2nd June 1999 Archive
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Taiwanese IT market set to grow by 15 per cent in 1999
Computex Organisers claim record number of exhibitors
The Computex trade show formally opened for business yesterday, with the organisers claiming a record number of exhibitors. The show organisers are claiming that there are 815 local exhibitors and 97 foreign visitors, exhibiting in 11 separate product categories over 1,922 booths. According to figures from the Taiwanese Market …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 00:58
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K7 mobos start to appear
Computex Gigabyte off the mark early
Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer Gigabyte has formally announced support for a range of motherboards which will support the up-and-coming AMD K7 chip. The boards, Gigabyte said, will go into production int he third quarter of this year, and will optimise the K7 and AMD's chipset. The Slot A board will support an external …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 01:23
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NatSemi starts to fab System on a Chip
Computex Halla claims info appliances will overtake PCs
Brian Halla, CEO of National Semiconductor, said at the Computex Trade Fair today that information appliances and thin Windows clients will overtake sales by the PC in both the office and the home, possibly as early as the end of next year. In a keynote speech, Halla said that the NatSemi "system on a chip" he announced here …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 03:00
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Acer set to strike deal with TSMC
Computex But nature of the beast unclear
Rumours that Acer is about to strike a deal with Taiwanese foundry TSMC are being met with a stone wall of silence. Stan Shih, CEO of Acer, would only offer a terse "no comment" at a question and answer session at Computex this morning. TSMC is one of the largest foundries on Taiwan, while Shih has spent the last several months …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 04:04
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Intel confirms yields low on Direct Rambus
Computex Ramp won't happen until end of year
An Intel representative on its stand at the Computex trade fair has confirmed that quantities of Direct Rambus memory will not appear until year end. Intel is showing a number of RIMMs from manufacturers and module manufacturers including LG, Toshiba, Samsung, Memory Corporation and Apacer, an Acer subsidiary. "Yields are low," …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 04:10
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Cyrix Socket 370 Gobi mobos revealed
Computex Company says it's still in x.86 business
National Semiconductor subsidiary Cyrix is showing Socket 370 Gobi motherboards on its stand at the Computex trade fair. And a representative said that it is continuing with its plans to introduce its Mojave technology using the same infrastructure. It was continuing to develop products and relationships for the up coming …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 04:17
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MS moves to grab slice of software distribution
Dump the wholesalers and buy stakes in new channels - the pattern is clear
Evidence is mounting that Microsoft is supplementing the DOS (now Windows) tax by trying to carve itself slices of product distribution, while at the same time reducing its use of wholesalers. The recent cable and satellite investments are intended to ensure that Microsoft can begin to get some revenue from content delivery. At …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 06:10
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PC-133 wins the day in old Taipei
Computex Mobo manufacturers endorse memory standard
The PC-133 memory standard espoused by ViA and non-Intel chipset company has received massive endorsement from Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers. And IBM is also likely to give its formal backing Monday next. That is likely to mean that even more pressure will be put on Intel to adopt the memory standard, as Direct Rambus …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 08:25
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Gobi 370 and IA on a chip: those pix
Computex in full colour from the show floor
Here are the pictures we promised earlier of the Gobi 370 Cyrix chip and the NatSemi Information Appliance on a Chip, fresh from the NatSemi stand on the show floor. (See stories: Cyrix Socket 370 revealed and NatSemi starts to fab System on a Chip)
Business 2 Jun 1999, 08:33
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Intel garners major support for 810 mobos
Computex Stax and stax of them about
Chip giant Intel had practically the entire of one wall of its stand lined with third party motherboards supporting the 810 Whitney chipset. Boards were shown by practically all the major motherboard factors and a large number of smaller Taiwanese players too. In addition, Intel showed some of its own motherboard products based …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 09:22
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Abit shows dual S370 mobo
Computex BP6 based on 440BX chipset
Motherboard manufacturer Abit claimed to steal a march on the opposition by introducing a dual Socket 370 motherboard at the Computex Trade Fair today. The BP6 supports UDMA/66, a boost over the BX chipset’s slated speed of 33Mbps. Abit said it could manage that because of a hardware addon the company has designed. The board …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 09:22
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Transmeta chip to use special fast DRAM
Cause it’s got to be very very fast for the PDA
Sources at the Computex show in Taipei today revealed that special memory called ESDRAM will be needed for the chip Transmeta will unleash on the world later this year. As revealed here some months ago, Transmeta technology will be used in a high speed communications/telecommunications device when it is released. Our source, who …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 09:34
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BTInternet free Web calls announced at last
Just like we told you last week, in fact
BTInternet has finally confirmed it is to offer 0800 access to the Net. A spokesman for BT telephoned The Register last night to say the limited toll-free service was going ahead despite spending all last week denying it. BTInternet's move could spark a series of copycat services as other ISPs try to compete on level terms. …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 12:50
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Times' World exclusive reveals amazing new software
... or maybe they just got the numbers wrong
Today's London Times reports that the force appears to have deserted millionaire film maker George Lucas. Full-length pirate copies of the latest Star Wars movie, The Phantom Menace, are reputedly available for download on the Web, weeks before the film's UK launch. But the real story is hidden deep within the piece –- …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 12:54
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LineOne to follow BTInternet's lead
Hints from the MD, rumours from users -- here we go again
LineOne could the next major service provider to offer toll-free access to the Internet and follow in the footsteps of BTInternet. Following the revelation last week that BTInternet was to offer limited toll-free access, The Register was inundated with calls from readers saying that LineOne was also secretly operating toll-free …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 13:00
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Revenge of the Zombie Bloodsucker PCs
New computer has real bite
Researchers in the US have turned to blood letting in bid to build a smarter computer. While leeches are not renowned for their intellectual prowess and are believed never to have written a single line of Linux code, by simply poking them full of tiny electrodes, they can now do simple sums, says Professor Bill Ditto of the …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 13:55
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AOL buys into MP3 arena
$400 million to be spent acquiring WinAmp developer and Spinner.com
AOL's quest for content took another step forward yesterday with the surprise acquisition of online music broadcaster Spinner.com and MP3 specialist Nullsoft, developer of the WinAmp MP3 player. Both deals will be made through stock-swaps, together valued at $400 million. And if Playsoft's $20 million copyright infringement suit …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 14:20
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Microsoft denies Gates to fund UK computing museum
Ancient machine incapable of running Win 2K
Reports in several UK papers that Bill Gates is about to put up the money to establish Bletchley Park as a museum are "merely rumour and speculation", according to spin paramedics for the Great Satan of Software. Bletchley Park was home to the boffins who created Colossus -- widely recognised as the first real computer -- which …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 14:35
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Sega, AT&T discuss free Dreamcast Net access
Deal to mirror European pact with BT
Sega is negotiating with AT&T to set up a major online gaming arena to be launched alongside the US debut of the Japanese games vendor's Dreamcast console. According to reports in the Japaneses Sankei newspaper, the two companies are in talks to provide a US equivalent of the free Internet access package Sega recently partnered …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 14:42
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Microsoft coughs up to improve Perl Windows support
Knit one, perl one
Microsoft has set it sights on Perl, the language of choice for Web server scripting, and is to pay developer ActiveState to extend the language to improve its Windows support. The protagonist in the deal appears to be Microsoft India, which wants to improve the ability of Windows versions of Perl to handle non-Roman languages …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 15:00
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Yahoo! buys Web-on-cellphones technology
Online Anywhere snapped up for $80 million
Portal supremo Yahoo! today acquired developer Online Anywhere for its FlashMap technology, software software that allows devices other than computers to access the Internet. The two companies had already entered into an agreement to deliver Yahoo! pages using Online Anywhere's software. The deal announced today essentially puts …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 15:23
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Web porn queen fights restrictions down under
Australian politicians beware -- she's got your number, your credit card number
Flame-haired temptress Bernadette Taylor has launched a Web site to protest against the Australian government's heavy-handed approach to Net censorship. She's also revealed that some of the people accessing her porn site are politicians and high-ranking officials. Last week Bernadette exposed the hypocrisy of the Australian …
Business 2 Jun 1999, 15:33
