15th July 2005 Archive

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OS/2: dead again

IBM's issues annual end of life notice

On Tuesday, IBM formally announced that it would cease marketing OS/2 at the end of next year. This might cause wry amusement among the operating system's remaining enthusiasts, who maintain that IBM really never started marketing OS/2 in the first place. These death notices are almost an annual occurrence now. IBM ceased …

Software & Security 15 Jul 2005, 02:01
SCO knew Linux doesn't infringe - memo

2002 audit gave kernel clean bill of health

SCO's CEO Darl McBride was told that the Linux kernel contained no SCO copyright code six months before the company issued its first lawsuit, a memo reveals. An outside consultant Bob Swartz conducted the audit, and on August 13 2002 Caldera's Michael Davidson reported the results. "At the end we found absolutely nothing. Ie …

Software & Security 15 Jul 2005, 02:03
Online-only brands 'lack trust'

Says survey from firm which sells over the phone

Despite the convenience of shopping online, nearly two out of three consumers prefer to buy a known and trusted brand that also exists offline, a new study claims. A survey of over 1,000 customers by insurers Direct Line shows even though internet buying is surging in popularity, shoppers still do not trust online-only brands …

IT Channel 15 Jul 2005, 06:02
Another pitch to Parliament for Denial of Service law

Slim chance of success

Tom Harris MP presented a bill to Parliament that would amend the UK's 15-year-old cybercrime law to confirm that denial of service attacks are illegal. A similar bill was pitched in March but was defeated by the timetable for the general election. The Labour MP for Glasgow South called for amendments to the Computer Misuse Act …

Software & Security 15 Jul 2005, 06:02
Rambus reports record revenue

But 'challenge' to forecast future

Rambus last night reported net income of $5.4m (five cents a share) on sales of $40m for the three months to 30 June 2005. The memory technology developer and serial litigator's second quarter revenues were up one percentage point sequentially and up 14 per cent over the year ago quarter's total. Rambus heralded the figure as a …

IT Channel 15 Jul 2005, 09:31
BenQ ships first AMD notebook

'No, we won't... er... yes, we will'

BenQ has launched its first AMD-based notebook, although for now the product is destined only for the Taiwanese market. The Joybook R22E-T17 ships with a Mobile Sempron 2600+ processor backed by 256MB of DDR SDRAM, a 40GB hard drive, a 15in display, DVD-ROM drive and 802.11g Wi-Fi. According to a DigiTimes report, the unit is …

PC Builder 15 Jul 2005, 09:35
Date set for Intel's response to AMD antitrust claims

AMD vs Intel Subpoenas fly

Lawyers from Intel and AMD will meet for an initial court conference in the first week of August, over a month before Intel must file its response to AMD's allegations, court documents seen by The Register reveal. AMD's legal action against its arch-rival, alleging the chip giant engaged in anti-competitive behaviour in …

IT Channel 15 Jul 2005, 10:31
Hackers attack Mozilla site to spread spam

Proxy assault

Hackers attacked a site promoting Firefox last weekend in order to commandeer it to send spam, the Mozilla Foundation said on Friday. The attack was limited to community marketing site SpreadFirefox.com. In a statement, the Mozilla Foundation said the unspecified security vulnerabilities were exploited to mount the attack. …

Software & Security 15 Jul 2005, 15:51
SCO moves to limit Smoking Gun Memo damage

Don't look at the date

SCO has moved to limit the fall-out from a recently unsealed memo, in which incoming Caldera boss Darl McBride was told that the company had no copyright claims on the Linux kernel. The memo said an audit had looked for, but failed to find a "smoking gun". A week later Caldera renamed itself The SCO Group, and three months later …

Software & Security 15 Jul 2005, 21:30