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  • Tesco puts £900 Fujitsu PII on sale

    Follow-up to successful pilot scheme

    A Fujitsu 350MHz Pentium II machine goes on sale in Tesco’s new Cardiff store for £899.99 inc VAT today. The latest introduction follows a pilot scheme which Fujitsu consumer product manager Laurence Knott feels has been highly successful. Knott says the use of supermarkets for PC sales in the UK is the start of a revolution, …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 06:34

  • Resellers unite to pitch for multinationals

    A group of European companies plans presence in three continents

    A group of resellers with a presence in Europe and the US has formed an international consortium aiming at major multinationals. The consortium, IT International, claims combined sales of over US$1.7 billion, and is chaired by Philip Garnar of the UK’s Elcom Group, whose American parent also provides the US presence. IT …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 06:36

  • Still my beating heart

    Medical manufacturers need to come clean...

    We've only bunged this one in here cos the last thing on our mind is to panic people who have had PaceMakers fitted. Are they year 2000 compliant? The people who make them haven't come clean about the installed base nor whether they rely on some kind of CPU -- although they almost certainly use a timing chip. And on the same …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 06:43

  • Web bears up under demand for Starr report

    Viewers turn from TV to Net

    Like many lawyers, Kenneth Starr, the so-called independent counsel investigating Clinton's zippergate, used WordPerfect 6.1 for his report, which he supplied on CD-ROM to the House of Representatives. It was then converted to HTML, but some mistakes were made with the conversion and the versions first published on government …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 09:49

  • New York Times hacked

    Hacking for Girlies grumbles over paper's Mitnick coverage

    The New York Times Website was down for around 12 hours yesterday after a hacker organisation called HFG (Hacking For Girlies) protested about the imprisonment of Kevin Mitnick, who distinguished himself by being named the world's most wanted hacker by the FBI in 1995. Mitnick has been in prison awaiting trial for three and a …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 10:51

  • Artecon consolidates UK beachhead

    We want more distributors -- now

    California-based storage specialist Artecon is looking for channel partners to join its distribution team now that it is firmly established in the UK following the completion of its merger with Storage Dimensions. Account manager Robert Taylor commented: "We are looking for new distributors. A reseller must be able to add …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 12:16

  • IBM intros ultra-high resolution LCD

    And you thought the one in your ThinkPad was neat...

    IBM has developed a flat-panel display that could signal the end of CRT technology. The new display, due to be formally unveiled next week, offers four times the resolution of current LCDs and, claims IBM, shows images with as high a defintion as print. The panel, codenamed Roentgen, used 15.7 million transistors to create a …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 12:31

  • Oh CIENA! Tellabs shuns takeover

    Investor reaction to blame

    In a blizzard of press releases, CIENA Corporation has confirmed the "mutual termination" of its planned merger with Tellabs. CIENA blames "investor reactions to events of the last several weeks" for the amicable parting of the ways. "The ultimate ability to obtain shareholder approval for the merger and made it difficult to …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 12:55

  • Intel price axe swings again

    Prepares for Christmas and fresh introductions

    Intel has once more taken the axe to its processor pricing, with cuts being made on selected procesors in the workstation, desktop and notebook computer range. The biggest price drop is on the old 266MHz mobile part, which drops by 34 per cent to $159 when bought in quantities of 1,000, but other chips fall by between eight and …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 13:10

  • Big Blue to spend more in South Korea

    Lou Gerstner on whistle-stop tour of Asia

    Lou Gerstner, IBM's CEO, said on a visit to South Korea that his company is to pump money into the country. A report in local English language paper the Korea Herald said IBM will increase the amount of equipment it buys from South Korean companies by around 20 per cent, accounting for a total of $1.2 billion in 1998. Gerstner, …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 13:35

  • Zippergate leaks unsettle Wall Street

    Allegedly

    Some turbulence is expected in US markets today after the publication of the Starr report. The White Office has accused Starr's office of leaking the content on Friday, allegedly in a move to calm markets with the news that there was nothing significant beyond what had been previously leaked. A rumour was circulating in the …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 14:37

  • Baby Bells argue for IP phone charges

    Exploiting loophole

    The Baby Bells are flexing their muscles to compete with nifty competitors that do not enjoy the Babies' semi-regulated monopoly. Among the recent moves are US West's intention, recently confirmed, to levy long-distance telephone charges on Internet telephony. US West's defence is that its rivals are exploiting a regulatory …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 14:50

  • Diamond bundles Internet music with RIO

    Cheap playback

    Diamond Multimedia's newly launched Rio PMP300 portable music player will be marketed with licensed content from the MP3.com Web site. Diamond will bundled 100 songs from MP3.com with the new product. Under the terms of the deal, each organisation will provide the other with “aggressive” promotion and advertising. Ken Wirt, …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 15:45

  • Dutch policeman nabbed in Microsoft raid

    Stolen CDs worth £1.5 million recovered

    A Dutch policeman was arrested and charged with handling stolen goods, after the National Crime Squad intercepted a van with 20,000 Microsoft Windows 95 Upgrade CD-ROMs on board. Two others, a Dutch national and a UK national, were arrested and charged with handling stolen goods worth £1.5 million. The CDs, believed to be stolen …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 16:08

  • In brief: Cases against Western Digital dismissed

    There is no case to answer

    A US district course late last week threw out eight class action lawsuits against hard drive manufacturer Western Digital. The allegations were that WD had issued financial statements that were misleading. ®

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 16:09

  • Intel moves to reassure industry on bugs

    Erratumnotbug policy in place, company claims

    Intel has admitted that it is impossible to prevent bugs from escaping its testing process. But today it moved to reassure end users and customers that its bug testing process is up to the task of dealing with the complexity of this and future generations of its microprocessors. That follows bad publicity given to Intel earlier …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 20:06

  • 14/09/98 Daily Digest

    Tesco takes on iMac too

    Tesco flogs Apples of the computer variety Tesco is adding a new variety of apple to its shelves when it begins a one month pilot scheme to market the new iMac. The computer will be available at the two largest stores, one in Stirling, Scotland, and the other in Cardiff, Wales. Jon Molyneux, managing director for Apple UK, said …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 21:42

  • Winbond buys up ISD

    Strengthens voice IC lines

    WinBond Electronics, the Taiwanese specialist IC vendor, is to acquire all the shares it does not currently own in Integrated Storage Devices, for $10.5 million in cash. The company said the mergers meant it now has one of the strongest voice recording and playback IC product lines in the world. "We believe that we will have …

    Business 14 Sep 1998, 23:20