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13th August 1998 Archive

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  • Memory Corp turns corner

    DRAM company turns corner

    The Memory Corporation has issued a statement saying that it expects to post an operating profit for the first time in three years. Memory Corp has now risen from the depths of financial red ink to report an expected operating profit in the second half of this year, after reporting gross profits in Q1 and Q2. Last year the …

    Business 13 Aug 1998, 10:02

  • Mindrollers beware, minkies flying out of our bitt

    Silly...no ridiculous...We know where you got your mink

    Just say no, Intel. Some strange but true facts emerge about Mendocino. It's the preferred drug of choice in the film Spinal Tap, described there as Mendocino Rocket Fuel. Worse (or better?) than that, the town of Mendocino is where the late lamented Lucille Ball was born... An employee of Intel Brazil -- of all places -- we …

    Business 13 Aug 1998, 10:10

  • CDG adds fuel to wireless standards war

    The scene is being set for confrontation at the ITU

    Following-on from Qualcomm's decision to withdraw co-operation on W-CDMA licensing last week, the CDMA Development Group (CDG) has fanned the flames by submitting a policy for world-wide wireless spectrum allocation to the US delegation to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Qualcomm's beef is largely with the …

    Business 13 Aug 1998, 11:28