26th July 2004 Archive

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Channel

• AMD knocks up to 30% off Athlon 64 prices But FX and XP prices rise
• dabs.com owner goes on TV Atherton broadcasts to the nation...
• Intel mobile, desktop chips for the chop EOLs 130nm parts
• Sage co-founder goes to Glasgow Wylie picks up another reseller, and a chief exec
• Seagate extends HDD warranties to five years Mainstream drives now match enterprise products

Comms: Mobile

• 3 signs up Argos Mail order giant gets 3G jiggy
• EC accuses Vodafone, O2 of overcharging Roaming far and wide

Comms: Networks

• Newbie ISP offers PAYG broadband Slams 'Jack of all trades'

Comms: Wireless

• Eclipse stars with BT's Wi-Fi network Lunar hotspots
• US Wi-Fi operators inch towards roaming SBC, Sprint strike deal

Hardware: Data Networking

• Skype preps pre-pay service for the world Anytime, anyplace, anywhere....

Hardware: Servers

• Sun's Opteron fleet finally goes on sale Witness the x86 grandeur

Hardware: Storage

• King Arthur and his Bytes of the Round Table Exclusive A 13TB storage epic

Management: Financial News

• Google prices IPO, names ticker All a GOOG
• HP boss hits 'short-sighted' analysts Hung, drawn and quartered
• Hynix reports record profit Strong sales and cost-cutting
• Microsoft makes $2.69bn in Q4 Not quite good enough for Wall Street
• UK newspapers hop on music download bandwagon Buy copies, download free songs
• Vodafone: thin in Japan Tops forecasts elsewhere
• WAT makes websites accessible Web Adaptation Technology for elderly and disabled

Management: IT Director

• IBM wins Bradford IT gig £100m up for grabs but the staff are revolting

Management: Small Biz

• IT industry warned over wasted money UK biz not happy

Music and Media

• Macrovision preps '99% effective' CD lock-in tech Supports burning - if the labels allow it
• Real to 'free' iPod from iTunes Music Store Harmony tunes player into Rhapsody

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Goth sysadmins rage against Reg music machine Letters Cradle of Filth

Personal: Mac Channel

• IBM 'readying dual-core G5' PowerPC 970MP could get Apple to 3GHz at last...

Science

• Asteroid named after Dill Faulkes Contribution to boffin cultivation

Security: Anti-Virus

• Google goes gimpy from MyDoom infection Worm variant triggers search paralysis
• Schwarzenegger virus terminated Hasta la vista, malware

Security: Enterprise Security

• Vegas braces for DEFCON Preview Showtime

Software: Applications

• BayStar sets lawyers on SCO It ain't over, till it's over
• Microsoft touts AMD, snubs Intel with Yukon beta SQL Server 2005 comes to the masses