26th September 2005 Archive

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Amstrad pulls em@iler from shelves

No more retail for integrated device

Amstrad's integrated 'phone and email device is being withdrawn from retail sale after poor sales this year provoked the company to pull the emailer. Amstrad shifted 61,000 units during the year - which Amstrad described as: "currently the worst high street retail market for many years". The board is writing off £5.7m to cover …

IT Channel 26 Sep 2005, 08:33
The ugly truth about coopetition

Quocirca's changing channels Nasty word, necessary evil

There is an ugly word used to describe the fact the rivals in business some times have to find a way to work together – coopetition. In the ICT industry everyone knows that, on occasions, competitors have to hold their noses and talk to each other. But this distasteful process can be avoided to a greater or lesser extent, …

IT Channel 26 Sep 2005, 09:40
Phishers target Yahoo! Photos

Updated Picture teaser tempts unwary

Internet crooks looking to capture login details of Yahoo! accounts are changing tactics. Phishing attacks that attempt to capture a user's Yahoo! ID and password by tricking the gullible into handing over their credentials to fake sign-in pages have been around for months if not years. Recently, though, these phishing sites …

Software & Security 26 Sep 2005, 10:09
Sales up but profits down at Sophos

In brief Investments take bite from cash

UK-based security firm Sophos announced plans to launch centrally-managed client firewall and adware detection and removal products on Monday as it reported an increase in annual turnover of 19.2 per cent to £66.2 million ($122.6 million USD) for the year ending March 2005. Although Sophos exceeded its growth expectations its …

Software & Security 26 Sep 2005, 12:45
Watford Electronics saves Tiny from knackers' yard

Aims to support warranties

Watford Electronics has scooped up the assets and trading rights of Tiny Computers and Tiny.com from the administrators. Terms are undisclosed. Shiraz Jessa, MD of the UK PC maker and IT retailer, says the company intends to support "all existing Tiny customers. We're asking all customers who have an outstanding warranty to …

PC Builder 26 Sep 2005, 15:51
Intel and Dell update server gear with promises and rhetoric bump

Single-core brotherhood still looking ahead

Intel and Dell - aka the Brotherhood of Single-Core Chips - continue to flail about, issuing statements that promise they will eventually ship systems with dual-core server processors. The statements appear to be InDell's best attempt at calming customers' nerves, while competitors and their customers turn to rival gear based on …

PC Builder 26 Sep 2005, 19:04
AMD counters Intel with speedier Opterons

Waiting for Xeon

AMD today won a round of its ongoing chip marketing battle with Intel by pumping out a new fleet of speedier dual-core Opteron chips. Intel did its best to counter the move with a couple of variations to its single-core Xeon line but obviously fell short of its rival. Customers can start buying 2.4GHz versions of the Opteron …

Software & Security 26 Sep 2005, 21:23