Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Verified By Intel program discontinued ... Windows XP coming to low-cost Eee PC ... HP to settle Mercury back-dating suit



IN THE NEWS

Intel code names low-cost laptop chip Diamondville
Intel Corp. plans to launch a new microprocessor architecture aimed at ultra-low cost laptop PCs, code-named "Diamondville," in April of next year.

Intel discontinues Verified By Intel program
Intel Corp. will end its Verified By Intel (VBI) standardization program by mid-2008, the company confirmed Tuesday.

Windows XP to be on low-cost Eee PC by end of 2007
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP OS will be on a version of Asustek Computer Inc.'s ultra-low cost laptop, Eee PC, by the end of this year, the companies announced Tuesday.

Chinese submarine conveniently revealed in photograph
Is it coincidence that a revealing photograph of China's latest ballistic-missile submarines appeared online on the same day that China's 17th Party Congress opened in Beijing? Maybe not.

EDS vows to fight claim of dishonest contract pitch
System integrator EDS has vowed to fight claims by BSkyB that it deliberately misled the broadcaster when it pitched for a services contract.

UIQ plans to expand after Motorola deal
UIQ Technology AB, the company behind one of the two user interfaces for the Symbian mobile OS, will continue expanding following Motorola Corp. taking a 50 percent stake in the company.

HP agrees to settle backdating suit for $117.5M
Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday agreed in principle to resolve the stock-options back-dating suit facing Mercury Interactive Corp., a company it acquired in 2006, for $117.5 million.

Microsoft reaches out to voice vendors
Microsoft Corp. is expanding its work with enterprise telephony vendors to make its Office Communication Server (OCS) 2007 work more closely with office phone systems.


UNIX TIP

Scanning your messages file for warnings: Take two
By Sandra Henry-Stocker, ITworld.com

Several weeks ago, I encouraged readers to automate the extraction of warning messages from their /var/adm/messages (or /var/log/messages) files and provided a script to do just that. In this article, we will look at a re-implementation of that script. The new version of this script was written by Jared Still, Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist and author of "Perl for Oracle DBAs". ...continue reading 'Scanning your messages file for warnings: Take two'


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E-mail-free Fridays catching on
Sure, you're used to not wearing a tie on Fridays -- but what about not answering your e-mails? Tech companies like Intel and US Cellular aren't exactly banning all e-mail communication on the last day of the workweek, but they are urging employees to use the phone or meet face-to-face to "encourage a more direct, free-flowing communication and better exchange of ideas." ... read more


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