22nd June 2004 Archive
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Fujitsu unleashes 90nm SPARC64
Warming up for Sun
Fresh off its blockbuster announcement with Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu has stepped up with a new version of the SPARC64 processor. In September, the SPARC64 V chip will arrive running at 1.89GHz - a 35 percent boost over Fujitsu's current SPARC processors. The chip will be built using a 90 nanometer process, which Fujitsu claims …
Servers 22 Jun 2004, 08:03
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Microsoft sues over South American drug allegations
Asks for definition of FUD
Microsoft's Brazilian subsidiary has taken the country's leading open source advocate to court over what it calls defamatory remarks. Sergio Amadeu, president of the National Institute of Information Technology (ITI), a software libre consultancy, compared Microsoft's Windows license discounts for the public sector to running a …
Public Sector 22 Jun 2004, 08:05
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Larry Ellison's shopping list
Siebel, BEA, and the Soviet Air Force
The Department of Justice has published Oracle's most wanted list. It's a memo from April last year detailing the company's top acquisition targets. There are few surprises, with PeopleSoft and BEA taking the top spots, and Siebel coming in third. Also on the list at the time were Documentum, Business Objects, JD Edwards, Lawson …
Financial News 22 Jun 2004, 08:11
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Internet inventor Vint Cerf vows to network chickens
SuperComm So he can watch them cluck from Mars
The Internet has gotten to Vint Cerf and done so in an uncomfortable way. You can't blame the famed co-developer of the TCP/IP protocol for loving the Internet. Cerf, however, appears to have crossed from having a healthy interest in IP technology to developing a damaging techno-utopian style lust, if an evening speech at today …
Bootnotes 22 Jun 2004, 08:21
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AMD reveals Opteron crash bugs
Fixes pipelined
AMD has pledged to fix three bugs in its Opteron chips that, if unremedied, could cause host systems to crash in certain circumstances. In a June 2004 Opteron and Athlon 64 Revision Guide (PDF), the chip maker lists three processor glitches - known in the trade as 'errata' - that could mean the "system may hang". A misaligned …
Channel 22 Jun 2004, 08:40
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Motorola files for Freescale IPO
Sets a stock price range, but not a date
Motorola chip subsidiary Freescale has registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission its intention to IPO. According to Freescale's S-1 filing, some 121.6m new, Class A shares will be offered - around eight per cent of the company - with a further 18.2m shares held in reserve should the public offering be …
Financial News 22 Jun 2004, 08:55
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Merrill Lynch drops out of Google IPO
Updated prospectus
Search engine Google has dropped Merrill Lynch from the group of bankers overseeing its Initial Public Offering. In an updated prospectus, Google named Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston as lead bankers for the flotation. There are conflicting reports as to who exactly left who. According to AP Merrill Lynch pulled …
Financial News 22 Jun 2004, 09:02
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Have 419ers bled Africa dry?
Shocking evidence of fiscal collapse
It appears that the days of riches beyond the wildest dreams of avarice pouring forth from Africa are finally over. Let's face it, the well had to run dry eventually. After Mariam Abacha had taken her cut, and the multiple relatives of Liberia's Charles Taylor had left the continent with suitcases bulging with what was left …
Bootnotes 22 Jun 2004, 09:04
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Watch out for the bogus invoice man
Summertime and the scammin' is easy
UK businesses are being warned to be on their guard against bogus invoices for Internet-related services as fraudsters target understaffed firms during the summer. According to the European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA), rogue traders take advantage of senior staff taking leave in the summer to trick more-junior …
Small Biz 22 Jun 2004, 09:21
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Intel invests in smart antennae to drive Wi-Fi, WiMAX
Mo' funding for Motia
Intel has invested in 'smart antenna' developer Motia. It's not clear how much Intel has given the company, which announced the investment as a part of a $12m third funding round. Intel Capital, the chip giant's VC wing, has already invested in Motia. This latest deal comes courtesy of Intel's Communications Fund, which …
Wireless 22 Jun 2004, 09:22
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AMD defeats Intel in US Supreme Court
Chip giant must now hand over documents to EC
Intel may soon be obliged to hand over internal documents to a European Commission (EC) anti-trust investigation. A US Supreme Court yesterday paved the way for such a move when it said US federal courts were authorised to force a company to submit documents made public in a US case to foreign jurisdictions. The ruling follows …
Channel 22 Jun 2004, 09:45
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CopperEye releases datablade for Informix
Go faster stripe
CopperEye and IBM have announced a new Datablade for Informix users. The CopperEye Datablade is immediately available in Europe and will be available in the US later in the year. It runs on Informix v9.3 and up, and supports AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris and other platforms. Pricing varies by customer environment, but typically ranges …
Developer 22 Jun 2004, 09:47
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Intel launches 90nm Celerons
Prescott Jr.
Lost among the brouhaha surrounding Intel's 'Grantsdale' and 'Alderwood' chipset launch this past weekend was the chip giant's introduction of a set of 90nm Celeron processors. The chip giant launched four such parts, all derived from its 'Prescott' Pentium 4 core but containing just 256KB of on-die L2 cache rather than the P4' …
Channel 22 Jun 2004, 10:25
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Tiffany sues eBay over fakes
Your site, your responsibility...
Tiffany is suing eBay over for fake jewellery offered for sale on the online auction site. According to the iconic New York jeweller, 73 per cent of the items advertised as Tiffany products on the website are fakes. As such, eBay should be held liable for such trading in counterfeit goods. The filing asks eBay to estimate …
Financial News 22 Jun 2004, 10:49
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MPs slams Customs on suck it and see IT
Hey, that's our money you're throwing away
Customs & Excise is spending vast sums on IT for uncertain benefits, according to an influential group of MPs. The Public Accounts Committee slammed Customs for spending "huge sums of public money without being confident about the scale of likely benefits". It also said the department had failed to properly test e-services …
Public Sector 22 Jun 2004, 11:02
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Cablevision in triple play promo
Price performance
Cablevision - a cableco that serves 3m households in the New York metropolitan area - has sparked a price war. Until July 31, new customers signing up to its triple play of digital TV, broadband Internet and phone service will get the bundle for $90 (£50) a month for the next 12 months. The triple-play package would normally …
Telecoms 22 Jun 2004, 11:09
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SpaceShipOne triumphs
Space tourism, here we come?
SpaceShipOne yesterday became the first privately-built and manned vehicle to reach the lower limits of space. The craft - the brainchild of aviation pioneer Burt Rutan and funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen - carried pilot Mike Melvill beyond the 100km (62 mile) official boundary and returned safely to its base at …
Science 22 Jun 2004, 11:15
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C# Programming - explore, modify and extend
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The great promise of .NET is that it allows the different parts of an enterprise application to be built using the same platform; yet, until now, .NET books have avoided covering the sort of issues that arise when these large applications are being constructed. C# Programming Evolution delivers what readers have been asking for …
Site News 22 Jun 2004, 11:19
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Peter Gabriel sells digital music firm
Loss-making OD2 and Loudeye join... er... forces
US digital music distributor Loudeye has acquired On Demand Distribution (OD2) for $40.5m in cash and shares. Loudeye is buying OD2's European customer base and music licenses, saving it the effort of setting up a competing operation from scratch, and doubling revenue at a stroke. OD2 is only pulling in $2.5m a quarter - and …
Financial News 22 Jun 2004, 11:24
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PalmOne posts Q4 profit
Upbeat for The Street
PalmOne saw its shares jump more than 20 per cent in after-hours trading last night after it beat expectations by posting a profit for the fourth quarter. For the fourth quarter ended 28 May 2004 the handheld maker made a profit of $13.3m on sales of $267.3m, up 23 per cent from the same period last year. Turnover comfortably …
Financial News 22 Jun 2004, 11:30
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SIP pundit fires broadside at Skype
VoIP catfight hots up
Last week we carried our thoughts and impressions from the VON (voice over networks) conference in London and focused on the difference between the instantaneous gratification of Skype for private individuals and the safe and efficient enterprise wide VoIP implementations, reliant mostly on the SIP protocol. Rohan Mahy, co- …
Data Networking 22 Jun 2004, 11:40
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Intertrust ready for DRM role
Set to move on after MS settlement
It looks like the $440m settlement between Microsoft and Intertrust is going to be worthwhile for everyone concerned, with the potential for it to release a universal Digital Rights platform before the end of the year that will change dramatically how online content is consumed. Reading between the lines of a white paper …
Music and Media 22 Jun 2004, 11:51
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Ofcom bungles Tiscali broadband ad ruling
Jumping the gun
Ofcom has bungled a ruling against Tiscali UK after ticking off the ISP by mistake. Yesterday, the giant communications regulator slapped Tiscali UK over its recent TV ads for its broadband service. Four viewers had complained that the ads were misleading because, in their experience, Tiscali UK's broadband service was often …
Telecoms 22 Jun 2004, 11:55
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People must come first in e-government
A bit radical?
The key to local government modernisation is not in the IT, it is in the people. IT is the central element of updating services, but it cannot be considered in isolation: the people running the services and the people using the services must come first. So says Paul Croft, head of SOLACE, the representative body for senior …
Public Sector 22 Jun 2004, 13:04
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MS 'to drop' Xbox compatibility from Xbox 2
New console, new games
Microsoft's Xbox 2 console will not be backwardly compatible with the current version, sources close to the company claim. Backwards compatibility has, arguably, been crucial to Sony's success in the console arena, so it was always assumed that Xbox 2 would play Xbox 1 titles. That assumption was challenged when it emerged that …
Consoles 22 Jun 2004, 13:04
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BMW to add iPod in-car interconnect
Who's gonna drive you home... tonight?
BMW has confirmed speculation and leaks that from 12 July it is to offer US drivers the ability to hook their iPods directly into in-car stereo systems. The adaptor hooks the iPod into the hi-fi's CD changer input, rather like Denison's ICE>LINK does. If you already have a CD changer in your car, you'll need to unhook it first …
Mac Channel 22 Jun 2004, 13:36
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Aussie troops to become Wi-Fi GIs
LAN of the free...
The Australian army is to bring a whole new meaning to the terms 'wardriving' and 'hotspot' when it equips troops with Wi-Fi-enabled communications kit later this year. Part of the army's Wundurra hi-tech combat support system, the Wi-Fi devices will be used as VoIP radios, connecting individual soldiers up and through the …
Wireless 22 Jun 2004, 14:05
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Bell Micro buys UK distie
Buys OpenPSL for $36m
Bell Microproducts has bought Manchester distie OpenPSL Ltd for $36m (£19.8m) in a mixture of cash and shares. Bell expects the deal will be accretive to earnings. OpenPSL expects revenue of around $209m (£115m) for the year ending July 2004. OpenPSL employs 160 people and has offices in Bracknell, Dublin, Ireland, Leeds and …
Channel 22 Jun 2004, 14:51
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BT picks PeopleSoft
Vote of confidence?
BT has chosen PeopleSoft to help it manage its 100,000 staff. BT expects to lower HR costs using PeopleSoft's Enterprise Human Capital Management software. The PeopleSoft software will enable BT's line managers to see an up-to-date history and skills set for every employee. BT is also using Workforce Performance Management …
Applications 22 Jun 2004, 15:10
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Gates' money-pile now bigger than galaxy
It was five years ago today... 22 June 1999
When looking at the total sum of Bill Gates' wealth we are reminded of the old Abba song. No, not Money, Money, Money, but rather SOS, which begins with the line: "Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find..?" The reason for our melancholy turn is the following historical wedgefest: Gates' money-pile now bigger …
Bootnotes 22 Jun 2004, 15:13
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US hardcore not interested in the Net
Are you a 'Resistor' or just 'Unconnected'?
The US has a hardcore group of people who simply aren't interested in using the Internet. Around a third of US adults have rejected the Net, causing researchers to split them into two distinct groups. "Resistors" - which make up 16 per cent of this hardcore group - have access to the Net either at home or work but chose not to …
Music and Media 22 Jun 2004, 15:15
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US and EU kiss and make up over Galileo
European satnav system is go
A spat between the US and the EU over the European satellite-based global navigation system Galileo is to be formally ended in Ireland this week. Officials will sign an accord to ensure that the new system will provide the desired accuracy but not interfere with US military signals. A Brussels-based spokesperson for the joint …
Mobile 22 Jun 2004, 15:51
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US telecomms research in disarray - official
SuperComm No clear way out
It's rare to see such immense concern on the face of US technology executives and government regulators. But concern is the exact word needed to describe the state of panelists debating the health of the US telecommunications industry during a panel held here Monday at the SuperComm conference. The US tends to enjoy a position …
Telecoms 22 Jun 2004, 18:15
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File traders put an end to Lollapalooza
Hell no! We won't go!
The magical Lollapalooza music festival has been cancelled as a result of peer-to-peer file trading. Okay, that's not the official word from festival promoters, but it might as well be. It's no secret that folks in the music and movie biz try to blame everything they can on evil file-traders be it declining revenue or …
Bootnotes 22 Jun 2004, 19:48
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Microsoft poo-poos Xbox 2 backwards compatibility 'fiction'
But if it's too early to say, why is MS saying anything?
Microsoft today slammed claims that Xbox 2 will not play Xbox games as "irresponsible... pulp fiction". The statement, published by web site Team Xbox, a site that's done as much speculating on Xbox 2's specifications as anyone else has, notes that: "Microsoft hasn't made any announcements regarding the next generation, so it's …
Consoles 22 Jun 2004, 20:07
