Red Hat doffs Enterprise Linux V.4

Red Hat has launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) V.4 - its first product built around the 2.6 kernel. ...more

High-tech giants confront grey market

Several leading high-tech companies have joined an alliance to counter the growth of the 'grey market' in computers. A grey market is where products are taken out of 'normal or authorised' distribution channels and sold elsewhere at a lower price than would usually be available. This is exactly what happened in the UK when Tesco acquired a batch of iMacs on the 'grey market' and then sold them in its stores for ?100 less than Apple's authorised outlets' price. ...more

Microsoft announces anti-spam product

Microsoft has announced it has built anti-spam products in-house - early versions of which have already been deployed in Outlook, MSN 8 and Hotmail. However, anti-spam vendors can breathe a sigh of relief - the company says the patented technology is complementary as part of the arsenal of products needed to effectively counter spam. 'Spam is our email customers' number one complaint today, and while there is no single solution that will solve the problem by itself, Microsoft is committed to innovating and contributing on a broad spectrum of approaches to help put spammers out of business,' said Ryan Hamlin, of the Anti Spam department at Microsoft. ...more

Comment: What's gone wrong at Dell?

There's one, insurmountable problem about being at the top: the only way is down. For Dell, formerly the world's largest PC maker by a distance, the downward spiral is looking ominously steep. For the crucial fourth quarter of last year, Dell saw its PC shipments slump by more than 8 per cent year-on-year, according to research from IDC. ...more

AMD's flash memory offshoot spawns whole new family

Formed as a joint venture between AMD and Fujitsu back in July 2003, Spansion has announced a milestone of developing its own first complete family of Flash memory products. The SpansionTM S29AL/GLxxxM device family - which is based on MirrorBit technology - is now in production, optimised for embedded markets. These include consumer electronics, such as DVD players and set top boxes, and more industrial devices for robotics and networking. ...more