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3rd June 2005 Archive

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  • Intel: We're all office warriors now

    Claims victory after victory for new designs

    Intel expects almost 40 per cent of its business will come from notebooks in the next two years, as OEMs seek to pacify a new class of user - the "office warrior". The chip generalissimo expects the planned Napa edition of Intel's Centrino chip will further fuel growth, with Napa currently outpacing its earlier Sonoma cousin in …

    PC Builder 3 Jun 2005, 08:49

  • Microsoft adopts XML for Office formats

    Openness and interoperability promised

    Microsoft has crept closer to interoperability between Office documents and those from competing productivity suites by way of XML. The company will adopt "industry standard" XML as the file format for popular applications like Word in the next major release of Office, codenamed Office 12 and expected in 2006. The …

    Software & Security 3 Jun 2005, 09:07

  • Black is white in Longhorn compatibility land

    .NET Framework shenanigans

    Microsoft has visited the Bizzaro World of application compatibility to explain which software will break once Longhorn's .NET Framework 2.0 is unleashed on Windows. And the answer shouldn't be too surprising: applications written for the new stuff, in this case .NET Framework 2.0, are unlikely to run on the older stuff - that …

    Software & Security 3 Jun 2005, 10:38

  • Dell red-faced over salesman's Lenovo jibes

    Cultural re-education for Austin's finest

    Horrified Dell executives scrambled this week to undo a public relations nightmare that erupted after one of its salesmen equated buying IBM/Lenovo PCs with support for China's communist government. A Chinese paper published emails from a US Dell salesman identified only as "Chris" which contained unusual tactics meant to sway …

    PC Builder 3 Jun 2005, 11:02

  • Trojan poses as Osama capture pics

    More viral dirty tricks

    Spam emails that try to dupe Windows users into infection by offering information about the supposed capture of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden were sent to an estimated one million surfers yesterday. The bogus emails attempt to seed infection of a new downloader Trojan, Small-AXR, contained in a pics.scr file within a zip …

    Software & Security 3 Jun 2005, 11:17

  • Hack can upgrade XP Home to XP Pro Lite

    Two byte freebie

    German computer magazine C'T claims that by changing only 2 bytes from the file setupreg.hiv in Windows's XP Home kit, users can get access to certain functions only avalaible in Windows XP Professional, such as Remote Desktop, User management and enhanced security features. C'T writes in its latest print issue (in German only …

    Software & Security 3 Jun 2005, 12:34

  • Sun exits blade server market . . . for now

    Out of orbit

    If you're looking to buy a blade server in the near future, then Sun Microsystems won't be your supplier of choice. Sun has pulled its entire line of Sparc-, Xeon- and Athlon-based blades and its Sun Fire B1600 Blade chassis. The company last year notified customers of its plan to end-of-life this kit and then went ahead and …

    PC Builder 3 Jun 2005, 13:18

  • Hackers plot to create massive botnet

    It's raining malware

    Computer Associates has warned of a co-ordinated malware attack (CMA) described as among the most sophisticated yet unleashed on the net. The attack involves three different Trojans – Glieder, Fantibag and Mitglieder – in a co-ordinated assault designed to establish a huge botnet under the control of hackers. CA reckons that …

    Software & Security 3 Jun 2005, 13:49

  • VoIP confuses punters

    Huh?

    Punters are confused by VoIP even though more and more know about the benefits of internet telephony, according to research from Ipsos-Insight. Six in ten US net users know about VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) - up from four in ten a year ago - and that they can use their use their regular phone for internet telephony, for …

    IT Channel 3 Jun 2005, 14:00

  • SMEs tempted with BT tech support

    Not outsourced, not offshored

    BT is offering small businesses "corporate grade" IT support for around 50p a day. The service has been under trial since last November with the full launch of "IT Support Manager from BT" delayed until now to ensure that the system was up and running properly. "The new service provides a specialist helpdesk, made up of highly …

    IT Channel 3 Jun 2005, 14:43

  • Sun critics hear the sound of two garbage trucks colliding

    Analysis Is StorageTek buy a waste?

    For years, Scott McNealy's comical, sarcastic, controversial mouth has produced a flood of press for Sun Microsystems - often more press than the company's size deserved. But one particular item from McNealy's acerbic repertoire could haunt Sun as it waits for the freshly announced StorageTek acquisition to close. "It's like …

    PC Builder 3 Jun 2005, 16:02

  • Sony tries to choke off UK PSP imports

    Thin grey line

    Sony has taken legal action against resellers flogging PlayStation Portable (PSP) devices ahead of the official 1 September European launch. The consumer electronics giant has sent "cease and desist" letters to grey market traders that are selling PSPs to UK punters after importing them from either Japan or the US, where the …

    IT Channel 3 Jun 2005, 16:38