Sars virus exploited by worm writers
News In this instance an email arrives offering information about the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), which has killed dozens of people worldwide. The Coronex worm uses a variety of subject lines, message bodies and attachment names...
[April 23, 2003, 15:19]
AMD falls victim to Sars
News Blaming the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) virus, the company said that its revenue for the quarter ending June 29 will total about $615m (£369.50m), or $100m less than it had forecast in April when it reported first...
[June 25, 2003, 8:05]
Sars hits PC sales, helps remote working
News The severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) outbreak in China has dealt a hard blow to PC shipments, but in the months ahead, demand will go up, as SARS has made stuck-at-home users familiar with the online lifestyle, according to Taiwan-based...
[May 22, 2003, 11:59]
SARS illness disrupts Asian business plans
News The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak has caused Intel to cancel two conferences in Asia and postpone a trip to the region by chief executive Craig Barrett. In the latest case of the mysterious illness disrupting technology company...
[April 3, 2003, 10:04]
Computex is rescheduled for September
News The Computex show, one of the largest annual tech events, was supposed to take place in Taipei on 2-6 June, but the onset in Asia of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or Sars, prompted a number of cancellations and travel warnings.
[May 29, 2003, 10:59]
Sars dampens server sales
News Sars -- severe acute respiratory syndrome -- is the flulike virus that spread across several Asian countries in April and May this year, causing dozens of deaths and slowing down local economies. Asia Pacific server revenue in the second quarter...
[September 2, 2003, 12:45]
Motorola reopens China office after Sars
News The building has been closed since 29 April when the worker was found to have the flu-like illness known as severe acute respiratory syndrome, according to the wire agency AFP. Motorola, which closed its main office in Beijing after an employee...
[May 7, 2003, 13:16]
Two trade shows cancelled due to Sars
News Stephen Tan, chief executive of SES said: "This is a very difficult decision borne out of necessity due to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak, and the lack of options for a suitable time frame in which to re-schedule the events.
[May 1, 2003, 9:01]
HP quarantines North American HP workers
News The computing giant also said Thursday that one of its employees in Vancouver, British Columbia, is also suspected of having Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. In what may be the first case of North American tech operations being affected by the...
[April 11, 2003, 7:20]
Chip sales up again
News The SIA also maintained its outlook for demand in the second half of the year as wartime anxiety subsided and as health organisations worldwide brought under control the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars), which had hit Asian...
[June 30, 2003, 13:49]
Computex in Taipei delayed by Sars
News Both "'have shown their support for our latest announcement," she said, because of fears related to severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). The Taiwan show's organisers -- the China External Trade Development Board and the Taipei Computer...
[April 30, 2003, 9:32]
Intel ready for upswing
News Indeed, Sars -- severe acute respiratory syndrome, a flulike disease -- struck Taiwan hard. It's been a tough haul for the technology industry, but the good times will return, according to an Intel executive speaking at a trade show that has seen...
[September 23, 2003, 11:55]
HP puts bots in the boardroom
News And the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak has put a further crimp on already sluggish business travel. Why travel on business when you can send your robot double? That's the idea behind Hewlett-Packard Laboratories' "travel robot".
[May 27, 2003, 8:30]
Governments embrace outsourcing
News With the global economic recovery teetering from persistent fears of terrorist attacks and now from the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), businesses yet have to pick up their technology spending for computers, software and...
[May 16, 2003, 10:37]
Webby Awards cancelled
News Global travel has fallen sharply on fears of terrorism and severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars), which has killed more than 300 people worldwide. The Webby Awards, the Internet community's biggest annual event, has become a non-event this year.
[April 28, 2003, 8:35]
Feds go after Sars spammers
News The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are warning that people who hawk products related to Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) could be subject to fines because their claims are not backed up by...
[May 12, 2003, 9:12]
Motorola & HP ruffled by flu-like virus
News Last Thursday, the US-based electronics maker decided to tell night shift workers to stay home following news that a female worker was diagnosed with SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), a potentially fatal pneumonia-like illness sweeping Asia.
[March 31, 2003, 12:07]
Taiwan's Computex set to draw record crowds
News Computex was meant to take place this month but was rescheduled to 22-26 September in the wake of the Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak. Early signs indicate that Computex Taipei 2003 in September will draw record crowds, much to...
[June 20, 2003, 7:55]
