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12th April 2005 Archive

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  • Bully Oracle beats SAP to Retek

    And for just $670m

    Oracle will complete its showy acquisition of retail software maker Retek on Tuesday, beating out rival SAP. Oracle currently holds 94 per cent of Retek's outstanding shares, giving it enough clout to close the acquisition, it said on Monday. All of the remaining shareholders will be offered $11.25 per share in cash tomorrow …

    Software & Security 12 Apr 2005, 08:31

  • Intel touts Celeron M for WinCE

    Banias for set-top boxes

    Intel continues to recycle its older notebook and desktop products into the consumer electronics market. Yesterday, at Intel Developer Forum Taiwan, the chip giant introduced a 'new' chipset aimed at set-top boxes. The 854 supports the 130nm, 600MHz Ultra-Low Voltage Celeron M processor across a 400MHz system bus. The chipset …

    PC Builder 12 Apr 2005, 09:29

  • Government IT contracts can make you cry: official

    EDS and CSA bring a tear to the eye

    Research commissioned by the Department of Work and Pensions into the workings of the Child Support Agency reveals staff are still struggling with EDS's new computer system dubbed CS2.* The report called Child Support Reform: The views and experiences of CSA staff and new clients was carried out by Bristol University. The …

    IT Channel 12 Apr 2005, 11:22

  • Ibas buys computer forensics rival Vogon

    No hideous poetry involved, thankfully

    Ibas, the data recovery and computer forensics firm, is to buy its main European competitor, UK-based Vogon International. The earn-out deal specifies a minimum price of £4m ($7.5m) and a maximum of £9m ($17m). Vogon will continue as a separate firm until the end of the year, with the integration with Norway-based Ibas kicking …

    Software & Security 12 Apr 2005, 11:27

  • VIA uploads graphics core driver source code

    Calling Linux users

    VIA has posted open source drivers for its graphics chipsets, part of its project to encourage the use of Linux with its EPIA embedded x86 platform. The chipset maker said it had made driver code available for S3 Graphics' UniChrome family of graphics cores integrated into its CLE266, CN400, PM800 and PM880 North Bridge …

    PC Builder 12 Apr 2005, 12:14

  • Intel offers $10,000 for safe return of missing Moore's Law

    Looked behind the sofa cushions, guys?

    Intel has lost Moore's Law and is offering a $10,000 bounty to anyone who can provide information leading to its return. The loss of the Law comes as a tough blow to a company that has built its entire business around the fulfilling this single hypothesis, famously postulated by the company's co-founder, Gordon Moore, in 1965. …

    PC Builder 12 Apr 2005, 12:42

  • HP hit with a Moody...

    Agency cuts rating

    Credit agency Moody's is cutting its rating outlook for Hewlett-Packard from positive to stable. The analysts are worried about HP's longer-term performance and the increasing risk of competition. Moody's says HP's performance in the enterprise market is: "below expectations, inconsistent and subject to strong competitive and …

    PC Builder 12 Apr 2005, 15:35

  • EU's data retention laws could be illegal

    Bureaucratic hiccough

    Proposed European legislation on data retention may be illegal, according to lawyers at the European Council and Commission. The offending sections of the proposed framework agreement on data retention are the requirements the law would impose on communications service providers. The legal eagles argue that such rules should be …

    Software & Security 12 Apr 2005, 16:09

  • Apple: Mac OS X 10.4 to ship 29 April

    Cue thousands more bad Tiger puns...

    Apple will ship the next major release of Mac OS X on Friday, 29 April, the Mac maker said today, 24 hours or so before it announces its Q2 FY2005 results. Mac OS X 10.4, aka Tiger, will go on sale on the aforementioned day at 6PM. Apple neglected to say which time zone it's working to, with both the UK and the US press …

    Software & Security 12 Apr 2005, 16:09

  • BMC apologizes for poor Q4 with massive job cuts

    12 per cent of staff sent off

    Management software maker BMC will can almost 12 per cent of its workforce in a bid to please investors with improved profitability. In addition, the company revealed preliminary fourth quarter financial figures well below previous expectations. BMC provided word of the firings on Monday, saying between 825 and 875 staffers ( …

    Software & Security 12 Apr 2005, 16:20

  • Ethernet forum plots death of SONET

    Telco-grade Ethernet standard unveiled

    Cheaper bandwidth at higher speeds is promised with the introduction Tuesday of a new telco standard 'Carrier Ethernet'. The standard is backed up by an international certification programme from trade association the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). Carrier Ethernet promises wide area networking scalable beyond 10Gbps using …

    PC Builder 12 Apr 2005, 16:27