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25th October 2006 Archive

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  • SaaS goes customisable

    Get it the way you want it

    The (generally speaking uncustomisable) user interface of online business services is the last significant stumbling block they have had to face. This has meant that users of services such as those from Software as a Service (SaaS) vendor NetSuite have had to use the UI that comes with the service, even if it didn't really fit …

    IT Channel 25 Oct 2006, 00:02

  • Seagate slams profit-ignorant rivals

    Knocks out 39m hard drives in Q1

    Seagate gave itself a pat on the back today in its September quarter report for holding the revenue line against hard drive competitors "who seem intent on trying to capture market share without regard to profitability". Fighting fire with fire , Seagate is determined to retain market share, and that will mean more price cuts …

    Enterprise 25 Oct 2006, 00:36

  • AMD and ATI fuse

    Acquisition complete, CPUs to become integrated chipsets

    AMD has completed its purchase of ATI. It spent $4.3bn in cash and 58m AMD shares on the graphics chip company, taking on $2.5bn in debt to help pay for it all. Farewell, the ATI, retained only as a product brand. And with acquisition comes integration. AMD said it plans to announce a number of platforms next year that will …

    IT Channel 25 Oct 2006, 08:26

  • Pointing fingers at corporate security

    Authenticate this

    Fingerprinting firm DigitalPersona has launched a new version of its fingerprint authentication system, Digitalpersona Pro 4.0, which it says is faster and more reliable than its predecessor. Designed for use in a corporate environment, version 4.0 is more accurate, the company says, supports individual sign-on, is highly …

    Software & Security 25 Oct 2006, 09:18

  • 3G routers the ticket to the mobile office

    Quocirca's changing channels Get on board

    Despite all the fuss a few years ago when 3G networks first became available, the take up of 3G services across Europe has been slow, the UK and Italy being the most advanced. Two of the main reasons for this were a lack of coverage (in the early days) and lack of need. The extra bandwidth and speed offered by 3G networks was …

    Enterprise 25 Oct 2006, 09:22

  • Amazon profits dip

    Margin pressure

    Bookseller Amazon.com saw profits fall in the third quarter despite increasing sales. The company made sales of $2.31bn in the third quarter ended 30 September 2006 - up 24 per cent on the same period last year. But net income was down to $19m compared with $30m in the third quarter of 2005. US sales were up 21 per cent to $1. …

    IT Channel 25 Oct 2006, 09:24

  • iSoft hit with another investigation

    Auditors probed with pointy stick

    iSoft's ex-auditor RSM Robson Rhodes is facing a probe from the Accountancy Investigation and Discipline Board (AIDB). iSoft is already being investigated by the Financial Services Authority. iSoft is supposed to be playing a central role in the world's largest public sector IT project - Blair's National Programme for IT ( …

    IT Channel 25 Oct 2006, 10:44

  • SEC, Nasdaq gently coshing NEC

    Dance of the acronyms

    The SEC has moved up the pressure on NEC a notch, sending the Japanese firm an "informal inquiry letter". The letter asks NEC to disclose certain documents to the US markets regulator, the firm said yesterday, adding it would cooperate fully with the SEC inquiry. NEC has had a tricky few weeks in the US. Last month it received …

    IT Channel 25 Oct 2006, 11:18

  • Vista vouchers for Christmas PC buyers

    All I want for Christmas is a low-cost Vista upgrade voucher...

    Microsoft today announced the voucher scheme which will let punters upgrade some computers bought this Christmas when Vista and Office 2007 are released early next year. Express Vista Upgrade will offer vouchers for free or discounted copies of the Vista operating system and Office 2007 - the bundle of applications. Sales to …

    Software & Security 25 Oct 2006, 11:23

  • BT buys Counterpane to bolster security services

    Anti-hacking market attack

    BT is to acquire managed security services firm Counterpane Internet Security for an undisclosed sum as part of plans to beef up the security expertise of its global professional services capabilities. Post-acquisition, company founder and well-known security guru Bruce Schneier will continue in his role as CTO, while Paul …

    Software & Security 25 Oct 2006, 11:36

  • AMD: we will not kill ATI brand

    To be kept for chipsets, discrete graphics products

    So is ATI gone forever, as a brandname at least? Apparently not, AMD Chief Technology Officer Phil Hester revealed today. He also indicated the two companies' fusion may not necessarily mean it's curtains for ATI's Intel-oriented chipsets. Speaking in London today, Hester told Reg Hardware the ATI name will continue to be …

    PC Builder 25 Oct 2006, 11:51

  • Verisign backs Vista security green streak

    Firefox's turn to play catch-up on security?

    The Mozilla Foundation risks losing the browser battle if it fails to keep up with Microsoft by incorporating new security technology into Firefox, a Verisign exec has claimed. According to Verisign product marketing director Tim Callan, the "loose collection of technoanarchists" which make up the open source development …

    Software & Security 25 Oct 2006, 12:04

  • Hitachi rolls out 3.5in HDDs

    Deskstar, CinemaStar

    Hitachi's Global Storage Technologies division has finally begun shipping its latest 3.5in hard drives, some six months after the Deskstar and CinemaStar models were originally anounced. The Deskstar T7K500 is available in capacities from 250GB to 500GB. The drives are available with either an ATA-133 or a 3Gbps Serial ATA …

    PC Builder 25 Oct 2006, 12:16

  • PowerColor brings ATI X1950 Pro to AGP users

    Older mobos not ignored

    Tul's PowerColor operation has launched a version if its Radeon X1950 Pro graphics card for punters who've resisted the urge to go with PCI Express and are sticking to AGP 8x. The GPU has 36 pixel shaders on board fed by eight vertex shaders. The chip connects to the board's 256MB of GDDR 3 video memory across a 256-bit bus …

    PC Builder 25 Oct 2006, 13:54

  • ID theft scam hunt goes global

    Follow the money

    UK police are working with Interpol in a bid to track down the perpetrators of a malware-powered ID theft scam that has claimed thousands of victims worldwide. As previously reported, a computer seized in the US contained personal data - including names, addresses, credit card information, and transaction records - from around …

    Software & Security 25 Oct 2006, 14:03

  • Fedora stops the download madness

    Red Hat's low availability Linux

    You want to play with Fedora Core 6, Red Hat's newest distro for enthusiasts? Unless you were an early, early bird, who downloaded the software in the first hours of its release yesterday, it looks like you will have to wait a little longer. For the Fedora site has taken an entirely predictable pounding - according to CNET …

    Enterprise 25 Oct 2006, 17:38

  • Six months in, Sun's CEO faces Wall Street's yo-yo test

    Can he do the improbable?

    Sun Microsystems could do something tomorrow that it hasn't done in years and years: please investors. Those watching the deflated Sun know the earnings drill. Sun's shares start their march from around $4 a share to just over $5 a share as the company approaches its quarterly earnings announcements. Time and again, gullible …

    Enterprise 25 Oct 2006, 19:29

  • Canada's privacy chief hails Microsoft's Seven Laws of Identity

    On surviving the identity Big Bang

    The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has published a plan for automated internet privacy that is backed by Microsoft. Dr Ann Cavoukian has called for programmers to embed privacy capabilities in software. A Microsoft-led project to create an "identity layer" for the internet created Seven Laws of Identity, which …

    Software & Security 25 Oct 2006, 20:29

  • Ellison muscles in on Red Hat support biz

    OpenWorld This time it's personal

    Memo to Red Hat: never buy something Larry Ellison covets 'cos you'll regret it. Five months after Red Hat snatched JBoss from under the Oracle's nose, his company has struck back with a service and support package designed to gut Red Hat like a fish. Dressed in the guise of promoting adoption of Linux in mission-critical …

    Software & Security 25 Oct 2006, 21:51

  • Dell steals HP's blade boy Becker

    Exclusive Help us sell!

    Dell has poached one of HP's top blade boys in the form of Rick Becker, The Register can confirm. Becker, the VP and GM of blade systems in HP's software group, has gone West, leaving the old Compaq digs in Houston for Dell's Round Rock headquarters. In addition to his role as blade chief, Becker served as HP's CTO of x86 …

    Enterprise 25 Oct 2006, 23:03

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