14th August 2003 Archive

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• HP and Hitachi to stay friends through 2008

  Storage buddies

  HP and Hitachi will continue scratching each others' backs through 2008 in the high end storage market.

  Storage 14 02:05

• Intel chipset roadmap emerges

  Alderwood, Lakeport, Alviso and more

  The integrated version of Intel's Grantsdale chipset will tape out during the week commencing 29 September, if a development schedule posted on the web today is accurate.

  Channel 14 08:38

• Blaster worm variants make mischief

  Copycat bugs

  Anti-virus firms are warning of the appearance of fresh variants of the Blaster worm, the first version of which created chaos by crashing numerous vulnerable Windows machines earlier this week.

  Security 14 08:42

• Blaster rewrites Windows worm rules

  The worm that turned on home users

  The Blaster worm, which continues to create chaos by crashing numerous vulnerable Windows machines across the Net, has changed the rules on malicious code attacks.

  Security 14 08:54

• Asustek, MSI unveil single- channel DDR Intel boards

  Based on the new i848P chipset

  Personal 14 09:15

• 802.11g drives Wi-Fi sales

  But 802.11b still rules the roost

  The Wi-Fi market continues to grow, but price pressures are driving revenue and sales growth apart, market researcher the Dell'Oro Group said yesterday.

  Broadband 14 09:46

• Tony Blair to get official email address

  At last

  It has been confirmed that Prime Minister Tony Blair is to get an email address later this month enabling people to contact him directly without having to put pen to paper.

  Media 14 10:34

• Firm touts coin-op phone recharge kiosk

  Mobiles sanitised and charged while-u-wait

  Singapore-based firm InfiniTec is trying to get retail outlets interested in installing its low-cost coin-operated mobile phone charger.

  Business 14 11:08

• Microsoft beats Apple iTunes Music Store to Europe

  Partnership with music industry darling, OD2

  Microsoft has beaten Apple to launch an subscription-free online music service in Europe. The software giant said today it is partnering with European digital music distributor OD2 to offer an iTunes Music Store-style service for Windows users.

  Mac Channel 14 11:22

• Invisible Networks confirms job losses

  Staff told to vanish

  Invisible Networks - the Cambridge-based wireless networks outfit that helps bring broadband to rural areas - has confirmed it has made a number of staff redundant.

  Broadband 14 11:39

• Evesham tempts students with free condoms

  Pass the rubber, johnny

  Anybody know a way of working this aphorism into a respectable news story?

  Mobile 14 11:40

• SSL VPN market heats up

  Watch out, IPsec

  In the past, IT organisations choosing secure remote access solutions either trade off ease-of-use or higher levels of security, writes John McIntosh of Bloor Research.

  Data Centre 14 11:49

• M-Systems, Palm tie-in redefines PDA

  Pervasive Data Access?

  What's mobile? People, device or the data? Taking data mobile can be achieved with fast networks. But the more rich the data content, the faster the network must be. So we go from infrared to GSM mobile phones to 3G and wireless LAN. But in the final analysis someone must pay for each megabyte transmitted, writes Rob Bamforth of Bloor Research.

  Mobile 14 11:57

• ATI confirms Xbox 2 win

  Praises Microsoft, flips finger at Nvidia

  ATI has confirmed that it has won the contract to develop graphics chips for the next generation of Microsoft's Xbox console.

  Personal 14 14:02

• Blaster threat extends to Cisco kit

  Appliances need patch application

  The Blaster worm, which has caused untold misery for Windows PC users this week, is also capable of affecting the operation of networking equipment.

  Data Networking 14 14:14

• SBC claims MCI not paying dues

  Access charges unpaid, allegedly

  Another day, another allegation against troubled MCI.

  Business 14 14:57

• HP recovers $1.8m in grey market fraud case

  Follows defendant's guilty plea

  HP today announced it has recovered more than $1.8 million as part of its civil lawsuit against S-Systems and its owner, Leroy Anthony Sallee, over an alleged grey market fraud.

  Channel 14 15:09

• Palm to offer entry-level enterprise PDA

  Tungsten E on 1 October

  One of the three devices Palm is expected to launch next October has been revealed as the Tungsten E, a new PDA designed to extend the reach of the pro-oriented Tungsten line down into the low-end of the market.

  Mobile 14 15:10

• BT forces closure of non-BT ADSL checker

  Claims Data Protection Act infringement

  A software developer from Suffolk has been forced to shut down his ADSL availability checker following legal threats from BT that making the information available breached the Data Protection Act.

  Broadband 14 15:23

• SCO keeps chugging along in Q3

  Mr. Clean happy with quarter

  The distractions of a sweeping attack on the Linux community did not prevent licensing company The SCO Group from upping its profits in the third quarter.

  Data Centre 14 15:53

• AMD strikes two cluster deal with Los Alamos

  Horse number two gaining speed

  AMD has secured another high performance computing win for the Opteron processor with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) signing up for a pair of Beowulf clusters.

  Servers 14 17:08

• Dell's profit machine keeps cranking in Q2

  Rivals bested

  Dell continued to outpace rivals with another strong showing in its second quarter.

  Business 14 20:22

• You are a Web Service – and you have an STD

  Move over Friendster - here's Crabster

  Noticed a bit of green in your nether regions and can't quite recall where it might have come from? Had a one-night stand that's left you itchy and confused? STD-ster can help.

  Bootnotes 14 23:46

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