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8th April 2009 Archive

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  • Acer flaunts first Ion-based nettop

    Smaller than a breadbox

    Acer today announced the first small, cheap desktop PC using Nvidia's new Ion graphics chipset. Dubbed Acer's AspireRevo, the diminutive machine is being pitched as a device suitable for plugging into the family TV for watching videos, viewing pictures, or playing games. The box combine a 1.6GHz single-core Intel Atom 230 …

    Reg Hardware 8 Apr 00:16

  • Intel chips get new logos, star treatment

    Confusing the masses

    Intel has introduced a new and flashier set of logos for their consumer-level processors and processor-cum-chipset combos, along with a star-rating system that may generate more trouble than guidance. The new logos feature the familiar Intel logo above the marketing names of Core i7, Core 2, Centrino, Centrino 2, Atom, Celeron …

    PC Builder 8 Apr 00:23

  • Sun revs VirtualBox to 2.2

    Supports OVF standard, ready for Snow Leopard

    Beleaguered server and system-software maker Sun Microsystems wants to change the Big Blue subject big-time, if only so that someone could talk about the new VirtualBox 2.2 virtualization software the company is announcing on Wednesday. We'll oblige. VirtualBox, like many Sun technologies, was acquired rather than created as …

    Enterprise 8 Apr 04:02

  • Tata win Child Maintenance COTS IT deal

    Past disasters ensure deliberate lack of innovation

    The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has chosen Tata Consultancy Services to build its new IT system. The commission, which took over the role of the Child Support Agency in November 2008, advertised the £50m tender last September. Stephen Geraghty, the child maintenance commissioner, said the new system will use …

    Enterprise 8 Apr 06:02

  • Fusion-io gets funding infusion

    50 meellion dollars?

    PCIe-connect SSD start-up Fusion-io brought forward its B-round funding and new CEO announcements to SNW as it revealed it was nearly $50m better off. LightSpeed Venture Partners led the B-round which netted Fusion-io $47.5m. Fusion-io also confirmed that David Bradford is its new CEO, replacing the ousted Don Basile, who is …

    Enterprise 8 Apr 06:02

  • Race heats up for Satyam

    Monday could be the day

    The race to buy Satyam is heating up and the board could make a decision as early as this Monday. There are believed to be four bidders left in the race to buy the troubled outsourcer. These include building firm Larsen & Toubro, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Technology and private equity investor Wilbur Ross. The four will be …

    Enterprise 8 Apr 10:06

  • Wanna upgrade from Windows 7 beta? Go back to Vista first

    Stick-in-the-muds can edit code to swerve unloved OS

    Microsoft is asking Windows 7 beta testers to remove the program and return their computers to Vista, before upgrading to the forthcoming release candidate of the firm’s latest operating system. The near-ready version of Windows 7 is expected to land next month. However, Microsoft has admitted the path to the RC isn’t going to …

    Software & Security 8 Apr 11:30

  • Microsoft hit with €9m fine over German pricing

    Ve haff vays off making you not talk to each other

    The German competition authority, the BundesKartellamt, has fined Microsoft €9m for colluding with retailers to set the price of "Office Home and Student 2007". Suppliers are allowed to talk to retailers about prices but need to be careful not to break competition rules. But in this case, Microsoft staff and a leading German …

    IT Channel 8 Apr 11:37

  • Acer debuts thin and light notebooks for the masses

    Bigger battery life

    So here we are in New York for the first leg of Acer's seasonal refresh. The Taiwanese PC company is making a really big deal of the line-up, 20 products grouped into three areas - notebooks / netbooks / and all-in-one PCs and slotted into three brands: Acer, Gateway (Packard Bell in Europe) and eMachines. It wheeled in …

    PC Builder 8 Apr 12:16

  • SQL Server 2008 SP1 washes ashore

    Batteries Whistles and bells not included

    Microsoft released its first service pack for SQL Server 2008 yesterday, which comes with a few subtle changes and exactly zero new features to boot. The firm said it had made some tweaks to the product with SP1, including the usual suspects of cumulative updates and fixes you would expect to see rolled into a service pack. …

    Software & Security 8 Apr 14:38

  • Intel demos Moorestown, embeds Nehalem

    Software still chasing hardware

    Intel has demonstrated that its long-awaited mobile platform is meeting its power-saving goals, disclosed upcoming low-power Xeon 5500s for storage and blades, and pointed toward a future in which programmers might actually use all the threads and cores the company's hardware is throwing at them. At IDF Beijing - an event that …

    PC Builder 8 Apr 19:31

  • Laptop Hunters snare Microsoft on Linux

    Linux FCS Giampolo, how low will you go?

    Microsoft has made a tactical mistake in deciding to compete with Apple on price in its latest, much debated, Laptop Hunters TV ads. Until recently, Microsoft was pushing hard on the "value" of Windows. Now, though, the Laptop Hunters ads have turned the spotlight on the consistently high and - and recession proof - price tag …

    PC Builder 8 Apr 19:57

  • Intel puts five Xeons on death row

    Nehalem's first casualties

    Intel's newly released Nehalem EP-core Xeon processors have inflicted their first casualties: five older Xeons are scheduled to be phased out. According to Intel's Product Change Notification #109186-00 (PDF), you'll be able to buy these death-row Xeons in a retail box until January 9, 2010. The Xeons set for the chopping …

    PC Builder 8 Apr 23:22

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