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  • Japanese punters get Coppermine trickle treat

    Total of 42 appear in busy Akihabara

    After the flash-bang-wallop launch of .18 micron Coppermine processors three weeks back, the world+dog has waited to find where they can buy them. At launch time, as reported at the time, none of the biggest distributors in the world, including Ingram Micro, was listing the Coppermine processors for sale. PC manufacturers were …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 08:45

  • Via to intro new Athlon chipset, DDR desktop next week

    Athlon chipset and PC-266 clear attempt to queer Intel's pitch

    Shaken but not stirred by repeated legal action Intel has taken against it since June, Via Technologies is to take the giant head on at Comdex/Fall next week. Publicly, Via will unveil its long-awaited support for the AMD Athlon processor, a move that will further put heat on Intel. And sources close to the company say that Via …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 09:47

  • How fighting piracy helps MS boost Windows sales

    MS on Trial It's remarkable how altruism pays the rent...

    Microsoft can even use the fight against piracy as a mechanism for strengthening its hold on the OS market, according to Judge Jackson's findings of fact. The company has achieved a situation where practically all PCs ship with Windows on them, so nobody much wants a pirate copy of the OS, and where the illegal market that does …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 10:03

  • Athlon K7 mobo petition gains momentum

    Asks firms to show no fear of...err someone or other

    A group of hardware sites is petitioning makers of motherboards in Taiwan to show their whole-hearted support for AMD's Athlon K7 microprocessor. The petition, which can be found here, follows continued allegations that the Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers are under pressure not to market their Athlon offerings. Those are …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 10:33

  • Cash Register Daily Net Finance News: 8-14 Oct

    Round-up

    14 Oct 1999 Financial services company First Global Group has launched the UK's first independent, online comparison and transaction service for life assurance. It was developed using e-commerce tools from eXchange Holdings plc. internet.com -- the e-business and Internet technology portal -- has acquired press release …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 10:37

  • Cash Register Daily Net Finance News: 1-7 Oct

    Roundup

    7 Oct 1999 QXL offer eight times oversubscribed Top exec quits BTInternet over lack of investment Online Jewish bun-fight erupts 6 Oct 1999 Indie pop label 4AD is to distribute music downloads over the Internet, through the Atomic Pop Web site. Oasis, the High Street fashion retailer, is binning its print-based mail- …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 10:38

  • Asus denies Athlon motherboard rumours (apparently)

    Pressure from Intel? Shurely shome mishtake...

    Sources at Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer Asus have denied rumours that the company will withdraw its Athlon CPU motherboard, the K7M, from the market, as a result of pressure from Intel. Product manager Joe Hsieh said he personally dealt with Intel-CPU motherboards and did not handle the K7M, but said: "The answer should …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 10:46

  • Motorola pledges fix for G4 supply problems this quarter

    Apple's demand for PPC7400s will soon be met, apparently

    Motorola reckons it will be able to meet Apple's requirements for PowerPC 7400 (aka G4) processors this quarter, the company told MacWeek Friday. Clearly this is a point of honour for the chip company -- and perhaps a tacit admission that Apple was right to lambaste Motorola for its inability to meet the company's demand, in …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 11:08

  • Intel backs down on i740 support

    It pays to complain

    Maybe Chipzilla is mellowing in its old age. The venerable i740 graphics chip may still be on the train to the gulag, but the chip behemoth has done a total U-turn on support. Interactive support was discontinued a month or so back, but it would appear that users have been bombarding Intel with complaints about being left in the …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 11:16

  • Kenwood launches 72x CD unit

    Final fling before DVD becomes standard?

    Japanese electronics giant Kenwood today unveiled a 72x CD-ROM drive in a last ditch attempt to sell fast CD units before DVD-ROM becomes the PC standard. The internal 72x unit is based on US developer Zen Research's TrueX technology, which equips a slower drive with multiple lasers. Since more data is read in a given time -- …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 11:27

  • Palm clones set for Q1 2000 UK debut

    Watch out, Palm

    British Palm users keen to get their hands on the latest Palm clones from Handspring and TRG will have to wait until next year at the earliest. According to IT Week, TRG president Ernie Rudolph said the company is planning to begin shipping its corporate-oriented TRGPro in the UK some time during Q1 2000. The TRGPro's claim to …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 11:53

  • Supermarket sweeps recruits off to rival Web sites

    Asda sorts the trolley dollies from the basket cases

    If you've just come out of university and want a job among the high-fliers in Asda's training programme (and who wouldn't?) you can now apply online. But don't worry if you're not good enough for Asda because it will point you towards inferior competitors like Tesco and Sainsbury's without you even having to click. Asda's …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 11:55

  • Murder hunt searches stalker Web site for clues

    Victim may have been target of cyber-obsessive

    Police are conducting a fingertip search of a Web site in the hope that it could unearth some vital clues behind the murder of a young university researcher at the weekend. The battered body of Elizabeth Stacey, a 24-year-old psychology technician in the Research Department at London's Westminster University, was found on …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 12:28

  • Judge: Linux can't break Windows monopoly

    MS on Trial Don't flame him -- if he thought it could it wouldn't be a monopoly...

    Linux and the open source movement won't succeed in breaking Microsoft's hold on the operating system market, said Judge Jackson in his findings of fact last Friday. Jackson accepts that Linux has been growing in popularity, but rejects the 'resistance is futile, victory is inevitable' viewpoint common in the Linux community. …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 12:37

  • Motorola sees chips with everything

    Cars, TVs and wireless devices will be backbone of new chip goldmine

    Motorola expects the semiconductor industry to grow by 19 per cent in 2000, prompted by demand for chips in cars, televisions and wireless devices. The company forecast that its own semiconductor segment would hit double-digit profit by the end of next year – one year ahead of schedule. Motorola is to develop four main areas of …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 12:46

  • Gates donation lowers IT barriers

    Bill & Melinda's fund gives £2.5 million to get UK poor online

    Bill Gates is to dish out some of his millions to the disadvantaged in the UK, Arts Minister Alan Howarth said today. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will give £2.5 million to create 47 hi-tech learning centres in some of the country's poorest areas. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centres will get …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 12:54

  • C2000 extends credit to former CHS customers

    Smaller resellers hit hardest by collapse of distribution giant

    Computer 2000 (C2000) is upping its credit limits to resellers to patch the hole left by CHS Electronics Plc. The Basingstoke distributor said it would increase credit for existing resellers and open accounts for those resellers previously with CHS. The company saw the number of resellers it traded with in October rise by …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 13:03

  • Amazon to take on Dixons

    Haven't you had enough of crap salesmen, asks giant's founder

    Internet superstar Amazon will go head-to-head with Dixons -- the UK's biggest electronics retailer -- with an online consumer electronics store. Billionaire founder of the company, Jeff Bezos, said he was looking to capitalise on the poor view many people have of high street electronics stores -- namely, that the sales staff …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 13:12

  • Link between mobile phones and Alzheimer's – more evidence

    Swedish research finds range of brain disorders triggered by microwaves

    Just two minutes spent chatting on a mobile phone can give you the memory of a goldfish. Researchers in Sweden have found that radiation emissions from mobiles can lead to conditions such as Alzheimer's Disease. Rats were exposed to microwave pulses similar to those from a mobile phone by scientists at the University of Lund …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 13:18

  • 08004u shrugs off legal action

    Doesn't want to pay up for service it considers to be poor...

    Scottish-based ISP 08004u could face legal action over an unpaid account for a measly £2500, it emerged today. Web services company Eurex Internet pulled the plug on 08004u a fortnight ago for non-payment of an outstanding bill. A spokesman for the Blackpool-based Web company refused to give his name or discuss details about …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 15:17

  • Latent Linux demand not as big as at first thought

    There's lies, damned lies and channel survey statistics…

    Last week we reported on the massive pent-up demand for Linux that has been identified in the UK reseller channel. The survey which threw up the remarkable figures was conducted on behalf of distribution giant C2000. Perhaps the most astounding statistic in the survey was that 71 per cent of resellers said their customers were …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 15:36

  • Red Hat gets Wide Open with Register

    Intelligent co-operation for the Information Economy

    Today, Red Hat launches Wide Open News, its very own News and Views site for the Information Economy. And guess who it's selected in its first tranche of content partners? That's right, The Register, sitting alongside Salon and The Industry Standard. Which is nice. In effect, Red Hat is, through Wide Open News, extending the …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 15:37

  • Judge's findings reject MS evidence, back DoJ

    Analysis Little or no credence given to Microsoft's evidence

    One of the most striking features of Judge Jackson's findings of fact is the near absence of direct comment from the good judge. After a while, the reason suddenly becomes clear: what he has written - a basic account of most aspects of the case - wholly accepts the DoJ case and hardly gives any credence to the Microsoft evidence …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 15:46

  • Judge's findings: we reveal the upsides for MS

    MS on Trial There are three - but they're only a bit positive...

    There are some positive points for Microsoft in Judge Jackson's findings of fact - no, really… Diligent Register research has identified three key areas where Microsoft can find a straw to clutch. We accept that the first 185 paragraphs aren't entirely positive, but in paragraph 186 we read: "As an abstract and general …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 15:53

  • Lord Chancellor shuts down scathing Web site

    Careful what you say when mixing with the big boys

    The Lord Chancellor's department has shut down a Web site for being critical of judges. The site, run by James Hulbert, was openly critical of five judges who have presided over cases he was involved in. Speaking to The Register, a department representative said Hulbert had already lost two court hearings when he began to draw …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 16:34

  • Intel's Solano, Amador only a bubble'n'squeak away

    815 is half alive

    The effect of Intel's debacle with the 820 Camino chipset has been to speed up development of its own PC-133 and Double Data Rate (DDR) chipsets, it has emerged. Intel will move to fill a hole by adapting its 815 (Solano) chipset so that the generally poorly regarded graphics in the i810 and i810e will put an AGP 4X slot on …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 16:46

  • Apple wins ePower iMac-alike ban

    US District Court Judge reckons consumers will be confused by similar machines

    Apple has been granted an injunction against Future Power and Daewoo preventing the companies' making, distributing or selling their ePower PC in the US. The Mac maker set its lawyers on the companies back in August when it alleged the ePower's design is a rip-off of Apple's own iMac. The ban follows Apple's request for a …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 16:59

  • Mail to the chief: cyber with President Clinton tonight

    Newsblurt: "Who's yo' Daddy?"

    The gigolo-in-chief will be available for a 90-minute on-line chat session tonight at http://townhallmeeting.excite.com starting at 7:00 pm EST. Register your nick early enough, and you might get on as Monica_Lewinski_28500... ®

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 18:52

  • MS stock price blitzed in NY, but Red Hat on the up

    Investors fear wave of ambulance-chasing litigants

    Forty-two million shares of Microsoft changed hands in the first 45 minutes of nervous trading in New York this morning, as investors and speculators tried to make sense of Friday's unfavourable findings of fact in the company's antitrust suit. Under normal circumstances, something like 20 to 25 million shares of Microsoft might …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 18:55

  • The Register MacOS Sherlock Plug-in

    Download to search The Register from your Mac

    Mac-based Register readers can now search the site using Apple's Sherlock technology. Simply click on the Download Now link below, if necessary decode the file using Stuffit Expander 5 and place the file register.src on your Mac's closed System Folder icon. Fire up Sherlock from the Apple menu, click on the Search Internet tab …

    Business 8 Nov 1999, 21:00