20th August 2004 Archive

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Channel

• 90nm Opterons, Athlons to use strained silicon AMD reiterates plan to use stretched material
• ATI RV410 'to ship in October' And sampling now, claim sources
• Best Buy sued for 'ripping off' consumers Ohio takes up legal cudgels

Comms: Mobile

• Mac OS X gets Blackberry sync support PocketMac to the rescue

Comms: Networks

• ISPs tackle Ofcom over BT broadband price hike 'Discourages healthy competition '

Hardware: Storage

• McData blames weak IT spending for Q2 loss SEC review too

Lifecycle: Manage

• IBM Eclipses Linux In a good way...

Management: Financial News

• Novell Q3 revenue disappoints Better profits

Management: IT Director

• BCS names Excellence in IT shortlist And the nominees are...
• Bin men walk out in support of Swansea IT strike Council services 'deteriorating'

Management: Small Biz

• Email wisecracks no laughing matter I say, I say, I say

Music and Media

• Kerry girlfriend won't give up web shame Gee wiz: this is bad

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Service packs, senators and civil liberties Letters The bulging postbag gives up its secrets

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple London store 'to open 20 November' Shopped
• Apple recalls 15in PowerBook batteries Fire hazard

Personal: Reviews

• Neuros II 20GB HDD music player Reg Review The world's first easily upgradeable MP3 device?

Science

• Chip biz to fund independent cancer study Five-year probe into hazards of working in fabs

Security: Anti-Virus

• Download.Ject-style worm spreads via IM Unpatched Windows PCs at risk. Again

Security: Enterprise Security

• XP SP2 über patch already needs fixing Active Scripting still the cracker's best friend