13 IT: Linux Business Growth IBM will hire 18 thousand new people

Infoworld: more test time for users. Microsoft provides a solution to disable automatic upgrade of XP SP2.

Microsoft will provide users with three methods to disable automatic system upgrade and install its latest "Windows XP SP2" function, so that users can spend more time solving the problems that may arise from the software upgrade. These methods provided by Microsoft allow users to only disable the function of upgrading XP SP2, and other automatic upgrade functions can run as usual. These methods provided by Microsoft expire August 16 days after January 1, 120. After expiration, you cannot disable the XP SP2 upgrade function unless you disable all the upgrade functions. Microsoft said that some organizations require users to temporarily disable the function of downloading XP SP2 through automatic upgrade and Windows upgrade programs. These users need some time to test the software upgrade. Microsoft's decision was made after IBM ordered its employees not to download XP SP2 .?

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Financial Times technology edition: German Telecom's Q2 profit is expected to double the annual net profit

Germany Telecom, Europe's main telephone operator, announced its financial report for the quarter 2nd on Thursday. Deutsche Telekom's sales revenue increased by 2nd in the 6% quarter, reaching 14.4 billion euros ($17.58 billion ). Driven by the sale of assets and the additional account value of mobile phone licenses in the United States, net profits have risen from 0.256 billion euros ($0.312 billion) in the same period last year) it increased to 1.7 billion euros ($2.07 billion ). The profit before the 2nd quarter interest, depreciation and amortization was 4.783 billion euros ($5.84 billion), in line with original expectations. T-Mobile, the Mobile Department of Deutsche Telekom, is the main factor driving the company's profit growth. Deutsche Telekom stressed that, the company's profit before this year's interest, depreciation and amortization will reach at least 19.2 billion euros ($23.45 billion ). Net profit will double that of last year, reaching 2.5 billion euros ($3.1 billion ). The company's T-Mobile U.S. branch will increase its user base to 17 million this year.

Reuters technology version: IDC: the growth rate of the eastern European PC market Q2 slowed down

Market research firm IDC said on Thursday that PC sales in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the Middle East and Africa (MEA) slowed down in second quarter of 2004. However, sales of portable computers are growing strongly. In the 2nd quarter, the growth rate of the PC market compared with the same period last year fell from 1st in the 33% quarter to 21%. Sales of portable computers increased by 60%, and sales of desktop computers that are still dominant increased by 16%. The popularity of portable computers and the demand for high-end desktop computers and mid-range workstations increased the PC market in these regions by 2nd quarter sales revenue by 26.8% compared with the same period last year. IDC said that the CEE region is stronger than the MEA region. Sales of portable computers in the CEE region increased by 70%, nearly 20% ahead of the MEA region. Sales of desktop computers in the CEE region increased by 17.5%, while the growth rate in the MEA region was 13.8%.

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AFP technology edition: Linux Business Growth IBM will hire 18 thousand new employees this year

A spokesman for IBM said the company plans to nearly double the number of new workers hired this year to expand business services, from the original 10 thousand to 18 thousand. So far this year, IBM has hired more than 10 thousand new employees. 2/3 of newly hired personnel are allocated to the Information Service and business consulting departments. The increase in the number of new employees in IBM was mainly due to the growth in the software business of Linux-based operating systems. By the end of 2003, IBM had 319,280 employees.

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