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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...
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...
September 25, 2002 25 Sep'02
IBM announces blade server line

IBM has introduced a line of blade servers so compact that 84 of the devices - built around Intel - Xeon processors, can fit in a...
September 24, 2002 24 Sep'02
Dell to partner with Lexmark on printer production

Dell Computers and Lexmark International have struck a deal to sell laser and inkjet printers through Dell's Web site in time for...
September 24, 2002 24 Sep'02
Los Alamos lab gets $6m Linux supercomputer

A Linux supercomputer worth $6m (£3.9m) is being built for the Los Alamos National Laboratory to run unclassified analyses and...
September 24, 2002 24 Sep'02
3Com next to drop Dell as reseller

3Com has terminated a long-standing agreement that allowed Dell Computer to sell 3Com networking products, becoming the third...
September 24, 2002 24 Sep'02
Low-volt Pentium III targets communications devices

Intel has added a 933MHz low-voltage Pentium III processor designed for communications equipment to its lineup, and has begun...
September 24, 2002 24 Sep'02
Giga: Linux on a mainframe will cost users

Linux may be free, but users should not overlook the costs associated with bringing it to the mainframe, according to Giga...
September 24, 2002 24 Sep'02
Microsoft implements employee smartcard system

Microsoft has deployed a smartcard employee identity system at its Redmond, USA campus using technology from ActivCard. The...
September 24, 2002 24 Sep'02
AMD upgrades mobile processor line

Advanced Micro Devices has added two processors to its mobile computer range - the Mobile AMD Athlon XP 1900+ and 2000+.
September 23, 2002 23 Sep'02
IBM and Intel to work together on blade servers

Technology heavyweights IBM and Intel are teaming up to develop high-density blade servers that will use Intel processors and be...
September 23, 2002 23 Sep'02
Palm prepares for fresh consumer and enterprise push

Palm is to target both the consumer and enterprise sectors with new PDAs in an aggressive attempt to defend its share of the...
September 20, 2002 20 Sep'02
FT.com finds new revenue stream

FT.com expects to make 50% of its revenue through paid-for content by the end of the year, the Financial Times' Web site said...
September 20, 2002 20 Sep'02
Columnist marks eight years of sharing Internet knowledge

Computer Weekly columnist Glyn Moody celebrates eight years of writing Getting Wired this week.
September 20, 2002 20 Sep'02
Orange wins three-year public sector contract

The Government has entered into a three-year partnership with Orange to enable the mobile phone giant to sell its products and...
September 20, 2002 20 Sep'02
Cornwall prepares for e-gov with XP

Cornwall County Council is deploying Windows XP across 3,000 desktops as part of a £1.2m migration project.
September 18, 2002 18 Sep'02
Sony Ericsson phone will be out in time for Christmas

The launch of Sony Ericsson's latest top-of-the-range mobile phone may be delayed, but it should make the shops in time for...
September 17, 2002 17 Sep'02
RLX rolls out blades and high-end software

RLX Technologies upgraded its blade server line, releasing new hardware, management software and improved high-performance...
September 17, 2002 17 Sep'02
IBM and Intel team up to produce blade servers

Computing giants IBM and Intel have announced a partnership that will see the two companies producing blade servers together.
September 17, 2002 17 Sep'02
Europe and Japan join forces on IPv6 adoption

Europe and Japan are pooling their efforts to get Internet Protocol version 6 widely adopted.
September 16, 2002 16 Sep'02
IBM and Red Hat strengthen Linux accord

IBM and Red Hat have expanded their relationship over the Linux operating system, a move expected to boost the services on offer...
September 16, 2002 16 Sep'02
Egenera launches new blade server

Data centre specialist Egenera has released a new blade system based around one of Intel's fastest server processors.
September 16, 2002 16 Sep'02
Network computers pitched as solution for China's schools

A group of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing believe they can solve the shortage of computers...
September 13, 2002 13 Sep'02
Legend's Tablet PC offers larger display

Legend Group is backing Microsoft's Tablet PC initiative with a prototype device that offers a larger screen than similar...
September 13, 2002 13 Sep'02
European Patent Office gives Rambus mixed ruling

Memory company Rambus has received a mixed ruling from the European Patent Office (EPO) in its ongoing patent infringement case.
September 13, 2002 13 Sep'02
Researchers close in on atomic storage target

A group of physics researchers have created a device that is able to store one bit of data in one atom, according to published...
September 12, 2002 12 Sep'02
Vendors show tablet PC wares

Two software vendors - Corel and Pen&Internet - this week took the wraps off applications designed for tablet PC devices. Both...
September 11, 2002 11 Sep'02
Bidders force up ITV Digital IT kit prices

IT bargains were few and far between at last week's ITV Digital auction because it was too popular, IT managers said this week.
September 11, 2002 11 Sep'02
Intel Developer Forum: Shortage of applications hold back dual-core Itanium

Intel will not roll out high-performance, dual-core Itanium processors until the "the middle of the decade" because there are not...
September 11, 2002 11 Sep'02
Intel Developer Forum: Looking to a mobile multimedia future

Intel is focusing on meeting the needs of users who want their office, mobile, home and consumer electronic devices to exchange...
September 11, 2002 11 Sep'02
PDA shipments decline due to weak economy

The number of handheld PDAs shipped worldwide has declined 9.3% in the second quarter of 2002 compared with the same quarter last...
September 11, 2002 11 Sep'02
API swap builds foundations for Bluefin storage standard

High-end storage vendors Hewlett-Packard and Hitachi have announced that they have exchanged application programming interfaces...
September 10, 2002 10 Sep'02
AMD and UMC strengthen technology ties

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and United Microelectronics (UMC) are to jointly develop and share advanced process control (APC)...
September 10, 2002 10 Sep'02
Nanotechnology breakthrough promises faster chips

Hewlett-Packard has unveiled what it says is a major breakthrough in molecular electronics research which will eventually lead to...
September 09, 2002 09 Sep'02
Toshiba releases 1Gbit flash memory

Toshiba has started shipping samples of 1G-bit NAND-type flash memory chips, which were jointly developed with US company...
September 09, 2002 09 Sep'02
Intel Developer Forum: Spotlight shines on mobile PCs and handheld devices

The Intel Developer Forum, which begins today (Monday), will focus on notebooks and emerging mobile devices rather than desktop...
September 09, 2002 09 Sep'02
Dell cluster boosts university's computing power

Dell Computer last week announced the installation of the second-largest server cluster sold to date under a high-performance...
September 09, 2002 09 Sep'02
Sony and Philips develop new wireless standard

Sony and Philips Electronics are to jointly develop a new short-range radio-frequency communication technology.
September 06, 2002 06 Sep'02
BlackBerry attracts third-party improvements

Research in Motion's BlackBerry handheld is still attracting major mobile phone vendors as well as enterprise-level...
September 06, 2002 06 Sep'02
HP adds new chips to e3000 servers

Hewlett-Packard has announced a series of upgrades to its e3000 server line even though it will end shipments of the popular...
September 05, 2002 05 Sep'02
HP adds multiprocessing to blade servers but rivals retain an edge

Hewlett-Packard has taken its blade servers to the next level by adding multiprocessor capabilities to the former Compaq Proliant...
September 05, 2002 05 Sep'02
Intel signs distribution deal with Bell Microproducts

A distribution deal between semiconductor and storage supplier Bell Microproducts and chipmaker Intel is a "natural fit"...
September 04, 2002 04 Sep'02
HP's latest Unix servers target the cost-conscious

Hewlett-Packard has launched a line of Unix servers aimed at cost-conscious buyers in an attempt to breathe new life into its...
September 02, 2002 02 Sep'02
SRA eyes additional shareholders for Turbolinux

Tokyo-based Software Research Associates, which purchased the Linux operating system business of Turbolinux in August, hopes to...
September 02, 2002 02 Sep'02
Sony's latest colour Clié PDA launched worldwide

Sony has rolled out its latest colour Clié personal digital assistant in Japan, Europe and the US following launches in selected...
September 02, 2002 02 Sep'02
China's Legend unveils supercomputer

China's Legend Group - one of China's leading manufacturers of desktop and notebook computer systems - has unveiled its first...
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Enterprise network spending holds up despite downturn

Britain's leading businesses are continuing to make significant investment in their networks despite the economic downturn.
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Vodafone buys Vizzavi stake from Vivendi

Debt-laden conglomerate Vivendi Universal has sold its 50% share of mobile content provider Vizzavi to its partner, Vodafone...
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Supercomputer boosts General Motors' processing power

General Motors has upgraded its ability to design vehicles and carry out crash testing and component vibration analysis through...
August 29, 2002 29 Aug'02
Dell woos leasing customers from rivals

The financing arm of Dell Computer has launched a new leasing scheme intended to make it easier for businesses that lease...
August 28, 2002 28 Aug'02
BBC picks IT heroes

Three computer technologists have made the final list of the 100 Great Britons compiled by the BBC.
August 28, 2002 28 Aug'02
Starbucks pilots wireless Internet access in shops

Coffee shop chain Starbucks has launched a pilot programme offering wireless Internet access in two of its central London...
August 28, 2002 28 Aug'02
Japanese are first in line for Microsoft Tablet PC

The Japanese unit of Microsoft has named 7 November as the day to launch the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition software and Tablet PC...
August 28, 2002 28 Aug'02
HP revenue drops from a year ago

Hewlett-Packard continued to suffer from a slow down in technology spending in its third fiscal quarter, posting a fall in...
August 28, 2002 28 Aug'02
Intel unleashes enterprise optical transceiver

Intel has unveiled a 10Gbps (bit-per-second) transceiver designed for the standard PCI interface in an attempt to slash the cost...
August 27, 2002 27 Aug'02
IBM puts Cisco security into chip

IBM hopes to deliver notebooks with built-in security chips that are integrated with a wireless authentication and encryption...
August 27, 2002 27 Aug'02
Japan's KDDI announces record 2.5G subs

The total number of subscriptions to Japanese telecommunications carrier KDDI CDMA2000 mobile telephone service reached 2 million...