11th April 1999 Archive

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Compaq to snub Intel at Innovate

Microsoft-Compaq alliance means Win64-Alpha boots Merced

As predicted here earlier this year, Compaq will show Win64 running on its Alpha platform at its annual jamboree Innovate in Houston this coming week. That is likely to cause more heart-fluttering at Intel's HQ in Santa Clara, as so far Win64 has only managed to boot on Merced simulators. Compaq wants to push its fast Alpha 64- …

Business 11 Apr 1999, 05:52
Barrage of legal actions hit Compaq

Six in the last two weeks

Shareholders and others do not seem particularly happy with Compaq’s performance and are taking legal action against the hardware giant. In the last two weeks, a total of six actions have been filed against Compaq. The latest set includes the Virgo Family Trust versus Compaq (securities action), and Robert Honmhyr (class action …

Business 11 Apr 1999, 07:15
Rock to quit Intel board

Money man takes back seat

Arthur Rock (72), a board director for Intel since 1968, will stand down from the Corporation on May 19th, when there’s an annual general meeting of the chip giant. He will become an advisor to the board instead. Those standing for re-election will include Craig Barrett (59), appointed CEO last year; John Browne (51), a director …

Business 11 Apr 1999, 07:34
MS going for Linux sites over satirical slogans?

Wisecracks beginning 'Where do you want to go..' are raising Redmond's ire

Microsoft has demanded that German Linux site linux.de remove the slogan "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" from its front page. Site owner Christian Huettermann has complied so far by replacing it with a strike-through version, but as this particular slogan is widely used in the Linux world, the move may herald a Microsoft …

Business 11 Apr 1999, 08:46
Transmeta struggling to make silicon sing

Low power equals low performance

Boffins at Transmeta are having trouble making their x86 binary compatible VLIW chip sing, according to sources in Silicon Valley. The first attempt to produce a low power chip was not fruitful, forcing the designers to re-think their strategy. Our mole claims that after that early failure, Transmeta then refocussed on high …

Business 11 Apr 1999, 18:22
Intel works with Apple as PowerPC left out on limb

If Apple waves bye-bye, will Iridium save its bacon?

The PowerPC plot is thickening, but much in the way that six-pack stomachs and blood thickens, according to information gleaned today. Apple is expected to exit the PowerPC model in the next three years as MacOSX server and MacOX X are BSD Unix based and so can flit from CPU to CPU, much as vultures fly from breakfast to lunch. …

Business 11 Apr 1999, 18:40
Web petition organised against Tiananmen Sq outrage

Global petition recalls events of 10 years ago

A group of campaigners protesting against the human rights outrages in Red China 10 years ago, have organised a petition on the WWW. The petition is here, in multilingual versions. The petition, addressed to President Jiang Zemin, People's Republic of China; Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, and Mary Robinson …

Business 11 Apr 1999, 19:02