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  • Samsung ships DDR part

    But Rambus may come sooner than we think

    Samsung has started shipping the first of its 64Mbit parts using DDR (double data rate) synchronous DRAM at a speed of 266MHz but the move is unlikely to herald a rush of such devices. Next year, Intel will push for the Rambus standard in all PCs which will supersede the DDR standard and provide wider bandwidths for the faster …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 10:10

  • Memory prices fall in false dawn

    Prices slip despite efforts to talk them up

    After optimism that DRAM prices were on the mend last week, prices have again dropped during the course of this week, according to memory distributors and manufacturers. But there could be light on the horizon, as the manufacturers make a concerted attempt to keep prices up. Alan Stanley, MD of Dane-Elec, said: “We’ve seen a …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 10:23

  • Intel to slash Celeron 266 price in September

    Expected to announce Katmai prices then

    Sources in the industry said today that the price of the Intel Celeron 266MHz part will drop to $55 when prices are cut on the 14th of September. But Intel has denied that the price will drop that low, and other sources said that the price is likely to be around the $85 mark. The confusion may have arisen because £55 sterling …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 10:46

  • Bangers company mashed up by Toys ‘R’ Us

    Big firm puts boot into Liverpool sausage shop

    Toys ‘R’ Us, which sells plenty of PCs here in the UK, has been accused of bullying tactics by a woman who owns a sausage company in Wallasey, Merseyside. According to a report in The Guardian, Theresa Heward, who was running a sausage shop called Sausages R Us, received a letter from Toys ‘R’ Us solicitors, ordering her to …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 12:00

  • Voller goes to NCI

    Channel man on the move

    Steve Voller, formerly MD of Netscape Emea, has become vice president of Network Computer Inc in Northern Europe. Voller, who before then, worked for IBM Emea in a role which included implementing Lou Gerstner’s channel strategy in Europe, is an industry veteran. He was formerly MD of distributor Macro Micro and had a previous …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 12:16

  • Keane pays $30 million for British Icom

    First European acquisition

    US services giant Keane has bought Icom Solutions, a Birmingham-based workflow designer for £30.6 million in stock. The acquisition is the first in Europe by Keane which is looking to aggressively expand outside of the US. Icom - formerly IMI Computing - specializes in workflow software for the financial services market, with …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 13:43

  • Book company to float Net division

    Barnes & Noble takes Amazonian approach

    Loss-making US book retailer Barnes & Noble is to follow rival Amazon.com and float its online book-selling division. Barnes & Noble said it would file for an initial public offering for its barnesandnoble.com offshoot, in an attempt to cash in on the Internet stock boom. A number of US Internet companies, most recently …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 13:45

  • Novell does well in Q3

    Schmidt triggers change

    Novell’s third quarter results have beaten analysts' expectations, benefiting from the delayed release of Microsoft’s NT 5.0. The company points to the cost cuts and new products as significant factors in the success. Net income for the period ending 31st July was $26.6 million, compared with a loss of $87.7 million the year …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 13:47

  • Lan switches drive networking world

    Cisco still biggest kid on the block

    LAN switches have driven the worldwide networking equipment industry in the second quarter of 1998 as revenues bettered $2.1 billion. This represents a 78 per cent increase over the same period last year according to preliminary figures from researchers at Dataquest, part of the Gartner group. Cisco still leads the LAN switch …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 13:49

  • Sun rises on Horizon’s horizon

    Reseller gets shot, in the arm

    It’s been an eventful summer for Sun Microsystems reseller Horizon. In the UK it has stepped up its level of accreditation with Sun by becoming a Sun ServiceManager centre, while its Ireland operation received a welcome shot in the arm when it snapped up Ingram Micro’s training division. The distribution giant had been expected …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 13:53

  • Intel goes all Mendocino

    Celeron gets a revamp

    Intel has formally released details of its Mendocino based microprocessors, after they were leaked on US wires. The company is rolling out a 450MHz Pentium II and two Celeron chips which use the new Mendocino core – the 333MHz and 300A MHz. The chips are determinedly aimed at the low end of the market with prices to match and …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 15:14

  • Cisco speeds up Internet access with acquisition

    Ah, the wonderful world of the wibbly wobbly web

    Cisco is shelling out $56 million in stock for the purchase of the grandly-named American Internet Corporation, a developer of software that makes it easier to hook into the Internet. Not bad for a company set up in 1995, and currently employing just 50 employees. But at least AIC –unlike many start-ups in this sector – is …

    Business 21 Aug 1998, 15:57