21st July 2005 Archive

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Window closing on Office 2003

Catch this year's upgrade in time for next year's upgrade

Microsoft is facing an uphill battle to push copies of Office 2003 on customers and its ISV partner ecosystem, ahead of next year's predicted launch of Office 12. Office 2003 appears to be falling behind in targeted sales for this point in the product's lifecycle, according to Microsoft's own internal figures and guidelines. …

Software & Security 21 Jul 2005, 00:42
Ebuyer promises to be better

No hostages to fortune here

Ebuyer's new marketing boss has been telling El Reg what has changed at the etailer and why it is now taking customer service seriously. The website offers cheap electronics and computer goods but fast growth led to serious customer service problems earlier this year. Earlier this year it emerged that Sheffield Trading …

IT Channel 21 Jul 2005, 06:02
WD extends HDD warranty periods

Six months after Maxtor did, and a year after Seagate

Western Digital fired the latest shot in the hard drive warranty war this week by upping the coverage period on its enterprise drives to five years, and extending the desktop and notebook warranty durations to three years. That said, the move comes some way behinds WD's rival HDD suppliers. Maxtor increased the warranty periods …

PC Builder 21 Jul 2005, 11:21
Nvidia updates drivers to confound CrossFire

'14x antialiasing? Pah! We do 16x!'

Nvidia last night posted its latest ForceWare graphics drivers, touting the new release's inclusion of a new antialiasing mode delivered by the company's SLi technology. ForceWare 77.76 introduces a 16x antialiasing mode, with the two SLi-connected graphics cards co-operating to render a single scene, this time pursuing image …

PC Builder 21 Jul 2005, 11:28
Firefox update fixes stability glitches

Earth breathes easy as equilibrium restored

The Mozilla Foundation rushed out a new version of Firefox on Tuesday to address stability problems introduced when it fixed a series of security vulnerabilities last week. Firefox Version 1.0.6 restore API compatibility for extensions and web applications that did not work in Firefox 1.0.5, a release itself designed to fix a …

Software & Security 21 Jul 2005, 12:52
Sony wins Nuplayer PSP sales ban

Importer responds with discount PSP offer

UK-based PlayStation Portable grey importer Nuplayer has been ordered by the English High Court to stop selling the handheld console. Despite initial optimism, Nuplayer this week admitted the case, brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), had not gone its way. After delaying his verdict in order to take …

IT Channel 21 Jul 2005, 13:06
HP stops Expansys importing non-Euro PDAs

Justice Laddie says grey case is black and white

Hewlett-Packard has claimed a knockout win in its High Court action to prevent Manchester-based Expansys importing HP PDAs from outside Europe. HP said Expansys has been ordered to pay “substantial costs and damages”. The case will likely have ramifications for other vendors keen to prevent distributors and resellers sourcing …

IT Channel 21 Jul 2005, 15:02
Sun suffers self-imposed Linux lobotomy

Rip that 'orrible penguin from my brain!

Not too long ago, Sun Microsystems proudly sold Linux for its line of x86 processor-based servers. If you had any doubts that this Linux love era has passed, then check out yesterday's press release describing a customer win with Ciena Corp. Love? Not even tolerance. In round one of Sun's release, the company proclaimed, Sun …

Software & Security 21 Jul 2005, 15:32