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New Pentium 4 'just over a week away'
News Intel will deliver the last of its speed-fuelled Pentium 4 processors later this month. Last month, Intel also cancelled its 4GHz Pentium 4 (amongst other things), which had been slated for first quarter of 2005.
[November 5, 2004, 14:18]
'False alarms' delay Linux kernel release
News The latest version of the Linux kernel was released last week, almost a month later than originally planned. Last month, Torvalds expressed concerns that the kernel development process may need to be changed to prevent Morton from burning out.
[November 1, 2005, 12:20]
Sybase to cut 600 employees
News The lackluster results stemmed from a downturn in the database market and about $60 million in improperly booked revenues, Sybase officials said late last month. When the company issued its earnings report last month, shares of Sybase climbed...
[February 24, 1998, 9:59]
Sun, Microsoft to argue injunction terms
News Having taken the festive season to work out the specific terms of an injunction handed down last month, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft are now scheduled to appear before a federal judge to detail their proposals.
[January 15, 2003, 8:05]
Rio MP3 player in America today - Europe to follow
News America will get its first load of Rio players today, following a court decision last month that quashed the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) attempt to stop the Diamond Multimedia's controversial MP3 player reaching consumers.
[November 23, 1998, 11:09]
Google blogger out
News Mark Jen, a blogger whose candid comments about life on the job at Google sparked controversy last month, has left the company. Jen's departure comes less than a month after he joined Google as part of a wave of new hires and began recording his...
[February 9, 2005, 7:55]
Tech workers optimistic about job prospects
News While job confidence slipped across the United States last month, tech workers are feeling more upbeat about their employment prospects, according to a new survey. The upswing in tech workers' outlook is a reversal from last month.
[January 7, 2005, 7:55]
Train crash could be to blame for Internet derailment
News The Code Red virus was not to blame for the Internet slowdown experienced in America last month - it was caused by a train crash in the eastern-US city of Baltimore. Keynote claims that when Code Red was at its most rampant last month, it had very...
[August 3, 2001, 10:14]
Recycling special report: First steps to cleaner computing
News In the US, a first step in a cooperative approach to recycling came last month when representatives of government, industry and environmental groups met to establish the National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative.
[June 18, 2001, 14:02]
Divorce by text message 'unacceptable'
News In an about-face from their decision last month to let men divorce their wives by a text message on their mobile phones, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS), the Syariah Court and the Registry of Muslim Marriages released a statement...
[August 8, 2001, 10:45]
BT 'not guilty' of broadband foul play
News Claims made by Freeserve last month that BT was engaging in a range of anti-competitive practices in an attempt to stifle competition in the UK's broadband market have been dismissed by Oftel, the regulator said on Wednesday.
[June 5, 2002, 13:24]
Chernobyl virus hitches a ride
News The persistent pest, which made a strong comeback last month in the form of the Klez.h variant, is now helping revive the Chernobyl virus, according to a new report from antivirus company Symantec. Bug writers hit pay dirt with the Klez.h variant...
[May 7, 2002, 8:54]
Microsoft and Red Hat to debate open source
News After claiming last month that the open source model is flawed and "unhealthy", Microsoft senior vice president Craig Mundie is set to debate the issue at an open source conference in July. Mundie throws all that away, because he wants Microsoft to...
[June 7, 2001, 13:16]
Students pay for file swapping 'crimes'
News The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued four students separately last month for running services that searched computers connected to their college networks for MP3 song files. Also last month, Naval Academy officials said they...
[May 2, 2003, 8:18]
Red Hat: Linux will never compete with Windows
News Red Hat, the leading Linux vendor, said at last month's earnings announcement that it would be emphasising its focus on two key areas: replacing legacy Unix systems, and expanding its presence in the embedded market.
[February 4, 2002, 14:58]
Hacker 'Coolio' is released
News FBI agents investigating last month's Denial of Service Web attacks said they don't think a 17-year-old New Hampshire youth, whose name surfaced as a suspect, is responsible for the incidents. The young man, who goes by the online handle "Coolio...
[March 3, 2000, 15:27]
Microsoft finalises Powerset deal
News Microsoft has officially acquired Powerset, a natural-language search firm, completing the deal it announced last month. In an interview last month, Microsoft's Ramez Namm said Powerset's technology will help Microsoft in its long-term effort to...
[August 6, 2008, 11:04]
Composer set to play on
News When Mozilla.org announced plans last month to focus development resources on separate browser and mail applications, a pioneering Web authoring tool called Composer was left a software orphan. Last month, when Mozilla announced it would scrap its...
[May 8, 2003, 10:33]
BT offers 'heavy' users free ADSL installation
News BTopenworld has offered a free ADSL upgrade to 850,000 customers, including those who were penalised last month for allegedly clogging up the unmetered service. The offer has been sent to the BTopenworld Anytime and Surf customers -- many of whom...
[October 3, 2001, 11:23]
Simply, Elonex embrace Web sales
News UK direct seller Simply Computers is the latest to make the dive, following Dell's high-profile splash last month. We started last week with a 'Best Buy' system, really as a taster," said Demetre Cheras, marketing director for the north London firm.
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