Parallels updates its virtual PC system

Parallels has updated its virtual PC system, Workstation 2.0. It enables users to run networked, independent virtual machines on a single physical system. ...more

Ofcom orders ceiling on local loop unbundling rental

Telecoms and media watchdog Ofcom has ordered that BT can charge competitors no more than ?81.85 rental per year for a totally unbundled local loop. However, BT had already pre-empted the move last month. ...more

New Opterons for single and eight-way systems

AMD has announced the 100 and 800 series of releases for its its 64-bit Opteron processor. They relate to single and up to eight-way systems, complementing the 200 series for dual processor systems that was originally launched. The 800 Series is aimed at heavy-duty, back-end enterprise computing, such as running databases and ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications. ...more

Sun employee earns six times the salary of chairman Scott McNealy

Sun's pony-tailed COO Jonathan Schwartz is enjoying a bumper 2004, with a promotion to president and a 56 per cent pay rise, taking home more than six times the salary of his boss, chairman Scott McNealy. According to an SEC filing yesterday, Schwartz's payroll comprises $559,435 plus a bonus of $107,819 and further compensation of $3,529 for patent applications, taking him to a mighty $670,000. Schwartz's boss, McNealy, took his regular $100,000, as he has done for the past three years (although he enjoyed a hefty bonus in 2002 of around $500,000). ...more

iBooks to go Intel in New Year

Think Secret claims to have information that Apple will release Intel-powered iBooks in January. The website says that 'highly reliable sources' indicate that the new consumer notebooks will be $200 cheaper then the current models, to be more competitive with leading PC laptop makers. 'Those sources have told Think Secret to not rule out the possible release of other Intel-based Macs at Macworld Expo, but that it is more likely the initial release of products with the new processor will be consumer-based products only and not professional, high-end lines, such as PowerBooks and towers, as some Web sites have reported,' writes senior editor Ryan Katz. ...more