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23rd October 2006 Archive

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  • 'Carousel' bank's founder due in court

    VAT fraudsters' favourite bank

    John Deuss is due in court in Holland later today to face charges relating to the First Curacao International Bank (FCIB). Deuss, who founded the bank, was arrested by Dutch police on his arrival from Bermuda. Dutch and UK tax authorities took action against the bank in September. UK Customs accuse FCIB of being the favoured …

    IT Channel 23 Oct 2006, 10:47

  • Firefox 2.0 goes live

    Updated Get it while it's hot

    Firefox 2.0 was due to be released on Tuesday but the final version of the source browser was available from Mozilla FTP site early on Monday. Demand was such that the ftp.mozilla.org site appears to have buckled under the strain. However the software remains available from mirror sites such as one run by Oregon State University …

    Software & Security 23 Oct 2006, 10:54

  • SMB budgets fall short of storage growth

    Brief But bigger is not always better

    Demand for storage capacity is continuing to rise, but SMB (small to medium sized business) budgets are failing to keep up, according to a Gartner survey. Though 55 per cent of the 1,100 IT managers surveyed rated keeping up with demand as their biggest storage challenge, estimating their capacity needs would increase by an …

    Enterprise 23 Oct 2006, 11:03

  • AMD pares processor prices

    Up to 35.8 per cent off

    AMD has cut the prices of its Turion 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 and a number of its Sempron chips, the company announced today. CPU prices fell by up to 35.8 per cent. The four-strong dual-core Turion 64 X2 line is now 16.3-25.7 per cent less expensive than before, with the biggest reduction being made to the top-of-the- …

    PC Builder 23 Oct 2006, 11:57

  • Nvidia readies nForce 650i pair?

    One for SLI, one not

    Nvidia will next month unveil two Intel-oriented nForce 600 series chipsets alongside the nForce 680i SLI, pictures of which leaked out last week. The other chipsets are the 650i SLI and the 650i Ultra, both budget parts, it has been claimed. According to a DailyTech report, the 650i parts are identical in all but one regard …

    PC Builder 23 Oct 2006, 12:14

  • Intel bares Tigerton

    Server four by four

    Intel is sticking with its roadmap for the quadcore Tigerton and demonstrated a server running four of the little blighters on Friday, according to reports. Quad-core processors for single processor and dual processor systems are due to appear sometime after Halloween. But while Intel has moved its lines to its Core …

    Enterprise 23 Oct 2006, 12:27

  • Sony defeats PSP importer in UK court

    Judgement goes against Lik-Sang

    The English High Court has ruled that importing Japanese and North American PlayStation Portable handheld consoles into Europe through unofficial channels is unlawful - the latest outcome of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's (SCEE) battle with Hong Kong-based online retailer Lik-Sang.com. SCEE initiated legal proceedings …

    PC Builder 23 Oct 2006, 12:45

  • Lenovo retires from CeBIT

    Another one bites the dust

    The news that Lenovo is backing out of CeBIT, Europe's biggest IT trade show, begs the question: Is CeBIT bleeding to death? Lenovo is the latest major company to pull the plug on the show, to be held in March 2007 in Germany. It joins Nokia and Motorola who have already announced they would not be at next year's show. BenQ …

    IT Channel 23 Oct 2006, 12:58

  • SpamThru Trojan bundles own virus scanner

    Blocks rival malware

    Internet miscreants have created a spam-sending Trojan that comes fitted with an anti-virus scanner. The SpamThru Trojan attempts to reserve control of compromised machines by blocking infection by other forms of malware using a pirated copy of a commercial anti-virus scanner. Security researchers at SecureWorks reckon the …

    Software & Security 23 Oct 2006, 13:06

  • Child safety pop quiz violates child safety laws

    FBI safe surfing drive goes awry

    An FBI website designed to help children to learn safe surfing tips is pointing users towards a website that violates US child safety laws, Wired reports. The FBI's Safe Online Surfing site invites young surfers to take part in a quiz run by the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation on how to become an FBI agent. To take …

    Software & Security 23 Oct 2006, 13:07

  • Intel to ship 'Bearlake' chipsets as 3x series?

    Model numbering comes to core logic products

    Intel's 'Bearlake' chipset family, due to debut in Q2 2007, will bring Intel's 9xx chipset naming scheme to an end, reports coming out of the Far East suggest. Instead, Intel will apparently code what will ship as the 3x Express series according to market position and feature set. So, the business-oriented models, which will …

    PC Builder 23 Oct 2006, 13:40

  • Irish passports go RFID, and naked

    Analysis Mug me, my house is currently worth a fortune

    The Irish government has begun issuing RFID passports with biometric data that can be read at a distance to comply with US regulations for its visa waiver programme. But unlike the RFID passports the USA is now issuing, the Irish ones lack a security feature preventing them from being skimmed, or read surreptitiously. The US …

    Software & Security 23 Oct 2006, 13:45

  • BT offers online storage

    For customers and non-customers alike

    BT is offering consumers a simple way to store important files and photographs to protect against accidentally deleting things or losing hardware. BT Digital Vault Basic is a free service open to BT and non-BT customers. It offers 2GB of space if you sign up before 7 January 2007 or 1GB if you sign up after that and are not a …

    Enterprise 23 Oct 2006, 14:29

  • EMC goes whole hog with hardware upgrade

    Shows its metal

    EMC has gone brash and bold with its latest product rollout, pumping up all of the company's main hardware lines. Big spenders will find new Symmetrix boxes, while the mid-tier crowd receives a fresh Clariion. Away from this core kit, EMC has also pushed out a new virtual tape library system and a number of Celerras. The influx …

    Enterprise 23 Oct 2006, 19:09

  • Dell and AMD celebrate their love in front of thousands

    Choice means buying AMD, not relying on Intel

    Michael Dell and new best buddy, AMD's Hector Ruiz, cozied up on stage today at Oracle OpenWorld to celebrate customer choice. While they didn't mention Intel by name, AMD's arch-rival was the butt of some badly-scripted managerial improv intended to highlight the wisdom of hardware vendors in picking AMD too. Michael Dell is …

    Enterprise 23 Oct 2006, 19:18

  • Oracle releases 11g database beta

    OpenWorld DBA and information workers of the world unite

    Oracle has kicked its next major database out to developers for testing, with features intended to improve the lot of DBAs and information workers. The Oracle Database 11g beta sees compression technology that can reduce the amount of storage required for data sets by up to two thirds, the ability to conduct upgrades online, …

    Software & Security 23 Oct 2006, 20:35

  • SGI gives NASDAQ a go

    Nicer than NYSE

    SGI has returned to a major stock exchange for a second go at being a hardware star. The beleaguered server seller emerged today under the SGIC ticker on the NASDAQ. It handed off 11m new shares in common stock and opened at $20 per share. By day's end, SGIC had dropped 2.5 per cent to $19.50. The once glorious company was …

    Enterprise 23 Oct 2006, 20:58

  • Dell finally discovers Opteron servers

    These things save energy. Who knew?

    Dell on Monday finally gave AMD the big squeeze, when it popped out a pair of Opteron-based servers. Chairman Michael Dell unveiled the AMD gear with relatively little fanfare during a keynote at the Oracle Open World event in San Francisco. He touted the four-socket PowerEdge 6950, talked up the two-socket PowerEdge SC1435 and …

    Enterprise 23 Oct 2006, 22:59

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