News

Data centre hardware

July 15, 2003 15 Jul'03
Walmart.com offers Microtel PC with Linux

Wal-Mart Stores' online shop is offering a PC with a bundle of preloaded open-source software products from SuSE Linux.
July 14, 2003 14 Jul'03
Government urged to give council care records plan a higher priority

Local authority chiefs have called on the government to reassess the priority it is giving to the Integrated Care Records...
July 14, 2003 14 Jul'03
MacWorld New York opens its doors

Two leading Macintosh rumour websites, Spymac.com and Macrumors.com, have been stirring up speculation on the wares to be...
July 14, 2003 14 Jul'03
EDS and Orange extend mobile partnership

French mobile operator Orange and IT service provider Electronic Data Services have agreed to extend their non-exclusive...

July 11, 2003 11 Jul'03
Ground rules for NHSIT success

The British Computer Society highlighted key issues that need to be tackled if the £2.3bn national programme for NHS IT is to be...
July 11, 2003 11 Jul'03
OpenGroupware debuts with software release

OpenGroupware.org yesterday announced its formation and released groupware server software under an open-source format.
July 11, 2003 11 Jul'03
Users may get a shock from Vaio notebooks

Sony is notifying owners of certain Vaio notebooks that their modems might not perform as well as expected.
July 11, 2003 11 Jul'03
Sun woos Tru64 users with HP Away programme

Sun Microsystems is to launch a customer migration programme aimed at enticing users of Hewlett-Packard's 64-bit Tru64 Unix...
July 11, 2003 11 Jul'03
Met swoops after nuclear hacking

The Metropolitan Police's Computer Crimes Unit has arrested an 18-year old London man after a hacking attack on a nuclear...
July 10, 2003 10 Jul'03
Fairclough, IT pioneer, dies at 72

John Fairclough, a past president of the British Computer Society, former IBM executive and government chief scientific adviser,...

July 10, 2003 10 Jul'03
Dell revamps recycling programme

Dell has revamped its asset recovery programme, cutting the cost of disposing of old computers while complying with regulations...
July 10, 2003 10 Jul'03
Oracle releases second version of Collaboration suite

Oracle has released the second version of its Collaboration Suite e-mail and collaboration software.
July 10, 2003 10 Jul'03
Sun and Deloitte Consulting renew services partnership

Sun Microsystems' and Deloitte Consulting have extended their partnership to combine business and technology consulting.
July 09, 2003 09 Jul'03
Intel buys optical networking chip company

Intel will boost its optical networking processor lineup with the purchase of West Bay Semiconductor.
July 08, 2003 08 Jul'03
Acer introduces Linux to business PC line-up

Open-source software has gained another foothold in the business PC market following Acer Inc.'s announcement that it will begin...
July 07, 2003 07 Jul'03
Butler: 90% of users unaware of server size

Nine out of 10 companies have little idea of their server and storage capacities, according to the latest research from analyst...
July 07, 2003 07 Jul'03
IT leaders say UK laws do not deter hackers

Seventy seven per cent of IT chiefs said the UK's computer crime laws are not very effective at deterring hackers and virus...
July 07, 2003 07 Jul'03
Firms could be liable for staff MP3 downloads

The music industry's proposals to sue individual computer users who download music illegally could have an enormous legal and...
July 07, 2003 07 Jul'03
PC jargon deters potential buyers

Consumers delay their hardware purchases because they are confused PC terminology, according a survey conducted by Advanced Micro...
July 03, 2003 03 Jul'03
Notebooks outsell PCs in US

In May, retailers made more money selling notebook computers than they did selling desktops for the first time in the US,...
July 02, 2003 02 Jul'03
Sybase subsidiary builds on Pylon software

Sybase subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions has updated software designed to push e-mail out to wireless devices from enterprise...
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...
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...
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...
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.
June 30, 2003 30 Jun'03
Iris scans of little value without standards

Government plans to install iris scanning machines in UK airports will be of limited use unless more progress is made towards...
June 30, 2003 30 Jun'03
Vodafone picks RealNetworks for multimedia

Vodafone will use software from RealNetworks to distribute audio and video content to users of its Vodafone Live wireless data...
June 30, 2003 30 Jun'03
AMD rounds out Opteron line

Advanced Micro Devices has expanded its range of Opteron processors with the 800 series for eight-way servers and the 100 series...
June 30, 2003 30 Jun'03
AOL adds encryption to corporate IM

America Online (AOL) has boosted its enterprise messaging products, adding the ability to encrypt messages, files and chat...
June 27, 2003 27 Jun'03
Shell and IBM tout grid and clustering

Shell and IBM have predicted use of clustering in applications such as real-time business intelligence will grow.
June 27, 2003 27 Jun'03
AOL upgrades internet access software

America Online (AOL) has released AOL 9.0 Optimised, claiming it will offer enhanced mail and security features, a web...
June 27, 2003 27 Jun'03
Dell Axim handheld widens networks spec

Dell's next generation of its Axim handheld will include both Wi-Fi and triband radios, allowing users to switch between Wi-Fi...
June 26, 2003 26 Jun'03
IT's job is to shape firms

IT should be at the heart of corporate planning and not be seen as an ancillary service.
June 26, 2003 26 Jun'03
Dell rejoins Itanium fray

Dell is marking its re-entry into the 64-bit computing market with the launch of its Intel Itanium 2-based PowerEdge 3250 server.
June 26, 2003 26 Jun'03
Indian company offers Linux handheld

Bangalore-based Mistral Software has designed a Linux-based handheld computer around the ARM9TDMI Risc (reduced instruction set...
June 25, 2003 25 Jun'03
Don't hang back on Linux, users urged

Open-source operating system Linux is ready for the enterprise and users should not delay implementations because of the legal...
June 25, 2003 25 Jun'03
Transmeta chases embedded device designs

Transmeta is making progress in securing design wins within embedded systems, but the company has a long way to go to win more...
June 25, 2003 25 Jun'03
IBM boosts IntelliStation with Power 4+ chip

The IntelliStation Power 275 from IBM uses the Power 4+ chip, making it IBM's highest-performing Unix workstation, the company...
June 25, 2003 25 Jun'03
Apple renews IBM chip partnership and launches G5 Macs

Apple Computer chief executive officer Steve Jobs kicked off Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco with the...
June 24, 2003 24 Jun'03
IBM opens supercomputing-on-demand facility

IBM customers looking for some extra processing power can now lease supercomputer-sized Linux and Unix clusters over the...
June 24, 2003 24 Jun'03
Microsoft merges Platform Group units

Microsoft has merged its Windows servers, developers and storage units.
June 24, 2003 24 Jun'03
Dell adds printers and monitors

Dell has added a workgroup printer and two personal printers to its printer lineup, along with two flat-panel monitors.
June 23, 2003 23 Jun'03
Intel brings the Pentium 4 to 3.2GHz

Intel has cranked up the clock speed of its Pentium 4 processor to 3.2GHz, making it the fastest chip in its product line.
June 23, 2003 23 Jun'03
Secrecy over tax credit IT system downtime

The paymaster general has refused to give details about the amount of time the child and working tax credit helpline lost through...
June 23, 2003 23 Jun'03
Wireless isn't ready yet, say IT executives

Wireless networks and technologies must become more standardised and reliable before the National Association of Securities...
June 23, 2003 23 Jun'03
DoCoMo spotlights wireless success

The wide maturity gap between the wireless markets in the US and Japan was highlighted during a keynote address by chief...
June 23, 2003 23 Jun'03
HP and Gateway announce PDAs for Windows Mobile Software 2003

Gateway and Hewlett-Packard are unveiling handheld devices today to coincide with the launch of Microsoft Windows Mobile Software...
June 20, 2003 20 Jun'03
Gateway plans new handhelds and server

More details about Gateway's forthcoming PDA and a new server to be released in August were revealed on Tuesday (17 June) at...
June 18, 2003 18 Jun'03
HP sets up Linux business division

Hewlett-Packard has set up a product division devoted to Linux as the company raises its commitment to products based on the...
June 18, 2003 18 Jun'03
AMD targets portable and heavy notebooks with new chips

AMD has announced the adition of new processors to two segments of its mobile processor family.
June 18, 2003 18 Jun'03
ARM offers new protocol for more efficient chips

An improved set of rules for communication among the different parts of a chip, unveiled by ARM, could help make the chips in...
June 17, 2003 17 Jun'03
Nuclear energy firm slashes its costs by switching to Blackberry

British Nuclear Fuel (BNFL) is moving its UK staff off laptops and mobile phones and onto Blackberry handheld devices.
June 17, 2003 17 Jun'03
Seagate returns to notebook disc drive market

Seagate Technology has released a new hard disc drive for mobile computers, the first since leaving the market in 1998.
June 17, 2003 17 Jun'03
Sun to install Java on HP and Dell PCs

Sun Microsystems has announced a deal between Sun, Hewlett Packard and Dell Computer, which would see up to date Java installed...
June 17, 2003 17 Jun'03
IT students study social implications

An essay on the integration of IT into classrooms and the resulting implications for teachers won a Computer Weekly-backed...
June 17, 2003 17 Jun'03
Experience wins over enthusiasm

It is only when you have had a tyre blow out at 70mph that you know what to do next time, said long-time Trafalgar House IT...
June 16, 2003 16 Jun'03
IDC predicts dramatic growth for Linux use in Europe

European IT departments will dramatically increase their use of open source operating system Linux on both servers and desktops...
June 16, 2003 16 Jun'03
Microsoft to end IE development for the Mac

Microsoft is to stop developing versions of its Internet Explorer browser software for Macintosh computers, saying that Apple's...
June 13, 2003 13 Jun'03
Sun's JXTA poses expansion possibilities

Sun Microsystems is pursuing opportunities for its JXTA peer-to-peer technology. One possibility is putting it in the Sun Grid...
June 12, 2003 12 Jun'03
Java to ship on Dell and HP PCs

Sun Microsystems has signed agreements with Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computer to distribute Sun’s Java Runtime Environment (JRE)...
June 12, 2003 12 Jun'03
Intel launches chip line for large notebooks

Intel has added a third mobile processor line to its roster with the launch of the Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor, designed for...
June 12, 2003 12 Jun'03
Intel and Sun partner for mobility

Sun Microsystems and Intel will collaborate to promote Java and Intel’s XScale processor technology for mobile devices.
June 11, 2003 11 Jun'03
Launch date set for Pocket PC 2003 and HP and Gateway to launch PDAs

Microsoft will launch its Pocket PC 2003 operating system on 23 June, and Gateway and Hewlett-Packard (HP) will announce their...
June 11, 2003 11 Jun'03
Penguin Computing acquires Scyld Computing

Linux server company Penguin Computing is buying Scyld Computing, the privately held Beowulf cluster management software...
June 10, 2003 10 Jun'03
IBM and Infineon talk up magnetic memory

IBM and Infineon Technologies will outline their advances in developing magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) technology in a paper...
June 10, 2003 10 Jun'03
Intel and Sun to optimise J2ME for mobile devices

Intel and Sun Microsystems have joined forces to pursue the smartphone and mobile computing device market by working to optimise...
June 10, 2003 10 Jun'03
Venture capital firm snaps up Corel

Corel, the maker of the WordPerfect office suite and Corel Draw, is being acquired by Vector Capital.
June 09, 2003 09 Jun'03
Users take some blame for faulty applications

Findings of a recent Gartner survey claim that users blame themselves for software defects as much as they blame suppliers.
June 06, 2003 06 Jun'03
M-payments will not replace cash

The concept of mobile phone-based e-cash replacing paper money is far from a reality and end-users are unlikely to demand this...
June 06, 2003 06 Jun'03
Machine vision could automate inspection

A team from the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre has recently completed a trial of computer-based machine vision technology...
June 05, 2003 05 Jun'03
Palm/Handspring offshoot perceived as strong wireless contender

Enterprise users and industry analysts see Palm's $169m acquisition of Handspring as a smart move that will result in a combined...
June 04, 2003 04 Jun'03
Palm to buy Handspring

Palm is set to buy Handspring and spin off its PalmSource subsidiary as a separate company.
June 04, 2003 04 Jun'03
IBM flashes blades for carriers

IBM will use the Supercomm trade show in Atlanta next week to announce three moves intended to help service providers cut costs,...
June 04, 2003 04 Jun'03
HP initiative harks back to thin client computing

Hewlett-Packard wants to redefine traditional notions of how to best provision office workers with their own systems by enabling...
June 03, 2003 03 Jun'03
Mobile payments are unlikely to replace cash

The concept of mobile phones replacing cash is far from a reality and end users are unlikely to demand this form of electronic...
June 02, 2003 02 Jun'03
New head of IT at Harrods tasked with quadrupling online sales

Department store Harrods has appointed a new IT director to replace John Granville, who recently left the company by mutual...
June 02, 2003 02 Jun'03
Home Office staff work to rule

More than 300 Home Office payroll and pensions staff are working to rule after a three-day strike last week in protest at an...
June 02, 2003 02 Jun'03
Apps held back by lack of support

Mobile applications for Microsoft's first smartphone, the SPV, are being held back in the UK by a lack of developer support.
June 02, 2003 02 Jun'03
Symantec upgrades remote connectivity software

Symantec's pcAnywhere 11.0, an upgraded release of its remote-access software features performance improvements and a revised...
June 02, 2003 02 Jun'03
NHS plan branded a 'farce'

A £2.3bn plan for NHS computer systems has been branded a farce, with the Department of Health asking selected bidders to design...
June 02, 2003 02 Jun'03
Ximian unveils latest Linux desktop

Ximian has rolled out the latest version of its environment designed to help administrators better integrate and manage Linux in...
June 02, 2003 02 Jun'03
Intel turns off PROSet software in Centrino chip

Intel has turned off the software used by its Centrino mobile chip set after notebook and laptop PC users suffered blue-screen...
May 30, 2003 30 May'03
Intel's Centrino may crash Windows when used with VPNs

Notebook and laptop computers based on Intel's mobile and wireless Centrino chip architecture can experience a "blue screen"...
May 29, 2003 29 May'03
Wi-fi chip prices predicted to fall

Oversupply and low-cost entrants to the market for wireless internet chips are causing prices to plummet as volumes grow,...
May 28, 2003 28 May'03
IBM debuts eServer pSeries 615

IBM has boosted the speed and reliability of its Unix server system line with the eServer pSeries 615.
May 27, 2003 27 May'03
Vodafone cuts its losses

Vodafone has narrowed its losses during its last financial year, reporting a 33% increase in revenue for 2003.
May 27, 2003 27 May'03
Web services to create $4.3bn hardware market

As IT moves to adopt web services, IS managers will end up spending more money on hardware than on software, according to an IDC...
May 27, 2003 27 May'03
Microsoft works to fix Windows compatibility flaw

A change to Microsoft's tape backup feature makes file backup tapes created with Windows Server 2003 incompatible with previous...
May 27, 2003 27 May'03
IT strike at Home Office

Stress caused by "unworkable computer system" sparks staff walk-out.
May 23, 2003 23 May'03
HP researchers browse e-book possibilities

Researchers at Hewlett-Packard in Bristol are working on experimental e-books which allow users to flick through pages as if they...
May 21, 2003 21 May'03
IBM brings clustering to BladeCenter

IBM has introduced pre-packaged blade clusters, which use IBM's 1350 Linux/Intel cluster technology on its eServer BladeCenter...
May 21, 2003 21 May'03
Intel's Springdale appears in new PCs

Several PC suppliers have released systems based on technology from Intel which include new processors and a new chipset.
May 20, 2003 20 May'03
HP rolls out Itanium OS

Hoping to bolster its Adaptive Enterprise strategy for on-demand computing, Hewlett-Packard will ship the latest version of its...
May 20, 2003 20 May'03
Sun offers Red Hat Linux on servers

Six weeks after discontinuing its own version of Linux, Sun Microsystems will sell and support all three of Red Hat's Enterprise...
May 19, 2003 19 May'03
IBM users welcome flagship mainframe

IBM users have welcomed the launch of the zSeries 990, the firm's new flagship mainframe.
May 19, 2003 19 May'03
Chip flaw dents Intel's datacentre success

In a blow to the credibility of commodity 64-bit computing, a flaw has been identified in Intel's Itanium II 64-bit server chips.
May 19, 2003 19 May'03
UK banks launch mobile services

The UK's leading banks and mobile phone operators last week unveiled a service that will allow customers to top up pre-paid...
May 19, 2003 19 May'03
SCO threatens to sue any company that uses Linux

Software supplier SCO has sent letters to 1,500 of the world's largest businesses warning that they risk legal action if they...
May 16, 2003 16 May'03
Intel launches next-generation desktop and notebook processors

Intel has unveiled its next-generation desktop and notebook processors and plan for bringing Intel silicon into a majority of the...
May 16, 2003 16 May'03
Dell reports 18% rise in revenue

Dell Computer has reported an 18% increase in revenue for its first financial quarter, citing strong demand for its Intel-based...