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May 09, 2005 09 May'05
Computer Weekly wins top honour

ComputerWeekly was last week declared the UK's campaigning magazine of the year at the publishing industry's annual awards for...
March 21, 2005 21 Mar'05
Linux lags Windows in new security report

A controversial research paper takes a critical look at two popular platforms' track record on vulnerabilities and fixes. In turn, its findings are facing sharp scrutiny as well.
February 25, 2005 25 Feb'05
Intel offers 64-bit desktop processors

Intel has introduced five processors for desktop computers using its Extended Memory Technology, EM64T, which supports hybrid...
February 14, 2005 14 Feb'05
Strategic Storage: DR planning blueprint

Developing a good disaster recovery (DR) plan is similar to good dental hygiene -- and almost as exciting. Similar to going to the dentist twice a year, you should also test your DR plan with the same frequency. Wait too long to clean up your plan ...

February 08, 2005 08 Feb'05
Loop switch

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February 07, 2005 07 Feb'05
SATA drives product roundup

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January 17, 2005 17 Jan'05
Computer Weekly barred from briefing on national programme

The first media demonstration of new multibillion-pound NHS IT systems took place in Whitehall last week - but technology...
October 26, 2004 26 Oct'04
Clear double advantage

ClearSpeed Technology has doubled the performance of its high-performance computing co-processor for scientific workstations and...
February 09, 2004 09 Feb'04
More questions and answers from SAN School lesson # 5

Here are additional questions and answers from SAN School Lesson 5: Designing a SAN. The questions cover topics ranging from how to determine an effective SAN design to meet your needs, to the differences between fabric switches and loop switches.
January 15, 2004 15 Jan'04
Resource guide to disk-based backup

November 14, 2002 14 Nov'02
Chinook parents set to appeal to Europe

The parents of the two Chinook helicopter pilots labelled guilty of gross negligence over the Mull of Kintyre disaster are...
October 31, 2002 31 Oct'02
Government blocks judicial review of Chinook disaster

The Government has made it impossible for the families of two pilots blamed for the crash of Chinook helicopter ZD576 to seek a...
July 24, 2002 24 Jul'02
MoD refuses to concede error in Chinook verdict

The Ministry of Defence (MoD), citing a new series of simulations by Boeing, has refused to clear the names of two pilots blamed...
March 28, 2002 28 Mar'02
Minister slams Chinook campaign in debate

In the week when he sent 1,700 troops to Afghanistan, defence secretary Geoff Hoon issued a blistering criticism of Computer...
February 14, 2002 14 Feb'02
Lords Chinook challenge

The Government expects to have a debate in the House of Lords on last week's select committee report on the fatal crash of...
November 15, 2001 15 Nov'01
Boeing simulation ignored Chinook's Fadec system

A House of Lords committee investigating the crash of Chinook ZD576 on the Mull of Kintyre has found that a Boeing simulation of...
October 18, 2001 18 Oct'01
Chinook pilots may have been unable to slow down, squadron leader tells Lords

The pilots of Chinook ZD576, which crashed in Scotland in 1994, may have been unable to slow down as they approached the Mull of...
October 04, 2001 04 Oct'01
Dell offers new Latitude to mobile users

PC maker Dell is offering a new Latitude C610 notebook PC with extended battery life of up to eight hours.
October 01, 2001 01 Oct'01
Intel launches new mobile processors

Intel has launched 12 new mobile processors, ranging from its fastest mobile chip yet to the first .13 micron version of its...
September 21, 2001 21 Sep'01
Tablet PC enters mass production

First International Computer (FIC) is on the verge of beginning mass production of a tablet PC based on Transmeta's Crusoe...
September 20, 2001 20 Sep'01
Intel cancels 2GHz Xeon

Intel has decided not to launch the expected 2GHz version of its Xeon processor for dual-processor servers this year, opting to...
September 20, 2001 20 Sep'01
AMD to put Palomino on desktop

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is set to launch its first desktop processor based on the Palomino core.
September 06, 2001 06 Sep'01
IBM unveils its "fastest ever" Unix server

IBM has used its Web site to provide details of a new Unix server, touting the processors in the pSeries 660 6M1 as the company's...
September 05, 2001 05 Sep'01
Let computers make the decisions

Intel is working on ways to enable computers to anticipate user needs and act on their behalf - a move that could help companies...
August 31, 2001 31 Aug'01
Arapahoe gains support from heavyweights

A new PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) interface called Arapahoe gained momentum on 29 August as 22 industry-leading...
August 30, 2001 30 Aug'01
Slow market spells trouble for Sun

Sun Microsystems warned that slow order rates for the company's hardware, particularly in Europe and Japan, will make it tough...
August 14, 2001 14 Aug'01
Intel to reveal 2GHz Xeon chip

Intel plans to show off its fastest processor to date for workstations and servers at the Siggraph 2001 computer graphics trade...
March 25, 2001 25 Mar'01
Full blown Location Based Services rolled out to mass market
January 08, 2001 08 Jan'01
Going going gone - one top end server

A top-end Unix server is not the kind of thing you would normally expect to buy at an auction. But technology marts, pioneered by Sun Microsystems, are now...
July 26, 2000 26 Jul'00
CW briefs Lords on fatal Chinook crash

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Members of the House of Lords have been briefed by Computer Weekly on computer and other problems that afflicted...
June 14, 2000 14 Jun'00
Parliament push to clear Chinook pilots

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Senior MPs and Lords, including a raft of former ministers, decided last week to form a cross-party action group in a bid to...