Intel hears the 64bit call

According to a report on Reuters, an Intel chief has been making encouraging noises about desktop support for 64-bit processing. Paul Ottelini, Intel's president and COO, is quoted as saying 'You can be fairly confident that when there is software from an application and operating system standpoint that we'll be there.' This was in reply to a Wall Street questioning over the company's approach to 64-bit computing. ...more

Code Red Internet worm update

Rare display of admin action saves the day. The Internet worm, known as Code Red, threatened to destroy the Internet earlier this week - or rather, security experts threatened that it would. But those same experts now claim that their warnings were timely and helped cauterise the flow of the program's probes. ...more

Microsoft sets 2006 date for Longhorn but key features jettisoned

Microsoft has finally given a launch date of 2006 for the release of the long awaited 'Longhorn' desktop operating system. However, in doing so, it has had to jettison some of the key features from the release. Microsoft has admitted that the delivery date of Longhorn - now due some five years after the launch of Windows XP - is due to the clamour from customers who feel they have been strung along by Redmond. ...more

PowerBooks score top marks with teachers

The Mac's credibility as an education tool has been boosted by a pioneering IT programme instituted by the Isle of Man Education Department and commended by OFSTED as working at 'the leading edge of IT in Europe'. The Isle of Man is the first education authority in Europe to issue all 800 of its full-time teachers with a portable computer of their choice, and most - around 500 - have opted for PowerBooks. Its primary schools are 100 per cent Mac-based, using mainly iMacs and G3/G4-based servers, numbering 1,000 in all. ...more

Microsoft widens the release of the new 'Avalon' UI

Microsoft has released a preview version of its next generation graphical interface. Originally intended for the 'Longhorn' version of Windows, slated for release in 2006, Microsoft now says that it will be releasing versions for Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. According to Microsoft, the ambitious Avalon project 'unifies how Windows creates, displays, and manipulates documents, media, and (the) user interface'. ...more