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9th November 2005 Archive

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  • Dell embraces AMD chips for courtroom duty?

    Opinion Anti-trust Athlon mystery

    Dell has begun to offer AMD Athlon processors via its online store. But the decision has many people scratching their heads. Why would a computer maker with such a staunch Intel-only stance offer chips that can't even slot into its own products? And why would it fail to promote this change in policy if it's actually trying to …

    IT Channel 9 Nov 2005, 01:59

  • IBM targets brand conscious with search

    Takes pain out of reading blogs

    IBM has become the latest big name IT vendor to try and cash in on the "Web 2.0" hype, tapping companies' paranoia about the potential impact that a growing wall of online noise can have on their brand. The Public Image Monitoring Solution from IBM sifts millions of blogs, consumer reviews and news wires from Factiva, compiling …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 02:26

  • Bill Gates' lunchbox on eBay

    Tech Digest Get your MS powered sandwich container

    Certified gadget obsessives Tech Digest and Shiny Shiny scour Gizmoville for the oddest digital goodies, Bayraider keeps tabs on the best and worst of eBay and Propellerhead answers your PC queries. Bill Gates’ lunchbox on eBay Over on eBay US, 'Foodbankny' has 17 lunchboxes designed by mostly American stars, which are being …

    PC Builder 9 Nov 2005, 08:51

  • Dell UK slammed for 'hiring and firing' lifestyle

    Redundos

    So the rumours flooding out of Dell's UK headquarters in Bracknell turned out to be true. The company is waving goodbye to around 230 staff. But it has told Bracknell business officials that it also aims to hire another 150 staff over the next six months. Bracknell's business community is up in arms over the cuts. Mary Flavelle …

    IT Channel 9 Nov 2005, 09:14

  • DCC keeps the faith

    Irish distie stays positive

    DCC, the Irish distribution and sales group, saw its share price moving upwards yesterday despite posting a a small fall in profits. Profit before exceptional items was down 3 per cent but turnover was up an impressive 37.5 per cent. DCC warned in the summer that its IT division was suffering. For the six months ended 30 …

    IT Channel 9 Nov 2005, 09:19

  • Operational BI for the masses

    Comment Power users to the People!

    I'm always more interested in failure stories than success stories, because you learn more from failure than you do from success. If you're successful, you might just have been lucky. But there's no real incentive to think about any issues and the next person to try could fail. However, failure often highlights bigger issues …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 09:54

  • Gates memo warns of future threats

    Where's our bloody leaked email?

    In an email apparently leaked to almost every media outlet and their dogs, Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie warn that the current move to a services-based world poses a serious threat to Microsoft's business. Gates's email to senior staff, dated October 30, described the move to Web-based services as "the next sea change" and as …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 10:10

  • Intel 975X chipset slips out 'early'

    Chip giant restarts low-end chipset production, too

    Intel will this quarter begin making 865GV mainstream desktop PC chipsets again, even as it brings forward the release of the high-end 975X chipset. So claim Taiwanese motherboard maker sources, cited by DigiTimes. Whether they're the same sources who in June claimed Intel was getting out of the low-end chipset market …

    PC Builder 9 Nov 2005, 10:39

  • Why Yahoo! should call Identify

    Comment Hello, stock pickers!

    One of the first and last things I do every working day is to log on to Yahoo! Finance to check what is happening to the stock market. One of the features of the page is that it continuously shows the prices of the last ten stocks I have expressed an interest in. The only problem is that it doesn’t work. There are two obvious …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 10:55

  • Critical MS patch fixes graphics bugs

    Cracked rendering

    Microsoft has released a patch to address two critical vulnerabilities in Windows, both related to the processing of graphics files, that might by used by hackers to take control of vulnerable systems. The first vulnerability involves a flaw in Windows' Graphics Rendering Engine which comes into play when rendering certain …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 11:39

  • Re-marked Intel CPUs surface in China

    In Brief Not all they purport to be

    Re-marked Intel Pentium M processors have turned up in China, the chip giant admitted this week. However, the company maintained the number of dodgy chips in circulation is small. According to an Intel spokeswoman, cited by IDG News, the chips are engineering samples sent out to Chinese PC makers. Somewhere in the supply chain …

    PC Builder 9 Nov 2005, 11:40

  • Nvidia GeForce 7200, 7600 due 'Feb, March 2006'

    Big CeBIT splash?

    Information has come to light about Nividia's mysterious G72 and G73 graphics chips. According to an AnandTech report which quotes a number of industry insiders, the G72 and G73 will ship as the GeForce 7200 and 7600, respectively. The 7200 will launch in February 2006, the 7600 a month later. Past reports have suggested the …

    PC Builder 9 Nov 2005, 11:48

  • Capgemini revs up ten per cent

    Outsourcing gets the credit...

    Capgemini increased turnover ten per cent in the third quarter, compared to the same period a year ago. For the third quarter ended 30 September Capgemini brought in €1.67bn against €1.59bn for the third quarter of 2004. The company said outsourcing grew fastest at 15 per cent and contributes 39 per cent of group revenues. By …

    IT Channel 9 Nov 2005, 12:28

  • Bogus Baron BOFH banged up

    Phoney peer gets 21 months' imprisonment

    A phoney English Lord who stole a dead baby's identity to lead a fantasy life has been jailed for 21 months for passport fraud. 'Christopher Edward Buckingham' was sent to prison by a judge yesterday without revealing his true identity, after living 23 years under the assumed name. The self-styled Earl of Buckingham married …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 13:03

  • Automatic graylisting of unwanted software

    Maximum security, minimal effort

    As network perimeters become ever more porous, and endpoint security becomes even more critical, companies today are struggling with the problem of unwanted software - whether it's new, unknown, and potentially malicious software, or simply known but non-business applications. Now, a new approach to endpoint security known as …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 14:09

  • Microsoft takes on enterprise - again

    Norfolk and Banks watch from the safety of London

    I'm glad that it was our San Francisco correspondent, Gavin Clarke, who got to hear Steve Ballmer in person, challenging his competitors to have any doubts as to whether Microsoft's SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 (and the latest Beta of Biztalk Server 2006) are "enterprise ready". Ballmer is one of the few IT execs who …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 15:14

  • Home Office 'confident' of ID card costs

    KPMG report on programme estimates published

    The Home Office has published an extract of the independent report which assessed the costing estimates of the National ID card scheme as "robust and appropriate." Charles Clarke used this report to underline the basis for the cost estimates of £30 for a stand alone ID card and £93 for a passport and ID card package that was …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 15:53

  • HP job cuts hit factory staff

    Where do you want to go today? India or the Czech Republic?

    HP is shifting 200 manufacturing jobs from its Erskine factory to Pardubice in the Czech Republic. Jim Sheridan, MP for Paisley and North Renfrewshire told the Daily Record the decision was: "one of the worst cases of corporate deceit I have ever come across." Sheridan had previously been assured by HP managers that jobs were …

    IT Channel 9 Nov 2005, 16:13

  • Mystery over 'hidden booty' in email scam trial

    Francis-Macrae takes stand, refuses to spill the beans

    Peter Francis-Macrae, the 23-year-old who's allegedly the UK's biggest spammer, has testified that he may have "over stepped the mark" in posing as an approved domain registrar at his trial at Peterborough Crown Court this week. Francis-Macrae faces a variety of charges ranging from threats to kill to fraudulent trading. …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 16:27

  • Liberty Alliance pushes authentication standard

    ID-SAFE combination

    The Liberty Alliance Project has launched a program designed to develop open specifications to allow different strong authentication products to interoperate more easily. Liberty’s new Strong Authentication Expert Group has been created to speed the worldwide deployment of more secure log-in technologies. It aims to create an ID …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 17:13

  • Software testers become 'rock stars' for Microsoft

    Bum note on VSTS?

    Microsoft hopes to do for software testers what it's done for developers - turn them into "rock stars". However, it may have to get its own house in order before preaching to the industry. Fresh from launching its first application lifecycle management (ALM) suite, Visual Studio 2005 Team System (VSTS), Microsoft said it wants …

    Software & Security 9 Nov 2005, 22:34

  • SuSE co-founder leaves Novell

    'Not the company I founded'

    Novell has insisted it's business as usual for the SuSE Linux operation despite the loss of SuSE co-founder and kernel team member Hubert Mantel. A Novell spokesperson told The Register on Wednesday that Mantel's exit "won't have a significant impact on our strategy or our ability to execute." Mantel resigned from Novell, …

    IT Channel 9 Nov 2005, 23:26

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