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Smartphones to outsell handhelds this year
News Smartphones -- or mobile phones that double as handheld computers -- are expected to sell better than stand-alone handhelds for the first time this year, according to a new study. That compares to 2.8 million handheld sales for the year, according...
[March 24, 2003, 16:20]
CeBIT 2000: Preview of this year's show
News To whet your appetites for the upcoming techno torrent, we take a look into our crystal balls to give you some idea of what this year's show will throw up, and also step back in time to look at some of last year's hits and misses.
[February 21, 2000, 8:40]
Sun plans eight-way Opteron servers this year
News Speaking at a seminar on x86 processors, UK entry server product marketing manager Mark Littlewood said Sun will "have eight-processor [Opteron] systems this year. An eight-way Opteron server from Sun would push the boundaries of mid-range...
[March 23, 2005, 16:30]
Office 2008 for Mac will arrive this year
News Putting lingering questions about update timing to rest, Microsoft has announced that the new version of Office for Mac will arrive in the second half of this year. In addition, it is compatible with the new XML file formats used by Office 2007 for...
[January 10, 2007, 9:22]
Analysts: Mobile shipments down 9pc this year
News Mobile-phone shipments will be down 9.1 percent this year compared with 2008, analysts at Ovum have predicted. This has had a polarising effect on the handset market with vendors and mobile operators focusing on two types of handset: those...
[May 19, 2009, 13:14]
Gartner: Outsourcing to boom this year
News The pace at which companies are transferring IT services to offshore contractors is speeding up, with the outsourcing market set to grow more than 40 percent this year, according to new figures. As a result, the company expects that 75 percent of...
[April 11, 2003, 15:42]
Data-protection spot checks due this year
News Companies in the UK will face spot checks on their compliance with data-protection law this year, with the Information Commissioner's Office almost certainly relying on independent contractors to carry out the checks.
[April 22, 2008, 15:50]
A Year Ago: Hacking will cost world $1.6 trillion this year
News Malicious computer misuse such as hacking and virus writing will cost the world economy an astounding $1.6 (£1.05) trillion this year, according to a study released Monday. The study -- commissioned by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and carried out by...
[July 11, 2001, 6:28]
ID card ad campaign to launch later this year
News The Home Office is to spend over £500,000 this year on a marketing campaign for the identity card that features cartoon fingerprints. It will be focused primarily on the north-west of England, reflecting plans to make the card available to...
[September 28, 2009, 9:00]
SCO Linux lawsuits could hit users this year
News The first of the threatened lawsuits from SCO against companies who use Linux but have refused to sign up to the SCO Intellectual Property License for Linux are likely to land this year, the company said.
[November 26, 2003, 10:30]
Mobiles to get PowerVR 3D this year
News The first portable products using Imagination Technologies' PowerVR MBX 3D graphics technology will ship this year, and will represent a "significant step ahead" from products such as Nintendo's GameBoy Advance and Nokia's N-Gage, Imagination said...
[January 8, 2004, 16:35]
Hacking will cost world $1.6 trillion this year
News Malicious computer misuse such as hacking and virus writing will cost the world economy an astounding $1.6 (£1.05) trillion this year, according to a study released Monday. The study -- commissioned by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and carried out by...
[July 11, 2000, 9:01]
Intel to launch 160GB SSD this year
News According to Dadi Perlmutter, Intel's mobility group GM, the Sata drives will debut in two form factors, 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch form factors later this year, in two sizes: 32GB and 160GB. We've been spending 20 to 30 years improving processing...
[April 3, 2008, 10:06]
No Longhorn beta this year - Microsoft
News But he didn't rule out shipping a Longhorn beta this year. Asked whether the company would make its self-imposed deadline for delivering a Longhorn beta by summer, Allchin said, "I don't believe it will be this year.
[April 2, 2004, 8:55]
PlayStation2 won't be on shelves this year
News Sony's PlayStation2 will roll out as planned this October, but you won't see it on the shelves until after Christmas. The result: every console that ships through the end of the year will be designated for a specific buyer.
[June 30, 2000, 12:07]
IDC: Modest IT growth this year
News The technology industry will start to revive around the middle of this year, market researcher IDC predicted in a new report, driven in part by growth in China and a continued push for security software and services.
[January 4, 2002, 9:06]
Easynet promises super-fast broadband this year
News Easynet, one of BT's major competitors in urban areas, is aiming to launch significantly faster broadband services later this year. The company announced on Friday it has begun trialling ADSL2 and ADSL2+, technologies that can run on the same...
[April 1, 2005, 17:50]
Consumer Bluetooth on the way this year
News The current generation of Bluetooth devices may be buggy, but software arriving later this year will solve problems such as incompatibility, according to mobile Internet company Parthus. Parthus, based in Ireland, specialises in intellectual...
[March 15, 2001, 6:33]
SME tech spending to surge this year
News IT spending by SMEs in China and India is expected to hit record levels this year. Analyst house IDC predicts Chinese and Indian SMEs will increase tech investment by more than 10 percent in 2007 compared with last year.
[February 2, 2007, 9:42]
Open source Java coming this year
News Sun intends to commence open sourcing Java by the end of this year and complete the process in 2007, according to the company's executive vice president of software, Rich Green. On Friday, Green said Sun is "on plan" and intends to release...
[October 24, 2006, 9:10]
