4th December 2009 Archive

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• Dell offloads Polish factory to Taiwanese manufacturer

  Yes, the Polish plant they shut Limerick for

  Dell is offloading its factory in Poland to Taiwanese knock 'em out giant Foxconn, less than a year after axing most of its Irish workers and shifting their jobs to the East European facility. Hon Hai Precision, Foxconn's parent, has reportedly agreed to take over the factory in return for around $310m. A Dell Poland …

  PC Builder 4 Dec 2009, 10:56

• Open sourcers aim selves at US gov

  'Misconceptions' battle

  Advocates who helped shape a major US government department's policy paper on using open-source in IT projects are stepping up their lobby. Open Source for America plans to push for clear statements on the rules around using open source in government IT across a number of federal departments next year. The idea is to dispel …

  Software & Security 4 Dec 2009, 14:02

• Copan moves to indirect sales channel

  Comment The MAID lays many people off

  Copan Systems is moving to an indirect sales model, sparking closure rumours as many people were laid off. Several people contacted The Reg on Tuesday saying that Copan was closing down. David Dew, Copan's VP for engineering and quality and thus in charge of the company's MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) technology product …

  Enterprise 4 Dec 2009, 17:55

• Intel condemns tardy Larrabee to dev purgatory

  Umpteen-core beast de-productized

  Intel's Larrabee many-core CPU-GPU mashup is so far behind schedule it will not be released as a standalone product. An Intel spokesman told The Reg on Friday afternoon that both hardware and software work on the much-anticipated part is tardy, and this means the chip won't be released into the wild as anything other than a …

  PC Builder 4 Dec 2009, 23:32