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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...
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...
June 10, 2002 10 Jun'02
Dell transforming into service company

Dell's acquisition of US IT services company Plural is a logical step following its success as an enterprise server vendor,...
June 07, 2002 07 Jun'02
Intel blames Europe for lower revenue forecast

Intel has revised its second-quarter revenue forecast, citing soft demand for its chip technology in Europe as the cause.
June 06, 2002 06 Jun'02
AMD ready to loose Thoroughbred

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is to revamp its line of Athlon XP desktop processors, with the launch of its 0.13-micron...
June 05, 2002 05 Jun'02
Handspring meets challenge of Palm and Microsoft with colour PDA phone

Handspring is hoping to fight off competition from Palm and Microsoft's Pocket PC systems with a colour version of its Treo PDA...
June 05, 2002 05 Jun'02
Oracle and Dell boost for enterprise Linux

Oracle and Dell have teamed up with Linux vendor Red Hat to "deliver enterprise-ready Linux".
June 05, 2002 05 Jun'02
IBM ThinkPads and PCs aimed at small businesses

IBM is targeting smaller companies and organisations with its latest range of Thinkpad notebooks and NetVista desktops.
June 05, 2002 05 Jun'02
CSC group in front line for German military contract

A consortium led by the subsidiary of the IT services and consulting company Computer Sciences is poised to win a ten-year,...
May 30, 2002 30 May'02
FBI: Cybersecurity is top priority

Further organisational changes announced by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) included honing its focus on combating...
May 30, 2002 30 May'02
Transmeta works on low-power superchip

Executives from Transmeta, a company that specialises in designing low-power microprocessors, has outlined plans for a 256-bit...
May 30, 2002 30 May'02
EU clears HP transfer of manufacturing capacity

The European Commission gave the go-ahead yesterday to the sale of Hewlett-Packard's manufacturing operations in France to...
May 30, 2002 30 May'02
First quantum-effect products enter commercial IT

A Swiss company has announced the commercial availability of what it says are the first IT products which exploit quantum...
May 29, 2002 29 May'02
FA Web site will boost football at the grassroots

Despite the current excitement about the superstars playing in (or walking out of) the World Cup, Andrew Halstead, chief...
May 29, 2002 29 May'02
Compaq users relief at HP support plans

Hewlett-Packard is promising its Compaq enterprise server customers that there will be no big surprises in the new roadmaps for...
May 29, 2002 29 May'02
More plan contractor pay cuts

Of the IT managers responding to this week's Computer Weekly/Harvey Nash Big Question, 39% said their company plans to cut the...
May 29, 2002 29 May'02
Apple targets SMEs with its first rack-mounted server

Apple Computer is hoping to gain wider acceptance for its products with the launch of its first rack-mounted server, writes Eric...
May 29, 2002 29 May'02
Oracle and Dell poised to boost enterprise Linux

Oracle, Dell and a range of Linux vendors aim to boost the open source operating system's drive acceptance in the enterprise with...
May 29, 2002 29 May'02
Smartphone takes centre stage at summit

At the Pocket PC Summit, which opened yesterday (Tuesday) in Philadelphia, leading vendors are showing off their wireless...
May 29, 2002 29 May'02
FAA to trial smart cards

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will begin a trial deployment of smart cards later in the year in a bid to establish...
May 28, 2002 28 May'02
BEA releases details of app server enhancements

BEA Systems, which released its Weblogic server last month, is already mapping out enhancements for the next version, due out in...
May 28, 2002 28 May'02
New Handspring model offers Graffiti alternative

Handspring, the handheld computer manufacturer, has introduced a new device that combines handwriting recognition with a built-in...
May 28, 2002 28 May'02
Poor systems risk backlash from workforce

"We have to make computer systems easier to use, rather than expect people to learn to use what we provide. This should be an...
May 28, 2002 28 May'02
Siemens to sell virtual keyboard in Europe

Siemens and VKB have announced the release of a virtual keyboard to assist the frequent users of mobile phones and PDAs.
May 28, 2002 28 May'02
Intel strives to set blade server standard

Intel has unveiled plans to develop a server platform based on blade server technology with the aim of offering cost-effective...
May 27, 2002 27 May'02
Intel cuts prices as 1.8GHz Celeron debuts in Tokyo

Intel has cut the prices of some of its Pentium 4, Mobile Pentium 4, Mobile Pentium III and Xeon processor chips as an as-yet...
May 26, 2002 26 May'02
Egg cracks banking code

APACS (the association for payment clearing services) has urged retail banks to adopt best practice guidelines involving mutual...
May 24, 2002 24 May'02
Only 35% of PDA users are bound by a company policy

Companies are failing to take even the most basic steps to secure work-related data held on employees' personal digital...
May 24, 2002 24 May'02
Vendors plot video future for hard disks

Development of the next generation of hard disks is focusing on faster performance and video storage.
May 23, 2002 23 May'02
No World Cup bandwidth drain

IT users' interest in the World Cup will have no adverse effect on network bandwidth, according to the majority of IT managers...
May 23, 2002 23 May'02
One Swanwick workstation kept 100 others out of action

The failure of a single workstation at the new £623m air traffic control centre at Swanwick, Hampshire, caused about 100 other...
May 23, 2002 23 May'02
July debut for new 64-bit Intel chip

Intel's forthcoming Itanium 2 processors, the next version of its 64-bit processor, will be available in the middle of July...
May 23, 2002 23 May'02
IBM outpaces competitors with new server licences

IBM recorded more revenue growth from new licences than any other application server software vendor last year, according to...
May 23, 2002 23 May'02
LCD prices to rise slightly until 2003

A shortage in liquid crystal displays will keep prices for desktop and notebook displays at their current levels, or even a bit...
May 23, 2002 23 May'02
Kyocera to release Java-based PDA

Japanese company Kyocera is to release a personal digital assistant based on Java for corporate users, enabling them to enjoy...
May 22, 2002 22 May'02
Toshiba, Kodak and DuPont fire up OLED displays

Toshiba and Kodak were among the companies who announced developments and displayed new wares in the organic light-emitting diode...
May 22, 2002 22 May'02
Torvalds: The Linux evolution continues

Linux creator Linus Torvalds believes his operating system is evolving well, despite the difficulties it has encountered along...
May 21, 2002 21 May'02
IBM proves nanotubes can beat silicon

IBM has improved its carbon nanotube (CNT) transistors to the point where they can outperform the most advanced silicon...
May 21, 2002 21 May'02
Sun sharpens software focus with Solaris 9

Sun Microsystems will attempt to build a new foundation for its software business and Web services platform when it officially...
May 20, 2002 20 May'02
Intel puts graphics, USB 2.0 on chipsets

Intel is bringing integrated graphics to a wide range of PCs today, as it launches a family of chipsets that also includes...
May 16, 2002 16 May'02
Infineon, AMD, DuPont team on chips

Chip manufacturers Infineon Technologies and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are creating a new company with DuPont Photomasks in a...
May 16, 2002 16 May'02
We win campaign award - again

Computer Weekly was last week crowned the UK's Campaigning Magazine of the Year for an unprecedented second consecutive year in...
May 16, 2002 16 May'02
Glitch offers air tickets for $5 at United.com

Round-trip tickets on United Air Lines were available yesterday for $5 plus tax from United.com because of a mistake from the...
May 16, 2002 16 May'02
Barcodes to kill tills?

Supermarkets could make savings by shedding checkout jobs following the development of magnetic radio frequency barcodes which...
May 15, 2002 15 May'02
Intel targets Sun in chip war

Intel is marking the first anniversary of the debut of its first 64-bit Itanium processor this month by sharpening its aim on Sun...
May 15, 2002 15 May'02
Microsoft quietly plans to target Linux users with cut-down .net Web Server

In its play against Linux, Microsoft is keeping its cards close to its chest over one of the members of the Windows .net family,...
May 14, 2002 14 May'02
Casio creates credit card-size camera

Casio Computer today unveiled a camera that it claims is the world's thinnest digital still camera equipped with a liquid crystal...
May 14, 2002 14 May'02
Space shuttle program seeks computer parts on eBay

The company that oversees the day-to-day operations of the US space shuttle uses auctions on eBay as a guide to sourcing computer...
May 13, 2002 13 May'02
IBM Research packs tape punch

IBM has announced that its engineers have successfully stored 1TB on a single linear tape cartridge.
May 13, 2002 13 May'02
KDDI to start 3G service without voice

KDDI, Japan's second largest mobile telecommunication carrier, plans to start a service next year which will offer high-speed...
May 13, 2002 13 May'02
Fujitsu claims disc drive density boost

Japanese manufacturer Fujitsu has developed a read/write disc head technology that will enable hard disc drive recording...
May 13, 2002 13 May'02
Microsoft: Stripped-down Windows isunfeasible, scientist claims

A computer scientist claimed it was technically unfeasible for Microsoft to produce a stripped-down version of Windows.
May 13, 2002 13 May'02
IBM drops Intel high-end server

Users of an IBM server line the company acquired with its purchase of Sequent Computer Systems are being forced to migrate to...
May 12, 2002 12 May'02
The new HP: server wars hot up

The emergence of the new HP could be good for users as rival vendors compete on price, performance and cutting edge technology in...
May 10, 2002 10 May'02
BlackBerry still sweet despite challengefrom Good Technology

Good Technology has thrown down the gauntlet to Research in Motion's popular BlackBerry, promising an easier enterprise setup and...
May 09, 2002 09 May'02
IT chiefs must prepare as supplier insolvencies rise

Industry experts have warned that IT directors should prepare for the possibility that the reseller or system integrator they...
May 09, 2002 09 May'02
Abbey National and Orange launch first cashpoint phone credit service

Abbey National has become the first UK high street bank to launch a mobile phone credit service via automated teller machines...
May 09, 2002 09 May'02
Fighting mobile fashion

IT directors that think they can apply the same rules to the management of handheld devices as they do to the deployment of...
May 09, 2002 09 May'02
Board room blocks convergence

Board members are blocking the adoption of converged voice and data networks during the current cut-backs despite the belief that...
May 08, 2002 08 May'02
KPMG Consulting goes after Andersen's IT units

IT services provider KPMG Consulting has signed a letter of intent to acquire most of Andersen Worldwide SC's IT services...
May 08, 2002 08 May'02
HP: The product changes and how to handle them

The completion of HP's merger with Compaq will lead to a number of products in both companies being phased out over the next five...
May 08, 2002 08 May'02
N+I: QLogic teams up with IBM for server blade

IBM will incorporate QLogic's integrated Fibre Channel input output (I/O) technology, dubbed "Fibre Down," into IBM server...
May 08, 2002 08 May'02
N+I: Net traffic tools gain edge

F5 Networks announced the availability of its BIG-IP Blade Controller for blade servers at NetWorld+Interop in Las Vegas.
May 08, 2002 08 May'02
N+I: Ebay and Accenture to launch joint venture

Retailers, distributors and manufacturers will be able to sell excess or discontinued inventory more efficiently through eBay's...
May 08, 2002 08 May'02
HP reveals products to be discontinued

Compaq's Tru64 Unix operating system and Hewlett-Packard's Netserver IA-32 servers, Jornada handhelds and Omnibook notebooks are...
May 08, 2002 08 May'02
HP/Compaq: No nasty surprises for users as merged company launches

A fully merged Hewlett-Packard and Compaq organisation has been formally launched amid a flurry of details on product and service...
May 07, 2002 07 May'02
Dell unveils ultra-light Latitude X200

Dell Computer has unveiled its lightest, slimmest Latitude laptop, which weighs in at only 1.26kg and is a mere 20.3mm thick.
May 07, 2002 07 May'02
Intel powers up three new chips

Intel has rolled out three of the company's fastest Pentium 4 desktop processors to date.
May 03, 2002 03 May'02
Hitachi and others breaks storage capacity barriers

A number of storage technology breakthroughs were announced this week, including the doubling of hard disc and tape memory...
May 03, 2002 03 May'02
Philips develops paint-on LCDs

Liquid crystal displays could become cheaper, thinner, lighter and more flexible thanks to a paint-on LCD-making technology being...
May 03, 2002 03 May'02
Compaq adds Xeon-based servers to its armoury

Compaq has introduced its first Intel-based server with hot-swappable memory to position itself alongside IBM in the market for...