HP Chairman resigns in phone tap scandal

The Hewlett Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn will step down from her position in January. She will be replaced by Mark Hurd, the company's chief executive officer and president who will succeed her while retaining his existing positions. Dunn will continue to serve as a director. ...more

eBay grows fat on trading

Goods have been changing hands at a frenetic pace over the last three months at online auction house eBay, netting the company a record $109.7mn for the second quarter of 2003. 'Q2 was another great quarter for eBay,' said Meg Whitman, President and CEO of eBay. ...more

Intel pushes Mobile Pentium 4 past 3GHz

Intel has boosted notebook performance with new Mobile Pentium 4 and Celeron processors, and the 3GHz milestone has been passed. The latest models, however, mark the end of the road for Mobile Intel Pentium 4 and Mobile Intel Celeron processor families. There will be no further speed enhancements. ...more

Microsoft signs up Downing Street

The UK has officially signed up to participate in Microsoft's Government Security Program (GSP). This program - unveiled in the New Year - provides government bodies with controlled access to Windows source code. The GSP is a no-fee initiative that will let participants review Windows source code using a special review tool. ...more

Microsoft settles with Alacritech

Microsoft has settled with networking company Alacritech over an alleged patent violation centred around Redmond's 'Chimney' technology. Alacritech sued Microsoft in August 2004, alleging that Chimney violated its SLIC (session-layer interface control) patents related to TCP Offloading. The technology offloads a lot of the work of TCP management from the main CPU and onto a network device. ...more