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Has Intel reached its low point?

News The giant is taking a nap. Intel warned on Friday that its revenue for the first quarter would come in at between $8.7 and $9.1bn, roughly $500m lower than estimates the company issued in January. The chipmaker cited a weak market and a "slight...

6 March 2006, 10:34

Broadband divide widens in UK

News Research firm Point Topic has warned that the use of high-speed Internet access is still skewed in favour of prosperous urban areas, and the problem may be getting worse. Point Topic's figures, though, show some significant differences around the...

23 January 2006, 9:17

Macs are not invincible

News Apple's fans have long loved to point out the safety of using Mac OS X, which has mostly been left to its own devices by hackers. He created Inqtana only to prove a point, and to encourage antivirus makers to update their products against malicious...

28 February 2006, 10:08

Storage technology clears key hurdle

News A technology that promises to bridge the worlds of data storage and networking has passed a key point on its path to becoming a usable standard. Some others are supporting the IPsec with software, a route that is sluggish compared to special...

6 September 2002, 16:15

Vonage, Cisco team up in Wi-Fi giveaway

News In a bid to attract more subscribers, Internet telephony operator Vonage said on Monday it's giving away a Linksys Wi-Fi access point to US residents who sign up for Vonage calling plans until 23 July.

13 June 2005, 9:47

Broadband users grumpier than ever

News Research from broadband analysts Point Topic has discovered the percentage of broadband users describing themselves as 'very satisfied' or 'fairly satisfied' has fallen from its 2006 rating of 92 per cent to 77 per cent this year.

1 March 2007, 10:19

Microsoft hurries Vista beta testers

News The company is nearing its self-imposed cutoff point and plans to stop allowing new downloads after Friday, according to Microsoft blogger Ian Moulster. In case you weren't aware, we are only providing a limited number of copies of Windows Vista...

30 June 2006, 10:35

Microsoft warns of Windows VPN software flaws

News A buffer overflow in the implementation of Point to Point Tunnelling Protocol (PPTP) in the two operating systems allows attackers to cause any Windows 2000 or Windows XP servers to crash. Windows 2000 and Windows XP servers can be attacked through...

31 October 2002, 15:40

In console punch-up, games are next jab

News However, for all the hype over floating point performance, wireless this and teraflop that, gamers and analysts alike have a consistent message for the hardware giants: "It's the games that'll swing it.

20 May 2005, 10:17

Science ensures surf's up for Maverick's

News Beyond the jet skis that towed surfers away from the waves' impact point and the rubber wet suits that warm their bodies, science and technology played a large role in kicking off the 2006 Maverick's Surf Contest in Half Moon Bay, California on...

8 February 2006, 9:44

BT's ten top tips to avoid ID theft

News The ten-point guide has been put together by BT in association with CPP, LloydsTSB, the Met Police and Yahoo, as well as the Get Safe Online initiative. By protecting themselves against the growing threat, users are also protecting others, so we...

16 February 2006, 10:41

Cardiff to nick Swindon's fat-pipe crown

News Nearly three-fifths (59.8 per cent) of homes in the Wiltshire town had broadband as of 30 June 2006, according to Point Topic research. Back in December 2005, when Point Topic conducted its previous survey of UK broadband penetration, Cardiff...

12 December 2006, 8:56

Photos: Yahoo through the ages

News Here is a snapshot of Yahoo's original home page, sans logo with exclamation point, with 19 blue-linked categories. But it kept its now-famous exclamation point. By this point, Yahoo had local-language sites all over Europe and Asia.

18 May 2006, 11:20

'BadApple' podcasts first in iTunes

News As yet, the programmers behind the BadFruit site are remaining anonymous, although several clues point to a corporate identity. At this point, there is no official indication of BadFruit's origin. A new company called BadFruit has anticipated Apple...

21 June 2005, 11:55

Xbox 360 price drops for Japan and US

News The new price point makes the bottom-end model of Microsoft's console the cheapest current-generation console on the US market, undercutting the $249 (£140) Nintendo Wii by $50 (£28). I'm not at a point where I can say we're going to beat Nintendo...

Tags: xbox, generation, sales, console

4 September 2008, 10:02