18th December 1999 Archive

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Gateway stealth-launches Athlon PCs

Updated Page pulled...Power of Vulture Central Part I

It only took three hours for the Gateway Kremlin to pull references about its support for the Athlon processor from its Website after we posted our story, according to a good number of readers. But this doesn't mean Gateway isn't supporting the Athlon microprocessor. Our informants tell us that the company is still on track to …

Business 18 Dec 1999, 18:15
Intel re-draws map, re-jigs Merced roadmap

Power of the Vulture Part II

Several weeks ago, we noticed that Intel thought Europe spanned the entire distance between Galway and Vladivostok on its Channel pages. (See Intel brokers Russian entry into Europe). Now it has realised the error of its ways and has moved the word Europe from the centre of the steppes and close to the gulag, back to where most …

Business 18 Dec 1999, 18:31
Intel CuMine chips pre-announced, pre-announced again

Tricky stuff this Wibbly Wobbly Web...

We knew for some time that Intel would talk about a 800MHz processor on Monday, and for a longer time yet that it had two 750MHz Pentium IIIs and some other Coppermines in its pipeline. But now due to the awesome power of the Web, a customer of another news service (Reuters) seems to have completed the parts of the jigsaw by …

Business 18 Dec 1999, 18:53
Security hole found in Click TV Web site

Passwords, email addresses -- the lot

A security hole in Click TV's Web site will allow access to individuals' email addresses and passwords through a simple routine which a five year old could crack. We will not reveal here how the system works but have independently verified that it is possible to obtain email addresses and passwords using a simple sequence of …

Business 18 Dec 1999, 19:34