New virus creates Shockwaves
News A new virus is beginning to send shockwaves around the world. Experts say the worm is travelling faster than the speed of light to a computer near you. The virus, known as TROJ_Shockwave.a arrives as an email message similar to the infamous Melissa...
[December 1, 2000, 8:41]
News Burst: New virus creates shockwaves
News A new virus is beginning to send shockwaves around the world. Experts say the worm is travelling faster than the speed of light to a computer near you. The virus, known as TROJ_Shockwave.a arrives as an email message similar to the infamous Melissa...
[December 1, 2000, 8:13]
China shuts door to spam
News The move is likely to send shockwaves through the international community of spammers who previously had regarded China as a safe haven in which to base their operations. China has woken up to the problem of spam and blocked 127 servers identified...
[September 10, 2003, 13:30]
People power may derail Oracle's ambitions
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison sent shockwaves through the industry last month when he launched a hostile bid for PeopleSoft, just days California-based PeopleSoft announced plans to acquire J.D.
[July 11, 2003, 8:42]
Future of memory market hangs on Rambus trials
News Rambus, which designs high-speed memory chips, will square off this week against chipmakers Micron Technology and Hyundai in a German court case that will, along with the outcome of other pending cases, send shockwaves through the entire memory...
[February 12, 2001, 12:51]
WorldCom crisis shakes customers' faith
News With news of WorldCom's financial shenanigans and its pending 17,000 layoffs sending shockwaves through world markets, thousands of customers and partners are wondering whether it might be best to take their business elsewhere.
[June 27, 2002, 12:11]
Piracy Bites: FAST admits it is powerless
News The explosive popularity of the MP3 trading application Napster has already sent shockwaves through the music industry and spawned imitators. The UK's best known anti-piracy organisation, FAST, has admitted to ZDNet that it is powerless to prevent...
[March 23, 2000, 14:11]
Patent suit may prompt changes to HTML
News Eolas' $521m (£320m) patent victory over Microsoft and its Internet Explorer browser has sent shockwaves through the Web and the software industry as a whole. As anxiety builds throughout the Web over the patent threatening Microsoft's Internet...
[September 22, 2003, 9:50]
KPNQwest collapse threatens Europe's Net
News The news has caused shockwaves, as the company, a joint venture between Dutch national carrier KPN and the US-based Qwest, was seen as a survivor in the carnage of new telco providers. Updated:KPNQwest filed for bankruptcy on Friday after failing...
[May 31, 2002, 12:53]
Exclusive: Demon loses court battle
News The precedent, making all ISPs liable for content hosted by them, sent shockwaves through the ISP community. The high-profile Demon Internet versus Laurence Godfrey defamation case finally ended Thursday with a humiliating defeat for the ISP, which...
[March 30, 2000, 9:29]
Microsoft eyes new turf to conquer
News Despite scant information on Microsoft's plans, analysts said the move could send shockwaves through the industry. The company plans to make deeper forays into the areas of security software and storage through two upstart divisions, according to...
[February 15, 2002, 6:31]
Hotmail accidentally lifts storage
News The move sent shockwaves across the industry, causing its fiercest rivals to follow suit. What a difference a few zeroes make. Some new users of Microsoft's Hotmail on Wednesday got a pleasant surprise when they received 2 gigabytes of storage upon...
[July 23, 2004, 9:00]
Researcher on both sides of HP bug battle
News The Toshiba settlement sent shockwaves through the computer industry. An unusual legal case involving an allegedly flawed floppy drive chip has taken another strange turn: The man who brought the issue to public attention is now representing one of...
[January 14, 2003, 7:42]
Intel launches new Crusoe-killers
News Transmeta sent shockwaves through the notebook market last year with the announcement of its Crusoe chip, which consumed far less power than similar processors from AMD or Intel. Intel is today taking its latest potshot at chip startup Transmeta...
[May 21, 2001, 16:02]
Phrack's closure worries security industry
News Notorious hacker magazine Phrack is to close its doors after almost 20 years serving the darker side of the Internet and communications community. Yet surprising to many will be the fact the antivirus and security industries are actually coming...
[July 12, 2005, 9:35]
Enron's collapse could hit tech market hard
News The demise of energy giant Enron will have a far-reaching impact on the technology industry, briefly stalling the growth of online trading in commodities such as energy and adding another dose of bad news to an already troubled communications...
[December 4, 2001, 11:03]
Inkjet design could print at 1,000 pages per minute
News The technique avoids the need to move a print head across the paper, but creates other problems such as the complexity of the pipe manifold connecting the reservoir to the print head, and the possibility of shockwaves, which would set up cross...
[September 22, 2006, 16:05]
EU calls for 60 percent roaming charges cut
News Such a proposal would send shockwaves through the industry with some vendors already setting their stall out to oppose any intervention on the issue from Europe. On Tuesday, the European commissioner responsible for telecoms revealed her long...
[March 28, 2006, 18:10]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The shockwaves can affect all manner of people for a long time, especially among those who feel most strongly attached to the company. Tuesday 6/6/2006 Intel continues to have baffling ideas. It is, as mentioned on Monday, an x86 world, with the...
[June 9, 2006, 18:40]
