Intel calls home flagship chipsets

Intel is recalling some of its new 915 and 925 chipsets, codenamed 'Grantsdale' and 'Alderwood', which were only released last week. To be precise, there was 'excess leakage in the real-time clock circuitry', which affected the I/O functionality of the South Bridge, said an Intel spokesperson. The manufacturing process has been amended accordingly, they said, with chips produced before the 21 June launch being involved. ...more

Gartner warns against over-hyped IT fears

Analysts at Gartner have identified five IT risks they believe are being wildly overblown in the industry, and urge companies not to hold back IT expansion plans. Most of the points centre around burgeoning new industries. Internet telephony is picked out as being tainted with the notion that it is simply unsafe. ...more

Sony questions success of file sharing attacks

A Sony executive has conceded that the music industry is making little headway in curbing file sharing, despite its high-profile legal campaigns against alleged file sharers. Albhy Galuten, vice president, Digital Media Technology Strategy at Sony America, told the Digital Media Summit in Los Angeles that the industry is not 'winning the battle against pirating'. Galuten was taking part in a debate with legal experts to discuss whether the US record and movie industries' 'get tough' policies are effective against the scofflaws who use p2p networks to share music files without authorisation, a practice that the two industries regard as theft. ...more

iTunes passes 150 million downloads

The iTunes Music Store has passed 150 million downloads. The milestone was reached when Beth Santisteven from Ignacio, Colorado bought Ex-factor by Lauryn Hill. Apple is now selling 4 million songs every week, with a market share estimated at around 70 per cent. ...more

Virus plays on terror attacks

Security companies are warning of an email virus, which plays on the public need for information on the terror attacks on London. MessageLabs and F-Secure are among those reporting the discovery of a Trojan-carrying email, which is designed to appear as a CNN newsletter containing video footage of disaster. The email uses breakingnews@cnnonline. ...more