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HP to gut nearly 8% of their workforce

Fred Derf — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:42:37 +0000

Hewlett Packard CEO Mark Hurd decided that HP's future was in the more lucrative world of corporate service contracts when they purchased Electronic Data Systems in May of this year. That move placed them in... Read more...

NVIDIA drivers responsible for nearly 30% of Vista crashes in 2007

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:16:06 +0000

Nearly 30% of logged Vista crashes were due to NVIDIA driver problems, according to a Microsoft data included in the bundle. That's some 479,326 hung systems, if you're keeping score at home, and it's in... Read more...

Spam accounts for nearly 95 per cent of email

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:06:42 +0000

Spam email accounted for between 90 and 95 per cent of all email in 2007, up from an estimated five per cent of email in 2001, according to a report from web security company Barracuda... Read more...

Nearly All Popfly Invitations Have Been Sent

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:41:18 +0000

The Microsoft Popfly team has sent out invitations for the alpha program to all of those who requested them as of June 19. Those who haven't received one yet are urged to request one again.... Read more...

Software by Microsoft Is Nearly Free for the Needy

Tom Warren — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:52:58 +0000

In an effort to expand its global reach in computing, Microsoft plans to offer a stripped-down version of Windows, Office and other software for $3 to people in developing nations. The program, which is being... Read more...

Windows Home Server testing uncovers nearly 2,400 bugs

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:42:12 +0000

Announced in January at the Consumer Electronics Show and expected to ship this summer, Microsoft Windows Home Server is currently in the beta stage. Developers have been inundated with bug reports for the consumer server... Read more...

Review: Windows Home Server nearly ready for prime time

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:02:39 +0000

A typical household with two adults and three children can easily have three or more computers. Since each of the users wants access to the Internet, their PCs are likely to already be connected to... Read more...

Amazon: Norton 360 price will be nearly triple OneCare

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:38:32 +0000

Amazon.com has begun taking orders for Norton 360, Symantec's consumer all-in-one security suite and competitor to Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare and McAfee's Total Protection. According to Amazon's website, Norton 360 will now ship March 16... Read more...

802.11n Draft Standard Nearly Ready

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:45:52 +0000

Last week's IEEE meeting in London demonstrated that the move to the next stage of Wi-Fi is nearly ready. At the meeting, 802.11n committee members unanimously approved draft standard version 1.10, and agreed to create... Read more...

India Nearly Doubles Mobile Phone Use in 2006

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:45:25 +0000

According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in Delhi, India went from 75.94 million (end of December 2005) to 149.5 million (December 2006) mobile subscribers. In other words the Indian market gained over... Read more...

Gamestop and Electronics Boutique merger nearly complete

Todd Tanner — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 09:44:16 +0000

According to Gamepro.com the mega-merger between Gamestop and Electronics Boutique is about to be completed on October 31st. After getting an investor offering of $950M USD, Gamestop went ahead with the merger plans.... Read more...

Blizzard bans nearly 54,000 on Battle.net

Todd Tanner — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:06:53 +0000

On the Warcraft III Battle.net website news comes that Blizzard has taken action against 53,928 accounts and CD keys on Battle.net for hacking or cheating. 3,331 of these accounts have been banned permanently from ladder... Read more...

Windows nearly ready for desktop use..

Brad Wardell — Sat, 28 May 2005 02:36:40 +0000

Quite regularly we see articles that talk about Linux as a desktop OS. Most of the time, they're entitled "Linux not quite ready for desktop use.." or something like that. That's because they're written... Read more...

Dell founder invests nearly $100 million in Red Hat

Steven Parker — Fri, 13 May 2005 12:57:18 +0000

The investment firm that manages the private fortune of Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell invested $99.5 million in Red Hat Inc., the world's largest distributor of the Linux computer operating system, according to regulatory filings.... Read more...

Microsoft server crash nearly causes 800-plane pile-up

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:05:09 +0000

For three hours last week 800 airplanes were left flying in the air with no way to contact air traffic control. This serious problem was a combination of human error and a 'design glitch'... Read more...

Toshiba president: CELL development nearly complete

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:08:11 +0000

Following reports from last month, Tadashi Okamura confirms that the CELL chip is nearing completion. Following reports from last month that the CELL chip's designs have almost been wrapped, the Nikkei Journal... Read more...

Advanced Micro Devices will try to nearly triple its market

Wed, 04 Aug 2004 12:33:02 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices will try to nearly triple its market share in its server segment by the end of the year through high-profile customer wins and tighter relationships with manufacturers. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based... Read more...

Profits nearly double at Nintendo

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:00:51 +0000

Company rides Game Boy Advance sales to a 22.6 billion yen ($204 million) profit, counting on DS for rest of fiscal year. Nintendo's financial report for the first fiscal quarter shows amazing... Read more...

Microsoft Tech-Ed 2004 Europe nearly upon us

Tom Warren — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:19:24 +0000

That's right folks, in two weeks time myself, Voodoo, Neobond & Redmak will be hanging up our keyboards and flying out to Amsterdam to cover Tech-Ed 2004 Europe. Seconds ago we just launched... Read more...

Bill Gates: Hardware to Be Nearly Free in 10 Years

Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:48:35 +0000

Hardware costs will fall sharply within a decade to the point where widespread computing with speech and handwriting won't be limited by expensive technology, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said on Monday. "Ten years out,... Read more...

Nintendo Says GameCube Nearly Sold Out in U.S.

Tue, 02 Mar 2004 00:57:39 +0000

Nintendo Co. Ltd., which at one point stopped production on its GameCube video game console due to slack demand, has now nearly sold out of the console in the United States and is seeking to... Read more...

Plus! Digital Media Edition Available at Nearly 8,000 Stores

Tom Warren — Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:12:20 +0000

Top Three OEMs, Dell, Gateway and HP, to Offer Plus! Digital Media Edition to PC Customers; New Plus! Dancers and PowerToy for Music Devices Offer Extra Online Bonuses Microsoft Corp. today... Read more...

Linux server sales nearly double

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Feb 2003 09:44:12 +0000

Sales in the United States of servers running Linux nearly doubled in last year's fourth quarter from a year earlier, according to new statistics from market researcher Gartner Dataquest. Total Linux server revenue was $384.6... Read more...

Genuity Closes Bids, $242M Deal Nearly Done

Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:20:48 +0000

Genuity said today that Level 3 Communications's $242 million acquisition bid is the only qualified offer. The declaration effectively eliminates the possibility of another buyer swooping in. The companies, which provide wholesale Internet access,... Read more...

Wireless Use to Nearly Double by 2006

Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:55:48 +0000

Wireless usage in the United States will nearly double by 2006 from 2001 levels as more and more consumers use their cell phones to make calls that they previously made from traditional telephones, a study... Read more...

Pirate Sentenced To Nearly 3 Years

Marcel Klum — Mon, 06 May 2002 09:15:04 +0000

A Symantec software engineer by the name of Barry Erickson has been sentenced to 33 months in prison following his guilty plea in the still unfolding DrinkOrDie piracy bust. According to prosecutors Mr. Erickson provided... Read more...

Video Game Piracy Totaled Nearly $2 Billion in 2001

Marcel Klum — Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:36:17 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. video game industry lost at least $1.9 billion to global piracy last year, half of which came from Korea and China, an industry trade group said on Thursday. ... Read more...

Security incidents nearly double in 2001

Mon, 14 Jan 2002 05:25:50 +0000

Total security incidents nearly doubled in 2001 compared to the prior year, according to statistics released Friday by the federally funded computer and network security body, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center. ... Read more...