17th August 2005 Archive

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Hardware

• Blu-ray secures Universal Music backing Sony's would-be standard endorsed by BenQ too
• Customers slap Dell for lousy support Almost as bad as HP - survey
• HP takes tax hit, but sales up No nasty surprises
• Toshiba is latest to claim perpendicular HDD first Just in time for the fifth-generation iPod

Market News

• Apple scraps 'Return Of The Twitchers' ad campaign Remake cancelled
• Four found guilty of £40m VAT fraud Mobile phone scam
• UK.gov IT procurement to be discrimination-free Vendor- or platform-specific IT tenders nixed

PC Builder

• ATI R520 to debut 'early September' Higher-end parts due October, report claims
• Evesham goes a bundle with Bullguard Security package

Services

• Techscape: RFP is not the one for me Jumping through the hoops

Software

• Avid trumpets facial animation breakthrough Immediate empathy for less
• JBoss welcomes BEA immigrants Migrate here
• Microsoft switches on to LAMP More secure than open source?