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13th June 2006 Archive

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  • Promises, promises, promises

    TechEd 2006 Oh, and one more - promises

    The one advantage of delivering an uninspiring keynote is that it is very unlikely to inspire a myth or legend that I can later have fun imploding, but that was the task that seemed to be set for Bob Muglia and Ray Ozzie at the Microsoft TechED keynote here in Boston. It was short on technology and long on promises; with a …

    Software & Security 13 Jun 2006, 08:55

  • US share probe keeps growing

    Broadcom, Monster dragged in...

    Fund managers in the US are asking 1,500 companies if they are likely to get dragged into the ever-growing investigation into backdating of share options. Yesterday saw job site monster.com and Broadcom admit they were facing Federal investigation. The Council of Institutional Investors, whose members run $3 trillion in …

    IT Channel 13 Jun 2006, 09:10

  • eBay APIs updated

    Get 'em quick cos they'll all disappear at the last minute...

    Auction site eBay will release new APIs in the next few months so developers can start creating applications. The announcement was made at eBay's developer conference in Las Vegas. The auction house will make four APIs available - one for express searches, one for accessing the express checkout, one for extra product …

    Software & Security 13 Jun 2006, 10:47

  • PC shipments slow, but market still healthy

    Laptop bounce

    PC shipments slowed to 12.6 percent in the first quarter of 2006, but still managed to outdo March predictions of 11.8 percent annual growth, according to IDC. Although computer shipment growth has slowed since 2004, when the first quarter recorded 15.1 percent year-on-year growth, and in 2005 when annual growth was 16 percent …

    IT Channel 13 Jun 2006, 11:18

  • MS clean-up stats shed light on malware infections

    Zombie shoot 'em up

    Microsoft's anti-virus clean-up tool has removed 16m instances from 5.7m Windows PCs during its first 15 months of operation. Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), the malware removal software which Microsoft releases free of charge and updates every patch Tuesday, has been executed 2.7bn times on 270m computers since …

    Software & Security 13 Jun 2006, 11:26

  • IBM catalogues SOA services

    Partners included

    Next week IBM SOA Business Central opens its doors. This website will house the IBM SOA Business Catalogue, a way of finding resuable IT services based on its software. The directory of Big-Blue service-oriented architecture will include partner software too and by the end of the year, is expected to include "more than 3,000 …

    IT Channel 13 Jun 2006, 14:50

  • Elonex UK goes titsup

    Breaking news Deloitte and Touche step in...

    Elonex Plc (UK) has gone into administration after weeks of speculation that the PC builder was having serious credit problems. The company is thought to owe almost £20m to creditors in the UK, Europe and US. The rumour-mill has been working overtime with stories of Northwest London-based Elonex's imminent demise blamed …

    IT Channel 13 Jun 2006, 14:58

  • C2000 gets InFocus

    It's a Vision Thing

    Computer 2000 is to start wholesaling InFocus projectors to the UK channel. InFocus is keen to sign up resellers working the SME and education sectors - in March it introduced The Work Big IN24 and IN26 to target these markets. Now for some distie spiel, from the mouth of Simon Aldous, C2000's head of volume marketing: …

    IT Channel 13 Jun 2006, 15:29

  • COMPUTERLINKS is even more remote

    Signs up Avocent Cyclades

    The company formerly known as Unipalm has added remote access and monitoring products from Avocent Cyclades to its distie line-up. COMPUTERLINKS, as Uniplam is now called, says that the integrated range from Avocent and its recent acquisition, Cyclades, delivers a "complete line of system management tools, console servers, …

    IT Channel 13 Jun 2006, 15:40

  • PCs to developing world 'fuel malware'

    Less than charitable

    Programs to send PCs to third world countries might inadvertently fuel the development of malware for hire scams, an anti-virus guru warns. Eugene Kaspersky, head of anti-virus research at Kaspersky Labs, cautions that developing nations have become leading centres for virus development. Sending cheap PCs to countries with …

    Software & Security 13 Jun 2006, 16:03