IT buyers feel trapped by vendors, according to new report

Nearly one third of US IT buyers feel 'trapped' by their vendors with 23 per cent reporting that their vendors are at 'high risk' of losing their business. These findings are part of a survey of some 13,000 IT buyers by the American customer satisfaction researcher Walker Information. In the survey 84 per cent of respondents said they are satisfied or very satisfied with their vendors. ...more

It's your pricing, stupid

BT has returned fire to Freeserve's outspoken attacks on its provision of ADSL broadband services. The stinging attack from Freeserve coincided with an increase in the cost of its ADSL services, and BT believes that both were unjustified. A spokesperson for BT maintained that Freeserve's problems lay squarely in their own pricing and costs. ...more

Intel maps out Clovertown quad-core future

Dual-core processors - where two processor 'cores' double the power of a chip - are now well-established. But the multi-core computing of the near future will double that amount of cores. Intel has lifted the veil on a processor codenamed Clovertown, which it plans to begin shipping in 2007. ...more

Intel, ATI adopt Apple standards

Intel and ATI today jointly announced their support for IEEE 1394, better known as FireWire, as the standard for 'multimedia device connection to the personal computer'. Intel's decision to embrace 1394 comes as something of a surprise, as it is a mainstay of USB. Though USB - at 12Mb/sec - is too slow to match FireWire's 400Mb/sec for the moving of high-bandwidth data such as video, USB 2. ...more

RIAA fires off fresh suits against file-sharers

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has launched another barrage of lawsuits against alleged illegal file sharers. The 753 new suits bring the total number of individuals sued in the US to more than 6,500. As before, the RIAA has initiated John Doe lawsuits in which the sued individuals are known only by their IP addresses and the times and dates that they were online. ...more