SGI: new Onyx visualization server may open new markets SGI has launched a new visualization server, the Onyx4. 15 Jul 06:56 |
McDATA sets out its virtual stall McDATA has revealed its plans for hybrid out-of-band SAN virtualisation, combining programmable intelligent switches with an external control engine. 15 Jul 06:59 |
Corel founder slams ‘pathetic’ bid Corel founder Dr Michael Cowpland has thrown in his support for dissident shareholders who are fighting the takeover of the company. 15 Jul 07:39 |
It's curtains for voice recognition, says survey Curtains, drapes, blinds, hangings, shades, valances, jalousies - call them what you will, but consumers see them as a key application for voice recognition technology, according to the latest survey to emerge out the silly season. 15 Jul 08:28 |
Infinium to unwrap Phantom console next month Infinium Labs will pull the sheet off the mysterious Phantom broadband-oriented games console next month, the company said yesterday. 15 Jul 08:54 |
Chip fab kit spend to rise 3.9 per cent this year Chip makers are forecast to spend 3.9 per cent more on semiconductor production equipment this year than they did in 2002, according to the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) organisation. 15 Jul 09:26 |
Samsung ramps up 1Gb DDR chip output Samsung yesterday said it has begun mass-producing 1Gb DDR SDRAM chips. It added that the parts were the first of their kind to receive Intel validation. 15 Jul 09:42 |
Sony-Ericsson stops the rot Sony Ericsson sales and shipments have started climbing again. The handset maker reports Q2 shipments of 6.7 million, 34 per cent up year on year, and net sales of €1.125bn for the quarter ended June 30, a 40 per cent advance on last year. 15 Jul 10:29 |
Student hackers: we didn't defeat campus debit card system Two student hackers yesterday settled a lawsuit filed against them by campus debit card firm Blackboard with an admission that they never built a device to defeat the system. 15 Jul 10:37 |
Agere designs wireless VoIP chipset Chipmaker Agere Systems today announced plans to integrate wireless LAN and VoIP technology on a single integrated chipset. Agere's wireless VoIP phone technology offers the promise of making low-cost, mobile phone calls over the Internet more widely available once the chips become available from September. 15 Jul 11:15 |
Fujitsu creates 800x600 PDA LCD Fujitsu has succeeded in cramming 480,000 pixels into a 4in PDA-oriented LCD screen - more than four times as many as current PDA screens sport. 15 Jul 12:57 |
Sucks.com issue rears ugly head again Just when you thought commonsense had prevailed and ownership of "sucks" websites had been clarified, US mobile phone company Nextel and a media school in Florida have reopened the issue. 15 Jul 14:07 |
Mac fans pervert Forbes tech-CEO popularity poll It's hard to decide what's more pathetic: scripting an electronic ballot stuffer for a trivial on-line poll of tech-CEO popularity, or creating a trivial on-line poll that begs to be abused. 15 Jul 14:07 |
Toshiba enters 17in notebook market Toshiba has launched a 17in notebook into the European market in a bid to catch up with Apple's technology lead. 15 Jul 14:56 |
EU preps phase two of war on spam The European Commission today fleshed out plans to fight spam. 15 Jul 15:02 |
Symantec ‘security scan’ distributes rootkit "Symantec Security Check is a free web-based tool that enables users to test their computer's exposure to a wide range of on-line threats," the press release begins. Unfortunately, Symantec Security Check has also been installing an on-line threat of its own in the form of a dangerous ActiveX control. 15 Jul 15:03 |
Tomb Raider developer chief quits Eidos board Games publisher Eidos today announced the immediate departure of Jeremy Heath-Smith from the company's board. Heath-Smith has also stepped down from Core Design's board. 15 Jul 15:23 |
IBM, Cisco team on iSCSI and FCIP IBM and Cisco are putting their collective weight behind iSCSI and FCIP, hoping to give the fledgling protocols a kick in the pants. 15 Jul 16:05 |
HP claims HPTC bragging rights HP has retained top spot in the High Performance Technical Computing (HPTC) market, according to the latest statistics from researchers IDC. 15 Jul 18:55 |
Dell's big R&D bet – Solar Power It turns out that Dell Computer does invest in research and development - just not for computers. 15 Jul 19:06 |
Intel doubles earnings in Q2 Intel saw both revenue and income rise in its second quarter, as processor sales came in better than expected. 15 Jul 21:05 |