25th April 1999 Archive
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Virgin bites bullet on Y2K problem
Not frying that night
Virgin Atlantic has taken the decision not to fly its planes on the 31st of December this year. The information comes from a booklet sent to its Flying Club airmiles customers, but the reason for Virgin Atlantic not flying is clothed in spin. The company says: "Having talked to many of our regular flyers, most of them have told …
Business 25 Apr 1999, 11:21
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Dixons Freeserve tags July for £2.5 billion IPO
Sure beats flogging PCs and overpriced warranties for a living
The City expects Dixons Stores Group to spin out FreeServe in a July IPO , according to yesterday's Times. The company - Britain's biggest Internet Service Provider, with 1.5 million members - will command a market cap of £2.5 billion, according to analysts. Not bad for a seven-month old Internet business that is expected to …
Business 25 Apr 1999, 12:47
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Labour unrest in South Korea threatens memory prices
Unions unhappy with forced moves
A transport strike in South Korea over the weekend looked set to spread to other industries this coming week as unions reacted to massive chaebol re-structuring. And that could lead to a situation we saw not so long ago when workers at both LG Semicon and Hyundai walked out when their jobs looked threatened. (See Korean strikes …
Business 25 Apr 1999, 15:42
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BT, AT&T to take shares in Japan Telecom
Fifteen per cent each adds up to 30 per cent
It was widely predicted but today US giant AT&T and British giant BT each took 15 per cent in Japan Telecom. The move is a strategic alliance which will drastically alter the shape of telecomms worldwide. Under the terms of the agreement, execs from BT and AT&T will sit on the board of JTT. In addition, BT and AT&T will get …
Business 25 Apr 1999, 15:49
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What the Hell is…Camino and Rambus all about?
Number one in an occasional series for those who can’t be bothered to RTFM
Those awfully clever folks at Intel have managed to bump up processor power by around 200 times since the introduction of the 486 ten years ago. Trouble is, memory technology has only improved by a measly 20 times in the same period. Fancy caches can help a bit, but something fundamental needs to change in order to get the most …
Business 25 Apr 1999, 16:14
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Intel has (late) designs on your graphics
Icon see clearly now. We reveal secrets of Capitola, i752, i740 et al
With the lovely little 810 Whitney chipset out this week, Intel is aiming to clean up at the low end of the graphics market. But what about higher up the scale? Chipzilla managed a small blip on the radar screen with the i740 in both its own Express3D and OEM AGP cards, offering acceptable but not earth-shattering performance. …
Business 25 Apr 1999, 16:17
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Chipzilla just says no to particulates
Look, don't get sniffy about it
Intel is hiring a stack of people at its Porland and Sacramento fabs but if you're hooked to anything at all, forget it and leave your resume on your hard drive. "Intel supports a drug-free workplace and requires that all offers of employment be contingent on satisfactory pre-employment drug test results," the job ads specify. …
Business 25 Apr 1999, 16:29
