Intel Probing Bogus Processors

The chip maker is investigating reports of potentially counterfeit i7 920 packages in the marketplace.

HP Updates Its SharePoint Records Management Package

HP on Feb. 8 introduced a new version of its Web-based records management package, TRIM [Total Records Information Management] 7, that enables enterprises to manage all of their Microsoft SharePoint Server records within a single environment — regardless of the source of each document

Dell Expands Data Center Offerings

The company introduced infrastructure management software and 10-Gigabit Ethernet to its storage and networking switch lines.

Dell to Help Hospitals Adopt Electronic Medical Records

Dell is rolling out a package of hardware, software and services designed to make it easier and less costly for hospitals and their affiliated physicians adopt electronic medical records. EMR systems not only promise to make healthcare less costly and more efficient, but also is a key goal behind the federal governments economic stimulus package. Dells solution would be hosted by the hospital or a Dell partner, and would include Dell hardware and third-party applications

IBM Offers Financing for Servers Bundled with VMware vSphere 4

In an attempt to make it easier for businesses to bring VMware virtualization into their data centers, IBM is offering a special financing package on its System x and BladeCenter servers bundled with VMwares vSphere 4 virtualization platform.

‘Don’t let European telecoms law get axed’, says Ofcom

The head of UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has urged European parliamentarians and telecommunications ministers to resolve an argument that has erupted over a raft of new legislation. At the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (Ecta) conference in Brussels on Thursday, Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards said if the Telecoms Package failed to become law by the end of this year, it would be a “significant blow” to regulatory certainty in Europe

Microsoft Unveils Windows 7 Touch Pack

Spinning globes, schooling fish, and virtual erector sets add pizzazz to software maker’s new OS.

Europe votes for net-neutrality reforms

The European Parliament has voted through a massive tranche of reforms for the European telecommunications sector, including a significant net-neutrality amendment.

Apparent Puts a Lot of Network Management into a Small Package

Apparent Networks has made its living by selling high-end network performance management platforms costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to enterprises. Now Apparent is putting many of those network performance management capabilities into PathView, a new product aimed at network engineers that can be downloaded from the Internet and costs $3,000.

eWEEK Labs Shows You How to Install Apps on Ubuntu Linux

For the past few years, eWEEK Labs Executive Editor Jason Brooks has been crowning Ubuntu Linux the desktop Linux champ, both in the reviews he’s written and in his own choice of desktop OS at work and home. The biggest reason for Brooks’ Ubuntu inclination is application availability.