15th April 2004 Archive

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Channel

• ATI readies PCI Express Radeon X880 XT Mid-June launch
• Microsoft charity licence gets lukewarm welcome One hand clapping

Comms: Mobile

• Brits cheat insurance to get gadget upgrades Lying Low
• PalmOne preps 28 April PDA updates Update As new Zires surface on e-tail sites
• South Korea allows 3G handset subsidies 40 per cent off W-CDMA

Comms: Networks

• BT faces EC investigation over business rates Illegal government aid?

Comms: Wireless

• ADSL virgin seeks warm, friendly... Review ...installation of wireless networking

Hardware: Servers

• For Sun chip chief, an empty roadmap is a clean roadmap SPARCs fly

Hardware: Storage

• EMC acquires strong Q1 revenue growth Every ISV helps
• Working up an appetite for destruction Data disposal without tears

Management: Financial News

• Apple closes California plant Jobs stay Stateside
• Christmas continues for iPod sales Macs down, profits steady
• Egg decorated for site accessibility in DRC study Five stars in disability survey
• Sun tops off poor Q3 by axing execs Server brass exits stage loss

Management: IT Director

• DHL mulls offshoring remainder of IT staff Postal giant sends jobs abroad...

Management: Small Biz

• Boingo wins Linksys hotspot kit promo Venues lured with $300-400 a month profit claim

Music and Media

• Godfather of Web awarded €1m Finnish honour for Tim Berners-Lee
• Murderer blogs from behind bars Nice little earner for 'Martin the Stutterer'
• Patent Office asked to review Microsoft FAT patent Write open source software - and go to jail
• Real Networks 'seeks alliance' with Apple Join us against MS - or else
• Webtapping battle lines drawn 'Significant risk to the entire Internet'

Odds and Sods: Site News

• 'Java Testing and Design' at 30% off Site Offer Book bargains galore

Personal: Consoles

• Ex-Infinium exec sues company... ...then withdraws suit
• Sony pauses PSX production Waiting while dealers' shelves clear

Personal: PCs

• Getting connected to online backups Review One thing well

Personal: Peripherals

• DVD Forum punts blue laser HD-DVD And Taiwan preps own hi-def video disc format
• Slim Devices slims Squeezbox prices Review Update Plus Reg reader feedback

Security: Anti-Virus

• NetSky-V spreads on auto-pilot Joins assault on P2P sites

Security: Enterprise Security

• Cisco thwarts WLAN dictionary attack Great LEAP forward
• Windows Update groans under patch load Download stampede

Security: Spam

• 419ers plug into plasma TV market Unique Estonian job opportunity

Software: Applications

• End of the road for EAI? Data federation, come on down

Software: Operating Systems

• X is now free of XFree86 What's on the end of this Fork?