2004 sees IT jobs boom

Software houses and consultancies saw a boom in recruitment in the first quarter this year. Between January and March, permanent vacancies rose by 29 per cent and contract jobs by 34 per cent. Given the government's promise to invest in the public services, it comes as no surprise that the public sector experienced the highest rate of growth over the period with a 37 per cent increase in permanent IT vacancies. ...more

Intel recalls 1.13GHz Pentium III

Intel has recalled its flagship processor, the 1.13GHz Pentium III, confirming that the chip suffers from a glitch that can cause systems to crash. The announcement follows reports on a number of Web sites that systems powered by Intel's latest chip had crashed when performing certain operations. ...more

Intel profits collapse

Intel is still generating a lot of profit - $854m in the three months to 30 June. But this drop of over 75 per cent for its second quarter, year on year, has caused alarm in the markets. With sales falling to $6. ...more

Lexmark cuts prices on all in-one devices

Lexmark has sliced the prices of its all-in-one, print, scan and copy devices. Both the X5250 and X4250 have been reduced by ?30 to ?99.99. ...more

Opt out is out

The Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications comes into effect today, making it mandatory that users explicitly opt in to receive unsolicited email. It also outlaws the practice of disguising the sender of such correspondence, or using invalid return addresses. And this applies to messages sent to mobiles and PCs. ...more