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14th May 2007 Archive

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  • AMD unveils ATI Radeon HD 2000

    Tessellated belly-dancers, whatever next?

    Readers may recall a few weeks ago that The Register was invited along to the launch of AMD's latest range of graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 2000 series. But, having stepped off the plane at Tunis, we learned that a press embargo prevented us from reporting anything about the launch until today. Despite AMD's efforts to …

    PC Builder 14 May 2007, 05:17

  • Salesforce.com embeds Skype into CRM

    Voice choice

    As part of its sustained campaign to dominate the emerging world of on-demand applications, salesforce.com has announced a version of the Skype Internet-based telephone software to work with its Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM) package. The special version of Skype, developed by the German voice-over-IP …

    Software & Security 14 May 2007, 05:59

  • AMD launches Phenom brand

    FASN8-ing

    AMD has launched the Phenom FX, X2 and X4 processor families - well, the name at least - pledging to ship the chips formerly known informally as the 'star' line in the second half of the year. Right now, AMD isn't saying much about Phenom, preferring to stress that it comprises "true" quad-core designs, unlike its arch-rival' …

    Reg Hardware 14 May 2007, 07:50

  • Pirate Bay plundered by hackers

    Bloggy data pillage

    Buccaneering BitTorrent source The Pirate Bay has been hacked and a copy of its user database stolen, the site admitted. The Swedish outfit copped to the data breach in its blog, which ironically was the site of the vulnerability. It said: They have got a copy of the user database. That is, your username and passwords. But, …

    Software & Security 14 May 2007, 09:38

  • Microsoft puts a figure on open source 'patent infringements'

    Number of the beast

    Microsoft's top lawyer says open source software violates exactly 235 entries in the firm's vast patent portfolio. General counsel Brad Smith released the figure to Fortune as part of Microsoft's long-running campaign to seed doubts over the legality of Linux and other open source efforts. Redmond's licensing boss Horacio …

    Software & Security 14 May 2007, 11:26

  • DCC looks down from peak

    Expects come-down after profit high

    Irish distribution giant DCC Sercom has said it expects profits to dip after pulling off a dramatic climb last year. The firm's preliminary results for the 12 months ended 31 March 2007 showed today that it had managed a 35.3 per cent hike in operating profit on the prior year. Sercom's parent, DCC group, managed an overall …

    IT Channel 14 May 2007, 11:30

  • BAE tries to polish corporate image ahead of Armor deal

    Analysis No matter how they scrub they'll never be clean

    BAE Systems plc's corporate migration to America may be entering troubled waters. The UK-based arms giant's latest plan is a £2.1bn acquisition of Armor Group, an American firm which makes Humvees and other vehicles for the US forces. This would be a good buy for BAE. Protected light vehicles are seen as a Pentagon "sweet …

    PC Builder 14 May 2007, 14:23

  • Verizon bags Cybertrust

    Managing security concerns

    US telco Verizon has agreed to buy managed security services outfit Cybertrust for an undisclosed sum. Privately-held Cybertrust will be subsumed by Verizon Business, making the division the world's largest government and big business managed security operation. Cybertrust is based in Virginia and has about 800 employees …

    Software & Security 14 May 2007, 14:40

  • Alcatel-Lucent opens wallet for NetD

    Device gateway maker joins The Hyphen

    Alcatel-Lucent, the French telecom equipment company, is to buy NetDevices, a privately held producer of device gateways for large businesses. Financial terms are undisclosed. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of Alcatel-Lucent's fiscal 2007 (subject the usual standard closing conditions) When the …

    PC Builder 14 May 2007, 18:46

  • On Microsoft's feeble Fortune-based nastygram to Red Hat

    Comment Missing BillG's pen

    Microsoft has lost its guts. Maybe they're on the floor of Bill Gates's "think week" cabin. Chairman Gates owned a steel sack once upon a time. You all remember the missive deriding computer hobbyists as software stealing criminals. "I would appreciate letters from any one who wants to pay up, or has a suggestion or comment," …

    Enterprise 14 May 2007, 20:27

  • MySpace users snowed in by new blizzard of spam

    Analysis Buried brunettes beg for help

    In the beginning, MySpace was a place to meet new friends and get to know old ones even better by browsing their journals, photos and network of chums. But soon, Viagra marketers, pedophiles and hackers latched onto MySpace and rendered it as ineffective as most other net-based public forums. It came to resemble one of the …

    Software & Security 14 May 2007, 20:31

  • Hitachi's Universal Storage Platform V is virtually huge

    Thin provisioning, fat box

    Hitachi lifted the curtain today on the next iteration of its high-end virtualizing storage system, the Universal Storage Platform V. The USPV offers a performance boost over previous Tagmastore systems. In addition, the new hardware ships thin provisioning software - technology yet to be implemented by Hitachi's high-end …

    Enterprise 14 May 2007, 22:05

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