23rd October 1999 Archive

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• Register finds itself in a fine messe again

  Systems 99 We check out Systems 99 in Munich

  Every year, one or other of the staffers here at La Registra find themselves on the familiar old stomp to CeBIT in Hangover, the biggest trade show in the known universe but not nearly so much fun since the organisers got rid of the Ferris Wheel. It's the only Messe we've been to but courtesy of the unlikely combination of …

  Business 23 Oct 1999, 10:32

• Das Bootnotes from Muenchen

  Wharra lorra halls

  One ZDNET journalist, without benefit of Weissebier, arrived at the Ratskeller on the Thursday night and thought the top Fujitsu-Siemens guy worked in the beer hall. So when the Fujiemens guy stretched out his hand to greet him, instead the ZD guy handed him his jacket... We had vast trouble connecting to the Internet from our …

  Business 23 Oct 1999, 11:25

• Dabs Direct also jumps gun on Intel Coppermines

  You can place your orders now

  Online site Dabs Direct has pre-empted Intel's expected announcement of a raft of Coppermine microprocessors this coming Monday by offering them for sale two days early. That follows our story yesterday, when we revealed that UK PC company Mesh was offering systems using the .18 micron processors. Thanks to James Stormont, a …

  Business 23 Oct 1999, 16:24

• Taiwan faces further IT quake woes

  Fresh earthquake and new Chinese tax up pressure on island

  Just a month after a serious earthquake hit IT powerhouse Taiwan, the country experienced a fresh quake yesterday. The earthquake, 6.4 on the Richter Scale, was centred near the city of Chiayi in the south of the island. According to the BBC, which reported the quake here there were some injuries but no mortalities. Electricity …

  Business 23 Oct 1999, 16:58