14th August 2003 Archive

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HP and Hitachi to stay friends through 2008

Storage buddies

HP and Hitachi will continue scratching each others' backs through 2008 in the high end storage market. The two companies have extended their reselling pact that sees HP sell the Hitachi Lighting array under the StorageWorks XP brand. Their partnership began in 1999 and was due to expire in 2005, but now their shared love shall …

Storage 14 Aug 2003, 02:05
Intel chipset roadmap emerges

Alderwood, Lakeport, Alviso and more

The integrated version of Intel's Grantsdale chipset will tape out during the week commencing 29 September, if a development schedule posted on the web today is accurate. Grantsdale-G has been designed for the 'Prescott' processor - the 90nm successor to the Pentium 4 - and is due to ship Q2 2004. Taping out is essentially the …

Channel 14 Aug 2003, 08:38
Blaster worm variants make mischief

Copycat bugs

Anti-virus firms are warning of the appearance of fresh variants of the Blaster worm, the first version of which created chaos by crashing numerous vulnerable Windows machines earlier this week. Two new variants of Blaster (AKA Lovesan), first spotted yesterday, are both minor variations on the original worm. The two variants …

Anti-Virus 14 Aug 2003, 08:42
Blaster rewrites Windows worm rules

Analysis The worm that turned on home users

The Blaster worm, which continues to create chaos by crashing numerous vulnerable Windows machines across the Net, has changed the rules on malicious code attacks. Unlike Slammer or Nimda, home users have borne the brunt of the attack - although businesses of all sizes have also suffered. Blaster shatters the partially …

Anti-Virus 14 Aug 2003, 08:54
Asustek, MSI unveil single- channel DDR Intel boards

Reg Kit Watch Based on the new i848P chipset

Motherboards MSI and Asustek have followed up Intel's quiet launch of its mainstream i848P chipset with announcements that they will ship boards based on the part. MSI's board is the 848P Neo is aimed at overclockers, and has been designed to run the new chipset's 200MHz frontside bus - yield an 800MHz effective bit rate - at …

Personal 14 Aug 2003, 09:15
802.11g drives Wi-Fi sales

But 802.11b still rules the roost

The Wi-Fi market continues to grow, but price pressures are driving revenue and sales growth apart, market researcher the Dell'Oro Group said yesterday. During Q2, worldwide shipments of 802.11-based kit were up six per cent on the first quarter's figure and a massive 69 per cent up on the same period last year. However, Wi-Fi …

Wireless 14 Aug 2003, 09:46
Tony Blair to get official email address

At last

It has been confirmed that Prime Minister Tony Blair is to get an email address later this month enabling people to contact him directly without having to put pen to paper. The address is set to be published on pm.gov.uk in the next couple of weeks and will, no doubt, add a significant amount of correspondence to the 500,000 to …

Music and Media 14 Aug 2003, 10:34
Firm touts coin-op phone recharge kiosk

Mobiles sanitised and charged while-u-wait

Singapore-based firm InfiniTec is trying to get retail outlets interested in installing its low-cost coin-operated mobile phone charger. The unfortunately named Yuki Charger is compatible with most mobile phone brands and comes with ten different charger plugs. InfiniTec claims it has identified a gap in the market, though we' …

Business 14 Aug 2003, 11:08
Microsoft beats Apple iTunes Music Store to Europe

Partnership with music industry darling, OD2

Microsoft has beaten Apple to launch an subscription-free online music service in Europe. The software giant said today it is partnering with European digital music distributor OD2 to offer an iTunes Music Store-style service for Windows users. OD2 already supplies MSN in Europe, along with Italy's Tiscali, Freeserve, the HMV …

Mac Channel 14 Aug 2003, 11:22
Invisible Networks confirms job losses

Staff told to vanish

Invisible Networks - the Cambridge-based wireless networks outfit that helps bring broadband to rural areas - has confirmed it has made a number of staff redundant. Sources told The Register that workers were informed last week that jobs were on the line. Invisible's Chief exec, Richard Nuttall, declined to say how many jobs …

Telecoms 14 Aug 2003, 11:39
Evesham tempts students with free condoms

Pass the rubber, johnny

Anybody know a way of working this aphorism into a respectable news story? It goes: "A computer is like an erect ****... it stays up if you don't **** with it." Inappropriate? Hardly, says UK system builder Evesham, which is mixing sex and laptops in an unusual way. You could call it Evesham's new promotion. It's joined forces …

Mobile 14 Aug 2003, 11:40
SSL VPN market heats up

Watch out, IPsec

In the past, IT organisations choosing secure remote access solutions either trade off ease-of-use or higher levels of security, writes John McIntosh of Bloor Research. For example, many SSL VPN products limit users to accessing only Web and simple client/server applications. As a result, users are unable to get access to the …

Hardware 14 Aug 2003, 11:49
M-Systems, Palm tie-in redefines PDA

Analysis Pervasive Data Access?

What's mobile? People, device or the data? Taking data mobile can be achieved with fast networks. But the more rich the data content, the faster the network must be. So we go from infrared to GSM mobile phones to 3G and wireless LAN. But in the final analysis someone must pay for each megabyte transmitted, writes Rob Bamforth of …

Mobile 14 Aug 2003, 11:57
ATI confirms Xbox 2 win

Praises Microsoft, flips finger at Nvidia

ATI has confirmed that it has won the contract to develop graphics chips for the next generation of Microsoft's Xbox console. The announcement ends speculation that the company had wrested the Xbox gig from its arch-rival, Nvidia. "We selected ATI after reviewing the top graphics technologies in development and determining …

Personal 14 Aug 2003, 14:02
Blaster threat extends to Cisco kit

Appliances need patch application

The Blaster worm, which has caused untold misery for Windows PC users this week, is also capable of affecting the operation of networking equipment. As was the case with the Code Red worm, Cisco products that ship with Microsoft technology need protection against the Blaster worm. In the case of the latest Microsoft-targeted …

Data Networking 14 Aug 2003, 14:14
SBC claims MCI not paying dues

Access charges unpaid, allegedly

Another day, another allegation against troubled MCI. This time rival communications group SBC claims that it is being short-changed by MCI over the routing of long-distance calls. Reuters reports that it has seen a letter sent earlier this week by SBC to MCI CEO Michael Capellas in which SBC explains how it has carried out a …

Business 14 Aug 2003, 14:57
HP recovers $1.8m in grey market fraud case

Follows defendant's guilty plea

HP today announced it has recovered more than $1.8 million as part of its civil lawsuit against S-Systems and its owner, Leroy Anthony Sallee, over an alleged grey market fraud. Sallee recently pleaded guilty to federal charges for his participation in an alleged scheme to fraudulently acquire computer equipment at substantial …

Channel 14 Aug 2003, 15:09
Palm to offer entry-level enterprise PDA

Tungsten E on 1 October

One of the three devices Palm is expected to launch next October has been revealed as the Tungsten E, a new PDA designed to extend the reach of the pro-oriented Tungsten line down into the low-end of the market. Basic details of the product - its model number, provisional price and the size if its packaging - were posted on the …

Mobile 14 Aug 2003, 15:10
BT forces closure of non-BT ADSL checker

Claims Data Protection Act infringement

A software developer from Suffolk has been forced to shut down his ADSL availability checker following legal threats from BT that making the information available breached the Data Protection Act. Although based on BT's own ADSL availability checker, Dan Lane's line checker was able to provide more technical data after he …

Telecoms 14 Aug 2003, 15:23
SCO keeps chugging along in Q3

Mr. Clean happy with quarter

The distractions of a sweeping attack on the Linux community did not prevent licensing company The SCO Group from upping its profits in the third quarter. SCO reported net income of $3.1 million on revenue of $20.1 million for the period ended July 31. This compares to a net loss of $4.5 million and revenue of $15.4 million in …

Hardware 14 Aug 2003, 15:53
AMD strikes two cluster deal with Los Alamos

Horse number two gaining speed

AMD has secured another high performance computing win for the Opteron processor with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) signing up for a pair of Beowulf clusters. The Lighting cluster will be the large of the two systems, packing in 2,800 Opteron chips in a design built by LinuxNetworx. The cluster will be used for nuclear …

Servers 14 Aug 2003, 17:08
Dell's profit machine keeps cranking in Q2

Rivals bested

Dell continued to outpace rivals with another strong showing in its second quarter. Dell reported net income of $621 million on revenue of $9.78 billion for the period ended Aug. 1. These totals compare to net income of $501 million on revenue of $8.46 billion in the same quarter a year ago. The company traced the strong …

Business 14 Aug 2003, 20:22
You are a Web Service – and you have an STD

Move over Friendster - here's Crabster

Noticed a bit of green in your nether regions and can't quite recall where it might have come from? Had a one-night stand that's left you itchy and confused? STD-ster can help. The STD-ster beta site is backed up by a funky, porn groove and a compelling premise. It will help sex-crazed socialites track down long-lost love …

Bootnotes 14 Aug 2003, 23:46