17th August 2006 Archive

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Distribution

• Seventeen charged for carousel fraud Following Tuesday's raids...

Hardware

• Intel roadmaps 1.3GHz DDR 3 chipsets PCI Express 2.0, DirectX 10 and other goodies supported too.
• Intel to ship quad-core Core 2 Extreme in Q4 'Kentsfield' debut roadmapped

Market News

• Mobile IT - commodity or value add? Analysis Should I pay or should I go?

PC Builder

• Intel to cull all but three Pentium D CPUs by year-end? Celeron, Pentium 4 lines may not fare much better
• Nvidia to 'hit ATI while it's down' with GeForce 7950 GT Mid-September launch

Security

• AOL seeks spammer's buried gold Pirate treasure hunt
• BoI customers fall victim to phishing scam Scammers net €113,000
• Bot spreads using latest Windows flaw Update warning
• Holy Moly hacked Updated Celebrity agents not implicated

Servers/Storage

• NetApp raises expectations on Q1 results Flies through financial check-up
• New Opteron systems for IBM Big Blue's big announcement
• Seagate to mount global two-pronged channel assault Will keep Maxtor brand
• XenSource CEO had to drink to face first Xen install LinuxWorld Under the influence and high on open source power

Services

• Ofcom to regulate switching ISP Wants to be the MAC daddy
• PlusNet goes offline Updated Power outage blamed
• Telehouse power problems claim more scalps Updated Claranet and Netscalibur...

Software

• Mozilla delays Firefox 2.0 release Better late than never
• Open source guru advocates ideological shift Eric Raymond calls for compromise...