8th July 2005 Archive

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IBM to Apple: eat these chips

PowerPC revved again

As a parting shot to Apple, a piqued IBM today announced two new lines of its PowerPC 970 processor, better known as the G5. And they're impressive beasts. A new, low-power 970FX consumes between 13W and 16W at frequencies of 1.2GHz, 1.4GHz and 1.6GHz. That's more than the 10W that the Freescale MPC7448 found in today's 1.5Ghz …

PC Builder 8 Jul 2005, 02:45
Microsoft must woo partners

Feel the love

Microsoft is rallying the partner faithful this weekend. Partners are descending on Minnesota for Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner conference, where attendees will be given the word on strategy by the ministers of Redmond, culminating in a Sunday morning service by chief executive Steve Ballmer. Microsoft will stoke the …

IT Channel 8 Jul 2005, 07:45
Sharp develops 100GB optical disc

Next-gen dual-layer Blu-ray Disc?

Sharp has developed a two-layer optical disc which could boost the capacity of the next-generation Blu-ray format. The 100GB disc uses what the Japanese giant calls a "super-resolution functional film". Sharp came up with such a film for single-layer media last year, but this week's announcement centres on an extension of the …

PC Builder 8 Jul 2005, 08:54
PC case maker caters to iPod owners

Make your computer look like your MP3 player

Enterprising Japanese PC case maker Scythe has come up with a design to cash in on iPod mania among Windows users: an all-white unit that mimics the player's clickwheel with its control and LED layout. The circular panel is divided into five segments. In the middle is a circular button - the case's power switch - surrounded by …

PC Builder 8 Jul 2005, 09:26
Microsoft looks to partners to force Office upgrades

Helping you to help us

Microsoft is calling on its partners to overcome customer inertia in the Office franchise, and help drive sales of its desktop and server productivity system. Microsoft opened its Worldwide partner conference with tantalizing tales of $140bn in unrealized market opportunities for companies building applications and services …

IT Channel 8 Jul 2005, 15:29
Borland disappoints again in Q2

CEO retooled as ex-CEO

Dale Fuller gave up the CEO job at Borland Thursday as the company revealed a bad revenue miss in its second quarter which resulted in a major stock hit. The software maker yesterday revealed that second quarter figures would not come in as expected. Preliminary figures show Borland's revenue coming in between $65m and $67m - …

Software & Security 8 Jul 2005, 15:42
Microsoft urges partners to make business app run

Must beat-off Oracle and SAP

Microsoft's head of business applications has appealed to partners to team-up and sell Microsoft's full suite of e-commerce software to beat-off Oracle and SAP. Doug Burgum, senior vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS), said Friday companies who decide not to create their own internal MBS practice should work …

Software & Security 8 Jul 2005, 17:01
Sun's software deputy quits

DeWitt-Kohn syndrome claims another over July 4

Sun Microsystems' ongoing effort to build a strong software business hit a snag this week as the company's number two code executive resigned, The Register can confirm. Mark McClain's official title at Sun was vice president of software marketing. He served under both EVP of software John Loiacono and CMO Anil Gadre. McClain …

Software & Security 8 Jul 2005, 20:43
Look out IBM, here comes Microsoft's OzFest

Enough with the Notes

Microsoft is gunning for IBM's Lotus Notes users in an effort to quadruple the size of its ISV partner community around the Office desktop productivity suite. The company will launch a sales and marketing campaign in September that encourages 100m Notes customers to build their future collaborative software applications and …

Software & Security 8 Jul 2005, 20:48