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  • Intel leaks details of Foster, Merced, McKinley

    Four FPUs in Merced and a whole lot more

    An Intel presentation on the future of its IA-32 and IA-64 technology has revealed mechanical details of how its Merced processor will be implemented. And the document, available for download from an Intel FTP site, reveals other, hitherto unknown details of its implementation, as well as information about Foster and McKinley. …

    Business 9 Feb 1999, 11:13

  • Memsolve in eleventh hour crisis talks

    Distributor's future in hands of creditors and financiers

    Troubled components distributor Memsolve has admitted that it owes around £4 million to its creditors and that it may be forced out of business unless it can overcome crippling cashflow problems. Last week the company was forced to lay off around 20 of its 65 staff, and has been unable to pay its bills -- some of its suppliers …

    Business 9 Feb 1999, 11:17

  • Hard times end for hard drive makers

    Days of oversupply are over it seems

    Disk drive manufacturers are bouncing back from last year's saturation of the market, thanks to improved demand and inventory management. Preliminary figures from Dataquest suggest around 43 million drives were shipped in the fourth quarter, way above analysts' predictions. Less than a year ago the market was flooded and prices …

    Business 9 Feb 1999, 12:17

  • Pollution Web site branded as rubbish

    It's no secret -- we're killing the planet, say UK's most wanted

    Friends of the Earth's new Factory Watch Web site, which displays details of factory pollution throughout the UK, has been described as "alarmist, predictable and unnecessary" by...the very companies branded as heavy polluters. Ian Wilmore, media director at Friends of the Earth, rejected accusations that Factory Watch was …

    Business 9 Feb 1999, 12:29

  • IBM's Project Madison: the music industry's Manhattan Project?

    Analysis Big Blue's music delivery system set to completely transform the way we buy music

    Further details have emerged about IBM's Project Madison digital music delivery system, announced yesterday (see Big Blue, Big Five to unveil Net music system). It's clear the scheme is much more far-reaching than at first thought, and has the potential to change not only the way digital music is currently provided but the whole …

    Business 9 Feb 1999, 13:03

  • Lycos merger to form e-commerce giant

    Deal with USA Networks gives portal access to global communities

    The diversified US media company, USA Networks, is to acquire Lycos, The Register can confirm. The new company, USA/Lycos, will be one of the largest e-commerce groups in the world and the only global Internet portal with local content, auctions and a direct commerce business, the company said. On the Internet, USA/Lycos will …

    Business 9 Feb 1999, 13:15

  • BT jumps on free ISP bandwagon

    Not much room left -- AOL may find it has missed the bus altogether

    BT has buckled under pressure from the Freeserve and other subscription-free Internet access providers and scrapped its pay-as-you-go Click Internet access, replacing it with a new free service. The launch of BTClickFree was made just four months after the UK's biggest telecomms company launched BTClick, which charged 1p a …

    Business 9 Feb 1999, 13:58

  • Marimba IPO imminent

    Push software developer ready to file prospectus

    Internet 'push' technology developer Marimba looks set to file for in IPO on Monday, according to a source close to the company cited in a Wired news report. It is believed Morgan Stanley Dean Witter will underwrite the offering. Hints that the once-feted company was preparing an IPO emerged last month (see earlier story). The …

    Business 9 Feb 1999, 15:26

  • BO creates big stink with Brio

    And IBM, caught in the middle, is the deodorant

    Business Objects (BO) has been caught out in what a Brio executive described as a big "fib" today. But the row depends on whether tool maker Brio or BO is or is not IBM's preferred tool supplier for slicing data cubes. Two weeks ago, BO issued a press release saying that IBM was reselling its products. That cut straight across …

    Business 9 Feb 1999, 16:28

  • Intel EPIC roadmap attempts to unite IA-32 and PA-RISC

    Another leaked Intel doc might create a stink

    An Intel downloadable document has revealed more about its EPIC 64-bit architecture than most of us would want to know. The document, written by Intel fellow John Crawford and HP lead architect Jerry Huck, goes into massive detail about the future shape of software to come. Currently, according to the presentation, …

    Business 9 Feb 1999, 16:51

  • Microsoft, Intel fall out over Merced

    And strangely enough, Alpha is living

    Sources close to Intel architects told The Register late today that there is now a ruckus between them and engineers from Microsoft. The problem is that compilers produced for Merced do not perform inherent parallelism in the codelines and Intel engineers have now gone back to the drawing board. The situation between the two …

    Business 9 Feb 1999, 18:47