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July 12, 2005 12 Jul'05
Tony Asaro: Blogs and more

Read what Tony Asaro is talking about in this month's blog, and listen to him speak in a number of webcasts.
July 12, 2005 12 Jul'05
Government loses 150 PCs in data scare

Central government departments across the UK have lost 150 computers to theft in the last six months.
July 11, 2005 11 Jul'05
£70m IT system takes control of half UK energy

New system lets Transco more accurately match supply and demand
July 11, 2005 11 Jul'05
IBM releases new PowerPC chips

IBM has unveiled two new PowerPC chips. The news comes after Apple’s recent announcement that it was dropping PowerPC processors in favour of Intel chips.

July 08, 2005 08 Jul'05
Sasser virus writer walks free

The German teenager who spread the Sasser virus, which severely crippled computer systems around the world last year, has walked free from court.
July 06, 2005 06 Jul'05
Google and Yahoo launch RSS ad packages

Google and Yahoo have launched RSS ad packages.
July 06, 2005 06 Jul'05
Sasser teenager confesses to court

On the first day of his trial Sven Jaschan has admitted writing the Sasser worm, which infected millions of computers around the world.
July 05, 2005 05 Jul'05
Wrong key stroke costs trader £135m

A click too far: trader urders £135m-worth of stock by mistake Antony Savvas A stock trader in Taiwan mistakenly bought $251m (£135m) worth of shares last week after failing to get to grips with new computer systems.
July 04, 2005 04 Jul'05
Alleged Sasser author goes on trial

Alleged Sasser author goes on trial The German teenager allegedly behind the havoc-wreaking Sasser virus has gone on trial in Germany.
July 04, 2005 04 Jul'05
Microsoft pays IBM £418m for anti-trust claims

Microsoft is paying £418m and handing over £43m in free software to IBM in a bid to settle anti-trust issues.

June 30, 2005 30 Jun'05
Ex-CA boss accused of paying £2m bribe

The US government has accused former Computer Associates chief executive officer Sanjay Kumar of paying a $3.7m (£2m) bribe to a customer who had threatened to tell the government about a bogus software deal.
June 30, 2005 30 Jun'05
Smartphones slip under corporate security radar

Companies risk losing sensitive data and documents because they are failing to secure the Blackberry devices and mobile phones used by their workforce, a mobile telecoms provider warned this week.
June 29, 2005 29 Jun'05
Google refines personalised searching

Google has developed a new version of its personalised search technology, using previous searches to refine subsequent search results for a user.
June 27, 2005 27 Jun'05
MPs back campaign for openness at the Revenue

Computer Weekly's Making the Tax System Work campaign is gathering support from politicians, tax experts and IT industry leaders.
June 27, 2005 27 Jun'05
Report slams UK police forces' IT as 'dysfunctional' and 'poor value'

An independent review has depicted the Police IT Organisation (Pito) as largely dysfunctional and set up on the basis of offering national systems that some police forces perceive as delayed, expensive and technically backward.
June 22, 2005 22 Jun'05
Watchdog slams Revenue's economy with truth

During the disastrous introduction of the tax credits system, the Inland Revenue “did not give a complete picture of what was happening”, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman said in a damning report published today.
June 22, 2005 22 Jun'05
Torvalds releases new Linux kernel

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has released version 2.6.12 of the Linux kernel, the backbone of the Linux operating system.
June 22, 2005 22 Jun'05
HP to ship lower-end dual-core servers

HP will this week announce details of a lower-end ProLiant server line that will use dual-core Opteron chips from AMD to boost data processing performance.
June 22, 2005 22 Jun'05
CW campaign to make Revenue accountable

Today Computer Weekly launches an important new campaign - Making the Tax System Work. It will turn the spotlight on the systems at HM Revenue & Customs which are vital to the economic health of the UK.
June 21, 2005 21 Jun'05
Revenue gives EDS ultimatum

Supplier faces legal action as talks over liability for failure of tax credits reach crunch point
June 20, 2005 20 Jun'05
Government's dispute with EDS over tax credits system rages on

If the government goes to the High Court in its dispute with services company EDS over the failed introduction of the tax credits system, its case for compensation is far from clear-cut.
June 20, 2005 20 Jun'05
Central procurement of IT systems to save NHS 3.8bn, says Connecting for Health

Annual report says costs will be slashed by changes to buying of core systems
June 20, 2005 20 Jun'05
Domain name debate gets under way

The .uk domain name registry Nominet is inviting views from the UK internet industry and the public on the implementation and use of internationalised domain names (IDNs).
June 20, 2005 20 Jun'05
Google tailors searches to mobile phones and PDAs

Google has rolled out a new search engine service tailored to users of mobile devices with small screens, such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants.
June 17, 2005 17 Jun'05
Buoyant sales drive up PC forecasts

Analyst IDC has raised its forecast for PC sales this year as a result of a more buoyant market than expected.
June 16, 2005 16 Jun'05
IBM launches AMD dual core blades

IBM is launching blade servers that use AMD’s new single- and dual-core 64-bit Opteron processors.
June 15, 2005 15 Jun'05
Fujitsu laptops pose fire hazard

Fujitsu Siemens Computers has recalled the batteries from a number of its laptops because of the risk of overheating and fire.
June 15, 2005 15 Jun'05
BT promises big savings with fixed-mobile Bluephone

BT has launched a broadband phone service that allows users to use the same phone either in the office or home or on a mobile network.
June 15, 2005 15 Jun'05
HP reverses printing and PC merger

HP is de-merging its PC and printing divisions, just five months after it combined them.
June 15, 2005 15 Jun'05
'Quick and dirty' coding language acquires increasing sophistication

JScript is Microsoft's open source counterpart to Javascript
June 15, 2005 15 Jun'05
Courses filling up as students decide IT is no longer geeky

More students are applying for IT courses and the IT profession is losing its geeky image.
June 13, 2005 13 Jun'05
Big advances in server power in six months

Intel will next year deliver major changes to the PC server architecture that will boost hardware performance, allowing larger, more memory-intensive applications.
June 13, 2005 13 Jun'05
US military hacking suspect freed on bail

A British computer hacker wanted by US authorities for allegedly causing £375,000 in damage to US military networks has been freed on bail.
June 13, 2005 13 Jun'05
Unisys powers up

Unisys is to introduce a service that lets users easily access extra processing power when needed.
June 13, 2005 13 Jun'05
SportsWorld aims for IP savings

SportsWorld expects to save 500,000 over the next three years through the use of broadband and IP communications, including wireless technology.
June 13, 2005 13 Jun'05
Experts offer alternative, less-risky model for national identity card scheme

Billions could be cut from cost of ID cards without compromising security, says LSE
June 10, 2005 10 Jun'05
Intel and Nokia develop mobile WiMAX broadband

Intel and Nokia have joined forces to develop mobile WiMAX technology in an effort to achieve standardisation for the wireless broadband solution
June 09, 2005 09 Jun'05
British military hacker freed on bail

A British computer hacker wanted by US authorities for allegedly causing $700,000 (£375,000) in damage to US military networks has been freed on bail
June 08, 2005 08 Jun'05
Citigroup loses personal details of 3.9 million customers

Citigroup, the world's largest bank, has lost the account and payment history data on 3.9 million of its customers
June 08, 2005 08 Jun'05
Unisys to offer capacity on demand

Unisys is to introduce a server capacity option to allow companies to easily add extra processing power when needed in the future
June 07, 2005 07 Jun'05
Apple to switch to Intel processors

Apple is dumping its PowerPC processors and replacing them with chips from Intel to save on production costs. The move was announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in the US this week
June 07, 2005 07 Jun'05
McAfee upgrades protection for Novell

McAfee is shipping new versions of its security software to protect the latest Novell operating platforms
June 07, 2005 07 Jun'05
Datacentre blade PCs create secure desktops

IT managers are starting to deploy an alternative to both the traditional PC and the dumb terminal, by stationing secure fat client blade PCs in the datacentre, with network access to a port at the user's desk.
June 07, 2005 07 Jun'05
Broker switches to blades running Windows 2003

Financial services company EasyBroker has migrated its hosted Windows 2000 servers to blade servers running Windows 2003, which it hopes will improve provisioning of new applications.
June 07, 2005 07 Jun'05
Whitehall says no to Freedom Act requests

Whitehall officials have refused requests under the Freedom of Information Act to publish the results of Gateway reviews on high-risk IT-related projects at the NHS, the Child Support Agency and on a national ID card scheme.
June 06, 2005 06 Jun'05
Ball gets the Hollywood treatment

The annual Intellect IT Industry Charity Ball in London on 7 July is the highlight of the IT social calendar. Last year's event raised more than 50,000.
June 06, 2005 06 Jun'05
Firms urged to tackle long-hours culture

Businesses were urged to tackle the long-hours culture at a masterclass on working time and productivity in London last week.
June 06, 2005 06 Jun'05
VMware to start subscription service

VMware, which sells solutions that allow computers to run multiple operating systems, is to introduce a subscription service to allow developers to use its technology more cheaply.
June 05, 2005 05 Jun'05
Dell extends OptiPlex line

Dell has extended its OptiPlex business PC line with the launch of the OptiPlex GX520 and GX620 machines.
June 03, 2005 03 Jun'05
Network storm knocks out NY stock exchange

A “network storm” hit communications systems and forced the New York Stock Exchange to halt trading in the crucial minutes before closing
May 27, 2005 27 May'05
Hewlett-Packard's final PA-Risc processor offers users last stop on road to Itanium 2

Hewlett-Packard is due to release its final processor upgrade for its HP 9000 Unix servers today (31 May), preparing the way for...
May 26, 2005 26 May'05
Nokia offers its technology to Linux developers

Nokia is allowing open source developers to use its patented technology to develop the Linux operating system.
May 23, 2005 23 May'05
Security and proving value are top concerns

Security, proving the value of IT, and insufficient board-level representation are the three major concerns of IT directors,...
May 23, 2005 23 May'05
Mobile phone tracker keeps tabs on deliveries

DaimlerChrysler, which owns Mecedes-Benz, is extending a pilot IT programme based on an external mobile service to improve the...
May 23, 2005 23 May'05
Hospital tags patients with RFID wristbands

A German hospital is to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to help track patients and administer the correct...
May 23, 2005 23 May'05
Fire hazard prompts another Apple recall

Apple Computer is recalling 128,000 batteries shipped with PowerBook G4 and iBook G4 laptops over the past eight months. This is...
May 20, 2005 20 May'05
Server blades first goal of IBM/Nortel joint R&D push

Nortel and IBM have signed an agreement to co-develop a range of new server, storage and telecoms products.
May 19, 2005 19 May'05
Revenge drives network sabotage

Insiders who sabotage their organisation’s network are almost always motivated by revenge, says a joint report from the US Secret...
May 18, 2005 18 May'05
PalmOne bucks trend with 4Gbyte PDA

PalmOne has unveiled the LifeDrive Mobile Manager, a low-cost device that includes a 4Gbyte hard drive.
May 17, 2005 17 May'05
IT glitch sends Nasdaq soaring

Nasdaq, the US high-tech stock market, has revealed that a computer problem at a stock trader resulted in massively bloated...
May 17, 2005 17 May'05
W3C aids mobile access

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI), with the aim of making web access from a mobile...
May 16, 2005 16 May'05
Call for common skills framework

The British Computer Society is pressing major IT suppliers to adopt a common framework to assess and describe the skills of...
May 16, 2005 16 May'05
Oracle settles over invoice fraud

Oracle has paid out $8m (£4.3m) to settle a lawsuit brought by the US government, which had accused the company of invoicing for...
May 13, 2005 13 May'05
Trojan horse hacker jailed in US

A US hacker has been jailed for 12 months for using a Trojan horse virus to break into US Department of Defense computers.
May 13, 2005 13 May'05
Dell profits rocket

Dell has reported big increases in sales and operating profits for the first quarter and has reported a 21% increase in sales...
May 12, 2005 12 May'05
BCS to set a gold standard

A new joint British Computer Society (BCS) and industry initiative plans to put the IT profession on par with governed or...
May 12, 2005 12 May'05
Clear business gains from BlackBerry mobile technology

Significant business efficiencies and cost savings can be gained from using converged voice and data devices
May 11, 2005 11 May'05
W3C launches mobile web access initiative

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI), with the aim of making web access from a mobile...
May 10, 2005 10 May'05
Sun delays grid utility processing

Sun Microsystems has delayed the roll-out of its web-based Sun Grid utility processing service because of a lack of computing...
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...
May 09, 2005 09 May'05
Supercomputer improves forecasts

The Met Office has started to produce weather forecasts from the supercomputer at its Exeter headquarters.
May 06, 2005 06 May'05
Intel launches dual-core chip prototypes

Intel has unveiled three second generation dual-core chip prototypes, as it continues to battle AMD in the processor market.
May 04, 2005 04 May'05
TNT creates global service desk

Logistics company consolidates 30 service centres into virtual desk
May 03, 2005 03 May'05
Chinese firm completes purchase of IBM PC division

Chinese firm Lenovo has completed the acquisition of IBM’s personal computing division, and has now become the third largest PC...
May 03, 2005 03 May'05
Dell opts for Microsoft 64-bit technology

Dell is to install Microsoft 64-bit processing technology across its Dell Precision workstations and PowerEdge server lines
May 03, 2005 03 May'05
Why this is not just another Windows release

Microsoft, Intel, AMD and hundreds of PC manufacturers spent last week discussing ways to get you to buy something you already...
April 29, 2005 29 Apr'05
Quantum cryptography demonstration

Quantum cryptography has entered a new phase on its path from the laboratory into business with a major series of demonstrations...
April 28, 2005 28 Apr'05
Sales up but profits fall at Siemens

Siemens recorded a 4% increase in sales for its second quarter ending 31 March but net profits still fell, partly as a result of...
April 26, 2005 26 Apr'05
Free film and video clip network hits the Play button

Former Netscape bosses Mike Homer and Marc Andreessen have set up a free film and video clip internet distribution network.
April 22, 2005 22 Apr'05
Sales high drives Motorola up rankings

Motorola has announced record sales of $8.16bn (£4.53bn) for the first quarter, an increase of 10% on the same quarter last year.
April 22, 2005 22 Apr'05
RealNetworks patches media player

RealNetworks has released a security patch for its media player to stop hackers running their own code on users’ machines via a...
April 22, 2005 22 Apr'05
Second DRAM maker pleads guilty to price-fixing

Hynix Semiconductor has agreed to plead guilty to DRAM price-fixing, and is willing to pay a $185m (£102.7m) fine to settle a...
April 22, 2005 22 Apr'05
XM Satellite Radio goes online with Akamai

Akamai Technologies has been named lead provider of internet streaming services for XM Radio Online.
April 21, 2005 21 Apr'05
AMD delivers dual-core servers

AMD has launched the first commercial dual-core processors for both servers and desktops, days after rival Intel's launch of its...
April 21, 2005 21 Apr'05
Spellcheck and print tools for Blackberry

Smart Global has launched Smart Print2Fax and Smart Spellchecker to boost the functionality of mobile e-mail.
April 19, 2005 19 Apr'05
Dell offers dual-core PCs

Dell has started selling PCs equipped with Intel’s new dual-core processor platform.
April 19, 2005 19 Apr'05
Mac update goes wrong

Apple has admitted that a minor security update to the Mac operating system has prevented users from gaining access to certain...
April 19, 2005 19 Apr'05
Licensing top priority for user alliance

Software licensing, international purchasing and IT service contracts will be the first issues tackled by the Strategic...
April 18, 2005 18 Apr'05
Europe drives rising demand for PCs

PC shipments increased by over 10% in the first quarter of this year, said analyst Gartner, although enterprise demand was...
April 15, 2005 15 Apr'05
AMD first with chips that herald era of the multi-core PC processor

AMD is due to launch the first dual-core PC versions of its 64-bit Opteron server processor on 21 April, ahead of rival releases...
April 15, 2005 15 Apr'05
Digital pen and paper system speeds up customer research analysis

The Sheffield-based South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) is improving the way it collects customer service data...
April 14, 2005 14 Apr'05
AMD reports $46m loss for first quarter

AMD made a first-quarter loss for the three months ending 27 March and is now selling off its struggling memory chip business,...
April 14, 2005 14 Apr'05
Spanish supermarket giant chooses Red Hat Linux

Mercadona, one of Spain’s leading supermarket chains, is deploying Red Hat Linux software on 10,000 desktops.
April 13, 2005 13 Apr'05
Fujitsu launches global enterprise PC brand

Fujitsu has re-branded its enterprise PCs to give it a more easily recognisable global presence.
April 12, 2005 12 Apr'05
Adobe Reader launched for Linux

Adobe has launched Adobe Reader 7.0 for the Linux operating system, to allow Linux users to read, manage and print documents in...
April 12, 2005 12 Apr'05
Automation tools accelerating benefits of server farms

The cost and complexity of implementing and operating large server farms is driving the move to automated management, according...
April 12, 2005 12 Apr'05
US Department of Defence hacker arrested

A Venezuelan man has been arrested for allegedly hacking into US Department of Defence (DoD) servers in 2001.
April 12, 2005 12 Apr'05
Managed services opportunity in data centre market

A new report from consultants BroadGroup forecasts that managed services will contribute markedly to revenues for data centres...
April 11, 2005 11 Apr'05
Users' poor understanding holds back e-learning

The take up of e-learning has been stunted by businesses' lack of understanding about how the technology should be used, an...
April 11, 2005 11 Apr'05
News in brief

Short takes on this week's news