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30th August 2004 Archive

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  • US website offers Caller ID falsification service

    Overdue debtors, beware!

    Overdue debtors beware: You may not be able to rely on Caller ID to screen out those annoying bill collectors much longer. A California entrepreneur has a plan to bring the hacker technique of Caller ID spoofing to the business world, beginning with collection agencies and private investigators. Slated for launch this week, …

    Data Networking 30 Aug 2004, 10:32

  • Orion delivers first 'personal cluster' workstation

    Deskside Linux workhorse

    There is something rather antiquated about many of the server clusters used today by engineers, scientists and media fiends. Their high-powered computing machines are often cobbled together over many days either in a makeshift data center or an expensive room with raised floors and penguin-friendly cooling. Cables overwhelm the …

    Servers 30 Aug 2004, 16:19

  • Itanium sales fall $13.4bn shy of $14bn forecast

    Sun top Opteron vendor

    Itanium server sales are coming in just as expected, hitting the $14bn revenue mark halfway through 2004. Okay, well, not quite $14bn. That's the total analyst powerhouse IDC had once predicted Itanium would reach by the midway point of this year. In actual fact, total Itanium sales have hit $606m through the first two quarters …

    Servers 30 Aug 2004, 18:37