An Olympian performance from IBM?

It's not over 'till the fat lady sings, or the group Men at Work in the case of the Sydney 2000 games. And now the medal tables are complete, here are the technology stats from IBM, the anointed designer, developer and host of the official games Web site, www.olympics. ...more

NTL Telewest to become Virgin Media

NTL Telewest has announced that in the first quarter of 2007 it will be rename itself Virgin Media, following its acquisition of Virgin Mobile. The rebranded company will offer 'quadplay' of broadband, mobile and home phone and digital TV. Major operational changes are already underway and the company has committed an additional ?5 million in 2006 to improve customer care ahead of the launch of the new brand. ...more

News roundup... 22/05/2002

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Microsoft lures AOL users Microsoft has released a suite of 'switching tools' to encourage users to switch from AOL to MSN. A three-step process enables consumers to automatically move their AOL Mailbox, AOL Address Book and AOL Calendar information into their MSN Internet Access account. ...more

IBM powers world's fastest chip

New Power6 chip offers environmentally-friendly computing with reduced power consumption. IBM claims it is not only the world's fastest microprocessor but one also able to help cut electricity consumption of datacentres, which makes them more environmentally friendly. The new Power6 processor clocks in at 4. ...more

New Trojan piggybacks on Blaster scare

A new Trojan has appeared which appears in an email purporting to be a fix for the Blaster worm. The trojan enables the send to access and control an infected computer over the Internet. The attacker can also steal passwords, send emails, and record keystrokes. ...more