11th July 1999 Archive

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• What price English when Chinese Web gets going?

  L&H claims Asian market will make USA, Europe backwater

  A senior executive from Lernout & Hauspie paid a flying visit to the offices of The Register at the end of last week and sparked off something of a debate about the future of the Internet. L&H, a Belgian company boosted by funds from both Microsoft and Intel, now has 14 languages which its software will machine translate, backed …

  Business 11 Jul 1999, 09:44

• Intel: watch out for those network building blocks

  Level One, Softcom -- what's next?

  A week ago, we pointed out that Intel's share price was on an inexorable rise and indeed when Wall Street shut Friday, with the price at $66¼, not too far off the $75 we predicted then. Intel's financial results come out Tuesday and we see no reason why its price shouldn't rise further tomorrow, given that it's expected to show …

  Business 11 Jul 1999, 10:17

• Merced: is it sunrise or sunset?

  Mugshot claims it's rising

  Debate over whether Intel's Merced processor is late, has now entered the realm of mediaeval theology, with the argument resembling the old chestnut about how many angels can sit on the point of a needle. And Intel itself has taken the stance that mid-1999 can mean anything from June to September, thus raising a debate over …

  Business 11 Jul 1999, 11:14

• EMC strikes back at HP

  Wins injunction in US court

  US wires reported Friday that storage company EMC took out an injunction against Hewlett Packard. According to the reports, EMC's injunction prevents HP using the letter MC to describe any of their storage products. Earlier this year, HP provoked a rift with EMC when it decided to stop re-selling the latter's products in favour …

  Business 11 Jul 1999, 17:44