Google expanding with 60 per cent profit growth

Google has published its first quarter financial results and beaten analyst expectations, showing a 60 per cent increase in profit and outlining future expansion plans. Google reported revenues of $2.25 billion, for the quarter ending 31 March - an increase of 79 per cent on the $1. ...more

Nokia scrapes back mobile market as phone sales boom

Booming worldwide sales of mobile phones helped Nokia to lift its market share slightly in the second quarter of 2004 according to the latest figures released by Gartner. Worldwide mobile phone sales grew 35 per cent in the second quarter of this year to over 156.4 million handsets worldwide. ...more

UPDATED: Former SUSE president bows out from Novell

Richard Seibt, one-time president of Linux vendor SUSE, is to bow out of his role as EMEA president for Novell, following the acquisition of SUSE at the beginning of the year. No details have been given as to Seibt's future plans or the dynamics behind his departure. However, his role within Novell was less than clear even at the time of the acquisition, when Novell CEO Jack Messman said he would: 'oversee the integration of SUSE into Novell'. ...more

Intel price cuts looming, market adopts wait and see approach

Anticipation of Intel's month-end price cuts has reduced movement in Taiwan's CPU channel to a crawl. Downstream customers are hesitant to order stock, and distributors are being forced to grin and bear it. However, the situation is not as bad as it might have been, with last week's Double Ten National Day holiday helping boost end-user demand. ...more

Microsoft gives definition to virtual plans

Microsoft has used WinHEC (the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) in Seattle to flesh out its plans for virtualisation technology, including its intentions to acquire Softricity, a specialist company for application virtualisation. Bob Muglia, Microsoft's senior VP of the Server and Tools Business, has outlined Microsoft's virtualisation roadmap. Highlighted points include Windows Server virtualisation, specifically that its 'hypervisor'-based system (multiple operating systems running on the same computer) is on track to be available with the release of Microsoft Windows Server 'Longhorn'. ...more