Expensive IP pursuit pushes SCO $2 million into the red in Q1

SCO has reported a net loss of $2,253,000 for the first quarter of 2004, stumping up $3,440,000 to pull in just $20,000 from its initiatives to licence Unix intellectual property. The company made $11,392,000 on its core Unix business, compared to $13,540,000 in the same quarter of 2003. 'Our revenue and results of operations for the first quarter were consistent with our expectations,' said Darl McBRide, President and CEO. ...more

Government prepares broadband review

The UK Government has commissioned a review of projected broadband developments over the next decade and any implications that this will have for regulation of the industry. The review will be carried out by the Cabinet Office's Performance and Innovation Unit and will compare the experiences of Oftel and equivalent regulatory bodies in other countries and study the expected impact of new technologies such as xDSL and 3G. The announcement comes as the Government faces increasing pressure to help accelerate the rate of broadband roll-out and local-loop unbundling. ...more

HP beefs up Integrity range

HP says that its new chipset that can increase the Integrity server's ability to handle complex workloads by up to 30 per cent using the same number of processors per machine. The company is also claiming that a new improved version of HP-UX, along with better management tools, will allow companies to get virtualisation projects up and running in less than half the time. The new chipset is being fitted in the cell-based HP Integrity rx7640, rx8640 and Superdome servers. ...more

Updated: ISPs named for extended broadband test

A preliminary list of the ISPs that are participating in BT's extended reach broadband trials has been released. The trials are designed to see whether BT can successfully extend the range of current broadband services to include homes and businesses that are currently too far (more than 5.5km) from ADSL-enabled exchanges. ...more

Amnesty International dials up mobile donations

Amnesty International is to introduce a mobile payment system called LUUP - 'a digital wallet' - so that users can make donations via their phones. In doing so, not only will it be easy for people to make donations, says Amnesty, it will also enable the human rights organisation to receive up to 15 per cent more of the money than via PSMS methods such as text. The UK arm of Amnesty ruled out premium rate text messages for donors as it felt it would be too costly as network operators took a slice of the pie and users were constrained by a maximum donation limit of ?4. ...more