26th July 2005 Archive

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Software user did not acquire ownership, says court

What's yours is mine?

A Lancashire software house has defeated a claim by its customer to ownership of a database system that took four years and over £1 million to write. The High Court refused to imply an assignment or exclusive licence into their contract. Darwen-based BusinessLinx Limited wrote the software for ClearSprings (Management) Limited …

Software & Security 26 Jul 2005, 07:51
Dell leaked email shows channel plans

Direct threat haunts dealers

A leaked email reveals Dell wants to get closer to UK resellers. The company, which prides itself on its direct relationship with customers, is running a reseller event at the end of August. The event is for a "select number of partners" and will include an overview of service and support offerings, a factory tour and a meeting …

IT Channel 26 Jul 2005, 08:38
Intel plans $3bn 300mm-wafer fab in Arizona

First 45nm production plant

Intel is to build a 300mm-wafer fabrication facility in Chandler, Arizona, the chip giant said yesterday. The $3bn plant, dubbed Fab 32, is Intel's sixth 300mm-wafer fab, but will be the first to mass-produce 45nm chips when it goes on stream in H2 2007. Other 45nm lines are already in development at Intel's R&D fabs. Some 1, …

IT Channel 26 Jul 2005, 08:55
AMD to raise Athlon prices?

Balancing August Sempron price cuts

AMD has confirmed it is to cut the prices of its Socket 754 Sempron processors next month. The chip maker has also formally brought its Socket A line to an end, KJ Chou, AMD Taiwan's general manager said, according to DigiTimes. K7 production will come to an end this month, Chou said, though the company will respond positively …

IT Channel 26 Jul 2005, 09:37
Intel quietly ships Pentium M 778

Celeron M 380, too

The Pentium M 780 hasn't yet appeared on Intel's public price list, but the 2.26GHz chip has started to appear on the chip giant's website following its quiet launch this weekend. The 780 popped up in Japanese PC retailers' stores yesterday, though Intel has yet to formally introduce the chip. Intel has also shipped the …

PC Builder 26 Jul 2005, 09:40
Time shutters stores

Shop closure only temporary

Time Computers has closed its retail stores, which trade as The Computer Shop, because they can no longer process card payments. A spokesman for Time said: "All stores are currently closed. We have a problem with card processing and we're talking to the bank about it. It shouldn't take more than a few days to sort out." Asked …

IT Channel 26 Jul 2005, 10:40
Fakers beware: no more MS updates for you

WGA goes live

Microsoft is no longer providing updates to non-genuine versions of its Windows XP operating system. From today, the company has switched over to a full launch of its Windows Genuine Advantage Programme as part of its ongoing anti-piracy campaign. Users will now have to join the WGA authentication program if they want to …

Software & Security 26 Jul 2005, 11:07
Student in '£250m' software piracy scam walks free

Gumshoes unravel trade in counterfeit IBM code

An electrical engineering student who acted as an online reseller of counterfeit software has been given a 140-hour community service order. Alexandros Samras, 33, from Loughborough, Leicestershire, pleaded guilty to four counts of copyright infringement and one of assisting an offender to retain the benefit of criminal conduct …

Software & Security 26 Jul 2005, 12:15
Game adds on Addon

Acquires French retailer

Game is expanding its retailing empire in France with the acquisition of video game outfit Addon for €6.2m (£4.3m). The deal adds an extra 20 outlets to Game's existing presence in France in areas where the computer entertainment retailier does not currently operate. In the 12 months to the end of March Addon generated …

IT Channel 26 Jul 2005, 14:04
IT jobs on the up

Go west young man, go west...

The majority of IT organisations in the US expect to recruit more staff in the next year but they believe any growth will be modest. The best place to look for a new job is the financial industry with 63 per cent of firms expecting an increase in IT staff. Among these firms 22 per cent expect to increase numbers by more than 10 …

IT Channel 26 Jul 2005, 14:14
Leeds Council aims for IT integration nirvana

And Hackney wants your bids

Leeds City Council has awarded Novell a six year contract to completely overhaul its internal and external IT services as it approaches the government's end-of-2005 deadline for making eGovernment services available online. The value of the contract was not disclosed. The council says the Novell contract is just one part of a …

IT Channel 26 Jul 2005, 14:45
Apple updates iBook, Mac Mini

More for your money

Apple has updated its iBook, but the anticipated widescreen models were notable by their absence. The company also extended the Mac Mini range. The 12in and 14in G4-class PowerPC-based consumer notebooks now run 1.33GHz and 1.42GHz, respectively, and come with a beefier 512MB of 333MHz DDR memory. The machines' frontside bus …

PC Builder 26 Jul 2005, 16:01
Oh, the 'maturing' middleware market

The downs of getting old

IBM, BEA Systems and Oracle continue to dominate the application deployment software market, although the big three face the challenges of a maturing market. Analyst IDC's annual survey of licensing and maintenance revenues found IBM top in 2004 with 37 per cent of the market (2003: 35.6 per cent), BEA second on 12 per cent ( …

Software & Security 26 Jul 2005, 17:55
IBM's z9 mainframe monster roars to life

54 processors of goodness

IBM today shoved a new mainframe - the z9 - at the front of an army of hardware announcements that also included new blade server items, new virtualization software and an expanded partnership with Network Appliance. Big Blue disgorged this at an event in New York. As predicted here, IBM will spruce up the zSeries mainframe …

PC Builder 26 Jul 2005, 20:47