23rd June 2005 Archive

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Internal security attacks affecting banks

Fastest growing problem

Internal security breaches at the world's banks are growing faster than external attacks, as institutions invest in technology, instead of employee training. According to the 2005 Global Security Survey, published by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, 35 per cent of respondents said that they had encountered attacks from inside their …

Software & Security 23 Jun 2005, 06:02
Opera boss swings at Firefox's Sugar Daddies

Bored rich kids?

You make the world's best browser. It's smaller and faster than Internet Explorer, and a lot more secure, and every year you think up new ideas that make browsing easier. Then a rival appears that steals your ideas and yet only manages to produce a slower, clunkier and feature limited version of your browser - and the press …

Software & Security 23 Jun 2005, 08:25
Microsoft bolsters support for PC makers in IP lawsuits

Drops financial caps

Microsoft is dropping financial caps in its support for PC builders and distributors to combat intellectual property lawsuits involving the company's software. And it is opening up legal defence fees to a broader range of claims over patent, copyright, trade secret and trademark issues. Microsoft notes that in IP disputes, it …

PC Builder 23 Jun 2005, 08:49
UK open source email firm bags VC funding

Logicalware secures £300,000 for development

Scottish email management vendor Logicalware claims to be the first UK open source developer to grab a slice of venture capital funding. The Sigma Innovation Fund and former Demon Internet director and entrepreneur Bill Dobbie have pumped £300,000 into Logicalware. Logicalware’s Mail Manager product is offered as a hosted …

Software & Security 23 Jun 2005, 08:57
Nvidia unveils GeForce 7800 GTX

Pushes SLi into the mainstream, too

Nvidia took the wraps off its GeForce 7800 GTX graphics chip yesterday, as anticipated. The company also launched the second-generation of its SLi multi-card rendering system, pushing the first version down-market in the process, the better to compete with ATI's rival technology, CrossFire. The new SLi allows two cards to co- …

PC Builder 23 Jun 2005, 09:00
ISIS backs Bolden James MBO

Targeting private sector

ISIS Equity Partners has backed a £5.5m management buyout of messaging and connectivity vendor Boldon James. The MBO was led by Bolden James managing director Martin Sugden. He said that while the company’s traditional markets, such as the military and government sectors, had long grasped the importance of augmenting basic …

Software & Security 23 Jun 2005, 09:20
Fujitsu Siemens opens UK web store

Indirect advances

Fujitsu Siemens has opened a UK web storefront to offer an "alternative purchasing resource for some of the many thousands of visitors to the main Fujitsu Siemens Computers corporate co.uk web site each month". But it remains wedded to its dedicated channel policy and will push all sales through resellers. The site is run by …

IT Channel 23 Jun 2005, 09:35
Asustek cans dual GeForce 6800 graphics card

Planning a 7800 GTX version instead?

Asustek has pulled the plug on its planned two-chip graphics card. However, the product may yet see commercial light of day with Nvidia's latest GPU on board. Asustek has demonstrated the card on a number of occasions this year, in each case powered by a pair of Nvidia GeForce 6800-series chips. However, at yesterday's launch …

PC Builder 23 Jun 2005, 10:16
AMD extends Turion mobile chip line

Top and bottom

AMD has added a pair of Turion 64 mobile processors to its CPU line-up. Most attention appears to be focused on the top-end ML-40 chip, but there's a new MT-28 at the bottom to the range, pitching Turion into lower-priced notebooks. The ML-40 is a 35W part, while the MT-28 consumes up to 25W. The two chips are clocked at 2.2GHz …

PC Builder 23 Jun 2005, 10:38
Sage buys Spanish biz for £55m

Muy bien

Sage is buying Logic Control, a Spanish accounting software vendor, for £55m in cash. Logic Control has 20,000 customers and takes Sage's Spanish operations into bigger businesses. Logic Control also develops software for accountants. The company had revenues of £28.2m and an operating profit of £20.6m for the year to 31 …

Software & Security 23 Jun 2005, 11:54
Lobby groups go all out as EU patent deadline looms

Patents are good / bad. You choose

As the timer counts down to the next big vote on the European software patents directive, two groups representing small businesses in the region have launched last ditch efforts to persuade MEPs of the dangers or merits of the current form of the bill. The Campaign for Creativity, a pro-patent lobby group, has called for MEPs …

Software & Security 23 Jun 2005, 14:44
ATI posts Q3 loss

Revenues down as demand shifts away from high-end chips

ATI slipped into the red during the three months to 31 May 2005, a "challenging" third fiscal quarter, the graphics chip maker revealed today. Revenue for the period totalled $530m, up eight per cent on the year-ago quarter, but 12 per cent down on ATIs original forecast for the quarter. When it announced its Q2 figures, it …

PC Builder 23 Jun 2005, 14:57
Microsoft rolls out SP1 blocker for shy Windows 2003 servers

Download another day

Impressed with the security benefits of Windows Server 2003 SP1 but not game enough to install the software? Well, Microsoft has the perfect tool for you. Redmond this week released an SP1 blocker that makes sure the Service Pack doesn't make its way onto a system even if you use automatic updates. SP1 is set to arrive as an …

Software & Security 23 Jun 2005, 15:16
AMD sets Q3 release for workstation-happy, dual-core Opterons

100 Series prepares for liftoff

It's getting warm here in Chicago, and the birds are out in full force. Thankfully, one rather knowledgeable chirper stopped by the office today with a short but concrete message about AMD's Opteron plans. In the next couple of days, AMD will deliver word that the dual-core version of Opteron meant for one-socket workstations …

PC Builder 23 Jun 2005, 20:03