October 2003 News
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Briton pleads guilty to US nuclear lab hacking attack
A teenage computer student has pleaded guilty to hacking into IT systems at an American nuclear weapons laboratory.31 Oct 2003
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Courts urged to replace juries with expert judge panels in IT cases
The courts should consider replacing juries in complex computer crime trials with panels of specialist judges trained in IT,...31 Oct 2003
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Businesses warned to prepare for dangerous new spam variants
Businesses should brace themselves for dangerous variants on junk e-mail as spammers turn to sophisticated technology to evade...31 Oct 2003
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Orbitz travel site suffers e-mail address theft
Online travel company Orbitz has claimed someone has breached its site and stolen its customers' e-mail addresses.31 Oct 2003
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BMC brings SmartDBA to the mainframe
BMC Software will soon release the first of its SmartDBA tools for IBM's DB2 mainframe database, marking what it called a...31 Oct 2003
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Cray's Red Storm goes commercial
Cray plans to release a commercial system based on its Red Storm supercomputer at the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque...31 Oct 2003
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US government outsourcing to reach £23bn
Spending on IT outsourcing by state and local government agencies in the US is expected to increase from about $10bn (£5.9bn)...31 Oct 2003
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Medium-sized retailers ignore chip and Pin
Almost half of medium-sized retailers are still ignoring calls to make plans to implement chip and Pin technology, despite the...31 Oct 2003
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M&S praised for addressing RFID concerns
Retailers should use Marks & Spencer's approach to addressing radio frequency identification privacy concerns when considering...31 Oct 2003
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Tight budgets mean IT chiefs will go for bargains, not loss-leaders
IT directors will not spend their full budgets in 2003 and their annual spending in 2004 will shrink, according to analyst group...31 Oct 2003
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Buy now, PC users told
Users can pick up good deals on desktop and notebook PCs following price cuts of up to 35% on processors from Intel and AMD,...31 Oct 2003
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WHSmith invests £1m to cut IT support costs
WHSmith News has invested £1m in server and storage technology from Dell in an attempt to improve its e-mail and printing...31 Oct 2003
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Importance of disaster plans highlighted as 93% of firms suffer unplanned downtime
Ninety three per cent of UK companies experienced unplanned downtime in the past year, according to a global survey of 850 IT...31 Oct 2003
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Computer Associates boosts .net web services
Computer Associates International is to link its upcoming Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) software to the Microsoft...31 Oct 2003
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Intel Pentium 4 Extreme to launch Monday
Intel is to launch its new Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor on Monday, a source familiar with Intel's plans claimed.31 Oct 2003
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SMEs disagree on spam approach
Small-business owners have disagreed on what action the US Congress should take on spam.31 Oct 2003
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NEC steps up battle against viruses and worms
NEC has begun notifying users when potential security problems exist on their PCs.31 Oct 2003
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Alcatel reduces losses and eyes return to profit
French telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel reported reduced losses for the third quarter yesterday, and said there...31 Oct 2003
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EDS meets quarterly expectations
IT services provider Electronic Data Systems met Wall Street expectations for its third quarter but is to cut 2,500 jobs,...31 Oct 2003
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WebMethods to launch midmarket enterprise service bus
Integration software supplier WebMethods has unveiled an array of applications, including a simplified product for smaller...31 Oct 2003
