27th July 2005 Archive

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Sun posts flat Q4

Bit of black ink

Another year, another revenue drop for Sun Microsystems. The hardware vendor today turned in fourth quarter and full year results that showed continued struggles to gain market share, ship high-end servers and sell storage. In the fourth quarter, Sun posted revenue of $2.98bn - a 4 per cent drop from $3.11bn posted in the same …

PC Builder 27 Jul 2005, 00:05
TSMC up, UMC down in Q2

But both foundries a long way from last year's highs

TSMC, the world's biggest chip foundry, strengthened its financial position during its second quarter over the previous three-month period, though it still has some way to go to achieve the highs of Q2 FY2004. Its arch-rival, UMC, the world's second biggest foundry, proved less successful, with sales and profits down …

IT Channel 27 Jul 2005, 09:16
Infineon Q3 loss doubles

DRAM shipments up, but prices plunge

Germany's Infineon yesterday blamed poor memory prices as it sank even further into the red. Sales for the three months to 30 June 2005 - Infineon's third quarter of fiscal 2005 - came to €1.61bn ($1.95bn), the same as Q2 FY2005 but 15.8 per cent lower than Q3 FY2004. Sales at all three of the company's business units - memory …

IT Channel 27 Jul 2005, 09:21
Siebel posts $50m Q2 loss

Takes $74m restructuring charge

Siebel Systems has posted a net loss of $50m for its second quarter on revenues of $313.6m, compared to a net income of $7.5m on revenues of $301.1m a year ago. The company issued a warning earlier this month, saying that delays to government deals had hit its licencing revenues, which were down 17 per cent on the same period …

Software & Security 27 Jul 2005, 10:07
Tablet PC biz to see Vista-driven boom

Falling prices will help too

Tablet PC fans should look forward to Vista - or whatever Microsoft's next-generation Windows operating system is called, other trademark holders permitting. According to market watcher In-Stat, Vista, as we should now be calling 'Longhorn', will have a "significant impact" on Tablet PC sales. Tablet PCs have been around for …

PC Builder 27 Jul 2005, 10:19
Granville Technology goes into administration

Bell tolls for UK's largest PC maker

Granville Technology Group Ltd, owner of computer brands Time and Tiny, has gone into administration and most of its 1,600 staff are likely to lose their jobs. Grant Thornton is handling the wind-up or possible sale of the Burnley-based firm. The news follows weeks of speculation about the company's future. The beancounters - …

IT Channel 27 Jul 2005, 13:38
Personal storage sites are a 'safe haven for hackers'

Censorware firm apes Mary Whitehouse

Websense, the employee management software outfit that's become best known for heaping FUD on emergent net technolgies, has found a new target. Hot on the heels of charecterising online storage sites as a conduit for industrial espionage and blogs as a host of malware it's decided to chastise personal web hosting sites as a " …

Software & Security 27 Jul 2005, 13:53
SigmaTel snaps up Rio MP3 technology, engineers

Digital music pioneer now no more than a name

Rio, the erstwhile giant of the portable MP3 player market, is to become little more than a name after current owner D&M Holdings admitted yesterday its has sold the loss-making division's intellectual property, and technology and engineering resources to MP3 chip maker SigmaTel. The financial terms underpinning the deal were …

IT Channel 27 Jul 2005, 15:56
University bans iPod adverts

Dell Dude to make exclusive appearance at UW

In case you had any doubts, ladies and gentleman, your children are truly up for sale, and you're paying tens of thousands of dollars to put them on the market. That's what we learned this week from the University of Washington, which has struck a broad music rental deal with Napster and Dell. Dogged reporter Kayla Webley of …

PC Builder 27 Jul 2005, 20:00