27th December 1999 Archive
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Hubble telescope gets Intel 486 upgrade
386 chip sent to gulag in Arcturus
The Space Shuttle machine that will end later on today has achieved one of its prime objectives and upgraded the microprocessor that is the "brains" of the high tech device. Astronauts Steve Smith and John Grunsfeld successfully upgraded the 386 chip that was driving the telescope to a 486 processor over the last few days. That …
Business 27 Dec 1999, 10:59
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US Patent Office says Y2K Dickens of a thing
Quick-and-dirty fix called into question
The ghost of Christmas future rattled its chains last week as the US Patent Office took action towards revoking a questionable software patent amid a squall of contention. US Patents Commissioner Todd Dickinson ordered the re-examination of a patent held by Bruce Dickens for a technique known as "windowing", which we are told is …
Business 27 Dec 1999, 19:37
