Intel CEO Barrett to retire next May

Craig Barrett, CEO of Intel is to retire next May. He recently had his 65th birthday last month, the firm's mandatory retirement age for the office of CEO. Barrett joined Intel in 1974 and became a vice president in 1984, senior vice president in 1987, executive vice president in 1990 and chief operating officer in 1993. ...more

Fixed addresses a closer possibility

UK ISP Andrews & Arnold has begun offering its broadband ADSL customers an IPv6 service, which could pave the way for an end to IP rationing. Under the current 32-bit IPv4 system, the shortage of IP numbers means that users are allocated an IP address each time they connect to the Internet. IPv6 is a 128-bit system and therefore provides exponentialy more addresses. ...more

Yahoo! gets into the shopping frame of mind

The Internet is a great tool for shopping. Not only can a searcher find out everything about a product before buying they can also search the world for the keenest prices. Now Yahoo! has released a beta product known as Yahoo! Mindset to assist in the shopping process. ...more

Microsoft escapes stiffer penalties

Microsoft managed to escape the stringent penalties that many of its opponents hoped for, when a US court finally upheld the original anti-trust penalties imposed on the company last year. The penalties, agreed by Microsoft and the US Department of Justice, were accepted by nine of the 18 US states that brought the anti-trust case against the company. The other nine states rejected the settlement, but in a final ruling made on Friday Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the US District Court of Columbia dismissed almost every further penalty suggested by the nine. ...more

Cost of redundancies and the Kodak Java dispute weigh down Sun

Sun Microsystems pulled ahead of analyst expectations in its latest quarterly results, but overall revenues were shy of targets. Analysts had predicted revenues to average $2.71bn for the quarter ending 26 September, but Sun pulled up short of that to the tune of $2. ...more