24th February 1999 Archive
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Intel says new PIII socket on way for iMac look-alikes
Intel Developer Forum Machines could arrive as soon as August
Senior Intel VP Paul Otellini today put flesh on the bones of its new motherboard design and said the Pentium III will have a new socket design shortly (see Intel Flex ATX motherboard to use 810 chipset). In an interview with The Register, Otellini said: "We will have small form factor Pentium III products and most will ship …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 00:16
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Intel's Otellini on… Alpha
Intel Developer Forum Soundbites from our interview
"There is still an area of the server market where we have a gap and Alpha occupies that. "If Alpha is the target then that is where we want to be. "[To stay in this business] it costs you a couple of million dollars a year and the cost of a fab. "This is a bloody expensive game to play." ®
Business 24 Feb 1999, 01:32
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Intel's Otellini on… Willamette
Intel Developer Forum Soundbites from our interview
"Willamette is on schedule. They're exactly on schedule. They haven't changed. "I think you're discounting how difficult it is to do 64-bit development in conjunction with multi 32-bit architectures. "If we didn't have to do 64-bit architectures, we'd have double digit extra resources to spend on it." ®
Business 24 Feb 1999, 01:38
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Intel's Otellini on… HP and Merced
Intel Developer Forum Soundbites from our interview
"The relationship with HP isn't the same as it was. The bulk of the collaboration was on the design of the architecture. "Beyond that, we're into implementation mode and HP is now like a classic customer. "HP is not helping us design Merced." ®
Business 24 Feb 1999, 01:43
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Merced only slightly undead
Intel Developer Forum Intel architects unaware of Welsh swear word
Your favourite publication was privileged tonight to have held the package of Merced in its hands and not only talk to the architects but also to Steve Smith, who runs the whole show. Both Stephen Smith, VP and general manager of the Merced programme, and Hemar Dhulla, IA-64 programme manager, were keen to stress they almost had …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 10:05
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Sun offers UltraSparc to Linux integrators
Sees Linux-Sparc as a low-cost alternative to NT-Pentium
Sun is encouraging the development of Sparc-based Linux systems by offering UltraSparc system boards to what it terms "a select number of system integrators." The company's partners will be able to use the boards, according to Sun VP marketing Marge Breya, to "design high-performance UltraSparc platforms that run the Linux …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 10:08
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MS subpoenas AOL-Netscape documents
MS on Trial Which may eventually tell us interesting things about the Sun connection
Microsoft has issued subpoenas to Netscape, AOL and Sun requesting documents relating to the AOL takeover of Netscape. The company has already been given access to some documents covering the subject, but is now chasing additional information. The subpoenas were authorised last week, and Microsoft expects replies by the end of …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 10:37
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The virtual knives are out among the UK ISPs
It's a jungle out there
ISPs in the UK inhabit a cutthroat market. David Cronin, director of operations at Virgin Net appeared to really enjoy BT's apparent misfortune when the Daily Telegraph reported that ClickFree had a bug. "They [BT] have simply gone for a lightweight service," he said. Meow, pussycats. Still, Cronin probably took lessons from his …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 11:37
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MS exec caught fibbing about Netscape code
MS on Trial And the art of threatening lies in how you tell them, doesn't it?
Did Microsoft threaten Netscape at the fateful meeting of 21 June 1995, and did it offer a carve-up of the browser market between the two companies? Microsoft witness Dan Rosen has this week been engaged in a mission to prove that it did neither, but from yesterday's court proceedings it seems it's the way you tell them. In his …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 11:37
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HP VeriFone takes lead on e-commerce via mobile phones
Joint deal with De La Rue to provide smart cards for Web payments
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has signed a deal with De La Rue and VeriFone aimed at increasing security in the mobile e-commerce market. Smart card manufacturer De La Rue and VeriFone, a division of HP that provides secure electronic payment packages, yesterday announced the VeriSmart GSM agreement with HP. The deal aims to raise …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 11:52
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Liquid Audio, Texas Instruments ready digital music spec
Liquid Audio's drive to dominate downloadable music business continues
Texas Instruments and Liquid Audio yesterday announced they plan to leap on the digital music player bandwagon set rolling by Diamond Multimedia's Rio PMP300. However, rather than develop and market their own player, the pair are proposing to define a specification and hardware reference design which will then presumably be …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 12:03
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Can AOL turn the tide of free Net access by pushing for unmetered call charges?
Analysis Or is the Internet giant already drinking in the last chance saloon?
AOL's public declaration last week that it was committed to the idea of unmetered call charges for Internet access must have taken many people by surprise. With such a high profile company adding its considerable bulk to this most Networthy cause, it will have, no doubt, cheered many advocates of a more liberal pricing structure …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 12:06
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Call Sciences unveils unified messaging for handsets
Emails will track you down wherever you are
Call management company Call Sciences has shown off a product which allows users to hear emails via mobile phones. Demonstrated to the industry for the first time at GSM World Congress 99, Unified Call Management (UCM) allows a single number to store and access email, fax and voice messages. Emails can be heard on mobile phones …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 12:36
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HP finalises Linux, open source plans
Apps to be ported to Linux and released as open source
Hewlett-Packard is planning to follow IBM's lead and next week announce major support for Linux across its product line. And the company intends to embrace the open source software movement, driven by a new Open Source Solutions Operation (OSSO) division, also due to be announced next week, porting its key applications to Linux …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 12:46
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Sunday Sport sister company to launch porno ISP service
It’s in your face and on your PC
A company allied to the Sport newspaper - the UK tabloid never known to shy away from publishing as much sex and nudity as possible - is to offer a Web service aimed at people looking for pornography. Not that it’s ever been hard to find porn on the Web, in fact for many people the issue here is how to keep away from it. The …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 12:55
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Intel gives S3 chance to influence digital display standard
That's one up to Savage4, one down to 3Dfx's LCDfx
Intel's decision to patronise S3 seems to be paying unexpected dividends for the 3D graphics specialist. The original deal was a pretty straightforward technology sharing agreement. However, Intel yesterday said it was sponsoring S3's membership of the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG). The DDWG's remit is to define an …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 13:14
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Free Web service for Gateway UK customers
It might look like a cow, but it won't eat you out of house and home
Gateway -- the bovine PC company -- has launched its own subscription-free Net access service in the UK. Available to anyone who buys a Gateway PC, consumers will have the option to have their systems configured to access the Internet through gateway.net free of charge. Global ISP UUNET will provide the infrastructure to run the …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 13:23
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Calluna plummets on profit warning
Flogging too few disk drives
Calluna's army of small investors are nursing big paper losses, following yesterday's sharp drop in the mini-disk drive maker's share price. "A wave of selling by well-informed punters on talk of imminent bad news saw them fall 4p to 23p," the Daily Mail reports. "Then surprise, surprise. Almost 30 minutes after the official …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 14:12
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Tri-band Motorola phone fit for a secret agent
James Bond seen sniffing round latest technology
In Cannes this year, the mobile phone industry discovered it had its very own Goldfinger, in the shape of Motorola. This had nothing to do with product launches -- though there were plenty of those. Motorola announced what it claimed was a world first in its tri-band GSM phone, the L7089, which operates on all three GSM …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 16:19
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UK government warns of dangers of hackers
But please don't panic
House of Commons Leader Margaret Beckett took time out from spreading fear about the flesh-eating Millennium Bug to talk instead about the threat of hackers bringing the country to its knees. Addressing the Critical National Infrastructure Conference yesterday, she said that while the dangers from an electronic attack on key …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 16:25
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Intel Pentium III vs. AMD K6-III – the benchmarks
The truth behind the hype -- Tom's Hardware Guide reveals all
Technology testing Web site Tom's Hardware Guide today published the first in-depth comparison of the Intel Pentium III and AMD's K6-III. The verdict: the K6-III rules the roost on business applications, but the Celeron is tops for games and floating-point intensive work. The Pentium III, for now, beats the Pentium II solely …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 16:41
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Gates thanks Compaq witness for help over trial
MS on Trial Not that this could be thought of as collusion, of course...
David Boies for the DoJ slowly set up Compaq VP John Rose by asking when he had last met Gates, and how frequently he had been in Redmond-at the end of October 1998, for instance. Rose replied he did not believe he had been there then. Had he spoken to Gates or anyone at Microsoft about the present case, Boies asked. Only to …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 16:51
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Compaq testimony points to murky secrets of MS relationship
MS on Trial And isn't it amazing how little Compaq execs are allowed to know? Apparently...
John Rose, senior vp and general manager of enterprise computing at Compaq, spent an uncomfortable three days in the witness box at the Microsoft trial. He frequently contradicted sworn evidence from Compaq staff, and caused Judge Jackson to be openly sceptical about his evidence. With many key exhibits being filed under seal …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 16:54
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Compaq-MS murky secrets II – an analysis
MS on Trial We piece together the story of how these two lovable companies conduct their business
Many secrets about how Compaq negotiates with major partners such as Microsoft and AOL have been exposed in the transcript of Compaq vp John Rose's evidence at the Microsoft trial, and in documents that have been released. Although there were several closed sessions of the court when details of the fees paid by Compaq were …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 17:00
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nVidia revenues, profits way up
Watch out, 3Dfx
3D acceleration specialist -- and pretender to the 3Dfx crown -- nVidia has reported revenues of $65.5 million for its latest fourth quarter, ended 31 January 1999. The company made a profit of $7.7 million in the same period. For the same quarter last year, the company made $1.4 million on revenues of $23.5 million. That means …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 17:34
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Intel geezer talks in Geyserville
Intel Developer Forum It's all to do with AC/DC -- you can swing both ways...
Senior executives at the Intel Corporation talked about products which will arrive in Autumn using Pentium III technology which will dramatically increase power performance. According to the Intel source, the combination of 0.18 micron technology, Streaming SIMD extensions in the PIII and Geyserville technology will make mobile …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 19:27
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Eight-way Intel SMP systems to arrive in April
Intel Developer Forum Profusion guys almost having a corollary
Intel customers, including Compaq, will introduce eight-way SMP systems in April, the company confirmed today. John Miner, senior executive of the server group at Intel US, claimed that 3.5 million "real servers" shipped in 1998, worldwide. The growth rate for SMP systems, from two-way to eight-way, showed that CAGR for Intel …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 19:38
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Electronics Boutique is Game predator
In preliminary discussions
Electronics Boutique has confessed that it is the mystery suitor for Game, its closest rival in the UK high street entertainment software retail market. EB says discussions are "preliminary discussions" with Game, concerning a possible recommended offer. Earlier today Game, rushed out a statement to the London Stock Exchange, …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 22:18
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Otellini on… Instant Dismissal
Intel Developer Forum Some more verbatim quotes...
"If a sales person said they wouldn't sell Intel chips because a company was buying AMD chips, they would be fired on the spot? I categorically deny it." Otellini was responding to a question from a British journalist who had received two separate calls from UK OEMs claiming they were put under that pressure. ®
Business 24 Feb 1999, 23:32
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Intel, Transmeta, Linus Torvalds in cahoots
Intel Developer Forum Interesting, isn't it?
A senior VP on the architecture front told The Register that Linus Torvalds, who now works for Transmeta, has worked for them in the past. But not only that. According to the source, Intel has already booted the Linux operating system on a gate level. "We're very far along with the Linux discussions. There are very few people, …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 23:34
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Fifty per cent of original Corollary Profusion staff gone
Intel Developer Forum SMP plans in confusion
A source intimate with Intel's plans told The Register today that nearly half of the original developers of Profusion-Corollary have left the company. That is likely to concern major OEMs like Compaq, Dell and HP, which have plans to implement this technology soon. According to the reliable source, Compaq is now seriously …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 23:42
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Intel explains investment plans
Intel Developer Forum It gets in and it gets out again
Les Vadasz, who joined Intel before Andy Grove did, yesterday explained how the chip goliath made its investment decisions. Vadasz, who quipped: "You don't want to hear about how I got there before Grove", said Intel has a large pool of money and is investing in new media companies and security companies, as well as others. …
Business 24 Feb 1999, 23:50
