expert Cray supercomputing and storage specialist Adic have entered into a long-term licensing agreements: the ADIC StorNext File System is to provide in the future, the basic shared SAN file system for the X1 supercomputer. The StorNext file system is thus portable to the operating system Unicos Cray X1 and shipped with each. The StorNext [...]

Arcor has announced the price for Internet-by-call from 1 December and leads to lower the tariff “Internet by Call Low Cost” field. The minutes from the time cost on the Internet around the clock or 0.87 cents. The user is bound to it but no basic fees, minimum usage or binding contract, but has to [...]

Vobis has from today, Thursday, a PC with a DVD burner at a bargain price in the offer: For the “high screen XD Professional” with a 2.53 GHz speed Pentium 4 CPU from Intel (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: INL), 60 GB hard drive and 256 MB of RAM required by the dealer in 1099 €. However, [...]

Roxio burning software expert has informed the completion of the acquisition of Napster. Still remains but the Californian company owes an explanation, just as the software of the former P2P-Stars will be used. Roxio operates under the commercial Pressplay already offer a paid music service. “The company will publish its specific plans in the coming [...]

The speed of computer systems – that of interconnected processors – is often left behind the performance of individual components. With 4.5 million euros, the EU therefore wants to promote the three-year project “High Speed ​​Optoelectronic Memory Systems”. Professor Jürgen Jahns, Chair of Optical Communications Engineering University of Hagen and seven partners in Europe plan [...]

who studied in German financial services companies answers to their most pressing questions, this should not be put as far as possible by e-mail: According to a study of “Mummert” is the advice by e-mail “disappointing”. Every third customer request will not be answered, then the result. And the quality in three out of four [...]

Toshiba Europe has given a special price for its Pocket PC e330 known. Accordingly, there should be the entry level now for 529 € instead of 599 € in retail stores. Facilities within the handheld with a 300 MHz Intel (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: INL) PXA 250 Applications Processor, 64 MB of SDRAM memory, and Microsoft [...]

After the sale of BOL has sought the German media giant Bertelsmann a new distribution partner in the online space. This seems to have found: Amazon.com (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: AMZ), to fill in the U.S. sales of the music of the Bertelsmann subsidiary CDnow. CDnow should like Toys’R’us as a subdivision of the Amazon site [...]

Maxcom offers a complete system, based on Via C3 CPU for 399 €. The system integrator was presented at the recently held in Berlin Via Reseller forum as the first company in Europe, such a computer. The computer is equipped with a 1GHz C3 processor and 256 MB of RAM. In Hightower will find a [...]

The largest ever produced for civilian purposes Satellite Astra K1 has missed after his space-launch into orbit. Have from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan launched satellite failed to achieve its job target of 36,000 kilometers from Earth because of “an anomaly” in one of the firings, said the US-Russian consortium of International Launch Services (ILS) [...]

The U.S. government responded to 11 September with the creation of a new ministry. This has far-reaching consequences for the IT industry in the country: The U.S. president George Bush yesterday signed a law by which a Department of Homeland Security is created. This is among other things, for greater safety in traffic – make [...]

wants to boost Elsa successor Devolo with free gifts to sell its micro link fun-modems and Microlink 56k PCI modem card: Each buyer will receive an access software for the Internet portal Shopping0800, with the surf for free in various online stores can. In addition, there

time for Christmas presents with the Creative model, “Mobile” and “Value CardCam” two compact webcam. The two newcomers are designed for mobile use and cost € 49.90 each. The Mobile Webcam deliver images with up to 640 by 480 pixels and can be fastened with a clip on the TFT display. The lens will be [...]

The world’s largest semiconductor maker Intel (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: INL) will insert the prices for processors, flash memory technology by up to 40 percent for the first January 2003 raise. This confirmed to CNET / ZDNet and Intel spokesman Tom Beerman. Reason is the increased demand. This type of chips used mainly in handheld devices, [...]

The Cologne-based company Innovum Smart Products has Jamba U100 with a 35 gram and 95 times 32 times 21-millimeter digital audio player introduced. The music maker is from 9 December at Media Markt and Saturn will be available for 199 €. The lighter-sized device is equipped with 128 Mbytes of memory and have so for [...]