14th December 2005 Archive

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UK e-tailers 'to lose £1bn over Christmas'

Careless. Very careless

Poor communication is costing British online retailers up to £1bn in Christmas sales this year. Research from the Voice Commerce Group (VCG) has found that although internet shopping is experiencing unprecedented growth in 2005, retailers face losing approximately 20 per cent of their potential sales this holiday season. …

IT Channel 14 Dec 2005, 06:02
Nvidia nabs ULi

ATI's chip partner to be bought by its arch-rival

Nvidia is to buy Taiwanese chipset company ULi in a stock purchase that values the acquisition at $52m. ULi is part of ALi - aka Acer Labs - and was established as a fabless chip-maker in 2002 to handle ALi's chipset development and production. It's those products that Nvidia's after, to expand its nForce line-up into the low- …

PC Builder 14 Dec 2005, 10:36
'Napa' faster, more popular than 'Sonoma' - Intel

'Centrino 3' better at getting dates too, apparently

Intel's next-generation Centrino platform, codenamed 'Napa', not only consumes rather less power than its predecessor does, but is faster and has garnered a greater degree of industry support, the chip giant claimed this week. According to Keith Kressin, a marketing director within Intel's Mobility Group, Napa will form the …

PC Builder 14 Dec 2005, 11:10
MS releases IE überpatch

Brace for impact

Microsoft released a pair of patches on Tuesday - including a cumulative security fix for IE deemed "critical" - as part of its regular monthly patching schedule. The IE update (MS05-054) deals with four security vulnerabilities including two flaws which create a means for ne'er do wells to run hostile code on vulnerable systems …

Software & Security 14 Dec 2005, 11:29
Cybercrims target Xmas shoppers

Be careful out there

'Tis the Christmas season and while consumers are surfing the net looking for the perfect gift, fraudsters are lying in wait to trip them up. This year's holiday season is widely expected to generate more online sales than ever before, with consumers flocking to the internet looking for that elusive gift. Although using the …

Software & Security 14 Dec 2005, 12:48
UK shopkeepers beating online fraud

Open all hours

UK retailers are beating the problem of online fraud, according to a new survey. Two in three (65 per cent) of 160 retailers surveyed by electronic payment and risk management firm CyberSource said they had seen losses from fraud either stall or fall in the last 12 months. Only 16 per cent reckon that fraud has risen as a …

Software & Security 14 Dec 2005, 12:59
Public sector could save billions through shared services

That's 15 hospitals, 30 secondary schools, 50 primary ...

The government could save up to £40bn over the next decade by sharing services across public sector human resources and finance functions, researchers claims. The BuyIT Best Practice Network, which has been working with the government on take-up of shared services, makes the estimate in a best practice guide published this week …

IT Channel 14 Dec 2005, 15:40