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Data centre hardware
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October 06, 2004
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Oct'04
Slimline dual core processors will fit single core slots
AMD's dual-core Opteron processor will fit into the same area as its single-core product, helping to hold down manufacturing...
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October 06, 2004
06
Oct'04
PalmOne licenses MS Exchange for mobile e-mail
PalmOne has licensed technology from Microsoft to make its devices work directly with Microsoft's Exchange e-mail server.
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October 06, 2004
06
Oct'04
Users face five years of patching pain as security flaws keep rising
Force suppliers to act on vulnerabilities or pay the price, leading security experts warn users
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October 06, 2004
06
Oct'04
IBM targets the medium-sized business
IBM has rolled out two lower-priced Unix-based servers that will compete with offerings from Sun and Hewlett-Packard.
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October 05, 2004
05
Oct'04
NHS announces closure date for IT agency
IT staff working for the NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) face an uncertain future as the date for the agency's closure was...
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October 05, 2004
05
Oct'04
EMC upgrades replication and storage management tools
EMC is to upgrade several of its software products, including the integration of automated data migration technology with its...
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October 05, 2004
05
Oct'04
IBM introduces ThinkPad with fingerprint reader
Hoping to make biometric devices mainstream products, IBM has unveiled its first ThinkPad featuring an integrated fingerprint...
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October 05, 2004
05
Oct'04
SmartDBA can now handle all major databases
BMC Software has added IBM's IMS mainframe database to the platforms supported by its SmartDBA family of products, completing a...
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October 05, 2004
05
Oct'04
Sproqit launches true mobile access software
Start-up Sproqit Technologies has invited users to sign up for a download of its mobile access software.
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October 04, 2004
04
Oct'04
Hitachi and NEC see fruits of joint venture
Alaxala Networks, the backbone-network router and switch joint venture announced by Hitachi and NEC earlier this year, began...
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October 04, 2004
04
Oct'04
IT press gives early warning says O’Brien
Newly appointed IT minister Mike O’Brien has praised the role of the media in alerting government to IT problems.
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October 04, 2004
04
Oct'04
NHS IT NHS fines BT for missing spine targets
The national programme for IT in the NHS has fined BT for failing to meet targets for the national data spine for care records, a...
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October 01, 2004
01
Oct'04
Abbey bets bank on consolidation and virtual call centre
A datacentre consolidation and an update of its call centre technology are among the main IT projects under way at Abbey ahead of...
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October 01, 2004
01
Oct'04
DHL gives drivers PDAs to improve workflow
DHL's same-day delivery division is to equip 700 drivers with integrated personal digital assistants and phones to cut costs and...
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October 01, 2004
01
Oct'04
Microsoft loses Fat patent
After winning one intellectual property battle over its Smart Tags in Office, Microsoft has lost another over its file allocation...
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October 01, 2004
01
Oct'04
Cooler technology cuts datacentre size
Syska Hennessy has unveiled a unique design for cooling datacentres that will allow companies to pack almost double the number of...
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September 30, 2004
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Sep'04
Now SCO is demanding Linux licence payments from SMEs
Legal experts adivse Linux users not to be pressurised into buying a licence form SCO.
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September 29, 2004
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Sep'04
Toshiba has big plans for a small drive
Toshiba will begin commercial production of its 0.85in hard disc drive before the end of this year.
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September 29, 2004
29
Sep'04
Toshiba notebooks cold-shoulder Pentium M
Toshiba's new desktop-replacement multimedia notebooks provide further evidence that US consumers have yet to embrace the...
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September 29, 2004
29
Sep'04
HD-DVD goes to brink of mass production
The DVD Forum has approved the physical disc specifications for the rewritable version of high-definition/high-density DVDs,...
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September 28, 2004
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Sep'04
EU team takes 'proven' route to nano-switches
A European research consortium has adapted existing nanotechnology to create tiny switches that could further reduce the size and...
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September 28, 2004
28
Sep'04
PC market sends out mixed messages
Consumers are easing off on PC purchases as corporations ramp up theirs, according to market researcher IDC.
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September 28, 2004
28
Sep'04
Dell upgrades high-performance cluster line
Dell has upgraded its high-performance computing clusters (HPCC) by adding support for larger Topspin InfiniBand switches and...
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September 28, 2004
28
Sep'04
Intel drops plans for Wi-Fi access point in Grantsdale
Intel no longer plans to turn its latest batch of chipsets into wireless access points, citing a lack of interest from PC...
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September 27, 2004
27
Sep'04
The virtual path to desktop management
Virtualisation software supplier VMWare has released a secure desktop environment called VMWare Ace, which allows the end-user to...
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September 27, 2004
27
Sep'04
China's first 300mm chip plant starts production
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has begun commercial production at a 300-millimetre semiconductor fabrication...
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September 27, 2004
27
Sep'04
Microsoft to charge for Hotmail-Outlook link
Microsoft will start charging for a Hotmail feature that allows users of the web-based e-mail service to access their e-mail...
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September 27, 2004
27
Sep'04
HP drops Itanium workstations
Hewlett-Packard has stopped selling workstations based on Intel's Itanium 2 chip.
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September 27, 2004
27
Sep'04
Principia to deliver NCC services
Last week saw the official launch of Principia, a major rebranding of many of the National Computing Centre's core services.
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September 27, 2004
27
Sep'04
Former CA boss Kumar accused in fraud scandal
Computer Associates' former chief executive Sanjay Kumar was in court last week charged with fraud and obstruction of justice in...
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September 24, 2004
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Sep'04
Sun unveils pay-per-use grid for non-transactional data processing
In its quarterly product announcement last week, Sun outlined 24 products and services, including new mid-range storage systems,...
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September 24, 2004
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Sep'04
Lloyds TSB simplifies staff access to systems
Lloyds TSB has bought software to simplify the job of controlling the access rights of 10,000 staff to more than 1,000 Unix...
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September 24, 2004
24
Sep'04
RealNetworks restructures to offer integrated service
RealNetworks is to merge its RealPlayer and Music Services business units into a single group so that the teams can collaborate...
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September 24, 2004
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Sep'04
AMD considers joint-venture chip plant plans
Advanced Micro Devices may team up with another chip maker for the construction of a semiconductor fabrication plant (fab) to...
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September 23, 2004
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Sep'04
PalmOne reports 62% rise in Q1 revenue
PalmOne has reported revenue of $273.1m (£151.5m) for the first quarter of year 2005, whicd ended 27 August, up 62% from the...
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September 22, 2004
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Sep'04
Oracle and Dell offer server/database bundle
Oracle and Dell are offering a package featuring a Dell PowerEdge server bundled with the Oracle Database10g Standard Edition One...
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September 21, 2004
21
Sep'04
Ask Jeeves revamps search and gets personal
Ask Jeeves has made three significant enhancements to its search engine with the aim of competing with larger search companies...
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September 21, 2004
21
Sep'04
Microsoft introduces Data Protection Server
Microsoft has introduced its Data Protection Server, which is designed to simplify and reduce the backup and recovery process for...
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September 21, 2004
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Sep'04
Samsung develops high-capacity memory chips
Samsung Electronics has developed two high-capacity memory parts, one of which will lead to higher-capacity storage cards for a...
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September 21, 2004
21
Sep'04
HP forms new blade group
Hewlett-Packard has formed a new division within its Enterprise Storage and Servers Group chartered with unifying the company's...
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September 21, 2004
21
Sep'04
AOL to promote Aim Robots
America Online (AOL) is launching a programme to promote and facilitate the creation of what it calls AIM Robots for its Aim...
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September 20, 2004
20
Sep'04
IBM launches low-end Power5 Linux servers
IBM has released a line of Linux-only servers aimed at the financial and retail sectors based on its 64-bit Power5 chip...
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September 20, 2004
20
Sep'04
Biometrics 'not yet ready to secure corporate IT'
Biometric technology is not mature enough to secure corporate IT systems, Gartner warned this week, as the government stepped up...
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September 20, 2004
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Sep'04
Sun returns to network attached storage
Sun will introduce a number of new storage products, including a new server that signals the company's return to network-attached...
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September 17, 2004
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Sep'04
Linux user Bergen beats Microsoft licence jam
A Microsoft Enterprise licence agreement has allowed the local authority in Bergen, Norway - an open source software user - to...
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September 17, 2004
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Sep'04
Novell offers its Netware users a migration path to SuSE Linux
Novell chief executive Jack Messman kicked off the company's Brainshare Europe conference last week with a keynote address to...
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September 17, 2004
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Sep'04
IBM to produce 90nm chips for Via
Via Technologies' C7 and C7-M (mobile) chips, based on the Esther processor core, will be produced by IBM using a 90nm process.
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September 17, 2004
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Sep'04
IBM fits hardware security chip to PCs
IBM has begun using new security hardware from National Semiconductor in its desktop PCs in an effort to fend off viruses and...
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September 16, 2004
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Sep'04
Vodafone first to offer slimmer Blackberry device
Vodafone is the first mobile operator to sell the new slimmed down Blackberry 7100v "push e-mail" device, which will appeal to...
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September 16, 2004
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Sep'04
Nokia and NEC test IP multimedia interoperability
Nokia and NEC have established VoIP sessions and transferred instant messages between terminals over a network using new IP...
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September 16, 2004
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Sep'04
Technology speeds up post-hurricane claims resolution
When Hurricane Charley roared into South Florida last month with 145-mph wind gusts, the force of the storm snapped utility poles...
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September 15, 2004
15
Sep'04
Sony to mass produce flattest screens
Sony will begin mass production of full-color organic light emitting diode (Oled) displays next year.
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September 15, 2004
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Sep'04
Hitachi introduces new notebook drives
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies will bring up to 100Gbyte, 2.5-inch hard drives for notebook computers to market by the end...
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September 15, 2004
15
Sep'04
Nokia embraces SD memory cards
Users accustomed to removing the memory card from one of their consumer electronic devices and plugging it into another will soon...
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September 15, 2004
15
Sep'04
Protocol Smash technology barriers
An emerging protocol for managing servers, Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (Smash), was introduced at...
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September 15, 2004
15
Sep'04
Smaller, sharper digital pen hits market
Logitech has developed a new version of its digital pen, which can digitise handwritten text.
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September 14, 2004
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Sep'04
IBM takes Linux down market
IBM's plans for an agressively-priced series of Linux-only systems will take Linux into the lower end of the market.
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September 13, 2004
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Sep'04
Intel strategy improves PC management
Intel has given a preview of new technology designed to give IT managers better control over their networked computers
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September 13, 2004
13
Sep'04
Cisco introduces integrated routers
Cisco is to introduce a line of branch-office routers that integrate basic routing capabilities with IP voice support and...
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September 13, 2004
13
Sep'04
Hitachi and Intel join forces on mobile phone drives
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) and Intel are pushing the development of an interface technology that they hope will...
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September 13, 2004
13
Sep'04
IBM unveils new low-end Power5 server
IBM has launched a new, low-end Power5-based server which the company said was core to its plan to offer 64-bit capability at...
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September 10, 2004
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Sep'04
Housing association polices mobile net use
A publicly-funded housing association has worked with a major software supplier to develop technology to police the way staff use...
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September 10, 2004
10
Sep'04
Could security costs tip the TCO balance?
Newham Council's findings that Microsoft offered a lower total cost of ownership than open source software surprised many. Here...
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September 10, 2004
10
Sep'04
Oracle predicts grids will be only way to meet processing demands
Businesses will have to adopt grid computing if they are to meet user demands for more processing power, according to Oracle.
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September 10, 2004
10
Sep'04
German teenager indicted over Sasser worm
Prosecutors in Verden, Germany, have indicted an 18-year-old student for allegedly creating the Sasser worm that crashed hundreds...
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September 10, 2004
10
Sep'04
Tracker puts goods into business context
US company WhereNet has added business rules to radio frequency identity (RFID) tagging to automate workflow in the car industry.
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September 09, 2004
09
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New Microsoft mouse, keyboard read fingerprints
A new line of keyboards and mice from Microsoft includes some with fingerprint readers that let users scan a finger instead of...
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September 09, 2004
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Intel Developer Forum - 64-bit x86 has set back Itanium
Intel's decision to begin shipping versions of x86 processors that are capable of 64-bit computing has slowed down the adoption...
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September 09, 2004
09
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Siemens releases patch for series 65 phones
Siemens has received the green light from operators to patch a software defect in some of its 65 series mobile phones which could...
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September 09, 2004
09
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New IBM server to support dual-core Opteron
IBM will begin shipping the second generation of its rack-mounted dual-processor servers based on Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron...
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September 09, 2004
09
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Sleeker Nokia Communicator to hit the shops
Trying to regain some of its lost market share, Nokia is hoping to woo both enterprise and consumer customers with a lighter,...
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September 09, 2004
09
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T-Mobile begins offering Microsoft smartphone
Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Mobile will begin selling a smartphone in Europe running Microsoft's Windows Mobile software for...
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September 08, 2004
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Sep'04
Intel Developer Forum - Rosedale chips fuel Intel's WiMax drive
Intel says its first-generation WiMax chips will go into wireless broadband devices that cost less than $200 (£112) and would not...
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September 08, 2004
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Sep'04
Intel confirms Yonah chip plans
Intel will unveil plans for its first dual-core successor to the Pentium M processor, codenamed Yonah at the Intel Developer...
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September 08, 2004
08
Sep'04
Intel Developer Forum - Parallel processing set to take off
Intel and the PC industry are about to go through a major change in the way client computers are designed, built and marketed.
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September 08, 2004
08
Sep'04
Open source groups revolt against Microsoft anti-spam plan
Two prominent open-source software groups have rejected the Sender ID technology standard backed by Microsoft.
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September 08, 2004
08
Sep'04
Unisys joins Red Hat partner community
IT services and hardware supplier Unisys has joined the Red Hat partner community one month after unveiling support for Linux on...
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September 08, 2004
08
Sep'04
Operators form cell-to-Wi-Fi industry group
The telecoms industry has taken the first step in allowing mobile phone users roam between cellular and wireless networks.
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September 08, 2004
08
Sep'04
Lexmark recalls 39,000 laser printers
About 39,400 laser printers made by Lexmark and sold by Lexmark, IBM and Dell can pose an electrical shock hazard, the US...
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September 08, 2004
08
Sep'04
EC spends £35m grid computing research
The European Commission is putting €52m (£35m) into research projects aimed at boosting the take-up of grid networked computing...
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September 06, 2004
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Oracle to track grid technology implementation
In a move designed to fuel adoption of enterprise grids, Oracle has tied up with analyst Quocirca to publish a report rating...
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September 06, 2004
06
Sep'04
TSMC's allegations are baseless, claims SMIC chief
Allegations that contract chip maker Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) infringed on chip-making patents held by...
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September 06, 2004
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Users set to benefit from commodity blade servers
Intel and IBM are opening up parts of the design specifications for blade server technology that they have been developing since...
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September 06, 2004
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Sep'04
Network and support costs will be cut
BP hopes to make substantial savings in networks, telecoms and IT support costs with its radical externalisation strategy.
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September 03, 2004
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Sep'04
Users to choose as Microsoft rivals mature
DesKtop management Intel's Developer Forum kicks off this week and, with a host of Microsoft alternatives coming of age, there is...
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September 03, 2004
03
Sep'04
First fully interoperable products out this year
The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), a 165-member consortium of consumer electronic, IT and mobile equipment...
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September 02, 2004
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IBM and Intel to open up blade specifications
In an effort to encourage hardware suppliers to build components for the blade platform they co-develop, Intel and IBM will open...
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September 02, 2004
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Sep'04
Intel looks to clarify strategy and execution
Intel will look to a multicore future during the autumn Intel Developer Forum (IDF) as it tries to leave behind a tumultuous year...
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September 01, 2004
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Apple unwraps new iMac G5 at Paris show
Apple Computer will begin shipping its new iMac G5 desktop computer worldwide in mid-September.
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September 01, 2004
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Renesas to take chip design to Vietnam
Renesas will establish a system large-scale integrated circuit chip design centre in Vietnam in October.
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September 01, 2004
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Samsung adds payment function to mobile phones
Samsung Electronics and Koninklijke Philips Electronics are teaming up to incorporate Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology...
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September 01, 2004
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Opera to launch browser for Windows Mobile
Norwegian browser developer Opera Software ASA has developed a product to run on Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system,...
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August 31, 2004
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Server market hits $11.5bn
Fuelled by strong sales of Windows and Linux systems, the worldwide server market grew to $11.5bn (£6.38) during the second...
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August 31, 2004
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Aug'04
AMD demos first dual-core processor
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has demonstrated the company's first dual-core microprocessors.
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August 31, 2004
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3D memory chips get closer to market
Matrix Semiconductor is shipping samples of a new, cheaper memory chip that has been delayed by technological problems for nearly...
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August 27, 2004
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Aug'04
BCS group targets UK IT directors
Following the Queen's approval of its revamped royal charter in May, the BCS is aiming to get more senior IT users to join its...
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August 26, 2004
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Aug'04
Making use of Active Directory Taskpads
Overwhelmed by the administrative tool that comes with the adminpak.msi? This book excerpt discusses how you can narrow down the information you see in an interface: Taskpads.
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August 26, 2004
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Aug'04
Advantages of Microsoft Group Policy Management Console
This excerpt from "Administrator shortcut guide to Active Directory security" describes GPMC, which is one of the tools that manages AD security.
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August 26, 2004
26
Aug'04
Linux supercomputers used for US war simulations
Complicated battle scenarios are to be run on US Department of Defense Linux-based supercomputers.
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August 26, 2004
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Aug'04
Server shipments and revenue increase
The latest Gartner figures show that both server shipments and revenue increased in Q2 as Hewlett-Packard and IBM lost market...