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May 15, 2003 15 May'03
South Korea aims for 10 million digital homes by 2007

The South Korean government wants two-thirds of all households in the country to be on digital networks within the next four...
May 15, 2003 15 May'03
HP sharpens blade PCs for launch

Hewlett-Packard is will refresh its hardware products for the enterprise market next week, and the introduction of its blade PCs...
May 15, 2003 15 May'03
SCO threatens all corporate Linux users

The SCO Group has abandoned its Linux business and warned commercial Linux users they may be financially liable for intellectual...
May 14, 2003 14 May'03
Intel hails Florence prototype as the notebook of the future

Intel is working on a reference design known as "Florence" for mobile products that expands upon a convertible Tablet PC...

May 13, 2003 13 May'03
AMD claims Athlon XP 3200+ is its fastest to date

Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled what it claims is its fastest desktop processor to date.
May 13, 2003 13 May'03
IBM prepares to unleash T-Rex mainframe

IBM unveils its next generation of mainframe computers at an event in San Francisco later today.
May 13, 2003 13 May'03
Fujitsu Siemens bundles SuSE Linux

Companies purchasing a Primergy server can acquire Linux software supplied by SuSE Linux on a CPU (central processing unit)...
May 13, 2003 13 May'03
Bug stops IBM Itanium server shipments

IBM is stopping shipments of the x450 server, its first Itanium 2 product, because of a flaw in Intel's flagship chip.
May 09, 2003 09 May'03
US air base saves $15m a year with wireless system

The US Air Force Materiel Command's logistics centre at Hill Air Force Base in Utah has deployed a wireless parts-tracking system...
May 08, 2003 08 May'03
US e-voting proposal draws mixed reactions

Electronic voting machines will receive some of the $3.9bn funding President George W Bush has allocated for the replacement of...

May 07, 2003 07 May'03
Blunkett wins backing for digitised passports

David Blunkett has won backing for the use of digitised passports as part of a security clampdown across international...
May 07, 2003 07 May'03
PalmSource brings BlackBerry to Palm OS

PalmSource has announced that PalmOS licensees can use Research in Motion's (Rim) BlackBerry wireless e-mail software in their...
May 06, 2003 06 May'03
E-learning firm offers computer science MSc to graduates worldwide via the web

UKeU offers University of Hertfordshire computer masters course online
May 06, 2003 06 May'03
Britannia Airways cabin crew get PDAs to process duty free sales

Britannia Airways is issuing 1,800 ruggedised personal digital assistants to it cabin crew to be used as electronic point of sale...
May 06, 2003 06 May'03
Royal Mail signs £1.5bn outsourcing deal

Royal Mail has finally signed a contract with the Computer Sciences Corporation-led Prism Alliance for a £1.5bn deal to outsource...
May 06, 2003 06 May'03
Microsoft plans open approach to data centre management

Microsoft is to take an open approach to systems management with its initiative for simplifying corporate data centres.
May 06, 2003 06 May'03
Microsoft plugs BizTalk Server holes

Microsoft has warned users to fix a security flaw in its BizTalk Server enterprise integration product, which could allow an...
May 06, 2003 06 May'03
HP unifies server division

Almost a year to the day after it acquired Compaq, Hewlett-Packard is consolidating several departments in its Enterprise Systems...
May 02, 2003 02 May'03
IBM claims smallest solid-state light emitter

Researchers at IBM have used microscopic carbon molecules to emit light, a breakthrough that could replace silicon as the...
May 02, 2003 02 May'03
Flash memory packed into a watch

The decreasing size and increasing capacity of flash memory chips has enabled small portable memory devices, such as flash discs...
May 02, 2003 02 May'03
IBM juices up On demand initiative

IBM has boosted its On Demand computing initiative with a handful of virtualisation and grid-enabling technologies designed to...
May 01, 2003 01 May'03
Testing times ahead in 64-bit server migration

Mid-range server users will have to endure extensive systems testing to ensure a smooth transition to Intel's forthcoming Madison...
April 30, 2003 30 Apr'03
IBM launches UK Linux competence centre

IBM launched its ninth Linux competency centre yesterday (29 April), a financial services-focused centre based at IBM's offices...
April 30, 2003 30 Apr'03
Motion to ship Centrino Tablet PC in May

Motion Computing will unveil the new M1300 Tablet PC on 12 May with Intel's Centrino package of chips.
April 30, 2003 30 Apr'03
European IT directors focused on the basics, says IDC

The basics of IT infrastructure - security, systems administration and data management - are the top priorities for European IT...
April 29, 2003 29 Apr'03
Almost all out for Derby Cricket Club

The English cricket season started in earnest over the Easter weekend, but for one cricket club, a computer calamity almost led...
April 29, 2003 29 Apr'03
Server shipments grow by 10%

The worldwide server market performed better than expected in the first quarter of 2003, despite the threat of war with Iraq and...
April 28, 2003 28 Apr'03
IBM aims to iron out service clashes

The clash between channel service sales and direct services from IBM Global Services has been rescinded, according to the vendor,...
April 28, 2003 28 Apr'03
£2.3bn at risk if staff reject new IT

Ministers and the Department of Health are risking much of the £2.3bn NHS IT investment by underestimating the need to win user...
April 25, 2003 25 Apr'03
NHS faces planning blight fear after £250m project cancelled

The cancellation of a £250m electronic patient records project in the Birmingham area has prompted renewed fears of a blight on...
April 24, 2003 24 Apr'03
Intel boosts Itanium's 32-bit processing ability

Intel plans to offer software technology called IA-32 Execution Layer with future versions of its 64-bit Itanium 2 processor that...
April 24, 2003 24 Apr'03
Users still hold back on buying handhelds

Handheld shipments continued to decline in the first quarter, as poor consumer confidence and tight IT budgets take their toll on...
April 24, 2003 24 Apr'03
European web hosting market worth $1bn by 2005

The market for managed web hosting services in Europe will be worth around $1bn (£628m) by 2005, according to market research...
April 23, 2003 23 Apr'03
Open-source development lab names new CEO

The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), an advocacy group that promotes Linux use in corporate computing, has hired a 22-year IT...
April 22, 2003 22 Apr'03
PC manufacturers use 875P to increase front bus speeds

Several PC makers have released new models that take advantage of Intel's new 875P chipset, which offers improved performance...
April 22, 2003 22 Apr'03
AMD rolls out 64-bit server chip

Software and hardware suppliers have been quick to release products using Advanced Micro Devices latest 64-bit Opteron server...
April 22, 2003 22 Apr'03
Ram boost for Palm PDAs

Palm is now able to use up to 128Mbytes of Ram in its PDAs as the result of collaborative efforts with its operating system...
April 22, 2003 22 Apr'03
HP's IPaq to be unveiled in late May

Hewlett-Packard (HP) will unveil its iPaq h2200 PDA on 30 May, according to High Tech Computer (HTC), the Taiwanese company that...
April 22, 2003 22 Apr'03
SuSE ships Opteron version of Linux

SuSE Linux is shipping a version of its Linux enterprise server operating system for Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron 64-bit chip....
April 17, 2003 17 Apr'03
SCO releases Linux server for Itanium

The SCO Group has released a Linux server operating system for the 64-bit Intel Itanium processor.
April 15, 2003 15 Apr'03
Intel validates Pentium M for networking products

The new architecture of the Pentium M processor allows it to be used in any device that needs to pack a lot of processing power...
April 15, 2003 15 Apr'03
Cisco and Hitachi add to storage lines

Cisco Systems and Hitachi Data Systems will both announce major additions to their storage product lines at this week's Storage...
April 15, 2003 15 Apr'03
Novell adopts Linux as NetWare migration path

Novell's NetWare 7, due out in approximately two years' time, will be a set of services that sits on top of both the NetWare and...
April 14, 2003 14 Apr'03
Cultural barriers slow e-gov take-up

Councils are hitting cultural barriers in their attempts to implement online public services.
April 14, 2003 14 Apr'03
Microsoft unlocks 64-bit computing for the masses

Windows and Intel's market entry will force down Unix prices for users.
April 11, 2003 11 Apr'03
Ordnance Survey staff to get XP Tablet PCs

The Ordnance Survey is to issue its field surveyors with 300 Tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition to enable...
April 11, 2003 11 Apr'03
Dell adds Pentium M models to notebook lines

Dell rounded out its notebook lines yesterday with two machines based on Intel's Pentium M processor and a combination of...
April 11, 2003 11 Apr'03
Intel updates mobile technology work

Intel revealed few surprises at its Intel Developer Forum Japan event yesterday, instead choosing to give the Japanese audience a...
April 10, 2003 10 Apr'03
Oracle pushes Linux to independent suppliers

Oracle has launched a support and marketing program to encourage independent software suppliers to develop Linux-based Oracle...
April 10, 2003 10 Apr'03
Toshiba unveils prototype LCD with built-in scanner

Toshiba demonstrated a prototype liquid crystal display (LCD) panel with a built-in scanner at the Electronic Display Expo in...
April 10, 2003 10 Apr'03
Microsoft to ship Windows Server 2003 for AMD's 64-bit chips

Microsoft will release a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP for Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD's) forthcoming...
April 09, 2003 09 Apr'03
IBM releases autonomic blueprint

IBM has unveiled a blueprint to assist customers designing and building autonomic computing environments.
April 09, 2003 09 Apr'03
Sun's McNealy sings a low-cost tune

Scott McNealy, Sun's chairman and chief executive officer, promised to deliver low-cost computing to users when he launched a...
April 08, 2003 08 Apr'03
Latest Lexmark products aim to 'print smarter'

Lexmark International has announced a series of products, ranging from workgroup to personal printers.
April 08, 2003 08 Apr'03
VeriSign and nCipher join forces on hardware certificate

A new SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate - the joint product of VeriSign and nCipher - will provide stronger protection for...
April 08, 2003 08 Apr'03
Gateway launches two rack servers amid corporate push

Gateway is determined to improve its standing among corporate customers by bolstering its server lines and adding storage...
April 08, 2003 08 Apr'03
Nats unveils European IT strategy

National Air Traffic Services (Nats) has launched an European IT system strategy to help it meet long-term air traffic handling...
April 07, 2003 07 Apr'03
64-bit computing Dell to cut 64-bit costs

Dell's plan to launch Itanium-based products running the Linux operating system later this year could knock nearly a third off...
April 07, 2003 07 Apr'03
Computer Associates moves core products to Linux

Computer Associates is ramping up efforts to move its core management products to Linux.
April 04, 2003 04 Apr'03
Old technology offers new answers in Columbia crash probe

An old-fashioned magnetic tape recorder on board the doomed space shuttle Columbia is helping NASA fill in critical gaps about...
April 03, 2003 03 Apr'03
SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop slated for June

SuSE Linux is to ship its SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop operating system in June, having delayed plans to ship it during the...
April 03, 2003 03 Apr'03
Gateway to restate financial results

Computer maker Gateway is restating the revenue it earned from the inclusion of America Online internet services with computers...
April 02, 2003 02 Apr'03
Users voice concern over Dell expansion

Some of Dell's major UK customers are concerned that they may suffer as the hardware shifts focus to expand into new product...
April 01, 2003 01 Apr'03
IBM and SuSE roll out grid toolkit

IBM's Globus Toolkit is now available for Linux on its zSeries.
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Centrino-based Tablet PCs in the pipeline

Tablet PCs based on the Centrino platform are hitting the market at a slower pace than notebooks, despite the announcements of...
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Trade groups bring Microsoft to appeals court

A US appeals court will hear arguments from two trade groups opposed to the antitrust settlement negotiated by the US Department...
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Sun broadens Linux backing

Sun Microsystems is to adopt commonly known Linux distributions for deployment on a range of Intel-based systems it is planning...
March 28, 2003 28 Mar'03
High-street retail giants reveal IT plans

Two of the UK’s biggest high-street retailers this week revealed how many of their key IT investments were coming to fruition as...
March 27, 2003 27 Mar'03
SuSE announces Itanium availability of server OS

SuSE Linux has announced the general availability of its SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 operating system for Intel's family of...
March 26, 2003 26 Mar'03
Don't ignore mobile computing, says analyst

Enterprises should see mobile computing as being business critical rather than push it aside.
March 26, 2003 26 Mar'03
UK users get a louder voice as Certus merges with NCC

IT User group Certus this week merged with the National Computing Centre in an ambitious attempt to give IT decision-makers in...
March 26, 2003 26 Mar'03
University research centre to boost UK broadband

Brunel University's Department of Information Systems and Computing is to set up a Broadband Research Centre.
March 26, 2003 26 Mar'03
Document management will be the key to delivering electronic patient records

Document management will be crucial in helping the NHS meet its goal of implementing electronic health records, according to...
March 26, 2003 26 Mar'03
Health service has spent £900m on IT in this tax year

Nearly £900m has been spent on NHS IT during the current financial year, despite fears that the national programme to overhaul...
March 26, 2003 26 Mar'03
Red Hat upgrades Linux desktop OS

Red Hat's desktop operating system for consumers has been enhanced to handle multithreading better than its predecessor.
March 26, 2003 26 Mar'03
NTT DoCoMo to sell wristphone

NTT DoCoMo has unveiled a mobile telephone in the form of a wristwatch and will put the device on sale in Japan shortly.
March 25, 2003 25 Mar'03
Samsung spends $1bn on LCD factory

Samsung Electronics says it plans to spend more than $1bn on its sixth new plant to manufacture flat-panel displays in the next...
March 25, 2003 25 Mar'03
Smart phone sales will boom in 2003, analysts predict

Shipments of smart phones will exceed those of handheld devices in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region for the first time...
March 25, 2003 25 Mar'03
Dell launches personal and workgroup printers

Dell Computer has unveiled four printers for personal and workgroup use.
March 25, 2003 25 Mar'03
EC approves Tech Data acquisition of Azlan

The European Commission gave the go-ahead for US-based Tech Data's acquisition of UK networking services company, Azlan Group.
March 25, 2003 25 Mar'03
Corel puts itself up for auction

Software vendor Corel has announced that it is talking to two venture capital firms about a possible takeover of the company
March 24, 2003 24 Mar'03
Palm reports loss and delays operating system spin-off

Palm reported a $172m (£110m) loss for its third quarter as revenue fell 29% from the year-earlier level to $209m.
March 20, 2003 20 Mar'03
Gates announces .net compact framework

Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates yesterday announced the worldwide launch of .net Compact Framework, a...
March 20, 2003 20 Mar'03
HP offers support for Red Hat Linux products

Linux supplier Red Hat has announced an expanded partnership with Hewlett-Packard that will provide enterprise customers with...
March 20, 2003 20 Mar'03
Glitch may have caused drug labelling errors

Thousands of patients of Kaiser Permanente Health Plan in US may have received the wrong medications because of a glitch in the...
March 18, 2003 18 Mar'03
Oxford using computing clusters to solve universal antimatter mystery

The University of Oxford is using a clustered computing network to conduct processor-hungry particle physics research, writes...
March 18, 2003 18 Mar'03
NHS IT minister resigns over Iraq war

Lord Hunt, the minister in charge of the government's £5bn health service IT overhaul, has resigned in protest at the prospect of...
March 17, 2003 17 Mar'03
Paying the price for buying direct

The myth that buying direct from manufacturers is cheaper than going through the channel has been exploded by research revealing...
March 17, 2003 17 Mar'03
IDC: HP off to early lead in Tablet PC shipments

Hewlett-Packard (HP) had a slight lead over Fujitsu in worldwide shipments of Tablet PCs by the end of December, according to...
March 17, 2003 17 Mar'03
RIM and Sprint back Microsoft phone platforms

Microsoft will announce expansions to its application and device options on its phone platforms this week at the CTIA Wireless...
March 14, 2003 14 Mar'03
CeBIT - SanDisk unveils smallest memory card yet

The SD Card Association unveiled a miniature version of its Secure Digital (SD) memory card at the CeBIT show.
March 14, 2003 14 Mar'03
Public sector drop in spend affects PC sales

Market research company IDC slightly lowered its forecast for growth of PC shipments worldwide today, as a result of a...
March 14, 2003 14 Mar'03
US orders pharmaceutical firms to barcode all hospital drugs

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has mandated that pharmaceutical companies put barcodes on all drugs...
March 14, 2003 14 Mar'03
HP defends PC profit as Feb revenues rise 3%

Hewlett-Packard, attempting to put to rest investor questions about its recent performance, on Thursday defended the...
March 13, 2003 13 Mar'03
CeBIT - Oracle extends 'Unbreakable Linux' to UnitedLinux

Oracle will provide technical support for businesses running its software on operating systems from the UnitedLinux group, it...
March 13, 2003 13 Mar'03
Notebook makers embrace Centrino chip

Intel formally launched its much-heralded Centrino mobile technology yesterday, and top-tier notebook manufacturers have...
March 13, 2003 13 Mar'03
CeBIT - RIM shrinks the BlackBerry

Research in Motion (RIM) unveiled two new BlackBerry handhelds with a smaller design and more memory for European users at the...
March 13, 2003 13 Mar'03
Spotwave expands in-building mobile coverage

In the drive for "always-on" cellular coverage, Spotwave Wireless has announced two products that help solve in-building...
March 13, 2003 13 Mar'03
MSN Messenger gains webcam functionality

Microsoft has added webcam functionality to MSN Messenger 5.0, allowing users to stream and view live video via instant messages....
March 13, 2003 13 Mar'03
CeBIT - SiS chipset indicates 400MHz bus coming from AMD

A new chipset from Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) announced at CeBIT supports a 400MHz front-side bus for AMD's Athlon XP...