Intel sees flat market

Chip giant Intel saw its net income more than double in the Q2 2003 compared to the equivalent quarter in 2002 when the IT market was approaching rock bottom. The company has announced profits of $896 million compared to $446 million in 2002. Much of the increased profit compared to the 2002 figures were due to last year's write downs of areas like online services totalling $218 million. ...more

More security promised for your smartphones

Symantec is extending its Internet security systems into the mobile smartphone arena. The security software specialist has signed an agreement to support the Symbian OS, which is the platform from Symbian found in the world's smartphones, such as the Nokia 9210. By becoming a Symbian Platinum Partner, Symantec's Internet security experts will be working with Symbian as new versions of the Symbian OS are developed. ...more

Infogrames named as Sega target

Infogrames has remained unavailable for comment amid increasing speculation that Sega is looking to buy the games company. The French publisher holds many major licenses after several years of aggressive take-overs, including Epic shooter Unreal, Reflections' hit crime title Driver, Geoff Crammonds' Grand Prix series, original survival horror Alone in the Dark, upcoming Superman titles, Looney Toons, Terminator 3 and the Men in Black games. There are, quite literally, dozens more. ...more

BSkyB adds broadband package

BSkyB will add BT Broadband to the services it offers its customers. The standard cost of BT Broadband is ?27 a month, paying by Direct Debit. However, BSkyB plans to kick the service off with a special offer in the autumn. ...more

Sun Connection aligned for one-stop technology updates

Sun is planning to deliver system updates for its own and partner technologies through a single system: Sun Connection. The first step was made today at its Network Computing '05 event, launching the Sun Update Connection service to support Solaris 10 running on any platform. The service scans the system and compares it against a database of more than a million Solaris configurations and decides how it should be updated. ...more