Alcatel expects to see a 7.5 percent year-on-year increase in revenue for the second quarter, in line with earlier projections, the company announced late Monday. Its merger with U.S. counterpart Lucent Technologies is also on track, with completion expected by year-end, it said.
University researchers in the U.K. will study how to make future microprocessors faster by replacing some of their internal connections with radio links.
A cross-site scripting flaw in the PayPal Web site allows a new phishing attack to masquerade as a genuine PayPal log-in page with a valid security certificate, according to security researchers.
Microsoft has failed in its bid to subpoena communications from IBM relating to its antitrust case in the European Union after a US District Court judge in New York quashed the request.
NTL's bid for British mobile phone company Virgin Mobile Holdings (UK) PLC has won the approval of Virgin Mobile's board, the companies announced Tuesday. The cash-and-stock offer values Virgin Mobile at £962 million (US$1.67 billion), NTL said.
The electricity consumed by a server over its lifetime is likely to cost as much as the server itself if energy costs continue to rise, according to one analyst. That should make energy efficiency a key concern for data center managers -- and its a concern that server vendors are increasingly addressing.
IBM is using a cluster of prototype blade servers built around its multicore Cell microprocessor to breathe life into a three-dimensional model of a beating human heart at the Cebit trade show in Hanover.
Security will be a major focus this week at the giant Cebit show in Hanover, Germany. This year, the annual IT trade show will hone in on the multiple layers of security threats facing enterprise networks. Now it's not just data networks that are under attack; VoIP and even paper documents are at risk.
Mid-size manufacturers are being squeezed out of the worldwide mobile phone market, even though it grew by 21 percent in 2005, market analyst Gartner said Tuesday.
French telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel had increases in revenue and net income for the fourth quarter, boosted by sales of converged data, voice and video networking equipment to telecommunications carriers, it said Thursday.
A demonstration of the next release of Novell's Linux for desktops drew cheers and applause Wednesday, although the final version of the software is not expected for some months.
Lucent Technologies reported a net loss of $US104 million ($AU138.39 million) for the quarter ended Dec. 31, with revenue from products and services both down from a year earlier.
Motorola plans to expand its range of digital television set-top boxes (STBs) with the acquisition of a Swedish specialist in IPTV (Internet Protocol television) equipment for an undisclosed sum.
Partners of SAP have launched 39 new mySAP All-in-One software packages tailored for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) in specific vertical markets, according to SAP.
Gold is prized in chip manufacture for its excellent electrical conductivity, but it also has unusual properties that could give it a role in new optical chips, scientists have discovered.
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By Kalyan Madala, CTO, IBM ASEANZK
