13th August 2007 Archive

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Hardware

• AMD posts Catalyst 7.8 Driver pack tweaked
• Fujitsu Siemens to drop PDA, GPS gadgets Laptop focus
• Intel cans last Pentium 4s, Ds Farewell, pre-Core past
• Nvidia MCP73 'to debut 25 September' Entry-level parts to pave way for DirectX 10 version?
• Silent bandwidth battles at BT Column You will not unplug that ISDN

Market News

• VAT fraudsters 'laughing all the way to their offshore tax haven' Explosion in carousel fraud

News

• Fujitsu creates readable, writeable 'nanohole' hard drive Step toward 1TB per square inch data density

Reseller

• Game shares bounce as competition probe launches Regulator says deal unfairly squeezes market

Security

• Facebook quells fears over code leak snafu More of interest to lawyers than hackers
• Firefox leak could divulge sensitive info How to remotely share your settings with people you've never met
• Germany enacts 'anti-hacker' law Will the last security expert to leave Germany turn off the lights
• Hacktivists attack UN.org All we are saying is give hacking a chance
• IT bosses: directors don't take security seriously Their fault for not talking the board's language?
• Net bride Aussie kidnapped in Mali Lovestruck farmer's fiancée actually armed gang
• Spammers debut FDF spam Rising tide as stock markets fall

Servers/Storage

• Citrix set to snatch XenSource Hypervisor grab
• First two AMD 'Barcelonas' due 10 September? A third coming the following month, apparently
• Intel guns one four-core Xeon, cools another AMD talks to OEMs
• SCO 'disappointed' as shares plunge 70 per cent Sue it forward

Services

• Council employs automatic PC shutdown Will save £50,000 a year