18th May 2005 Archive

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Hardware

• 15,000 HP workers get nervous as analyst predicts massive job cuts We miss you, Carly!

Market News

• Enterprise WLAN sales fell in Q1 - again Buyers wait for vendor merry-go-round to stop
• PC prices continue to fall Europeans enjoying more for less

Odds and Sods

• Reg to BBC: we want our weather flat 3D maps? WTF?
• Kinky shopper KOed by vibrating knickers The IT angle? Who cares?

Security

• Home PCs launch phishing attacks Honeynet project dissects the risks

Services

• EDS UK cuts jobs Calls for volunteers
• Sears sacks CSC Pulls plug on $1.6bn contract

Software

• EU takes axe to software patents directive Substantial alterations
• IBM: we have simplified our software Apparently
• Microsoft sued over Excel Guatemalan inventor claims $500m
• Politics hurting web services - Gartner These standards 'ain't what they used to be
• Software piracy down, but piracy losses up $33bn global shortfall, gasps BSA