Confusion over Tiny and Time brands binds administrators

Administrators handling the liquidation of Granville Technology and its Time and Tiny computer brands says it has had interest from 'sensible' people interested in a number of assets, but is unable to determine who owns the Time and Tiny brands. Grant Thornton UK LLP said it has fielded 300 enquiries into the group's various assets, including remaining stock, the Computer Shop high street chain and its client list, according to the Evening Standard. However The Independent reports that the administrators are unable to find out who owns the group's greatest assets: the Time and Tiny brands. ...more

Sun targets low-end PC server market

Sun is setting its sights on the low-end Wintel PC server market with its new Sun Cobalt range of servers and server appliances. Internet data centres, whether being built by Service Providers (SP) or corporate IT departments are the intended home for these machines. The release incorporates a rebranding of some of the technology acquired when Sun took over Cobalt Networks back in December 2000, such as the Cobalt RaQ XTR server appliance for mission critical Web sites. ...more

Intel Q&A: Homework for motherboard makers

Sunil Kumar, Intel's director of chipset marketing, discusses Intel's latest desktop platform advances and current trends in PC technology Dual-core: chipset arbitration is necessary Q: Dual-core processing is probably the most anticipated technology in the IT industry now. How do you plan to support it with chipsets? Will new dual-core supporting Intel chipsets incorporate any arbitration functions? A: This quarter, we're going to introduce the 945 and 955X chipsets to support the first generation of our dual-core desktop processors, codenamed Smithfield. Yes, there are some arbitration mechanisms in the chipsets, but, of course, there are some others in the processors themselves. ...more

Acer leads European notebook sales

HP may be the world leader in notebook sales but it faces stiff competition from contenders like European leader Acer, according to research from analyst DisplaySearch. Acer has stolen the computer giant's thunder when it comes to European demand. It also stands in good company by beating the market's overall year-on-year growth with its own healthy figures alongside other smaller and newer, rather than the bigger old favourites, While HP's market share for the third quarter of 2006 stood at 17. ...more

Carrera Technology ceases trading

As reported last week, Carrera Technology has gone into administration. Since then many readers have reported that their attempts to buy the Carrera Octan M800, a machine that performed well in the current issue's Labs, has met with little success. An e-mail from Carrera's sales team notes that, "as we are no longer trading, our web-site has also been frozen. ...more