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11th July 2005 Archive

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  • The patent vote: who won that round, exactly?

    Victory for all

    After this week's surprising defeat of the European directive on Computer Implemented Inventions, there is a strange consensus emerging from the press offices of nearly all the campaigning groups. The rejection of the bill by parliament has been welcomed by almost everyone involved, and naturally, everyone is claiming it as a …

    Software & Security 11 Jul 2005, 04:02

  • Transmeta hails positive Q2 cash flow

    More money going in than out

    More cash flowed into Transmeta in the second quarter than it spent, the company said late last week as a teaser for its upcoming results announcement. In May, the former chip maker said it would reduce its negative cash-flow to under $5m, and the company was quick to point out that its Q2 numbers will be better than expected …

    IT Channel 11 Jul 2005, 08:47

  • Hynix bosses to take firm 'out of receivership'

    Creditors set to cede control

    Hynix chiefs will regain control of their company this week, as the DRAM maker's creditors hand back the reins. So claims a report published by the Korea Times last Friday, a follow-up to a piece the paper ran in April citing an official at the Korea Exchange Bank, one of Hynix's main creditors. Hynix has been busily raising …

    IT Channel 11 Jul 2005, 08:50

  • Intel to add VT to P4 in Q4

    Roadmap We give directions to the chip giant

    A little advice for Intel: roll out versions of the 90nm Pentium 4 6xx series with your Virtualisation Technology (VT) in Q4. Come on, Intel, you know it makes sense. You've said VT will appear on the desktop before it ships in server processors, and Q4 is a good time to do so before all those 65nm, VT-enabled server chips come …

    PC Builder 11 Jul 2005, 09:42

  • TSG makes another buy

    Reseller round-up continues...

    Technology Services Group (TSG) has bought another reseller - PJ Howlett Business Systems based in Preston. PJ Howlett's former managing director, Peter Howlett, and ten other staff will join TSG North West but keep working from the same office. PJ Howletts has operated since 1979 selling to small and medium businesses. It …

    IT Channel 11 Jul 2005, 11:36

  • Acer goes VIP

    Disty picks notebooks

    Computer distributor VIP will carry Acer notebooks - they will be available from 11 July. VIP will carry various Acer machines ranging from the Aspire consumer machines to the Travelmate professional range. Prices start at £411. VIP also carries notebooks from Asus. VIP Computers claims to be the UK's largest independent …

    IT Channel 11 Jul 2005, 11:50

  • Hacker magazine shuts up shop

    Phrack off

    Hacking magazine Phrack is closing after 20 years of publishing after its editorial team decided to call it a day. The final date for submissions for the special hardback last issue of the mag was Sunday 10 July. Issue 63 will be released at the Defcon and WhatTheHack2005 hacker conventions later this month. The first issue of …

    Software & Security 11 Jul 2005, 12:28

  • Want to complain about Dell? Forget it

    Customer Support Forums canned

    Want to complain on Dell's website about its customer service? Too late - the Customer Support Forums, operational until last Friday, have been shut down, apparently to try to quell bad publicity there about Dell products and especially after-care service. While all the other equipment forums are still working - last time we …

    IT Channel 11 Jul 2005, 13:53

  • Zombie bots fuel spyware boom

    It's raining malware buy our umbrellas today, says McAfee

    Virus writers are up upping their production rates with a 12 per cent increase in the number of new items in malware in the second quarter of 2005. McAfee's Anti-virus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team (AVERT) reports that spam-propagating bot programs, adware and spyware were the greatest net security threat in Q2 2005 …

    Software & Security 11 Jul 2005, 14:48

  • Longhorn following Unix on security?

    Curbs your enthusiasm

    Microsoft's delayed Longhorn operating system appears to be taking a page from the Unix management book by curbing user's administration rights. Mike Nash, Microsoft's security business and technology unit corporate vice president, has said Longhorn would accord end-users certain rights and privileges apparently ending the …

    Software & Security 11 Jul 2005, 15:12

  • Dixons disses AMD claims

    Wants to 'set the record straight'

    Dixons is considering legal action in response to AMD's naming of the company in anti-trust filings made in the US. AMD has filed an anti-trust suit against Intel accusing the chip giant of pressurising partners to restrict AMD's market share. Papers filed with the district court in Delaware name 38 companies, including Dixons …

    IT Channel 11 Jul 2005, 15:19

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