Amazon technology investment pays off

Amazon has reported a 32 per cent rise in sales during the first quarter of 2007, well above its own estimates. The online retailer's profits also rose steeply to $144 million, an increase of 50 per cent on the same period last year. It warned that it expects growth to slow in the current quarter but still expects annual profits to increase by at least 19 per cent. ...more

AMD facing delays on launch of 90nm desktop processors

AMD may be forced to push back the launch of its 90nm desktop processors into the second half of 2005, according to Xbit Labs. The site says that 'sources close to the company' say that the mooted AMD Athlon 64 FX-57, previously codenamed 'San-Diego' will not now appear in the first half of next year as suggested in an AMD roadmap published only last week. Instead, the 'sources' are suggesting that later this year, AMD will be going ahead with another version of the existing 130nm SOI (Silicon-on-Insulator) design to be called the AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 clocked at 2. ...more

DTI puts data security at the heart of good business

The DTI's UK Online for Business portal sports a new section today, devoted to advising businesses on security issues. As well as protecting business assets such as data from widely known threats, eg viruses and such like, it also helps with putting in security policies that protect the more concrete assets of the premises and that govern employees' practices and appropriate use of email and the Internet. It also points out the importance of business continuity plans in the event of disaster, be it from loss of data or otherwise. ...more

Microsoft preempts leak of SAP merger plans

A merger between Microsoft and SAP, the massive German business process software giant? This rather astonishing development was the subject of exploratory talks between the two companies. Microsoft has revealed today. The talks took place a 'few months ago' according a Microsoft statement on the matter. ...more

Apple updates Java support

Apple has updated the Java software in OS X. This software enables Mac users to develop and run applications and applets written in the Java programming language. The Java 1. ...more