24th October 1999 Archive
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Strange whiff surrounds Intel's great i820 shambles
Or how secret shenanigans undid Dell, Samsung, Intel's doublets
Dell, Samsung and Intel have their own related reasons for the delay of the i820 Camino chipset, it has emerged. Technical mistakes that were announced just a few days before the release of the i820 and Intel's own Vancouver motherboard are more to do with the chip giant's inability to design working circuit boards and with its …
Business 24 Oct 1999, 10:27
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Russian Merced killer firm confirms Transmeta link
Sun Solaris gets look-in too, Transmeta Web page changes
The Russian microprocessor startup firm which claims its E2K chip could give Intel's Merced-Itanium a run for its money, is claiming links with Transmeta, Cygnus, Avant! and Sun. Boris Babayan, scientific head of Elbrus, used to work for the Soviet Government and claims his team of architects pioneered a number of developments …
Business 24 Oct 1999, 10:50
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USB Bug found with fast AMD chips, Win98SE
But Microsoft has the solution, it says
People with AMD microprocessors running at clock speeds over 350MHz and who use Windows 98 Second Edition need a workaround if they're using USB devices. The Microsoft support site, which has a specific page on the problem here, is offering a downloadable file which it claims will solve the problem. According to the site, people …
Business 24 Oct 1999, 11:16
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Microsoft axes free newsgroup support team
The customers have been demanding less support, apparently...
Microsoft is pulling the plugs on its Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) support system, according to a 'so long, and thanks for all the fish' email sent to MVPs by company director of business development Joseph Lindstrom last week. The system, which will end from the beginning of December, used volunteer MVP labour to provide …
Business 24 Oct 1999, 12:28
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French senators propose making open source compulsory
Law proposes elimination of proprietary software use by state
French senators Pierre Laffitte and René Trégouët are proposing that national and local government and administrative systems should only use open source software. Arguing in favour of their proposed law number 495, they say ease of communication and free access by citizens to information can only be achieved if the …
Business 24 Oct 1999, 13:47
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U-boat commander damns MS marketing team
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As some of you are no doubt aware, aside from being the codename for Microsoft clustering technology, "Wolfpack" was also the term used by the wartime German navy to describe hunting groups of U-boats. These are covered in Lothar-Günter Buchheim's excellent novel Das Boot, wherein we find a strangely appropriate reference to the …
Business 24 Oct 1999, 14:56
