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Data centre hardware
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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....
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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...
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March 12, 2003
12
Mar'03
CeBIT - Intel's Canterwood and Springdale get early debut
Intel is not expected to officially launch its Canterwood and Springdale chipsets for several weeks yet, but that isn't stopping...
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March 12, 2003
12
Mar'03
E-envoy drops in to boost low web use in Newcastle
The e-envoy visited the North East last week to push the region's low internet use. James Rogers reports.
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March 12, 2003
12
Mar'03
CeBIT - Intel starts Centrino push and launches Pentium M
Intel has officially launched its Centrino package, which includes the latest addition to the company's mobile processor line-up...
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March 12, 2003
12
Mar'03
CeBIT: High-speed web buoys gloomy tech companies
The high-speed internet has emerged as a beacon for firms at CeBIT, the world's largest electronics trade fair, as computer gear...
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March 12, 2003
12
Mar'03
Dell signs European cluster customers
Dell has signed deals with customers in Europe for high-performance computing clusters, including an agreement with Oxford...
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March 12, 2003
12
Mar'03
CeBIT: HP print services aim to cut printing costs
The services and printing divisions of Hewlett-Packard are teaming up to offer companies on-demand printing and digital...
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March 12, 2003
12
Mar'03
SuSE rolls out Linux desktop software
SuSE Linux's Version 8.2 of its software will feature the KDE 3.1 graphical interface, security enhancements, and the latest...
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March 12, 2003
12
Mar'03
CeBIT: AMD unveils notebook chips
Advanced Micro Devices will try to steal some of Intel's thunder today by announcing 12 notebook processors, including five...
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March 11, 2003
11
Mar'03
Toshiba adds more flash memory to Pocket PC
Toshiba's Pocket PC e750 series builds on the promise of the older e740 product that helped the company move in the handheld...
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March 11, 2003
11
Mar'03
Gateway adds 3.06GHz Xeon to server lines
Intel's 3.06GHz Xeon processor has found a home in Gateway servers, a month after Dell began selling the chip in workstations on...
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March 10, 2003
10
Mar'03
Acer winds down with Ideal
Acer is on the verge of parting company with Ideal Hardware after the distributor admitted it was winding down its relationship...
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March 10, 2003
10
Mar'03
Funk spreads ease-of-use message with remote authentication offering
Funk Software and Network Engines are releasing a jointly developed security appliance for authenticating remote users connecting...
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March 10, 2003
10
Mar'03
Stanford researchers set internet speed record
Researchers at a Stanford University-affiliated research centre said on Friday they had found a way to send data across the...
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March 10, 2003
10
Mar'03
Blade servers come of age at US show
Blade server technology has captured a growing following and provides a new focus for innovation in the hardware industry.
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March 07, 2003
07
Mar'03
E-envoy attempts to get EverybodyOnline
Earlier this week E-envoy Andrew Pinder launched the latest stage of the 'EverybodyOnline' strategy at West Walker primary...
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March 07, 2003
07
Mar'03
Silicon could double battery life for laptops
Adding a controlled amount of silicon to the graphite normally used in the anode of a lithium-ion battery may double the energy...
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March 06, 2003
06
Mar'03
Dell to complete Inspiron refresh with high-end 8500
Dell's new Inspiron 8500 notebook completes its revamp of its consumer notebook line prior to the launch of Intel's Centrino...
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March 06, 2003
06
Mar'03
PalmSource executive joins Apple
Steve Sakoman, the former chief product officer of PalmSource, has returned to Apple Computer. He played a substantial role in...
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March 06, 2003
06
Mar'03
Didata sees lower H1 gross margin
South African technology group Didata said on Thursday that it expected a fall in its overall gross margin in the first half of...
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March 06, 2003
06
Mar'03
Toshiba prototypes methanol fuel cell for laptops
Toshiba has developed a prototype direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) that it says will end the need for rechargeable batteries on...
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March 06, 2003
06
Mar'03
Cisco switches facing less of a threat from Dell
Cisco Systems' low-end network switch products will face less of a threat from smaller rival Dell Computer, which is backing away...
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March 05, 2003
05
Mar'03
CeBIT visitors will find IT suppliers are desperate to save them money
Exhibitors at CeBIT will be striving to prove they can deliver cost savings to IT directors. CeBIT, which is the world's biggest...
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March 05, 2003
05
Mar'03
LogicaCMG profits in line, integration on track
Anglo-Dutch computer services firm LogicaCMG on Wednesday posted a second-half profit before exceptionals and tax of £54.5m - in...
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March 04, 2003
04
Mar'03
SuSE and Ximian forge Linux pact
SuSE Linux has struck a partnership deal with Ximian that will see SuSE selling Ximian's integration and management product.
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March 03, 2003
03
Mar'03
EMC adds IP to Symmetrix
EMC has announced enhancements to its high-end Symmetrix 8000 series arrays, including native Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for...
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March 03, 2003
03
Mar'03
UK computer pioneer Roger Needham dies
British computer pioneer Roger Needham died on Saturday morning after a short battle against cancer.
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March 03, 2003
03
Mar'03
Server market could pick up this year
The server market took a dip in the fourth quarter of 2002 as overall revenue declined, but there are signs that it could rebound...
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March 03, 2003
03
Mar'03
HP revamps distribution to boost market share
Hewlett-Packard is setting its sights on rival Dell Computer after bringing its PC business back to profitability for the first...
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March 03, 2003
03
Mar'03
Computer trouble grounds all Japan flights
A bug in a software update to Japan's air traffic control computer system grounded all flights across the country on Saturday...
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February 28, 2003
28
Feb'03
Lexmark gets first-round ruling in printer suit
A US district court has issued a preliminary ruling in favour of Lexmark International in a case that analysts have said could...
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February 27, 2003
27
Feb'03
Dell releases own-brand printers
Dell Computer will unveil its first own-brand printers in March, aimed at home office users and large workgroups.
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February 27, 2003
27
Feb'03
Mobile operators team on payment scheme
Four of Europe's biggest mobile phone operators are inviting other mobile phone companies worldwide to join an association aimed...
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February 27, 2003
27
Feb'03
Dell's Inspiron goes to US
Dell Computer is releasing the Inspiron 5100 notebook with 2.4GHz, 2.53GHz, 2.66GHz and 2.8GHz processors from Intel to its US...
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February 26, 2003
26
Feb'03
PCs help HP to a profit despite soft US revenue
Hewlett-Packard (HP) reported a healthy profit for its first quarter of 2003, helped by a return into the black for its PC...
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February 26, 2003
26
Feb'03
NHS to spend up to £60m on private sector IT unit
The Department of Health plans to spend up to £60m building a new central IT management unit, even though some hospitals are...
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February 26, 2003
26
Feb'03
Server revenue declines as shipments rise in 2002
An increase in sales of Linux servers and a strong fourth quarter revenue growth will boost the server market, Dataquest has...
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February 25, 2003
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Feb'03
PC Card makers plan smaller, faster card
PCMCIA, the group behind PC Cards, is working on a specification for smaller, faster and cheaper expansion cards.
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February 25, 2003
25
Feb'03
Sun picks AMD's Athlon XP-M for x86 blade servers
Sun Microsystems has announced it will use processors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in future blade servers.
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February 25, 2003
25
Feb'03
Intel cuts prices on desktop P4s and Xeon processors
Intel has reduced the prices for some models of its processor line, including the desktop Pentium 4 processors and some Xeon...
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February 24, 2003
24
Feb'03
NTT DoCoMo adds Flash to its mobile phones
NTT DoCoMo is to support Macromedia's Flash content standard in its next range of mobile telephones.
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February 21, 2003
21
Feb'03
HP demonstrates Intel-based Superdome Server
Intel ally HP has demonstrated the Itanium strategy within its server technology.
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February 21, 2003
21
Feb'03
Grey market for hardware worth £25bn annually
The worldwide "grey" market for IT hardware is worth £25 billion, according to a new study.
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February 21, 2003
21
Feb'03
Intel boast breakthrough performance for Itanium II server
Intel's drive to prove the viability of 64-bit Itanium II servers in the enterprise has reached another milestone, with the...
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February 20, 2003
20
Feb'03
Intel promises PC security and manageability
Enterprise security and systems management were a major focus on the second day of the Intel developer Forum in San Jose as the...
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February 19, 2003
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Feb'03
RealNetworks teams with Ericsson on mobile media delivery
RealNetworks is to springboard its media delivery technology onto a host of mobile devices through a deal forged with Swedish...
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February 19, 2003
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Feb'03
Intel shows future of mobile PCs
Chip giant Intel offered an insight into how emerging technology will soon change the way mobile users work, during this week's...
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February 19, 2003
19
Feb'03
End of low cost print cartridges?
A court case in the US involving printer manufacturer Lexmark could have major implications for IT users in the UK and stifle the...
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February 19, 2003
19
Feb'03
NHS director urges doctors to adopt new health codes
Howard Schmidt, the former Microsoft director appointed by US president George W Bush to create a national strategy to protect...
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February 18, 2003
18
Feb'03
PC shipments to grow 4.8% in first quarter
PC suppliers will ship 33.2 million units worldwide in the first quarter of 2003, up 4.8% from the same period last year, analyst...
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February 18, 2003
18
Feb'03
Intel's StrongArm makes way for XScale
Intel has warned developers that its SA-1110 StrongArm processor will not be available for much longer.
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February 17, 2003
17
Feb'03
HP introduces Itanium 2 chip
Hewlett-Packard will this week introduce an Itanium 2 chip set that will take it another step closer to delivering its first...
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February 17, 2003
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Feb'03
IBM adds to midrange storage line
IBM has bolstered its midrange storage hardware line with two products that aim to improve on the speed and features of previous...
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February 14, 2003
14
Feb'03
Servers, storage, and services drive Dell's growth
Dell Computer posted strong fourth-quarter and full-year earnings yesterday on the back of increased shipments worldwide.
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February 14, 2003
14
Feb'03
Intel takes wraps off wireless chip
Intel unveiled its "wireless-internet-on-a-chip" mobile processor which, the company claims, will help mobile device suppliers...
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February 14, 2003
14
Feb'03
Apple releases Mac OS X 10.2.4
Apple Computer has issued an update for its Mac OS X operating system. The update addresses issues related to reliability for...
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February 13, 2003
13
Feb'03
Ogrish.com sidesteps German deletion order
People interested in registering domain names for websites showing violent or shocking content were dealt a blow in Germany,...
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February 13, 2003
13
Feb'03
Getting wired: IBM grids up for business
IBM has finally unveiled some grid products as long as you are in one of five markets.
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February 13, 2003
13
Feb'03
Lucent designs chip for faster mobile speeds
Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs research unit has unveiled a "turbo decoder" chip which the company claimed, can enable wireless...
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
Dell pulls out of supply deals with IBM
Dell Computer has pulled out of two major supply deals signed in 1999 with IBM because of changes in the business environment.
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
Police data out of date
The Home Office has admitted that the controversial Police National Computer is still dogged by out-of-date information although...
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
IT directors say war with Iraq is unlikely to affect IT budgets
Only 17% of IT bosses believe a war with Iraq would affect their IT budgets, according to the results of this week's Computer...
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
Comdex 2001: Wireless wonders
Despite visitors having been banned from bringing in laptop computers, the main thrust of the Comdex technology trade show in Las...
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
Comdex 2001: Servers and Storage
The biggest areas of IT hardware expenditure are servers and storage. As rack space becomes squeezed, the industry is now...
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
Health department attacks Computer Weekly exposé
The Department of Health has attacked coverage in Computer Weekly of a "Snomed" project to introduce a medical coding system for...
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
Zurich scales back its delayed claims system
Fresh question marks have been raised over the IT strategy of Zurich Financial Services in the UK after further delays and...
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
Philips posts record loss on write-downs
Philips Electronics has reported a large fourth-quarter net loss and a record annual loss, with write-downs on stakes in...
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
Sun stands aside in rush to Linux
Sun Microsystems executives have decided to stay out of the Linux market, claiming it is a lower-end phenomenon that is not quite...
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February 11, 2003
11
Feb'03
Apple extends enterprise reach
Apple Computer has spread its net wider with the launch of Xserve and Xserve Raid, its first storage product. With an aggressive...
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February 10, 2003
10
Feb'03
AMD claims Barton core pushes Athlon XP ahead
Advanced Micro Devices has claimed that the additional cache on the Barton core for its Athlon XP processors puts the Athlon XP...
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February 10, 2003
10
Feb'03
Sun seeks testers for latest StarOffice version
Sun Microsystems is seeking users to test the latest beta version of its StarOffice software.
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February 10, 2003
10
Feb'03
Lexmark case rings alarm bells for printer cartridge market
A US court last week heard legal arguments in a case involving Lexmark International and a third-party printer cartridge...
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February 10, 2003
10
Feb'03
March launch for Intel's Centrino
Intel's Centrino bundle of a chipset, processor and wireless LAN module for portable computers will be released on 12 March.
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February 10, 2003
10
Feb'03
Sun launch targets low-end server market
Sun Microsystems to unveil low-cost blade servers and virtualisation software in a bid to attract price-concious users
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February 10, 2003
10
Feb'03
Best of CEBIT
If you missed all the razzmatazz of CEBIT here is the most significant news for IT users from the Hanover show
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February 07, 2003
07
Feb'03
Novell unveils NetWare 6.5 network OS this week
Novell's next-generation network operating system, NetWare 6.5, will include browser-based portal and team services functions,...
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February 07, 2003
07
Feb'03
Linux clusters move into corporate environment
Universities, government labs and researchers have linked Linux servers for years to reduce costs associated with...
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February 07, 2003
07
Feb'03
Group to push Linux for desktop computing
Linux and application suppliers are forming a desktop consortium to promote the use of the open-source operating system on...
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February 07, 2003
07
Feb'03
US scientists edge towards terabit hard drive
Two professors at the State University of New York at Buffalo claim they have come up with a way to put massive amounts of data...
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February 07, 2003
07
Feb'03
Microsoft posts 'find Slammer' tools
Microsoft has responded to the rapid spread of the Slammer worm through software vulnerability in its SQL Server 2000 database by...
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February 06, 2003
06
Feb'03
Dell adds 3.06GHz Xeon to Precision workstation
Dell Computer is offering a 3.06GHz Xeon processor from Intel for Precision workstations on its Web site.
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February 04, 2003
04
Feb'03
Analysts sceptical of XP returns
Despite the huge launch extravaganza for Windows XP last week, Windows 2000 will remain the leading operating system in business...
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January 30, 2003
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Jan'03
Intel updates XScale PDA processor with faster bus
Intel is to update its XScale processor with a faster system bus and improved battery performance for personal digital...
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January 29, 2003
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Jan'03
CSA computer goes live
The new Child Support Agency computer is now ready to go live at an extra cost to the taxpayer of £29m.
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January 29, 2003
29
Jan'03
Firms should help police fight IT crime
As firms try to protect their SQL servers against the Slammer worm IT managers have called for businesses to give greater support...
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January 29, 2003
29
Jan'03
Hitachi returns to Transmeta notebook market
Hitachi plans to sell a machine based on the latest processor from Transmeta, the 1GHz version of the Crusoe TM5800 processor,...
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January 28, 2003
28
Jan'03
Sony and Casio improve PDAs
Sony and Casio Computer have both unveiled improved versions of personal digital assistants launched in 2002.
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January 28, 2003
28
Jan'03
IBM expands grid computing effort
IBM has expanded its grid computing initiative beyond the academic and research communities, announcing 10 grid options aimed at...
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January 27, 2003
27
Jan'03
Server shipments rise 4% in 2002
Server shipments grew 4.2% in 2002 as Hewlett-Packard (HP) maintained a healthy lead over Dell Computer.
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January 24, 2003
24
Jan'03
Unilever makes a commitment to Linux
After years of running a complex tangle of Unix operating systems in its global IT server operations, The Unilever Group is...
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January 24, 2003
24
Jan'03
NEC unveils tiny Tablet PC
NEC has started selling one of the smaller Tablet PC devices to users in Japan, with North American and European availability...
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January 24, 2003
24
Jan'03
Fujitsu and Intel collaborate on Linux servers
Fujitsu and Intel are to develop servers and mainframe systems based on Intel processors and the open-source Linux operating...
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January 24, 2003
24
Jan'03
Group pledges to protect digital content
A coalition of technology company heavyweights and consumer groups have called for the US government to stay away from mandating...
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January 23, 2003
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Jan'03
Windows 2003 unlikely to boost 64-bit take-up
Analysts have cast doubt on Intel's claims that the introduction of Windows 2003 in April this year will boost the take-up of...
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January 23, 2003
23
Jan'03
Systems integration could be key to Safeway buyout
As prospective buyers for supermarket chain Safeway emerge almost daily, industry experts warn that integrating their IT systems...
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January 23, 2003
23
Jan'03
LinuxWorld - in brief
UnitedLinux offers developer tools
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January 22, 2003
22
Jan'03
Ask Jeeves answers with updated search engine
Ask Jeeves has updated its Teoma search engine with refined search capabilities, Web-based spell check and improved context and...
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January 22, 2003
22
Jan'03
Computer Associates fires up Linux products
Computer Associates International has added more open-source weapons to its enterprise arsenal with the release of a dozen Linux...
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January 22, 2003
22
Jan'03
Sony to launch Memory Stick fingerprint scanner
Sony is to introduce a fingerprint scanner in a Memory Stick form factor next month.