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November 12, 2002 12 Nov'02
Intel plans debut of 3-GHz desktop PC chip

Intel is to introduce a 3-GHz PC chip that incorporates hyperthreading technology, which automatically maximises processor...
November 12, 2002 12 Nov'02
Intel-based servers boast rise in shipments

Vendors of servers with Intel processors are breathing a little easier as product shipments rose in the third quarter of 2002,...
November 11, 2002 11 Nov'02
IBM server targets Sun in midrange Unix market

IBM has announced an eight-processor server designed to combine low cost with many of the high-end functions found in larger...
November 11, 2002 11 Nov'02
NEC updates compact Transmeta server

A unit of Japan's NEC has updated a compact, fanless server based on Transmeta's Crusoe processor.

November 11, 2002 11 Nov'02
Oracle World: Oracle and Red Hat work on desktop Linux

Red Hat and Oracle have been co-operating to improve the desktop version of Red Hat's Linux operating system.
November 11, 2002 11 Nov'02
AMD latest chip ready to roll in notebooks

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has released a mobile processor that is now available in notebooks.
November 07, 2002 07 Nov'02
AMD expected to announce job cuts

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is to announce a cut in its workforce today and will also affirm its fourth-quarter results it...
November 07, 2002 07 Nov'02
Sharp to unveil latest Linux PDAs

Sharp is set to unveil at least two personal digital assistants (PDAa) based on the Linux operating system.
November 06, 2002 06 Nov'02
National Express gives PDAs to guards on trains

National Express Group, which runs nine of the 26 UK train operators, has almost completed a £7m roll-out of personal digital...
November 06, 2002 06 Nov'02
Tablet PC launch offers user freedom

This week sees the launch of the Microsoft-based Tablet PC. A host of models from various manufacturers will be available by the...

November 06, 2002 06 Nov'02
IBM enhances Pixie Dust for 80G mobile drive

IBM claimed an enhancement to its Pixie Dust technology has enabled it to produce the highest capacity mobile hard disc drive...
November 06, 2002 06 Nov'02
Nokia and Trend Micro team on content security

Nokia and software maker Trend Micro have announced an alliance to produce an enterprise e-mail security appliance that joins...
November 05, 2002 05 Nov'02
Server makers jump to support Intel's latest Xeon chip

IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computer have all unveiled details of their servers based on Intel's latest Xeon processor.
November 05, 2002 05 Nov'02
HP to consolidate Intel-based workstation line

Hewlett-Packard (HP) will introduce a new line-up of workstations targeting the video-editing, content creation and...
November 04, 2002 04 Nov'02
IBM speeds up transistor for wireless chips

IBM scientists have developed a transistor that can run at 350GHz, nearly three times faster than any transistor available.
November 04, 2002 04 Nov'02
Intel boosts cache on Gallatin Xeon Processor MP

Intel has released three new chips for multiprocessor server environments, updating its Xeon line of processors with a larger...
November 01, 2002 01 Nov'02
Notebooks to get wider screens with higher resolution

The difference in screen sizes between notebook computers and desktop PCs will narrow next year as users get to see more notebook...
November 01, 2002 01 Nov'02
Dataquest: PDA shipments slow down

Worldwide PDA shipments have declined by more than 2% in the third quarter of 2002 compared with last year, according to a...
November 01, 2002 01 Nov'02
Toshiba extends Genio PDA range

Toshiba is adding three new models to its Genio range of personal digital assistants, including two that feature 128Mbytes of...
October 31, 2002 31 Oct'02
Government blocks judicial review of Chinook disaster

The Government has made it impossible for the families of two pilots blamed for the crash of Chinook helicopter ZD576 to seek a...
October 31, 2002 31 Oct'02
Orange launches first Microsoft Smartphone

Orange has become one of the first companies to release a mobile phone based on Microsoft's Smartphone specification, writes Eric...
October 31, 2002 31 Oct'02
AMD chip shipment share falls on inventory correction

Disappointing processor shipment figures for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) do not paint the complete picture of the company's...
October 31, 2002 31 Oct'02
Ferrari uses Linux

Ferrari UK is hoping to drive down IT costs by extending its use of the Linux open source operating system.
October 31, 2002 31 Oct'02
Unisys pushes packaged server solutions

Unisys has unveiled its new ES7000 packaged server solutions series, designed to boost database server deployment within larger...
October 30, 2002 30 Oct'02
Wire-free electricity promised for mobile devices

A microchip company has claimed to have solved the "last wire" dilemma, and early next year aims to deliver a conductive pad that...
October 30, 2002 30 Oct'02
Judge rejects Intel request for new Intergraph trial

Intel's request for a new trial in its dispute with Intergraph over Intel's Itanium processors has been denied by a judge, a...
October 30, 2002 30 Oct'02
Intel expands storage component offering

Intel expanded its line of components for storage products with a serial ATA controller, an iSCSI storage adapter and a...
October 30, 2002 30 Oct'02
SuSE prepares to take Linux on to the desktop

SuSE Linux plans to launch desktop versions of the open source-based Linux operating system early next year.
October 29, 2002 29 Oct'02
Dataquest: Microsoft OS gains on Palm in PDA market

PDAs based on Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system now account for 30% of the worldwide PDA market, compared with 48.6% for...
October 29, 2002 29 Oct'02
Dell gains in troubled server market

The worldwide server market grew slightly in the third quarter of this year, up just 3.1% on the same period last year, when...
October 28, 2002 28 Oct'02
Unisys launches prebuilt Microsoft database servers

Unisys has introduced a line of servers that come pre-configured with software and hardware from Microsoft, EMC and Veritas,...
October 28, 2002 28 Oct'02
Dell launches its smallest desktop PC yet

Dell Computer has launched its smallest desktop computer, the OptiPlex SX260, which is half the size of its OptiPlex machines.
October 28, 2002 28 Oct'02
Active Cool debuts CPU cooling system

Israeli research and development company Active Cool is launching its AC4G CPU cooling system today. The company claimed its...
October 27, 2002 27 Oct'02
Smile banks on 100Mbps wide area network

The Co-operative's Smile online bank is planning to run an £8m fibre WAN (wide area network) from Fibernet to improve support for...
October 25, 2002 25 Oct'02
Domino rally effect powers miniature computer circuit

Researchers at IBM have developed what they say is the world's smallest working computer circuit and which uses carbon monoxide...
October 25, 2002 25 Oct'02
Wearable computer for the blind unveiled

Freedom Scientific, a company that makes technology-based products for the visually impaired, has announced a compact version of...
October 24, 2002 24 Oct'02
Police IT to target and fast-track persistent crooks

A major upgrade to the Police National Computer (PNC) is to be used as part of a Home Office drive to target the persistent...
October 24, 2002 24 Oct'02
HP to double Itanium processor count

Hewlett-Packard is to double the number of processors in its Itanium servers in 2004 as the company attempts to fill a technology...
October 23, 2002 23 Oct'02
Transmeta Crusoe certified for Windows XP Embedded

Transmeta's Crusoe mobile processor has been certified for the latest package of security fixes and feature updates for...
October 22, 2002 22 Oct'02
Chrysler adopts Linux for vehicle crash testing

Chrysler Group is using a Linux cluster computer for crash simulation testing and analysis. The system is expected to improve...
October 21, 2002 21 Oct'02
Palm and Sony Ericsson to improve Bluetooth compatibility

PalmSource and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications are working together to simplify Bluetooth setup between devices running the...
October 21, 2002 21 Oct'02
IBM pushes self-healing systems

IBM has formed the Autonomic Computing Organization to drive the integration of technology designed to fix systems automatically.
October 18, 2002 18 Oct'02
Philips dissolves Components division

Philips Electronics is to shut its California-based components division. Most of the activities will be moved to other Philips...
October 18, 2002 18 Oct'02
Apple founder: PC upgrades are levelling off

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer and one of the key people behind the PC revolution, believes the seemingly...
October 18, 2002 18 Oct'02
Clarion announces Windows CE-based car PC

Japan's Clarion has unveiled an in-car computer at the World PC Expo in Tokyo this week, and said it planned to put the device on...
October 17, 2002 17 Oct'02
Media firms fail to profit from SMS

Media companies have embraced SMS (Short Message Service) as a marketing channel but are unhappy with the returns they are...
October 17, 2002 17 Oct'02
Dell vows to cut cost of printing

Dell chief executive Michael Dell has pledged to dramatically cut the cost of printing for businesses following its move into...
October 17, 2002 17 Oct'02
IBM equips Intel servers for mainframe computing

IBM's xSeries servers have grown from a belief that users should not be forced to acquire new Unix or mainframe expertise because...
October 17, 2002 17 Oct'02
SuSE Linux unveils business groupware server product

Enterprise collaboration capabilities have come to SuSE Linux, as the company today unveiled SuSE Linux Openexchange Server,...
October 17, 2002 17 Oct'02
Flavourless chip market spoils third-quarter earnings

Only a day after Intel reported less-than-stellar results for its third quarter, Advanced Micro Devices and Transmeta yesterday...
October 17, 2002 17 Oct'02
Apple meets fourth-quarter targets as shipments fall

Apple Computer announced a $45m (£29m) net loss for its fourth quarter for this financial year, and also announced the number of...
October 16, 2002 16 Oct'02
BlackBerry allows global roaming

Research In Motion (RIM) has launched two BlackBerry handhelds for global travellers.
October 16, 2002 16 Oct'02
Opera shrinks Web pages for handhelds

Opera Software has developed a Web browser that it claims brings the full World-Wide Web to the small screens of handheld...
October 16, 2002 16 Oct'02
Intel-backed group looks to extend battery life

Intel has lined up a consortium of hardware makers to work on developing batteries, fuel cells and related technologies that...
October 16, 2002 16 Oct'02
Intel demonstrates multicore Itanium model

Intel provided a glimpse at the future of its high-end Itanium processor yesterday, with a demonstration of a multicore design of...
October 15, 2002 15 Oct'02
Japanese PC makers parade latest notebooks

Japan's major personal computer makers will be unveiling their latest notebook computers at this week's World PC Expo show, which...
October 15, 2002 15 Oct'02
ARM cuts workforce after suffering sales drop

ARM Holdings, the UK chip designer and one of the UK's best regarded technology companies, is cutting its workforce by 10% after...
October 15, 2002 15 Oct'02
Intel begins sample production of Manitoba chip

Intel has begun producing samples of a chip, codenamed Manitoba, which incorporates an Xscale processor core, a digital signal...
October 14, 2002 14 Oct'02
IBM plans 64-bit PowerPC 970 processor for 2003

IBM is working on a 1.8GHz PowerPC processor, its fastest to date, that will run both 64-bit and 32-bit applications.
October 14, 2002 14 Oct'02
Intel says Itanium development is on track

An Intel executive has said that the development of the 64-bit Itanium processor family is in line with Intel's expectations and...
October 11, 2002 11 Oct'02
Judge says Itanium chip infringes patents

A US district court has ruled that technology used by Intel in its 64-bit Itanium processors infringes on technology patents held...
October 11, 2002 11 Oct'02
Touch pad could make mouse and keyboard redundant

Researchers at the University of Delaware have invented a technology that they claim will do away with the traditional mouse and...
October 11, 2002 11 Oct'02
Quadrics adds support for Intel server chips

Quadrics Supercomputers World has made its high-speed interconnect technology, used to create large server groups, compatible...
October 10, 2002 10 Oct'02
Why should City firms deploy Linux?

The recently announced Linux Centre of Competence in London is being set up to help financial institutions and their suppliers...
October 10, 2002 10 Oct'02
NEC unveils SX-7 supercomputer

NEC has released details of a supercomputer in its SX series that offers improvements in several areas over its existing...
October 10, 2002 10 Oct'02
HP adds fingerprint scanner and WLAN to iPaq PDA

Hewlett-Packard is preparing a series of iPaq personal digital assistants with a built-in fingerprint scanner and WLAN (wireless...
October 10, 2002 10 Oct'02
CERT warns of Trojan horse in Sendmail package

An Internet hacker has implanted some copies of the source code for the Sendmail package with a Trojan horse, allowing intruders...
October 10, 2002 10 Oct'02
HP launches global Web site for businesses

Hewlett-Packard has launched its global Web site to provide corporate customers with the tools to manage their e-business...
October 10, 2002 10 Oct'02
Intel to unveil latest processor for mobile applications

Intel is expected to unveil its latest processor designed for mobile telephones and PDAs next week.
October 09, 2002 09 Oct'02
Don't trust your data, Nats tells controllers

Ghosts in the machine haunt air traffic control staff at £623m Swanwick air traffic centre
October 09, 2002 09 Oct'02
Dell's handheld plans revealed on the Net

A French Web site has let the cat out of the bag over Dell Computer's plans to offer a handheld computer.
October 09, 2002 09 Oct'02
IBM sharpens its blades

IBM has upped the ante in the blade server market with its eServer BladeCenter system, which it claims beats other players with...
October 08, 2002 08 Oct'02
Intel PC chipsets support hyper-threading

Intel has claimed that its latest chipsets for desktop PCs promise better PC performance, reliability and flexibility.
October 08, 2002 08 Oct'02
Ceatec showcases new monitor and video technology

Japan's top consumer electronics companies have used the Ceatec 2002 exhibition to show new LCD plasma display panel (PDP)...
October 08, 2002 08 Oct'02
Palm Zire PDA targets consumer market

Palm has set its sights on first-time buyers with the Zire, a $99, no-frills personal digital assistant that is the first in a...
October 07, 2002 07 Oct'02
Sun to sell unbundled Solaris 9 for x86 systems

Sun Microsystems will ship a version of its Solaris 9 operating system from the end of this year for computers based on Intel's...
October 07, 2002 07 Oct'02
Dell Dimension PCs target gamers and video editors

Dell Computer has released two Dimension desktop computers aimed at the computer gaming and video editing markets on Monday.
October 07, 2002 07 Oct'02
HP details new consumer desktops and notebooks

Hewlett-Packard has unveiled five new notebook and three new desktop PCs, all featuring consumer-friendly features such as...
October 04, 2002 04 Oct'02
AMD issues Q3 revenue warning

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has lowered its estimates for its third-quarter revenue as analysts warned the company will have to...
October 04, 2002 04 Oct'02
Philips unveils disc to replace memory cards

Philips Electronics is using the Ceatec 2002 exhibition in Japan to give a recently developed miniature optical disc and drive...
October 03, 2002 03 Oct'02
National insurance number errors not taxpayers' fault

Internal problems with national insurance numbers were caused by errors in Whitehall systems rather than taxpayers using the...
October 03, 2002 03 Oct'02
Telewest to extend use of iTV

Telewest is planning to extend its use of mobile and interactive TV (iTV) to communicate with its customers, after completing a...
October 03, 2002 03 Oct'02
Sony offers solution to recordable DVD incompatibility

Sony's latest optical disc drive will help to protect companies' investments in recordable DVD technologies, writes Eric Doyle.
October 03, 2002 03 Oct'02
IBM packs more blades into server farms

IBM is increasing the density of its blade server farms by packing 84 blades into a single rack. This means 36 more servers can...
October 03, 2002 03 Oct'02
Acer swivels in with Tablet PC

Acer is preparing to release its first Tablet PC on 4 November at Microsoft's official launch of the new computer format, writes...
October 03, 2002 03 Oct'02
IBM unveils small form-factor desktop PC

IBM has launched a new compact desktop PC, the NetVista S42, a machine it hopes will provide users with a small form-factor...
October 02, 2002 02 Oct'02
Computer Weekly team climbs the Alps

A group of intrepid industry IT representatives braved glaciers, high altitude and steep terrain to scale the 3,542m Aiguille du...
October 01, 2002 01 Oct'02
Apple offers deal on MS Office for the Mac

Microsoft and Apple Computer are offering customers in North America who purchase new Macintosh systems a $300 (£191) reduction...
October 01, 2002 01 Oct'02
ViewSonic prepares to launch low-cost pocket PC

ViewSonic best known for computer monitors and displays, is dipping its hands into the personal digital assistant market with the...
October 01, 2002 01 Oct'02
AMD unveils latest Athlon chips

Advanced Micro Devices is to launch its fastest desktop processors today - the Athlon XP 2700+ and 2800+.
October 01, 2002 01 Oct'02
IBM introduces high-performance hard drive

IBM is shipping a new hard drive for desktop computers that uses a technology called "tag 'n seek," which increases its...
September 30, 2002 30 Sep'02
HP's Orca plan calls for 8-way servers in 2003

Hewlett-Packard will wait until 2003 to bring out servers that use eight or more Itanium processors, part of a plan code-named...
September 27, 2002 27 Sep'02
HP to expand support for Linux

Hewlett-Packard is to provide Linux training for 5,000 support staff, an HP official said at the HP World 2002 Conference & Expo...
September 27, 2002 27 Sep'02
Microsoft opens office of the future

Microsoft has opened a facility at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington, USA, to showcase new hardware and software that could...
September 26, 2002 26 Sep'02
Sun to support open source desktops

Sun Microsystems is moving into new territory and challenging Microsoft's desktop dominance with a strategy that introduces a...
September 26, 2002 26 Sep'02
Author of key HP-Compaq report admits deception

The lead analyst behind Institutional Shareholder Services' (ISS) influential report supporting Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of...
September 26, 2002 26 Sep'02
Introducing the new face of BCS

The British Computer Society (BCS) is to take on a campaigning and IT leadership role in an effort to stamp out the waste,...
September 25, 2002 25 Sep'02
Standards body sets out plan to educate retailers about IT

A widely-backed non-profit organisation which provides standards to link systems within retail organisations will launch a series...
September 25, 2002 25 Sep'02
Taxpayers held to ransom for Inland Revenue errors

Revenue discovers huge duplication in national insurance data and puts onus on individuals to sort it out.
September 25, 2002 25 Sep'02
HP plans another 1,800 job cuts

Another 1,800 employees will be cut from the ranks at Hewlett-Packard by the end of its 2003 financial year, according to the...