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Data centre hardware
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August 14, 2002
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Aug'02
Linuxworld: Red Hat preparing desktop Linux
Open source operating system vendor Red Hat is preparing a version of Linux for use on corporate workstations, Michael Tiemann,...
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August 14, 2002
14
Aug'02
Sony adds two PDA s to Clié range
Sony has posted two new personal digital assistants on its shopping Web sites for Australia and Hong Kong ahead of an official...
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August 14, 2002
14
Aug'02
Dell boosts Dimension PC performance
Dell Computer has increased the performance of its lowest-cost Dimension model while trimming the price.
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August 12, 2002
12
Aug'02
Linuxworld: IBM challenges Sun with Linux server launches
IBM has sharpened its drive for the Linux market with the release of servers that take direct aim at its main hardware rival, Sun...
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August 12, 2002
12
Aug'02
Linuxworld: Sun shows Linux server and resurrects Solaris on Intel
Sun Microsystems has responded to user demand by announcing its first general-purpose server to run Linux and has promised to...
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August 12, 2002
12
Aug'02
Linuxworld: Vendors emphasise cost saving with open-source software
Return on investment will dominate this week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, with vendors promising user...
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August 12, 2002
12
Aug'02
Sun to detail plans for Linux plunge
Sun Microsystems is planning to launch a low-end server based on Intel processors and featuring a Sun-branded version of the...
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August 09, 2002
09
Aug'02
Oracle and Dell join forces on app servers
Dell Computer is reselling the Oracle9i Application Server on both the Windows and Linux platforms, Oracle said yesterday.
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August 09, 2002
09
Aug'02
Fuel cell coming to a handheld near you
It may be years before your car is powered by a fuel cell, but your handheld computer will not have to wait too long if engineers...
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August 09, 2002
09
Aug'02
IBM nano microscope gives insight into materials
IBM and optical instruments maker Nion have developed a microscope technology that lets researchers look inside materials and see...
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August 09, 2002
09
Aug'02
Linuxcare's Levanta package aims to ease server consolidation
Linuxcare has rolled out software that helps larger shops configure and update large-scale Linux deployments.
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August 08, 2002
08
Aug'02
Don't count on Web content as an e-business revenue stream
Companies providing pure content over the Internet are struggling to cope amid a climate of tumbling advertising revenues.
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August 08, 2002
08
Aug'02
IBM and DARPA explore low-power computing
IBM is teaming with the US Department of Defense (DoD) research arm to study methods of reducing the power consumption of...
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August 08, 2002
08
Aug'02
Linux spending dips, but is poised for growth
Revenue from new licences of the Linux operating system fell last year, following two years of rapid growth. However, a shift in...
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August 08, 2002
08
Aug'02
IBM lures SME clients to Linux
IBM has reinforced its commitment to Linux with details of customers that have chosen to use the open source system with its...
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August 08, 2002
08
Aug'02
Sun could double processor count in servers
Sun Microsystems is likely to unveil processors as early as next year that would allow customers to double the number of...
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August 06, 2002
06
Aug'02
Yahoo! buys stake in Finland's Sonera Zed
Yahoo! and Sonera Zed have agreed to deliver co-branded mobile services in Europe in a first step towards a deeper commercial...
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August 06, 2002
06
Aug'02
Microsoft, Dell and Intel fund Cornell cluster expansion
Three technology heavyweights have joined the Cornell Theory Center (CTC) to announce their expansion of a project to build...
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August 06, 2002
06
Aug'02
NEC launches environmentally friendly PC
NEC Solutions has launched the PowerMate eco, a fanless, ecologically sensitive desktop PC.
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August 06, 2002
06
Aug'02
Linux cluster tackles gene research
A 150-processor cluster supercomputer built by Linux Networx is helping a California biopharmaceutical company compare genes from...
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August 05, 2002
05
Aug'02
IBM expands server cluster technology
IBM has introduced what is being touted as the largest ever preconfigured server cluster for running commercial Unix...
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August 02, 2002
02
Aug'02
Notebook growth soars as PC market declines
Shipments of mobile PCs grew by 6.1% in the second quarter, despite a decline in the overall PC market, according to a Dataquest...
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August 02, 2002
02
Aug'02
IBM doubles up Unix clusters
IBM has doubled the size of a pre-certified cluster of Unix servers that it offers users to help them save space and cut down on...
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August 01, 2002
01
Aug'02
Business brisk in run-up to Microsoft deadline
As Computer Weekly went to press Microsoft's UK licensing manager, Sue Page, confirmed that business has been brisk in the run-up...
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August 01, 2002
01
Aug'02
MPs slam air traffic systems
A powerful committee of MPs has slammed National Air Traffic Services' (Nats) IT systems. It warned that the computers at the old...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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....
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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,...
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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 -...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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July 22, 2002
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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...
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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...
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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...
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July 19, 2002
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Jul'02
MacWorld: Apple unveils iSync
Apple Computer unveiled iSync - a wired and wireless synchronisation technology that allows users to synchronise data between...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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July 17, 2002
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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...
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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...
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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.
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July 16, 2002
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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...
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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...
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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+.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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,...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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June 28, 2002
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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June 27, 2002
27
Jun'02
Palm slightly exceeds lowered Q4 revenue estimates
Palm has reported fourth-quarter financial figures that exceeded its expectation.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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June 24, 2002
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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...
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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...
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June 21, 2002
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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...
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June 21, 2002
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...