July 2003

July 02, 2003 02 Jul'03
Spam costs companies $874 per employee a year

Unsolicited commercial e-mail costs US companies $874 (£526) per employee a year in lost productivity, according to a report by... Continue Reading
July 02, 2003 02 Jul'03
Users face dilemma as Microsoft ends support for Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

The extended support phase for Microsoft's Windows NT 4.0 Workstation operating system officially came to an end at the beginning... Continue Reading
July 02, 2003 02 Jul'03
Hearing delayed in Oracle's suit against PeopleSoft

A court hearing in Oracle 's lawsuit against PeopleSoft has been postponed following the US government's request for more... Continue Reading

July 02, 2003 02 Jul'03
Microsoft takes on Amazon over image sales

Corbis, the giant photo library owned by Microsoft, is suing online retailer Amazon concerning allegations of copyright... Continue Reading
July 02, 2003 02 Jul'03
Flash memory cells shrink in size

STMicroelectronics is producing embedded flash memory in volume quantities on its 0.18-micron process technology with cells that... Continue Reading
July 02, 2003 02 Jul'03
SAP to expand Indian development centre

Enterprise application supplier SAP plans to double the number of software engineers at its Indian development centee over the... Continue Reading
July 02, 2003 02 Jul'03
Small Business Server 2003 released for testing

Microsoft's Windows Small Business Server 2003 Release Candidate is now available to small businesses and technology providers... Continue Reading
July 02, 2003 02 Jul'03
CIO survey shows slight rise in spend

Chief information officers have predicted that their IT budgets will grow by around 5.6% over the next year, up from the 3.3%... Continue Reading
July 02, 2003 02 Jul'03
Toshiba offers notebook with 17-inch display

Toshiba has added another notebook to its Satellite range. The P25-S507 sports a 17-inch display with a resolution of 1440 pixels... Continue Reading
July 01, 2003 01 Jul'03
Smartcard could cut London transport queues

Early morning ticket queues at London rail and tube stations could be a thing of the past following the public launch of the... Continue Reading

July 01, 2003 01 Jul'03
Microsoft patches Passport

Microsoft has patched a hole in its .net Passport identity management service after a security researcher disclosed a potentially... Continue Reading
July 01, 2003 01 Jul'03
Almost all companies will outsource IT by 2006

Almost all global companies will have outsourced some of their IT operations by 2006, according to a report from analyst firm... Continue Reading
July 01, 2003 01 Jul'03
Thought for the day: Are you paying too much for telecoms?

Do you think you're charged too much for telecoms services? Don't worry, help is at hand , says Pete Smith. Continue Reading
July 01, 2003 01 Jul'03
Dixons hopes to cut IT helpdesk calls by 40%

High-street retail chain Dixons Group expects to reduce IT helpdesk calls by 40% within three years, after implementing new... Continue Reading
July 01, 2003 01 Jul'03
Chip and Pin: Don't forget the back office

Many UK retailers are unaware of what impact the chip and Pin anti-fraud initiative will have on back office systems, industry... Continue Reading
July 01, 2003 01 Jul'03
EU's online sales tax takes effect

A directive requiring companies outside of the EU to start paying value added tax (VAT) on sales of electronically delivered... Continue Reading
July 01, 2003 01 Jul'03
EU postpones software patent law review

A proposed Europe-wide law on software patents has been knocked off the agenda of this week's plenary meeting of European... Continue Reading
July 01, 2003 01 Jul'03
Dell unveils Itanium server prices

Dell Computer has revealed the pricing for its PowerEdge 3250 server, which is based on Intel's new Itanium 2 processor, and also... Continue Reading
July 01, 2003 01 Jul'03
Extreme releases lower-cost switches

Extreme Networks is now shipping 24- and 48-port Summit 200 10/100 Ethernet switches. Continue Reading
July 01, 2003 01 Jul'03
Gartner predicts rapid growth for hot spots

The number of wireless Lan (WLan) hot spots worldwide will more than double by 2005, according to a Gartner analyst. Continue Reading