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July 31, 2002 31 Jul'02
Nats chief's 'truly awful' week ends with more delays

A senior executive at National Air Traffic Services (Nats) has told staff that the company's service to airlines last month was...
July 31, 2002 31 Jul'02
IBM readies DB2 for Hammer

Computing giant IBM has prepared a version of its DB2 database to run on Linux servers that use the yet-to-be-released Opteron...
July 30, 2002 30 Jul'02
Lewisham trials user-friendly government services

Lewisham Council in London is testing Internet technology from Fujitsu Consulting and Microsoft in a bid to stem the Internet...
July 30, 2002 30 Jul'02
AMD cuts processor prices

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has cut the price of some of its processors in the hope of stimulating demand for its alternatives...

July 30, 2002 30 Jul'02
Veritas outlines Linux roadmap

Storage software maker Veritas has announced the release of Linux-compatible versions of its NAS (network attached storage) and...
July 30, 2002 30 Jul'02
IBM to sell and support VMware software

IBM has strengthened its commitment to providing partitioning tools for its Intel-based servers with the announcement of a deal...
July 29, 2002 29 Jul'02
NEC to build supercomputer for UK Met Office

NEC has announced it will build a supercomputer for the Met Office, the UK's national weather service, in a deal valued at...
July 29, 2002 29 Jul'02
CA sets up sales team to boost services business

Computer Associates International has assembled a group of sales people whose task will be to promote the company's IT services...
July 25, 2002 25 Jul'02
Airline passengers getting more data comm options

Tenzing Communications has joined aviation electronics maker Rockwell Collins and Airbus in an agreement to offer communications...
July 25, 2002 25 Jul'02
IBM and Opera to develop multimodal Web browser

A Web browser that will allow a single mobile device to provide Internet and voice information access is being developed in a...

July 25, 2002 25 Jul'02
US govt to relinquish spreads of wireless spectrum

The US Department of Commerce has agreed to release 90MHz of radio spectrum to help meet anticipated demand for commercial...
July 24, 2002 24 Jul'02
MoD refuses to concede error in Chinook verdict

The Ministry of Defence (MoD), citing a new series of simulations by Boeing, has refused to clear the names of two pilots blamed...
July 24, 2002 24 Jul'02
Siemens posts third-quarter profit

Siemens has posted a third quarter profit of €725m (£460.4m) as of 30 June, compared with a loss excluding one-time items of...
July 24, 2002 24 Jul'02
Sony sets its sights on low-end PDA market

Sony has added a personal digital assistant to its Clié range that targets low-end users and the back-to-school crowd.
July 24, 2002 24 Jul'02
HP drops Dell printer deal

Hewlett-Packard has stopped selling its printing and digital imaging products to Dell, as the two companies jockey for top...
July 24, 2002 24 Jul'02
Fujitsu boosts hard disk data density

Fujitsu has begun shipping samples of its 60Gbyte, 2.5-inch hard disk drives with an areal density of 53.2G bits per square inch....
July 24, 2002 24 Jul'02
IT directors pull plugs on PDAs

European IT directors are reluctant to spend on personal digital assistants (PDAs), and sales of the devices are stagnating,...
July 24, 2002 24 Jul'02
Intel to slash Pentium 4 prices

Intel will cut the prices of its Pentium 4 processors by an average of 26% by 1 September - six weeks earlier than expected -...
July 23, 2002 23 Jul'02
Asian PC sales show 5% boost

PC sales in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) in the second quarter of 2002 have increased by around 5% from last year,...
July 23, 2002 23 Jul'02
Applied Materials announce chip miniaturisation tools

Applied Materials said it has developed equipment that allows chip makers to halve the size of chip circuitry while increasing...
July 23, 2002 23 Jul'02
HP sticks with Quantum but drops StorageTek

Hewlett-Packard has picked storage vendor Quantum Corp. as the supplier for its high-end automated tape libraries, ending its...
July 23, 2002 23 Jul'02
Internet use in China rises sharply

The number of Internet users in China has risen 35.5% in the first half of this year to reach 45.8 million, according to the...
July 23, 2002 23 Jul'02
HP prepares to launch Xeon-based blade servers

Hewlett-Packard is to release a line of powerful blade servers in the next two months that will be among the first to use Intel's...
July 22, 2002 22 Jul'02
Oil company drops mainframes for 2,500 Linux servers

One of the world's largest oil exploration support service companies is installing 2,500 Intel Xeon-based IBM servers running on...
July 22, 2002 22 Jul'02
FBI expects two-year wait to replace old computers

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation will have to wait two years to have its antiquated computer system updated, a bureau...
July 19, 2002 19 Jul'02
Texas Instruments offers larger wafers for Sun UltraSparc processors

Texas Instruments has begun using an advanced manufacturing process for larger wafers that will soon be used to make Sun...
July 19, 2002 19 Jul'02
MacWorld: Apple unveils iSync

Apple Computer unveiled iSync - a wired and wireless synchronisation technology that allows users to synchronise data between...
July 18, 2002 18 Jul'02
E-envoy's system is vulnerable

The Office of the E-envoy has admitted that its departmental IT system is vulnerable to hacking.
July 18, 2002 18 Jul'02
Academics buy killer kit

The UK will soon be home to the fifth most powerful computer in the world.
July 18, 2002 18 Jul'02
Tool vendors support AMD's Hammer chips

Several vendors of tools for software development announced their support for Advanced Micro Devices's (AMD) upcoming Opteron and...
July 17, 2002 17 Jul'02
OQO launches desktop PC you can put in your pocket

The Tablet PC and Pocket PC specifications may be the future for Microsoft, but IBM and San Francisco firm OQO are working on...
July 17, 2002 17 Jul'02
3G technology fails to excite consumers

Although 72% of the UK population owns a mobile phone, few people are interested in third-generation mobile services, according...
July 17, 2002 17 Jul'02
Dell boosts price and performance of entry-level notebooks

Dell has upgraded its low-priced SmartStep notebook line with two more expensive SmartStep laptops.
July 16, 2002 16 Jul'02
IBM hits both ends of storage market

IBM will soon offer low and high-end storage arrays aimed at challenging rivals such as Hitachi Data Systems and Dell Computer...
July 15, 2002 15 Jul'02
IBM upgrades Shark storage system

IBM will release its two latest versions of its high-end storage system, code named Shark, in August, making significant upgrades...
July 15, 2002 15 Jul'02
AMD launches fastest mobile Athlon yet

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has launched its fastest mobile processor to date, the AMD Athlon XP 1800+.
July 15, 2002 15 Jul'02
Gartner: WorldMark server price tag is misleading

Analyst group Gartner has warned NCR's Teradata customers against overpaying for the WorldMark servers that were introduced in...
July 15, 2002 15 Jul'02
HyperTransport signs up further support

Eleven companies have joined the HyperTransport Technology Consortium, bringing the total of participating companies to 51. It is...
July 12, 2002 12 Jul'02
Dell ups forecast for Q2 revenue

Dell Computer has raised its revenue and profit forecast for its fiscal second quarter, citing market share gains that it claims...
July 11, 2002 11 Jul'02
Split over location services

Of the IT managers responding to this week's Computer Weekly/ Harvey Nash Big Question poll, 44% believe their company could...
July 10, 2002 10 Jul'02
Donating PCs can be easier than disposal

Charity Computer Aid International has launched a campaign to encourage businesses to donate their old PCs to developing...
July 10, 2002 10 Jul'02
Users welcome prices for HP's 64-bit systems

IT departments have welcomed Hewlett-Packard's new price points for systems based on Intel's Itanium 2 processor.
July 10, 2002 10 Jul'02
DoCoMo unveils PHS videophone and 3G PDA phone

NTT DoCoMo is to release a mobile videophone for its second-generation PHS (Personal Handyphone System) network. This handset...
July 09, 2002 09 Jul'02
Intel's Itanium 2 gains support from UnitedLinux

In an announcement yesterday, the four Linux vendors that make up the UnitedLinux effort said the operating system would support...
July 08, 2002 08 Jul'02
Itanium 2 leads Intel's assault on the data centre

Intel has launched the second version of its Itanium processor in a bid to drive PC computing into the data centre.
July 05, 2002 05 Jul'02
SuSE adds features to Linux for IBM servers

SuSE Linux has added additional features to its Linux distribution for servers from IBM.
July 05, 2002 05 Jul'02
Sony unveils palm-sized digital still camera

Sony has unveiled its smallest digital still camera to date and has taken its first steps into the booming market for low-cost,...
July 04, 2002 04 Jul'02
Few are interested in Pakistan offer

Last week, Computer Weekly revealed that Pakistan is offering low-cost deals for UK firms wanting to hire offshore development...
July 04, 2002 04 Jul'02
Opera Web browser gains new channel with SuSE Linux

Web browser vendor Opera Software has signed its first deal to ship its browser as part of a major Linux distribution.
July 04, 2002 04 Jul'02
Nokia unveils clustering for security appliances

Nokia rolled out an enhancement to its line of security appliances yesterday to make them more resilient. Companies and service...
July 03, 2002 03 Jul'02
Bus passenger information system under development

A new system being developed for West Midlands bus company Centro should save passengers the irritation of standing at bus stops...
July 03, 2002 03 Jul'02
NEC claims screen first with new QXGA notebook

NEC has unveiled a new model in its Versa Pro notebook computer line-up and claimed a world first by fitting the machine with a...
July 02, 2002 02 Jul'02
Dell delivers no confidence vote in Itanium 2

Intel is due to roll out its flagship 64-bit Itanium 2 chip next week but Dell has admitted it is not interested in releasing...
July 01, 2002 01 Jul'02
HP to axe 300 jobs

Hewlett-Packard has confirmed that it will shut a computer manufacturing facility that it acquired as part of its merger with...
June 28, 2002 28 Jun'02
Billionaire launches fresh bid to topple CA management

Texas billionaire Sam Wyly has launched a second attack on the top managers of Computer Associates, calling for the resignation...
June 28, 2002 28 Jun'02
Future IBM workstation to feature 2.6GHz Xeons

IBM plans to bolster its workstation line-up later this year by taking advantage of a 2.6GHz chip from Intel.
June 27, 2002 27 Jun'02
3G within three years

Of the IT managers responding to this week's Computer Weekly/ Harvey Nash Big Question poll, 46% said they will be using...
June 27, 2002 27 Jun'02
Government invites IT industry to put its case

The Government has issued an "open invitation" to the IT profession to present its case for reforming the Computer Misuse Act,...
June 27, 2002 27 Jun'02
Have a ball and help children

Don't miss the IT social event of the year. As John Riley explains, it is also an opportunity to help isolated children who care...
June 27, 2002 27 Jun'02
Palm slightly exceeds lowered Q4 revenue estimates

Palm has reported fourth-quarter financial figures that exceeded its expectation.
June 25, 2002 25 Jun'02
TechXNY: Toshiba unwraps an array of wireless products

Toshiba made several announcements unveiling its latest wireless hardware and software that will help connect home and business...
June 25, 2002 25 Jun'02
Foundry unveils FastIron Edge switches

Foundry Networks has introduced its latest family of Layer 2 edge switches. The new line of fixed switches, known as FastIron...
June 25, 2002 25 Jun'02
TechXNY: RIM ripens new BlackBerries

Research in Motion will showcase its latest BlackBerry devices at PC Expo, the expo portion of Technology Exchange Week New York...
June 25, 2002 25 Jun'02
Sun to update UltraSPARC roadmap

Sun Microsystems will today (25 June) officially update its processor roadmap to provide more information on the company's...
June 24, 2002 24 Jun'02
NASA supercomputer gets an upgrade

NASA has just upgraded a key supercomputer in California to give it more power for research, making it the most powerful...
June 24, 2002 24 Jun'02
Rumours abound of Dell move into handhelds

Dell Computer is planning its first foray into the handheld market and has been negotiating with several Taiwanese original...
June 21, 2002 21 Jun'02
Near miss investigation after air traffic equipment failure

Two passenger aircraft came close to a collision following an equipment failure at the new air traffic control centre at Swanwick...
June 21, 2002 21 Jun'02
MIT project shows new interface technologies

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on a project that could, for example, make fingertip...
June 21, 2002 21 Jun'02
PalmSource and Access tie on browser technology

Japanese software company Access has finalised a multi-year deal with PalmSource that will make its NetFront 3.0 browser the...
June 21, 2002 21 Jun'02
DoJ extends scope of DRAM price probe

The antitrust probe launched by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) into the DRAM (dynamic RAM) market appears to be larger than...
June 20, 2002 20 Jun'02
Punch-cards make a comeback

IBM nanotechnology researchers in Switzerland have created a storage medium that is 20 times more efficient than current hard...
June 20, 2002 20 Jun'02
Computer workers: don't neglect your eyes

Eye strain from spending all day working on a PC has become so widespread that it now has its own name: computer vision syndrome,...
June 20, 2002 20 Jun'02
JVC extends InterLink sub-notebook line

Japanese electronics firm JVC is giving its small-size mobile PC line-up a boost with the launch of two more powerful models...
June 19, 2002 19 Jun'02
Philips squeeze CD-ROM drive in mobile devices

Philips is trying to squeeze the size of a CD drive and fit it into portable devices such as mobile phones, PDAs and digital...
June 19, 2002 19 Jun'02
Intel to offer complete Itanium 2 server

Intel plans to offer a complete four-processor Itanium 2 server as part of a broad set of products based around the soon-to-be...
June 19, 2002 19 Jun'02
TechXNY: Toshiba promises corridor cruisers

Toshiba will present a new type of mobile, wireless computer, targeted at workers who require wireless mobility within the...
June 19, 2002 19 Jun'02
Big Bear sighting expected in August

Sun Microsystems will announce its controversial Linux server, code-named Big Bear, at this August's LinuxWorld conference, when...
June 19, 2002 19 Jun'02
Red Hat to develop Linux to run on Itanium 2

Intel and Red Hat have agreed to develop the open source Linux operating system to run on the Itanium 2 processor.
June 19, 2002 19 Jun'02
AMD and Apple lower revenue forecasts

Apple Computer and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have lowered their revenue forecasts, citing a broad weakness in the PC market...
June 18, 2002 18 Jun'02
Intel releases server products for Xeon family

Intel has announced its latest set of 12 server building blocks, including server boards, server chassis, Redundant Arrays of...
June 18, 2002 18 Jun'02
GM to launch procurement site for dealers

General Motors has announced it will launch a procurement Web site next week to help dealers save money by taking advantage of...
June 14, 2002 14 Jun'02
Intel to ship 2GHz Pentium 4-M

Intel is set to ship its first 2GHz Pentium 4-M (mobile) chip next week, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.
June 14, 2002 14 Jun'02
Scientists hatch quantum-computer building blocks

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has successfully paired the first ion traps, creating the building...
June 13, 2002 13 Jun'02
KPNQwest won't dent faith in the Net

Last week's high-profile bankruptcy of KPNQwest, the Internet service provider behind Europe's largest data network, has not...
June 13, 2002 13 Jun'02
Online retailers expected to make a profit in 2002

A new study by Shop.org predicts that the online retailing industry as a whole may achieve profitability by the end of this year.
June 13, 2002 13 Jun'02
Toshiba and Sotec announce support for Tablet PC

Two Japanese PC makers have added their names to the list of companies supporting Microsoft's Tablet PC system.
June 12, 2002 12 Jun'02
GPS add-on for Pocket PCs offers business location-based services

Global Positioning System (GPS) specialist Navman has launched an add-on device that will bring location-based services to...
June 12, 2002 12 Jun'02
HP shows HP-UX for Itanium 2

Hewlett-Packard has announced that its new HP-UX operating system for Itanium will have all the functionality of HP-UX for...
June 12, 2002 12 Jun'02
Quantum boosts tape drive performance

Storage solution provider Quantum has released a new midrange tape drive which increases the amount of data that can be stored on...
June 12, 2002 12 Jun'02
Better test for gauging supercomputer performance

Market research company IDC has claimed that a measurement system it has created could give supercomputer customers a new way to...
June 12, 2002 12 Jun'02
KPNQwest network still hangs on

The trustees of bankrupt fibre-optic network provider KPNQwest expects the network to remain online throughout June
June 11, 2002 11 Jun'02
Toshiba launches new Satellite laptops

Toshiba has rolled out new notebook computers that are billed as replacements for desktop PCs and low cost consumer systems.
June 11, 2002 11 Jun'02
HP tempts users with HP-UX for Itanium 2

Hewlett Packard is preparing for the launch of the first Intel Itanium 2-based servers by announcing that its new HP-UX operating...
June 11, 2002 11 Jun'02
HP & Fujitsu-Siemens ship first Athlon XP 2200+ PCs

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has launched a new Athlon XP processor and said the first PCs to feature the chip will come from...
June 11, 2002 11 Jun'02
World Cup: NEC testing PDA voice translation system

NEC is using the World Cup to trial a new electronic translation system that aims to make communication problems and linguistic...
June 11, 2002 11 Jun'02
People cause IT failures ACS chief says

It is not technology failing business but information and communications technology (ICT) practitioners who fail to meet...
June 11, 2002 11 Jun'02
IBM's nanotech punch-cards achieve terabit density

A nanotechnology version of the old punch-card storage system has enabled IBM researchers to demonstrate a data storage density...
June 10, 2002 10 Jun'02
Gartner: PDAs can damage your balance sheet

Gartner has warned users to prepare to spend at least $3,000 (£2,000) a year to manage each handheld computer in their...
June 10, 2002 10 Jun'02
NEC pitches notebook at the great outdoors

The outdoor computer user is the target of NEC Solutions's new Versa E120 DayLite, which features a special reflective display to...
June 10, 2002 10 Jun'02
Intel revenue warning causes stock to slide 18.5%

Processor manufacturer Intel saw its stock price slide more than 18% on Friday (7 June 2002), a day after the chip maker lowered...