21st February 1999 Archive

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LG, Hyundai go to the wire on DRAM merger

Arbitrators called in to determine fair price for LG assets

Surprise, surprise. Hyundai and LG Electronics have failed to meet their self- imposed Feb 20 deadline for agreeing a price for LG’s DRAM business. Now a six–strong group of arbitrators will come up with a fair price for LG’s semiconductor assets. IT will report back on February 28, enabling the deal to conclude on March 7, …

Business 21 Feb 1999, 11:34
Game denies Dixons bid approach

Game off -even though the fit is good for @jakarta

Game PLC boss Paul Lloyd-Roach is denying industry scuttlebutt that the retail chain received an offer for the company from Dixons. Speaking to the UK edition of games trade magazine MCV, he said: "People are always saying that we're about to be sold, but it just isn't the case. Dixons hasn't ever approached us." Usually, this …

Business 21 Feb 1999, 12:09
Caldera case could cost Microsoft $1.5bn

MS on Trial Figure revealed in application for trial delay

Microsoft could be liable to damages of $1.5 billion in the antitrust case brought by Caldera over Microsoft's alleged anti-competitive actions towards DR-DOS. Jim Jardine, a lawyer acting for Microsoft, used this hitherto undisclosed damages estimate by an expert witness for Caldera to support Microsoft's request for another …

Business 21 Feb 1999, 13:31
K6-III makes Web comeback

Intel Developer Forum It was there, then it was gorn, now it's back

AMD has decided to re-instate the K6-III Web page. Here it is, the pesky little blighter. Its re-appearance follows an absence of some days when the powers-that-be at the chip company decided to take it down after our original news story (see AMD Web Stalinists airbrush out K6-III URL) However, if you take a decko at it, you'll …

Business 21 Feb 1999, 22:40
AMD appears to waver over chip security ID

Intel Developer Forum What will it do?

JC, over at JC's pages seems to have winkled out a statement from AMD about its stance on security ID numbers. As far as we at The Register are aware, this is the first time AMD has spoken out about Intel's plans for serial numbers on the Pentium III. On the AMD Web pages, the company says: "We certainly understand the …

Business 21 Feb 1999, 22:55