11th April 2003 Archive

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• Apple boosts Bluetooth – Bluetooth boosts Apple

  P800, Series 60 support added in OS X rev

  Apple has updated its operating system to include support for Bluetooth-enabled smartphones and peripherals.

  Mac Channel 11 05:15

• Windows comes to AMD Opteron

  But when?

  Illuminata analyst Gordon Haff tells us that Microsoft informed developers to expect x86-64 support with the first Service Pack for Windows .NET server.

  Channel 11 06:27

• PwC unveils VAT help site for e-tailers

  Impact assessment

  PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)has set up a new Web site at www.pwcebiztoolkit.comto help e-tailers comply with new European Union regulations that come into force in July.

  Small Biz 11 08:11

• UK ebiz owners are bird brains

  Do what?

  UK Internet firms lack "business brains", according to first national IQ test of small business entrepreneurs.

  Small Biz 11 09:29

• Administrators called in to Brightview

  'Financial restructuring'

  Brightview Ltd - the independent outfit that owns ISPs including callnet, ic24, madasafish and Totalise - has gone into administration.

  Media 11 09:57

• Juniper returns to profit

  Solid quarter

  Juniper Networks has met analyst expectations for Q`.

  Data Networking 11 10:34

• Jobs hope for IT contractors

  Steady now

  If you're an IT contractor "in between jobs" here's a crumb of hope for a Friday.

  Small Biz 11 10:47

• Novell goes a bundle on small biz networking

  FOC for early sign-ups

  Novell is giving away a small business networking starter pack to small businesses free of any licensing costs. The move is designed to court sales from smaller businesses as they grow.

  Small Biz 11 11:03

• Apple in talks to buy Universal Music Group — report

  What will The Beatles have to say about that?

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs may once have dated Joan Baez, but is he really itching to become a music industry player? If the LA Times is correct, that could well be what he achieves.

  Mac Channel 11 11:18

• Acequote shuts doors to new subs

  Care and maintainance

  Acequote.com, the veteran UK e-marketplace, is shutting its doors to new subscribers, following the decision of German parent, DCI, to withdraw from the sector.

  Media 11 12:07

• Why we love the Iraqi information minister

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, come on down!

  One unfortunate side effect of Gulf War II has been the complete disappearance of affable Iraqi information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf.

  Bootnotes 11 12:20

• Reg Kit Watch

  FIC readies SiS-based Pentium 4 mobos

  Personal 11 12:25

• Vibrating Nokia self-pleasure – yours for £1.50

  Something for the weekend, Madam?

  Girls, are you tired of spending your evening staring at your mobile, waiting for a man to call?

  Bootnotes 11 12:31

• Smart credit on UK cards. Will it cut fraud?

  Chip and PIN

  UK banks, building societies and retailers are to introduce a more secure method of authorising credit card payments.

  Security 11 13:04

• HP wins $3bn P&G outsourcing mega deal

  Soft soaping

  HP has won a 10-year IT outsourcing deal with Procter & Gamble, worth an estimated $3bn.

  Data Centre 11 13:21

• NZ ISP is content monster

  Owns the lot

  Net users in New Zealand are threatening to cut their ties with the country's biggest ISP, Xtra, after it introduced sweeping new terms of service (ToS) that effectively hands it ownership of all content passing through its system.

  Media 11 13:22

• HP signs IT outsourcing MOU with Ericsson

  Busy Bunnies

  Ericsson is planning to outsource its IT infrastructure operations to HP, and the pair have signed a memorandum of understanding today setting out how they will work together. A final agreement should be in place before the "end of Q2, 2003, Ericsson says.

  Data Centre 11 14:47

• BT helps ADSL campaigners

  Tips, leaflets, etc

  BT Wholesale is trying to make life easier for its unpaid army of volunteers who are trying to muster enough support to get their local exchange converted to ADSL.

  Broadband 11 14:49

• Sunderland FC and the Iraqi minister of information

  Another Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf kiss of death

  News of another of Iraqi information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf's blinding predictions comes to us via www.nufc.com, a non-official website dedicated to UK footie outfit Newcastle United.

  Bootnotes 11 15:58

• Sanera ready to beta SAN switch

  Port-au-Plenty

  Sanera Systems has been touting its switch of enormous proportions for a long time now, but come next week beta product will be on hand.

  Data Networking 11 19:08

• Grifter jailed for Mac auction fraud

  350 victims lost $880,000

  A conniving conwoman who ripped off an estimated $880,000 from almost 350 victims through online auction fraud was sent to jail for four years and nine months this week.

  Mac Channel 11 20:42

• Greece stunned by ADSL charges

  Shocking

  Spare a thought for Net users in Greece. First the Government banned (temporarily) all computer games. Now, they've finally found out that they're about to get ADSL after waiting two years or so for incumbent telco, OTE, to complete its trial.

  Broadband 11 21:03

• DNS inventor calls for security overhaul

  Political squabbles

  Web site impersonation could become as great a risk as ID theft, Paul Mockapetris, the co-inventor of DNS warns.

  Business 11 21:06

• WorldCom to adopt MCI name

  Back to the Future

  WorldCom will rebrand itself as MCI possibly as early as next week in an attempt to move away from its tainted past.

  Business 11 22:07

• The self-healing, self-hopping landmine

  Welcome to Extreme Networking

  Only the well-funded geniuses at DARPA would describe their creation of hopping, networked explosives as "Self-Healing Mines."

  Data Networking 11 22:34

• Sparks over US power grid cybersecurity

  Security? What Security!

  A new measure aims to protect the networks that control electric power distribution throughout North America. But not everyone is juiced over plans to hold utilities accountable to tight security practices, says Kevin Poulsen, of SecurityFocus.

  Security 11 23:03

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