12th September 1999 Archive

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• ZD target for News Corp

  Update:ZD issues official denial

  Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is close to buying Ziff Davis, the The Observer says. According to business editor Emily Bell, News Corp is this weekend doing necessary due diligence checks, as all or a part of the $1.5 billion ZD empire may be bought. According to The Observer, an acquisition would help tie together Murdoch's …

  Business 12 Sep 1999, 09:36

• AMD's K8 to be re-engineered K7

  Original plans put on hold as various K8 engineers drift away

  Sources close to AMD's plans say the company has shifted its plans on its future, 64-bit K8 processor. The original K8 64-bit design is now on ice, and the firm has decided instead to derive the design of the future processor from its Athlon K7, but extended to 64-bit mode. That is not a retrograde step, according to one source …

  Business 12 Sep 1999, 09:57

• Too hot in Palm Springs to be cold comfort farm

  Intel Developer Forum Internal debate between Chipzilla blackshirts and blueshirts grows

  As the little United Express Brasilia prop flew over the mountain range separating the South California coast from the deserts within, two newsworthy items caught our attention. One British hack, sitting in a window seat, drew our attention to a vast bank of cloud that seemed to be covering the entire Coachella Valley. At the …

  Business 12 Sep 1999, 11:27