Archives for May, 2009

Hackintosher to open US storefront


Numbers don’t add up
Yet another Mac clone maker has surfaced, but this time with a twist: Quo Computer will sell its hackintoshes in its own bricks-and-mortar retail store in Los Angeles.…

AMD cuts Opteron prices pre-Istanbul


Dual-cores dropped
Over the Memorial Day holiday, x64 chip designer and seller (but no longer maker) Advanced Micro Devices cut prices for its Opteron line of processors for servers and workstations. The price cuts come as rival Intel is cranking up the pressure with its “Nehalem EP” Xeon 3500s and 5500s for one and two-socket servers [...]

Massive ID fraud and cheque scam busted in NYC


Impersonation scheme sees 18 bank workers pinched
A corporate identity theft ring that exploited the identities of local corporations, religious institutions, hospitals and even schools to run a cheque fraud scam has been busted in New York.…

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Virtualised storage bucks ‘worst quarter in years’
Dell’s financial first quarter 2010 results saw revenues and profits down, but within the falling revenues there was a storage bright spot.…

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Toshiba suing Imation


Issues alleged patent infringers with sharp slap
Toshiba is suing Imation and other companies, claiming that they are infringing its recordable DVD patents.…

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Virtualised storage bucks ‘worst quarter in years’
Dell’s financial first quarter 2010 results saw revenues and profits down, but within the falling revenues there was a storage bright spot.…

Novell cuts ERP outsource deal


Inks partnership with ACS
Novell, having reported its second quarter financial results yesterday after Wall Street closed, said it had inked a deal with Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services to have that outsourcer take over its ERP systems and related data center in Provo, Utah.…

HP confirms job cuts will hit research labs


Not just factories closing
HP has confirmed that yesterday’s announcement of UK job cuts will not just hit its manufacturing plant in Scotland, but also HP’s research laboratories in Bristol.…

Toshiba suing Imation


Issues alleged patent infringers with sharp slap
Toshiba is suing Imation and other companies, claiming that they are infringing its recordable DVD patents.…

EU backs advanced network tech to boost resilience


IPv6 and DNSSec to bolster backbone
An EU security agency is calling for greater use of advanced networking technologies – specifically IPv6, DNSSec and MPLS – to improve the resilience of communication networks.…

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