14th August 1999 Archive
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Intel confirms months-long mobo shortage
BX, ZX chipsets in dead short supply
Chipzilla has alerted its distributor and dealer channel to a shortage of ZX and BX chipsets. In an email sent to its channel, the chip giant said: "Due to a worldwide chipset shortage on 440BX and 440ZX AGP sets, some Intel Branded Desktop Boards may have limited availability during the next few months. "All 440BX and 440ZX …
Business 14 Aug 1999, 06:17
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Five more Intel parts to join PIII/450 in chip gulag
Keep your eyes skinned for the 23rd August
As reported here earlier, the Pentium III/450 is being phased out and stocks are already drying up. That fact is now confirmed by Intel, in one of its regular missives to its distributors and dealers. But the Pentium III/450 will not feel lonely when it reaches the wastes of the virtual Intel Siberia. Cold, perhaps, but not …
Business 14 Aug 1999, 06:29
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Compaq to go enterprise crazy next Tuesday
Profusion of eight-way servers kicked off by Q
As a corollary to the re-organisation of its enterprise server division next week, reported here earlier, Compaq will also introduce a raft of products and initiatives Tuesday next. Senior Compaq VP Enrico Pesatori will start by announcing the re-org, and is likely to appoint Bill Heil, a vice president of the company, to head …
Business 14 Aug 1999, 07:10
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Iridium to enter Chapter 11
Announcement made to forestall bondholders' attempt to force the company to make the same move
Ailing satellite-based mobile phone company Iridium yesterday said it intends to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The move followed the action of Iridium bondholders to force the company into Chapter 11 in the run-up to Monday's deadline on the payment of $90 million in interest on bonds worth $1.45 billion. Clearly, …
Business 14 Aug 1999, 12:42
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Red Hat stock shoots past Microsoft's
Third day of post-IPO trading shows demand unabated
Linux distributor Red Hat yesterday saw its stock price end the day's trading higher than that of the open source community's arch-enemy, Microsoft. Red Hat's shares ended the day at $85.25 each (up from $75.63, the previous day's closing price) -- Microsoft's last traded price was $84.69. Red Hat shares hit a peak of $90.69 …
Business 14 Aug 1999, 13:16
