President Bush signs the CAN-SPAM act into law

President Bush signed the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM) act into law yesterday over-riding various state laws which have been enacted. The Bill requires that spam emails should be labelled as such and to include instructions how to opt-out of such messages and the sender's physical address. It also bans deceptive subject lines and false headers in such messages. ...more

iPod mini audio problems surface

The first signs of dissatisfaction with Apple's iPod mini surfaced over the weekend, with users reporting a crackling noise when any buttons are pressed. A number of mini owners have found that the problem starts to occur after about five weeks, though Apple has been happy to replace affected units. The reports have been made via a thread in the iPodlounge forums; one account, posted by raul, says, 'the life expectancy for the mini is between 35 and 40 days; my new one is doing ok, but now i have that feeling that it will happen again. ...more

Sun bolsters x86 server line with AMD Opterons

Sun has expanded its Solaris x86 range with more AMD Opteron-based servers and workstations. New announcements include the Sun Fire V40z Server, Sun Java Workstation W1100z and Sun Java Workstation W2100z, which are now officially available. 'With Sun offering unparalleled leadership on operating systems, high-performance hardware and the Sun Java System software, including the Java Enterprise System and the Java Desktop System, I'm confident our newest systems based on the AMD Opteron processor will leave our competitors in the dark,' boasted John Fowler, executive VP of Sun's Network Systems Group. ...more

HP starts to show benefits of Compaq merger

One year after its merger with Compaq, Hewlett-Packard is getting a grip on the expanded company. Its Q2 2003 revenues totalled $18.0 billion, compared to $17. ...more

System Administrator Appreciation Day

Not much loved and much misunderstood, that's your system administrator. And in case you didn't realise, the last Friday in July is System Administrator Day.. ...more