6th September 2005 Archive

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Gigabyte unveils 'less hazardous' Opteron mobo

RoHS, RoHS, RoHS your boat

Gigabyte last week announced its first 'eco' workstation mobo - a dual Opteron-aimed board that complies with Europe's hazardous materials regulations. The GA-2CEWH is built to the limitations imposed by the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). The EU's RoHS rules come into force on 1 July 2006 and ban the use of "lead, …

PC Builder 6 Sep 2005, 09:48
Intel EOLs 533MHz FSB Xeon CPUs

Goodbyeee

Intel has formally announced the demise of the 533MHz frontside bus-supporting Xeon processor, company documents seen by The Register reveal. With the Xeon DP line now already running an 800MHz frontside bus, marking the 533MHz version's cards comes as no surprise perhaps, but the decision to end-of-life the products is now …

PC Builder 6 Sep 2005, 10:17
Sony shows 8x DVD+R dual-layer drive

And Mitsubishi flips its discs

Sony has become one of the first DVD writer manufacturers to ship a dual-layer DVD+R that can write at 8x speeds, the company said today. Separately, Mitsubishi today said it will ship DVD+R DL 8x capable media in October. Sony's DRU-810A is an internal drive that hooks up to the host across an Ultra DMA Mode 2 ATAPI interface …

PC Builder 6 Sep 2005, 10:28
Munich's Linux migration heads south for the winter

Delayed until 2006

Munich's city administrators' much-discussed migration to Linux has been delayed until 2006, according to reports, because of an additional pilot phase that was not accounted for in the original plans. Project leader Peter Hoffman told CNet that as planning progressed, he and his team realised that the pilot phase, which will …

Software & Security 6 Sep 2005, 14:51
Samsung to play safe with dual HD DVD/Blu-ray rig

Can't beat 'em, join 'em

Samsung is to harness consumer confusion over which next-generation optical disc standard to back by offering a player that supports both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD). The machine will launch sometime next year, said Choi Gee-Sung, Samsung's consumer electronics chief, in an interview published by the Financial Times …

PC Builder 6 Sep 2005, 15:09
FSF moots patent retaliation clause for next GPL

Final say goes to Stallman, though

The Free Software Foundation says it is mulling over plans to introduce some kind of patent retaliation clause into the next version of Richard Stallman's General Public Licence. The clause would seek to restrict the distribution and use of free software to parties prepared to forgo patent infringement lawsuits against free …

Software & Security 6 Sep 2005, 15:22
Intel hands Czech firm millions for virus protection

Díky moc

Intel Capital has taken its largest equity stake to date in an Eastern Europe outfit, sinking $16m into Czech anti-virus company Grisoft to help it expand in business and consumer markets. The chip giant's venture capitalist arm said it was investing in Prague-based Grisoft to improve the development of anti-virus software and …

Software & Security 6 Sep 2005, 18:00
Peloton getting closer for Borland

Releasing JBuilder 2006

Borland Software has renewed its commitment to open source development tools using Eclipse, while announcing availability of its latest flagship Java IDE. The company said Tuesday work is "well underway" on development of Peloton, the first installment in a raft of Eclipse-based products from Borland. Peloton, announced in June …

Software & Security 6 Sep 2005, 21:41