24th May 2005 Archive

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Intel exec quits to run LSI Logic

Talkwalkar walks

Former Intel CTO Pat Gelsinger last night took full control of the company's recently formed Digital Enterprise Group following the surprise resignation of fellow DEG chief Abhi Talwalkar. Intel played down Talwalkar's departure, preferring to focus more on Gelsigner's elevated role. The erstwhile DEG co-chair is off to rival …

PC Builder 24 May 2005, 08:43
FTC claims Rambus spoiled antitrust evidence

'Wouldn't have changed things,' says Rambus

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has accused Rambus of destroying vital documents pertaining to its antitrust case against the memory technology developer. The allegation accompanied a request made by FTC investigators to re-open the record on the case in order that new evidence might be submitted. The request follows the …

IT Channel 24 May 2005, 09:06
EC watching clock on Microsoft's compliance deadline

One week to go

Microsoft has been given a week to comply with the European Commission's anti-trust sanctions, or face being fined at a rate of $5m per day. The Commission's ruling from March last year states that Microsoft must make a version of its operating system available without the Microsoft MediaPlayer software, and that it must open …

Software & Security 24 May 2005, 10:48
HP plans blade blitz on IBM

Sales force swells

A burst of sales from IBM's blade server division has rival HP rattled and ready to retaliate. HP recently reorganized its x86 server sales force in the hopes of selling more of the higher-margin blades, The Register has learned. Steps taken by HP include expanding its x86 sales team and having workers focus primarily on blades …

PC Builder 24 May 2005, 10:49
UK banks hope to send phishing mules packing

Extra security checks

UK banks plan to delay transfers between account holders of the same group by up to a day in order to introduce new security checks. The move is designed to help thwart phishing attacks that cost British banks an estimated £12m last year. NatWest, Halifax and Barclays have all introduced the security measure, the BBC reports. …

Software & Security 24 May 2005, 10:56
Valley execs' greed returns to dotcom levels

$2.1bn in the pocket

While record numbers of tech jobs were shipped offshore last year, Silicon Valley's tech execs gorged themselves at levels unseen since the dot com boom. Tech executives pocketed an astonishing $2.1bn in compensation last year, every cent at the shareholders' expense. That's the highest level since $2.1bn recorded in 1999, the …

IT Channel 24 May 2005, 11:01
AMD to ship dual-core Athlon X2 on 31 May

Computex debut

AMD will formally launch its dual-core desktop processor, the Athlon 64 X2 - aka 'Toledo' - on 31 May, the company has said. The event - which takes place on the first day of this year's Computex show, in Taipei, Taiwan - will come five days after the launch of Intel's rival chip, the Pentium D, if speculation surrounding the …

PC Builder 24 May 2005, 11:05
Microsoft ups direct sales staff

Resellers told not to worry

Microsoft is increasing the number of direct sales staff it employs but insists partners have nothing to fear. Simon Witt, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s enterprise and partners group, told eWeek the enterprise sales force had grown by 60 per cent in the last five years and would grow by another 60 per cent in the next …

Software & Security 24 May 2005, 13:32
US bank staff 'sold customer details'

Data theft apology sent to thousands

The sale of sensitive banking details to an allegedly bent debt collection agency has triggered warning letters to more than 100,000 US consumers. Bank of America has told about 60,000 customers and Wachovia a further 48,000 that their financial records have been breached. Both banks have offered affected customers free credit …

Software & Security 24 May 2005, 13:35
Public sector IT less satisfying when outsourced

Keep it in-house, then

Despite continuing interest in outsourcing local government IT projects, new research from the Society of IT Management (Socitm) has revealed that users don't like it. The survey found that user satisfaction is, on average, 13 per cent lower in largely outsourced councils than in those that keep their IT in-house. Socitm's …

IT Channel 24 May 2005, 13:46
Sun King vows to ask new HP Chief on a Solaris x86 date

Jocks engage in post Fiorina dance

New HP CEO Mark Hurd should be on the lookout for a dinner invitation and a Solaris x86 goodie bag from Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy. McNealy this week vowed to revive past conversations between HP and Sun over the use of Solaris x86 on HP's servers. The Sun Chief failed to tempt former HP CEO Carly Fiorina with such an …

Software & Security 24 May 2005, 13:50
PalmOne to become Palm again

PalmSource stuffed?

PDA and smart-phone maker PalmOne can now go back to calling itself Palm, thanks to a deal done with Palm OS developer PalmSource, it emerged today. When the original Palm split itself, creating the two firms, each took a share in the Palm Trademark Holding Company (PTHC), presumably to ensure neither PalmOne nor PalmSource …

Software & Security 24 May 2005, 14:03
Bradford IT staff to strike

Outsourcing grows uglier

IT staff at Bradford City Council are threatening strike action over a disputed outsourcing agreement. Back in January 2004 staff threatened to strike when the council first mooted privatising the department. But the threat was averted after lengthy negotiations between public sector union Unison and the council. In July IBM …

IT Channel 24 May 2005, 14:39
Big Blue European workers strike

Big Bleu?

It wasn’t just BBC staffers that were on strike on Monday - IBM workers across Europe took action to protest against planned job cuts at the IT giant. An alliance of works councils, unions and employee groups took the action to try and stymie cuts expected to claim between 10,000 and 13,000 jobs. A statement from the 25 groups …

IT Channel 24 May 2005, 15:43
House passes anti-spyware bills

Asks Senate to take its pick

The House of Representatives approved two anti-spyware bills on Monday. The bills take markedly different approaches to fighting the growing problem of invasive programs that snoop on user's online activities, effectively leaving it up to the Senate to thrash out a solution. The Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2005 …

Software & Security 24 May 2005, 15:50
IBM and Red Hat to teach Uni students how not to get offshored

Open source equals paycheck

Jobs of tomorrow. Jobs of tomorrow. Jobs of tomorrow. That's what IBM and Red Hat can promise the software students of today who are seeing their potential jobs offshored to India. IBM and Red Hat were emphatic about looking toward the future in a joint statement issued today to tout their promotion of Linux with university …

Software & Security 24 May 2005, 16:04
ISPs urged to throttle spam zombies

International clean-up campaign

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with more than 35 government agencies worldwide, announced an ambitious effort on Tuesday to get ISPs and other organisations to deliver the net from the plague of zombie spam networks. The group is encouraging ISPs to identify and quarantine customers whose PCs may have unwittingly …

Software & Security 24 May 2005, 16:27