AMD's 64-bit servers get a boost from Microsoft

AMD and HP are to supply x86-based Opteron servers to Microsoft Technology Centers (MTC) across the world. An MTC allows customers and developers to test their applications in a Microsoft environment. The partnership with AMD will enable MTC customers to migrate, test and validate their 64-bit applications with the additional advantage that existing 32-bit apps will run on the standard PC platform as well. ...more

Government plans Wi-Fi hotspot in every library

The Government's e-Minister Stephen Timms said yesterday that he plans to have a W-FI hotspot installed in every public library, NewsWireless.net reports. Speaking at the Wi-Fi and 3G Summit, Timms said, 'I'm very keen on the idea that every public library should be a WiFi hotspot. ...more

US launch for HD-DVD postponed

Toshiba may put back the launch of HD-DVD in the US until next year in order to 'optimise' the release schedule. The company, which is the main driver of the high-capacity optical disc technology, said that it still plans to introduce it in Japan this year. 'We are now in talks with Hollywood studios and large-scale retailers to seek the most effective timing of the launch and best way to launch,' a Toshiba spokeswoman said. ...more

And also today (31-Jan-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. CodeWarrior for Symbian Metrowerks and Symbian are to co-operate over development tools for Symbian-based wireless information devices. Scheduled for June 2001, the CodeWarrior package will consist of Java development tools, and systems for targeting Symbian devices and the Symbian emulator. ...more

Trade unionists unhappy with Apple report

Trade unionists have expressed dissatisfaction at Apple's report into working conditions at Foxconn's iPod manufacturing plant in China. While Apple, with some reservations, gave the plant a clean bill of health, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)'s director of human and trade union rights, Janek Kuczkiewicz, told the BBC that it has 'serious reservations' about the report. 'We are not impressed either by the report or by the findings of Apple,' Kuczkiewicz said. ...more