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Archive - 05 Sep 2001

Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5370C

Review All good all-rounder, sold at a competitive price. Recommended.

Going ga-ga for GaAs

Comment Big business is stealing the headlines this week, but the real action has been taking place in the field of solid-state physics, where new developments mean seriously fast semiconductors are coming...

Government aid brings tech jobs to Yorkshire

News Financial incentives from the Department of Trade and Industry have persuaded an American software firm to set up shop in sunny Sheffield

New viruses on the attack

News Businesses and users have suffered from several new viruses this week - and the old ones haven't gone away, either. Full coverage from ZDNet UK

Lexmark can live without Compaq

News Fears that the loss of Compaq's business as a result of the merger with HP will cost Lexmark dear are unfounded, say some analysts

Fiorina to HP ranks: It's a 'historic day'

News HP chief executive details integration plans in a company-wide memo

Summer fling turns into deal for HP, Compaq

News One of the biggest PC industry mergers ever started with a phone call over technology licensing

HP-Compaq merger means more job cuts

News The combined company plans to shave 15,000 jobs as part of an effort to save $2.5bn a year

SirCam worm still a serious threat

News Underestimating the SirCam worm could prove very costly, experts warn as the number of cases continues to rise

Mobile phone companies slammed for targeting children

News Sir William Stewart wants to see the price of handsets increased to discourage children from joining the mobile revolution

Merger caps short, turbulent Compaq history

News Compaq is about to disappear after a brilliant career that started in 1984 and fell apart only 16 years later

Wall Street: HP plus Compaq may not add up

News Short-lived market rally around Compaq as analysts search for the deal's upside

HP-Compaq merger may complicate Microsoft relations

News Deal will bring together two companies that have very different relationships with Microsoft

Magistr.B's European focus baffles experts

News Magistr.B, a variant on a virus that first appeared in the spring, has attacked Europe with new destructive capabilities. Will the US be next?

Dell enters networking fray with new devices

News PC company aims at small and medium-sized businesses with its new range of low-end networking devices

Top eBay sellers offered banner ads

News Top sellers will get 'competitive' rates to promote themselves within the eBay site

Copy lock shuts out music pirates

News Bertelsmann's Sonopress will use new technology to try and prevent illegal copying of music CDs

Gator exec speaks out on ads

News Q&A: Jeff McFadden defends Gator's controversial advertising techniques and explains why he is suing the IAB

New Magistr worm at large on the Net

News Magistr.B may evade current antivirus scanners, and can render a computer useless

HP-Compaq deal not likely to scare Dell

News Even combined, the companies will have a difficult time matching up to Dell's direct, build-to-order model

Luscious Lara unleashes IRC worm

News The first ever computer virus utilising desktop themes has been detected in IRC chatrooms

It's back! New Magistr virus at large

News Magistr virus doesn't seem to want to go away - it's back in a destructive new variant, and spreading in Europe

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