Western Digital announced that it is now shipping in volume its WD Caviar family of 3.5-inch hard drives based on 320 GB-per-platter technology, the same industry-leading storage areal density that the company has been shipping in its 160 GB-per-platter (320 GB capacity) 2.5-inch WD Scorpio drives since October 2007. “Our technology investments and product roadmap
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Euro Disney S.C.A., parent company of theme park and resort operator Disneyland Resort Paris, reported that revenues for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 which ended December 31 increased 20% to € 340.5 mln, reflecting increases in theme parks, hotels and real estate revenues. Theme parks revenues increased 14% to € 175.1 mln, driven
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Secure Computing Corporation, the leading enterprise gateway security provider, has announced that its Webwasher Anti-Malware web gateway security engine posted the highest detection rate in a November 2007-released AV Test Labs study of 27 proprietary malware detection software. Webwasher was able to detect 99.45% of more than a million malicious files on the Windows XP
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European shares rebounded on Thursday as strong results from Nokia and Allianz and a bond-insurance rescue package calmed investors, surprised by Societe Generale’s fraud disclosure. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed unofficially 5.3% higher at 1,329.48 points, after ending the previous session at its lowest close in 1-1/2 years. “Good news make
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DAVOS (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates called on Thursday for a new “creative capitalism” to help the world’s 1 billion poorest who live on less than $1 a day. Gates, one of the world’s richest men, said he was not dumping the basic tenets of capitalism but argued market forces must be better
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Greece‘s prime minister pledged support on Thursday for the rights of Turkey‘s tiny Greek Orthodox community during an audience with Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual head of the world’s Orthodox Christians. Costas Karamanlis is on the second day of an official visit to Turkey that caps a steady thaw in bilateral relations as the
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During a short visit to Malta, en route to Libya, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta, Michael Frendo. The talks covered a wide spectrum of issues including the Cyprus problem, bilateral relations, the Middle East problem, illegal migration and Kosovo, said a government announcement issued
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The European Commission published its long awaited ‘energy and climate package’ this week, including new plans for expanding emissions trading and renewable energy, according to the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO). Despite the many warnings that have been issued recently, even by the Commission’s own scientific body, the Commission sticks to its goal of boosting the
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Nokia Siemens Networks is supplying T-2 Slovenia, the country’s leading IPTV and Internet service alternative provider, with an innovative high-speed mobile network that will allow the operator to offer new top-quality multimedia and data services. The deal marks the first commercial implementation in Europe of a pioneering Internet High Speed Packet Access (I-HSPA) flat architecture
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Nascent recovery in specialist food stores  The index of retail trade turnover in Cyprus fell by 0.2% over the previous month in November 2007 according to provisional data, but rose by 11.9% over November 2006. For the period January-November 2007 the index is provisionally estimated to have increased by 7.9% compared to the corresponding
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