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  • Microsoft challenge to testimony rebuffed

    Attempt to rule out hearsay fails for the second time

    The Microsoft trial dealt exclusively with procedural issues on Monday morning, with the two sides wrangling over what could and could not be heard. Microsoft had slipped in another Motion on Friday evening, very similar to the one it used in an attempt to challenge the inclusion of Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale's testimony. The …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 09:20

  • Lawyers spin after Gates video

    And will the US elections keep Billy-Boy off the front pages?

    The cordon sanitaire that has surrounded Bill Gates and prevented any public embarrassment was breached on Monday afternoon. John Warden, Microsoft's trial attorney, may well have been going slowly under instruction for the last two weeks, so that the first tape of Gates deposition -- and the one that would be most publicised …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 09:24

  • Gates squirms on screen as memory problems re-emerge

    Are those who don't remember past emails condemned to resend them?

    Apple VP Avie Tevanian's cross-examination yesterday may well mark the day when Microsoft began to fall seriously behind, and the reason is quite simply that Gates' videotaped deposition has harmed Microsoft's defence greatly. Gates' credibility as a witness is minimal. He is unresponsive, rarely answering the question directly …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 09:29

  • Chapter 11 looms for Syquest

    Company seeks refuge but acquisition more likely

    Storage firm Syquest late yesterday said it had suspended its operations and was considering its future, including the possibility of taking refuge under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy rules. It stopped trading on the US stock exchange at close of play. The move follows a bad year for all storage companies, but Syquest in …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 09:36

  • Leaked Microsoft memo outlines anti-Linux strategy

    An internal discussion document tries to figure out how Redmond could steal open source software's clothes

    An internal Microsoft document leaked over the weekend confirms that the company view Open Source Software (OSS) in general, and Linux in particular, as real threats. The document, which Microsoft confirmed as genuine yesterday, sees the "primary threat" as being to NT Server, but has little to offer in defence apart from the …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 10:40

  • East is red, says Dell

    Company opens plant in Red China

    Direct PC company Dell yesterday opened a manufacturing plant in Xiamen in a bid to capture the growing market for PCs in communist China. Earlier this year, the company opened sales operations in major conurbations in the country. The hardware firm has already captured the People’s Liberation Army as a customer, and also has …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 10:49

  • HP makes four-way bid for networks

    Offers fibre channel solutions

    HP has introduced a four way NetServer box using four 400MHz Xeon CPUs and at the same introduced Fibre channel and Ultra 2 SCSI Rack Storage subsystems. The LH4 offers storage capacity of 12 drives and includes integrated controllers. The system will support up to 4Gb of buffered EDO memory and will ship next month with a UK …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 10:52

  • CPU and component famine likely next year

    Motherboards, hard drives and other parts constrained too

    A UK distributor said today that the glut of PC components the industry has seen in 1998 will turn into a famine next year as a combination of circumstances begin to bite the market. Mark Davison, microprocessor manager at Datrontech, said that a lack of investment, coupled with increased demand for PCs, will lead to shortages …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 11:55

  • HP alliance throws down Java gauntlet to Sun

    The formation of a new industry group is calculated to loosen Sun's control of Java

    In what will inevitably be seen as a direct challenge to Sun, Hewlett-Packard yesterday emerged as the ringleader of a group of companies pushing "an open, vendor-neutral standards process for real-time extensions to Java". HP also rolled out a new family of Java products for the embedded market, which are available for licence …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 13:17

  • Iomega proposes ‘Zip Everywhere’ strategy

    Forget the network, send your data by... er... 100MB floppy substitute

    Iomega is pushing its 100MB Zip drive at peripherals manufacturers in an attempt to give the aging storage technology a new lease of life. The basic plan runs something like this: Iomega will persuade scanner, printer and Net TV vendors to build Zip drives into their products. The way Iomega sells it, the scheme is all about …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 14:00

  • MIPS goes all precious on us

    A treasure hoard of RISCy chips, Jim lad

    Chip company MIPS has unveiled its future roadmap with three families codenamed Jade, Opal and Ruby. Jade is a 32-bit chip family that is based on MIPS 3000 family, and wil be available in both optimised and synthesisable cores in the second half of next year. The Opal family will consist of 64-bit RISC chips, equivalent to the …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 14:34

  • ilion raids Metrologie for new UK MD

    Johnson moves on

    CHS subsidiary Metrologie UK is looking for a new managing director following the surprise resignation of Rob Johnson. Johnson is moving to rival distributor ilion as MD in the new year, replacing chairman and CEO Wayne Channon in the role he had been overseeing since the departure of former MD Allan Mack earlier this year. …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 14:54

  • Xavier posts record interim results

    So it's smiles all round then? Not quite

    Record results from all three of its operating divisions have catapulted the half-year pre-tax profits of Xavier Computer Group to £723,000 -- an increase of more than 44 per cent on last year. Interim results published today revealed that Xavier, Bleasdale and CSL all performed ahead of budget reporting record results for both …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 15:03

  • ATM fends off IP, Insight claims

    Best choice for interconnectivity

    ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) still remains the strongest choice for public and private network interconnectivity despite the rise of IP (Internet Protocol) according to a new report from New Jersey-based telecommunications analysts Insight Research. The report claims that ATM has evolved to become the best approach for …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 15:16

  • DOCData slashes workforce by one third

    Dutch axe falls on UK and California

    DOCdata UK is to axe 95 jobs - around a third of its workforce - in a bid to make the company more profitable. The UK arm of the Dutch-based company - which produces audio and multimedia CDs - has borne the brunt of the losses with a further 25 jobs going at the company's California operation. The redundancies have been blamed …

    Business 3 Nov 1998, 15:21

  • 3 November 1998: DRAM prices

    Our daily DRAM update from Dane-Elec

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    Business 3 Nov 1998, 16:34