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4th May 2005 Archive

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  • Sun critic trades up on Wall Street

    The Loon is number-one

    In a move likely to leave Scott McNealy choking on his cornflakes, Forbes.com has named Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich Wall St's number-one analyst. Milunovich, lovingly referred to as "The Loon" at El Reg, has been rated top stock picker in computers and peripherals scoring an excess return of nearly 30 per cent. The …

    PC Builder 4 May 2005, 07:16

  • Online marketplace for computer contractors opens doors

    The Resource Broker

    A new UK service launches today which aims to make life easier for people offering IT services. The Resource Broker is an online business-to-business exchange: it is free to providers who can register their details, location and what their skills are. When another member creates a relevant new business opportunity they will be …

    IT Channel 4 May 2005, 08:19

  • Iona signs-up partner specialist

    Team work

    Iona Technologies has named a new vice president, someone versed in business process management (BPM), to drive partners around Iona's integration suite and Corba software. Robert Napolitano has been named vice president of corporate development by Iona, which hopes to capitalize on his experience in building relationships with …

    Software & Security 4 May 2005, 08:21

  • OASIS to define SOA

    Build it and they shan't come

    A cross-industry, joint-customer effort at web services group OASIS designed to put some beef into the term Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has hit an early snag. Some of the biggest names in enterprise computing, companies whose software is expected to provide the underpinnings of SOAs, are dragging their feet on joining a …

    Software & Security 4 May 2005, 08:48

  • IBM Lenovo gets new head

    Eyes dotted, teas crossed

    Lenovo has appointed a chief executive as it completes the buyout of IBM's PC business. Lenovo is the proud new owner of IBM’s PC business which has makes it the world’s third largest PC maker behind Dell and HP. The deal needed US government approval because Lenovo is part-owned by the Chinese government. Stephen Ward, Lenovo …

    PC Builder 4 May 2005, 09:09

  • Apple updates iMac, eMac lines

    Tiger included

    Apple has updated its iMac and eMac consumer and education-oriented desktops, improving specifications and bundling Mac OS X 10.4 'Tiger' too. The new iMacs bump the desktops' G5-class PowerPC CPUs clock speeds to 2GHz, with an entry-level unit clocked at 1.8GHz. Apple is now building Wi-Fi (aka AirPort Extreme) into the …

    PC Builder 4 May 2005, 09:34

  • IBM offers to settle hard drive action class action

    Maintains innocence

    IBM has offered to settle a class action lawsuit brought against it by owners of Deskstar 75GXP hard drives. The suits against the company allege that Deskstar drive in question couldn't reliably store or retrieve data. They also accuse IBM of making "false and inaccurate statements and representations concerning the reliability …

    PC Builder 4 May 2005, 10:46

  • US reveals intellectual property blacklist

    Threatens IP bandits

    The US has published a blacklist of those of its trading partners that are most ineffective when it comes to protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs). The "Special 301" report from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) fingers Ukraine as the worst offender. The report, published annually by the Office of the …

    Software & Security 4 May 2005, 10:48

  • ASE factory blaze impact 'limited'

    Vendors fiddle while chip test plant burns

    Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's Chungli chip packaging and testing plant caught fire on Sunday, but most of the company's customers, including Intel, ATI and Nvidia appear to suffered more inconvenience than harm. The fire broke out at the plant at 2pm, following what the company believes was a boiler explosion, ASE said …

    PC Builder 4 May 2005, 11:43

  • Spyware scumbags make $2bn a year

    Cash from chaos

    Spyware ­ invasive programs that generate pop-ups, hijack home pages, redirect searches and poison DNS files ­ generates an estimated $2bn in revenue a year1, according to a study by anti-spyware firm Webroot. It estimates the surreptitious spyware and adware market "may be approaching 25 per cent" of the already-established …

    Software & Security 4 May 2005, 11:46

  • Edenbrook secures £1m VC funds

    Elderstreet opens purse strings

    Software consultancy Edenbrook is getting a £1m investment from venture capitalists Elderstreet. Edenbrook will use the money to finance its growth plans, both organically and through acquisition. It is kicking off by buying Moliere, a Manchester-based consultancy which employs 41 people. Edenbrook names Microsoft, Oracle, IBM …

    IT Channel 4 May 2005, 12:12

  • Licence models: time for change

    Comment We need flexible software licensing

    IT systems have developed with nearly unbelievable speed over the last twenty years - at least at a technological level. However, some factors have not kept pace and need to change. The way in which software is licensed demands root and branch alterations. The majority of the licensing models in use today date back two decades …

    Software & Security 4 May 2005, 12:42

  • SCL zooms around Silverstone

    Case open

    SCL, the Surbiton-based components distie, has added Silverstone cases to its vendor roster. Silverstone is from Taiwan and is best known for its aluminium alloy computer cases. It also makes power supplies, case fans and computer cases. SCL is Silverstone's second UK distie, joining CJC Computers on the starting block. ®

    IT Channel 4 May 2005, 13:32

  • BT buys Cisco reseller

    Skynet

    BT has snapped up SkyNet Systems Limited (SkyNet), a leading Cisco-only dealer, to bolster its data networking services. The UK's monster telco refused to say how much it paid for the company but it's understood to be somewhere between £10m and £20m. No jobs will be lost as part of the acquisition. Based near Oxford, SkyNet …

    PC Builder 4 May 2005, 15:10

  • DataCore gets cheap and dirty with iSCSI SANs

    SANmelody 2.0 - low-cost, high-end

    Relatively cheap but sophisticated storage management tools continue to make their way down market thanks, in part, to renewed interest in the iSCSI protocol. The latest company trying to push this trend is DataCore Software, which has this week released Version 2.0 of its SANmelody software. This software basically lets a …

    PC Builder 4 May 2005, 18:42

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