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January 16, 2004 16 Jan'04
Intel delays Dothan chip launch

Notebook buyers will have to wait until the second quarter for Dothan, Intel's 90-nanometer version of its Pentium M chip.
January 16, 2004 16 Jan'04
Intel's fourth-quarter revenue hits $8.74bn

Intel's fourth-quarter revenue hits a record high of $8.74bn, slightly more than the previous record for the third quarter of...
January 16, 2004 16 Jan'04
Forward planning boosts IBM's quarterly income

IBM has reported net income of $2.7bn for its 2003 fourth quarter, up from $1bn for the same period in 2002.
January 16, 2004 16 Jan'04
Sun's McNealy upbeat despite net loss of $125m

Sun Microsystems has reported a net loss of $125m for the second quarter of its 2004 financial year.

January 15, 2004 15 Jan'04
Resource guide to disk-based backup
January 15, 2004 15 Jan'04
Dell Axim X3 PDA armed with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Dell's Axim X3 personal digital assistant has both a Bluetooth and an 802.11b chip.
January 15, 2004 15 Jan'04
iPod sales drive strong quarter for Apple

Apple Computer has posted revenue $2bn for its first quarter of 2004, its highest quarterly revenue in four years.
January 14, 2004 14 Jan'04
Microsoft releases 32-bit Itanium software

Intel and Microsoft have released software designed to improve the performance of Windows applications designed for 32-bit...
January 14, 2004 14 Jan'04
IBM to resell Infiniband switch

IBM has signed a five-year agreement to resell an InfiniBand switch as a high-speed I/O interconnect for its servers and storage.
January 14, 2004 14 Jan'04
Matshushita ploughs £653m into chip facility

Matsushita is investing ¥130bn (£653m) to build a semiconductor facility to make chips for DVDs, digital TVs, mobile...

January 14, 2004 14 Jan'04
Orange first to offer Europe push-to-talk service

Orange is poised to become the first mobile operator in Europe to offer a commercial push-to-talk service similar to the...
January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04
Dell releases Latitude D505 notebook

Dell has rolled out the Latitude D505, the latest edition to its line of laptops designed for mobile business users.
January 12, 2004 12 Jan'04
More vulnerabilities found in Linux kernel

Linux distributors Red Hat and Guardian Digital and open source developers rushed out a new version of the Linux kernel last...
January 12, 2004 12 Jan'04
Disc failure cripples cashpoints

Halifax customers were unable to use cash machines last week following a disc failure on one of the bank's servers.
January 12, 2004 12 Jan'04
SGI takes Altix Itanium server to midrange

Silicon Graphics is to ship a smaller member of its Altix family of technical computing servers, called the Altix 350.
January 12, 2004 12 Jan'04
HP and Dell get behind Blu-ray format

Hewlett-Packard and Dell have announced support for the Blu-ray Disc format which is being standardised by a group of 10...
January 12, 2004 12 Jan'04
Put Linux on Big Blue's desktops, says IBM CEO

IBM chairman and chief executive officer Sam Palmisano has challenged his company to move to the Linux desktop over the next two...
January 09, 2004 09 Jan'04
HP partners with Apple to sell its own iPod

Hewlett-Packard will release a digital music player later this year based on Apple Computer's iPod, the companies announced at...
January 09, 2004 09 Jan'04
HP's Fiorina reinforces piracy stance

Hewlett-Packard's Carly Fiorina told visitors to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that HP is determined to help stamp...
January 09, 2004 09 Jan'04
Toshiba claims smallest hard drive yet

Toshiba has unveiled a prototype hard-disc drive that is smaller than any on the market, and it could start appearing in devices...
January 09, 2004 09 Jan'04
Intel steps into consumer arena

Intel president and chief operating officer Paul Otellini revealed details of his company's plans to enter the digital TV market...
January 08, 2004 08 Jan'04
Gates envisions wireless home entertainment

Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates has presented a host of consumer-oriented technologies at the Consumer...
January 08, 2004 08 Jan'04
Digital imaging market set to explode, say experts

The digital imaging market will explode in 2004, but the technologies need to overcome a number of hurdles to become more widely...
January 08, 2004 08 Jan'04
Napster Burnpak encroaches on Apple's digital music dominance

Napster told visitors to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that will take on Apple's iPod and iTunes next month with the...
January 07, 2004 07 Jan'04
Sybase bolsters Apple's Panther

Sybase has unveiled the next version of Sybase ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) 12.5.1 at the MacWorld Conference & Expo in San...
January 07, 2004 07 Jan'04
Apple unveils dual G5 Xserve

Apple Computer has unveiled three latest models of its Xserve with 2GHz, G5 processors from IBM at its core at the MacWorld...
January 07, 2004 07 Jan'04
Apple debuts iPod mini and GarageBand software

Apple Computer's chief executive officer Steve Jobs unveiled a slimmed-down companion to its popular iPod portable music player...
January 06, 2004 06 Jan'04
Via aims for 2GHz processors

Taiwanese chip supplier Via Technologies is to increase the speed of its processors to 2GHz.
January 06, 2004 06 Jan'04
Transmeta shrinks Crusoe processor

Transmeta is launching two new Crusoe processors which are half the size of previous Crusoe products, aimed at mobile and...
January 06, 2004 06 Jan'04
Intel launches Celeron M chip line

Intel has launched three Celeron chips for budget notebooks.
January 05, 2004 05 Jan'04
Sun buries Cobalt server line

Sun Microsystems discontinued its Cobalt server appliance line with a quiet announcement over the holiday period.
December 19, 2003 19 Dec'03
Palm and RIM plan BlackBerry integration

PalmSource and Research In Motion are to develop a software client that will enable RIM's BlackBerry handhelds to connect to the...
December 19, 2003 19 Dec'03
Revenue boost for PalmOne

Higher average selling prices for PDAs personal digital assistants and smartphones helped boost second-quarter revenue at...
December 19, 2003 19 Dec'03
US demands compensation from hacker

The United States is demanding £21,000 compensation from a teenage hacker who infiltrated computer systems at a US government...
December 19, 2003 19 Dec'03
Citrix buys GoToMyPC maker for $225m

Remote access software maker Citrix Systems will buy web-based desktop access developer Expertcity in a $225m cash and stock...
December 18, 2003 18 Dec'03
Microsoft plans Windows 2000 Server retirement

From 1 April 2006, Microsoft's Windows 2000 Server family will no longer be available.
December 18, 2003 18 Dec'03
Icann approves user community groups

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has approved six community user groups in three regions.
December 18, 2003 18 Dec'03
Fujitsu unveils Itanium 2 and Opteron systems

Fujitsu Computer Systems will begin shipping its first Itanium 2 server next month.
December 18, 2003 18 Dec'03
Sun shines again in high-performance market

Sun Microsystems has nearly doubled unit shipments of its servers for the quarter and achieved 99.7% growth and its market share...
December 17, 2003 17 Dec'03
BMC acquires help desk supplier

BMC Software has entered into an agreement with Network Associates to purchase the assets of its Magic Solutions division for...
December 17, 2003 17 Dec'03
IBM and Harvard develop Crimson Grid

Harvard University and IBM are developing a universitywide computing grid for student and faculty research, data sharing and...
December 17, 2003 17 Dec'03
HP adds 2.5-in drives to servers

Hewlett-Packard is to ship 2.5-inch disc drives with enterprise-class features in its ProLiant servers next year and will add the...
December 16, 2003 16 Dec'03
Toshiba creates coin-sized hard-disc drive

Toshiba is to begin sample production next year of a coin-sized hard-disc drive that can hold up to 3Gbytes of data.
December 16, 2003 16 Dec'03
Server companies launch management initiative

Intel, Dell, IBM and Hewlett-Packard are to work with an industry organisation to standardise the way servers are managed.
December 15, 2003 15 Dec'03
Texas Instruments prepares 90-nanometer chip

Texas Instruments is to release samples of its latest OMAP chip, which will also be the company's first 90-nanometer chip, in the...
December 12, 2003 12 Dec'03
AMD joins forces with Chinese chip designer for thin clients

Advanced Micro Devices has teamed up with Chinese CPU designer BLX IC Design to develop thin-client computers based on...
December 11, 2003 11 Dec'03
Hitachi plans fuel cell for handhelds by 2005

Hitachi has co-developed a prototype direct methanol fuel cell for use in mobile electronics products and intends to launch the...
December 11, 2003 11 Dec'03
Toshiba and Sony prepare for semiconductor trial

Toshiba and Sony are close to beginning trial production of semiconductor chips using a manufacturing process more advanced than...
December 11, 2003 11 Dec'03
Intel combines comms groups

Intel is to combine its communications businesses into a single unit with the aim of improving long-term growth prospects.
December 10, 2003 10 Dec'03
Texas Instruments validates transistor material

Texas Instruments claims to have proved that the material it will use as the gate dielectric in its future transistors is both...
December 10, 2003 10 Dec'03
Microsoft calls time on older products as part of Java settlement

Microsoft will stop distributing several older products next week as a result of a legal settlement with Sun Microsystems in a...
December 09, 2003 09 Dec'03
Oasis elects IBM, Nokia and Oracle staff to board

Representatives from Nokia, Oracle and IBM have joined the Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards'...
December 08, 2003 08 Dec'03
Sun to increase R&D spend by 10% in 2004

Sun's hardware sector will increase its research and development spending by 10% to £1.2bn over the next 12 months Sun's...
December 08, 2003 08 Dec'03
HP to offer thin-client computing in UK

Hewlett-Packard is to offer users a thin-client computing architecture to simplify desktop IT infrastructure as part of a revamp...
December 08, 2003 08 Dec'03
Motorola blames phone shortages on camera components

Motorola has been unable to keep up with demand for its latest line of integrated camera phones because of component sourcing...
December 08, 2003 08 Dec'03
NEC recalls 170,000 laser printers

NEC is recalling about 170,000 monochrome laser printers, most of which were sold in Japan, because of an overheating problem...
December 08, 2003 08 Dec'03
NEC develops smallest transistor

Engineers at NEC have developed the world's smallest transistor with a gate length of five nanometers.
December 05, 2003 05 Dec'03
AOL offers $300 PC with one-year subscription

America Online (AOL) is selling a cheap PC in a bid to boost its shrinking user base with a one-year commitment to AOL's Internet...
December 05, 2003 05 Dec'03
Dell certifies Red Flag PowerEdge servers

Dell has begun selling Red Flag Software's Linux distribution on most models of its PowerEdge servers in China.
December 05, 2003 05 Dec'03
Intel narrows financial outlook for quarter

Intel narrowed its previous guidance for fourth-quarter revenue this week on the strength of its microprocessor business, but...
December 05, 2003 05 Dec'03
Sun strives to bring Linux to the desktop

Sun Microsystems has rolled out its first Linux-based desktop software and is working to secure deals with governments and...
December 04, 2003 04 Dec'03
HP uses Transmeta for blade PCs

Hewlett-Packard will begin shipping blade PC systems using Transmeta Efficeon processors beginning in March 2004. HP will also...
December 03, 2003 03 Dec'03
Motion adds Celeron to low-cost Tablet PC

Motion Computing has boosted the performance of its entry-level slate Tablet PC with an upgraded processor.
December 03, 2003 03 Dec'03
Toshiba and SanDisk advance flash memory production schedule

Toshiba and SanDisk are to advance their schedule for opening a flash-memory production line in Japan by approximately one year...
December 03, 2003 03 Dec'03
Microsoft blog service targets tech-savvy youth

Microsoft has launched TheSpoke, a web logging service aimed at people in their teens and 20s.
December 03, 2003 03 Dec'03
Sun unveils its first AMD blade

Sun Microsystems is to unveil the first product from its partnership with Advanced Micro Devices today - a blade server based on...
December 02, 2003 02 Dec'03
Analog Devices settles modem technology lawsuit

A California inventor of a standard for dial-up modem technology has settled a patent infringement lawsuit with Analog Devices...
December 02, 2003 02 Dec'03
Sun must shed light on cost strategy, say analysts

Analysts have signalled that Sun Microsystems needs to shed light on how its low-cost turnaround strategy fits in with an...
December 01, 2003 01 Dec'03
Dundee picks Linux to cut back-office costs

Dundee City Council has standardised on Linux for its back-office systems, as part of a drive to increase efficiency and lower...
December 01, 2003 01 Dec'03
Sendo unveils smartphone

UK mobile phone developer Sendo has become the latest company to announce a one-piece smartphone designed to meet all of a...
November 28, 2003 28 Nov'03
Samsung unveils 57-inch TFT LCD panel

Samsung Electronics has developed a 57-inch liquid crystal display panel, claimed to be the largest such panel in the world.
November 28, 2003 28 Nov'03
Broken transatlantic cable still disrupting internet traffic

Users may still be suffering internet traffic problems as a result of a broken transatlantic optical cable that went down earlier...
November 26, 2003 26 Nov'03
Fresh Blackberry arrives in UK

Research In Motion has launched its latest BlackBerry wireless e-mail device in the UK through mmO2, hoping to tempt the European...
November 26, 2003 26 Nov'03
Cautious optimism as server market shows growth

The worldwide server market is growing again after two years of contraction, according to the latest figures from IDC.
November 25, 2003 25 Nov'03
Sharp launches enterprise Linux PDA

Sharp has announced its first Linux-based Zaurus PDA (personal digital assistant) for the corporate market.
November 25, 2003 25 Nov'03
Intel shows off 65-nanometer memory cells

Intel has demonstrated working SRAM (static RAM) chips with transistors built using the company's 65-nanometer process...
November 24, 2003 24 Nov'03
Dell claims 25% saving on services

Dell launched its Professional Services arm in the UK last week, promising 25% savings on prices offered by traditional service...
November 24, 2003 24 Nov'03
Government quizzed over problems at CSA

The government has faced questions on the floor of the House of Commons about disclosures made in Computer Weekly last week about...
November 21, 2003 21 Nov'03
AMD to build £1.4bn chip plant in Germany

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is building a $2.4bn (£1.4bn) microprocessor manufacturing facility, or fab, in Dresden.
November 21, 2003 21 Nov'03
Bull strives to secure financial future

Bull, a French supplier of servers and IT services, aims to return the company to financial health by bringing in new capital and...
November 21, 2003 21 Nov'03
Intel looks to emerging markets for 2004

Shipments of Prescott, the 90-nanometer successor to intel's Pentium 4, will account for 60% of all Intel desktop processors by...
November 21, 2003 21 Nov'03
Wireless leads the way, says PalmSource CEO

Palmsource's chief executive argued in his keynote address at Comdex in Las Vegas that many of obstacles to wirelessly connected...
November 21, 2003 21 Nov'03
HP adds Xeon processors to BL20p blade

Hewlett-Packard is now shipping Xeon versions of its two year-old ProLiant BL20p blade servers.
November 20, 2003 20 Nov'03
Sun plans open-source app server

Sun Microsystems may offer versions of its application server and Web server under an open source licence, said Jonathan...
November 20, 2003 20 Nov'03
AT&T unveils Edge network

AT&T Wireless Services has launched a high-speed cellular network that will provide average data speeds of between 100Kbps and...
November 19, 2003 19 Nov'03
Sun and JBoss forge Java agreement

Sun Microsystems has officially released the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4 specification and has also provided the JBoss...
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Hitachi and Casio merge mobile phone venture

Hitachi and Casio Computer announced they will merge large parts of their mobile handset operations.
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
SGI looks to supercomputer of the future

Silicon Graphics hopes to reinvent its large multiprocessor supercomputers as high-performance machines that can take advantage...
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Sun to ship Opteron servers in 2004

Sun Microsystems plans is ship two servers based on Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) Opteron processors next year, Sun's chief...
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
ViewSonic and Toshiba refresh Tablet PCs

ViewSonic and Toshiba are both using the Comdex trade show to launch new Tablet PCs, advancing a relatively new type of computer...
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
JBoss offers indemnification to users

JBoss Group, the creator of JBoss, an open-source J2EE application server, is to offer indemnification for users who buy its...
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Adobe takes Acrobat Elements to the server

Adobe Systems has announced Acrobat Elements Server 6.0, a product aimed at enterprises that removes the need for desktop...
November 17, 2003 17 Nov'03
Itanium 2 Montecito to be multithreaded

Intel is to introduce multithreading and 24Mbyte on-chip caches to its Itanium 2 processor family.
November 17, 2003 17 Nov'03
Banks question the viability of Blunkett's biometric ID card plan

UK banks and building societies have questioned the reliability of biometric technology underpinning government plans for a...
November 17, 2003 17 Nov'03
Parents lose out as CSA struggles to migrate data

Child Support Agency is overwhelmed by task of moving to new system.
November 17, 2003 17 Nov'03
Intel creates programme to simplify supercomputers

Intel has created a $36m (£21m) programme to research new ways of simplifying supercomputers.
November 17, 2003 17 Nov'03
Apple cluster ranks third in supercomputer list

A computer cluster consisting of 1,100 Apple Computer Power Mac G5 desktops connected together in a matter of weeks by Virginia...
November 17, 2003 17 Nov'03
IBM builds TV-sized supercomputer

IBM has built a 512-node prototype of its Blue Gene L supercomputer that has been ranked as the 73rd most powerful computer in...
November 17, 2003 17 Nov'03
Dell meets quarterly earnings expectations

Dell has posted a 16% gain in third-quarter revenue, cracking the $10bn barrier on strong server and storage device shipments.
November 17, 2003 17 Nov'03
Microsoft builds spam filters into Exchange

Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates used his keynote address yesterday at the annual Comdex 2003 trade...