24th January 1999 Archive

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• A year ago: Mitsubishi shows lack of Shogun skill

  Not so fab as it seemed

  There's a bit of a glitch on the Japanese front but Mitsubishi is glitchier than most, we would suspect. Last week it closed down its facility in Durham (not County Durham, dear readers) and 200 people got axed there. According to a carefully pre-released statement, that was because of a decline in the semiconductor market. …

  Business 24 Jan 1999, 10:40

• The emails the DoJ may use to ambush Maritz

  We can't read the text yet, but we've got the headers. And did you hear the one about the MS-Intel telecoms net?

  The Paul Maritz deposition Microsoft made public on Friday was, as we may have intimated yesterday, pretty predictable stuff. Maritz denies everything, but does so without directly addressing large swathes of the case the DoJ has already made against Microsoft. But putting Maritz on the stand as a defence witness is a big risk …

  Business 24 Jan 1999, 11:19

• US outfit cracks Web music copyright whip

  Swiss owner threatened with jail, other sites get legal treatment

  The owner of a Swiss Internet site which posted the lyrics of popular songs faces a stiff fine or even jail after his home was raided by the police late last week. And now the action has extended to other sites which post lyrics, prompted by US company The Harry Fox Agency, which represents nearly 20,000 music publishers. A …

  Business 24 Jan 1999, 11:45

• Intel invests in UK entertainment company

  Eagle Rock gets shot in the arm from chip giant

  Eagle Rock, a company into records, videos and TV programming, has received an equity investment from chip giant Intel. The company, which was founded in April 1997, said it had raised £3.3 million in fresh equity from Intel and from German company edel music AG. The latter distributes Eagle Rock's audio products across Europe. …

  Business 24 Jan 1999, 12:10

• Intel says it won't track individuals

  Gelsinger said that last September so it must be true

  Intel has denied that security it is building into future versions of its microprocessors will be used to track net usage. But its denial follows a barrage of complaints from end users, and concern has also been expressed by US politicians. Last September, we exclusively reported from the Intel Developer Forum that the company …

  Business 24 Jan 1999, 20:28