13th December 2006 Archive

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Hardware

• Intel announces Celeron D cull More 90nm CPUs for the chop

Market News

• HP will keep cleaving Hurd knows best

PC Builder

• AMD rebrands ATI CrossFire chipsets Mine, all mine
• AMD slips Athlon 64 X2 5400+, 5600+ into price list Quiet - someone might notice...

Reseller

• Calyx buys Mentec Revises figures

Security

• East European ID theft scam gang jailed Crime and punishment
• Massive security breach at UCLA Details on 800,000 may have been exposed
• Three critical patches star in MS update No word on Word fixes, yet
• UBS logic bomber jailed for eight years Real-life BOFH ordered to pay $3.1m restitution
• Webmail hijack ruse leads to blackmail Pay up or you'll never see your data again

Servers/Storage

• IBM wallops Unix peers . . . again Survey says Sun and HP struggle
• Symantec auditions for services residency Will look after data for cash
• Symantec sues counterfeit ring for $15m+ Profits-plus scheme

Services

• Dell calls in EDS man to head up services An exceedingly agile partner
• NHS urged to use more simple ICT Royal Society hopes ICT will save doctors' time
• Training our sights on Vista Opinion Bucking the system

Software

• Microsoft launches Windows Live package Latest salvo in war with Google
• Novell: in it for the interop, not the money Stats show unanimous support for MS deal