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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...
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...
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
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
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
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...