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29th December 2004 Archive

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  • Apple preps sub-$500 iMac - report

    Low-cost, TiVo-like living room media computer, anyone?

    Apple is said to be preparing a return to the 'pizza box' casings last seen in its classic LC and Performa Macs in the mid-1990s, but at this stage it's not entirely clear who the machine will be aimed at. According to Think Secret's scoop, which cites "highly reliable sources", Apple will use Macworld Expo to launch the box, …

    Mac Channel 29 Dec 2004, 10:15

  • PalmSource beats Street with pint-sized profit

    Next quarter not so hot, though

    Palm OS developer PalmSource made a modest profit during its most recently completed fiscal quarter, the company said this week, beating analyst expectations into the bargain. PalmSource reported a net income for the Q2 FY2005 of $2.1m (14 cents a share), well ahead of the four cents a share Wall Street average. Revenues for …

    Mobile 29 Dec 2004, 10:39

  • Symbian worm source code slips out

    Cabir variants go forth and multiply

    Cabir, the Symbian OS and Series 60 UI-targeting malware, is expected to spread significantly in the coming months after the source code was posted on the Internet this week. Anti-virus software companies has believed that the worm, which was first detected in June 2004, was the work of a tightly-knit virus-writing cabal. …

    Mobile 29 Dec 2004, 11:06

  • Tulip offloads Commodore brand

    €24m sale to US media company

    PC maker Tulip is to sell the Commodore brandname to US company Yeahronimo Media Ventures for €24m ($33m), the Dutch company revealed this week. Ironically, Tulip has only just begun shipping its most recent Commodore product, the C64 Direct-to-TV. The unit is one of those compact, joystick-styled devices that comprises a CBM64 …

    Consoles 29 Dec 2004, 11:19

  • DSL in Germany gets cheap and dirty

    No thrills at knockdown prices

    Internet users in Germany can now have a DSL line for as little as €3.99 per month. Germany's biggest ISP, T-Online, has launched its no-frills DSL brand Congster in a fight back against low-cost rivals, Reuters reports. But there is a catch: Congster is a stripped-down Internet access service, without an email address or SMTP …

    Telecoms 29 Dec 2004, 13:04

  • Oracle completes regime change at PeopleSoft

    Tries to woo stubborn shareholders

    Oracle has boldly claimed that it now has full control of PeopleSoft, although its takeover is actually not quite done. Oracle on Tuesday revealed that close to 75 per cent of PeopleSoft shares had been tendered by investors. Having obtained a controlling stake in PeopleSoft, Oracle appointed four people to serve on the company …

    Financial News 29 Dec 2004, 19:30

  • Hitachi lobs lawsuit at Chinese disk drive maker

    Big dispute over little disks

    Hitachi's disk drive business has sued a young Chinese disk drive maker, charging the Chinese rival with patent infringement. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) - the joint venture of Hitachi and IBM - announced the lawsuit on Tuesday, saying it had been filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of …

    Storage 29 Dec 2004, 20:07

  • Appeals court tells state to keep hands off VoIP

    Vonage victorious in Minnesota

    A Minnesota agency has again been blocked from regulating VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services by a federal appeals court. The Eight US Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Missouri this week upheld a lower court ruling barring the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission from trying to regulate VoIP providers as if they …

    Telecoms 29 Dec 2004, 22:26