3rd May 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• France Telecom flees Mobilcom Mostly

Comms: Networks

• BT hits jackpot with £45m Leisure Link win Wires up 13,500 betting machines
• Qwest posts flat revs Shame about MCI, though

Distribution

• Counterfeit optical disks hit the UK channel £100,000 reward offered

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco tightens the net Adaptive security appliance
• Juniper and Avaya team up against Cisco Many hands make faster networks
• Marconi mulls bleak future following BT bombshell Jobs threat loom

Lifecycle: Manage

• Ex-Sun VP guns for IP violations Tolliver takes over at Palamida

Management: Financial News

• eBay enters Poland Poranny Polska!
• EDS moves to profit in Q1 Only just...
• Gateway cuts Q1 losses to $5m 'On track'
• Global poker game for the internet goes on Centr and ICANN exchange heated letters
• Nominet acts over Firevision debacle But stranded customers forced to pay £15
• Nortel earnings slide 75 per cent 'Stabilised the business'
• Verisign and .net: a winner all the way Analysis Deeply flawed
• Veritas gets unusual services boost in Q1 Tepid software sales

Management: IT Director

• Sarbanes Oxley for IT security? Comment Controlling influence

Market News

• AMD cheers govt calls to end 'single-vendor' IT tenders But too much carrot, not enough stick?
• AMD trims Sempron, Athlon 64 prices Ch-ch-ch-changes
• Silicon Valley computer thieves sentenced Operation Matrix nets nine
• World chip sales continue to rise Slow but steady gains

Music and Media

• UK court jails dealers who sold cannabis online Budmonkey goes up in smoke

Personal

• Ultra-thin client to close digital divide OSS solution mooted at MS conference

Personal: Peripherals

• Cornice to stop making 1-2GB 1in HDDs Seagate drops Trade Commission complaint - but not legal challenge

Personal: System Builder

• Intel prunes 'Centrino 2' prices 'Sonoma' bundles reduced

Reseller

• Interregnum buys another company Hoovers up busted AV firm
• Interregnum saves ITM Group from the knacker's yard Hoovers up bust AV reseller

Science

• Mars Express starts unfurling radar booms Better late than never

Security

• That classified US military report's secrets in full PDF cock-up reveals facts, figures and names

Security: Anti-Virus

• World Cup worm gives Windows users the willies 'ere we go (again)

Security: Enterprise Security

• SANS revises Top 20 security vulns list The SANS of time

Security: Spam

• Brits fall prey to phishing Suckers
• Police chief withstands spam blitz We know where you live

Software

• Microsoft recruits Longhorn bloggers Just don't mention the screen shots
• Opera downloads reach 2m Let's have an Aria to celebrate

Software: Applications

• Oracle talked takeover to Siebel Oh no it won’t...
• Sun plans summer StarOffice update Works better with Microsoft Office

Software: Operating Systems

• EC wants more from Microsoft More info on patents