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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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October 16, 2002
16
Oct'02
BlackBerry allows global roaming
Research In Motion (RIM) has launched two BlackBerry handhelds for global travellers.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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+.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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.
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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...