Nokia deploys 'wave messaging' mobile LEDs project SMS to astounded onlookers
• RIM makes mobile gains while Palm, Sony and Dell falter Think global, warns analyst
• Tele2 slips 3G into Sweden Offers free stuff to tempt punters

Comms: Networks

• AOL UK ticked off for 'exaggerated' ad claim Cheetahs
• Cable & Wireless is not 'down and out' Back to paying a divi and everything...
• Eircom profits up but turnover down Better margins
• Global Crossing gets $100m boost Big loan, strings attached
• NI outfit promos 2GB email service Tolkien site rings up email service too
• Olympic telecoms struggling towards line? Europe in Brief Athens infrastructure doubts
• UK boasts 4m broadband users Abandoning TV for fast Web action

Comms: Wireless

• Attack of the bandwidth-hogging hackers Wi-Fi hotspot peril
• Wi-Fi hotspots simply too expensive No return on investment, German study shows

Hardware: Data Networking

• Converged networks find increasing favour Separate voice and data so last century

Hardware: Servers

• Intel 'Nocona' details emerge on mobo display Computex Asus spills the beans
• Intel slices up to 34% off server chip prices Computex Xeon DP pruning ahead of Nocona launch
• Sun goes back to the future with Metropolis Sun Network W is for Workstation

Management: Public Sector

• Accenture wins $10bn Homeland Security gig Biometric database deal for offshore consortium

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Revenge of the Zombie Bloodsucker PCs It was five years ago today... 2 June 1999

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Calling time on the £1 USB memory watch Cash'n'Carrion Last batch - ever

Science

• Germans claim first programmable computer Z3 goes head-to-head with Colossus
• NASA seeks Hubble robot rescue input Suggestions on a postcard by 16 July

Software: Applications

• DB2 'Stinger' to pack powerful punch Float like a butterfly...

Software: Operating Systems

• SCO makes peace with BayStar Investor backs off backing off