31st December 1999 Archive

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Intel plays poker with Flash card sale

Centennial picks up division for $16 million

When bits of its business don't fly or have outlived their purpose, Intel has no hesitation in getting rid of them. Yesterday, the chip giant sold its tiny Flash memory card business to Centennial for $16 million, while reiterating that will have no effect on its Flash memory production, which is a lucrative money spinner for …

Business 31 Dec 1999, 09:42
Millennium Madness: eBay takes no chances with Y2K bug

Shuts down for business, for a tad

Huge US auction house eBay will pull the plugs on its Web site between 3.30 PM Pacific Standard Time today to 6 PM PST today, and again at 11PM PST in order to perform what it describes as "Y2K verification". Ebay says it will open for business tomorrow, Saturday the 1st of January 2000 at 3 AM PST. Throughout this year, eBay …

Business 31 Dec 1999, 10:22
1GHz nub of Intel, AMD, Compaq question next year

The Knaresborough seeress hedges her bets

Well, my lovelies, if the world still exists tomorrow morning, you can be sure that the question occupying most people's minds will be which chip company will be first to market with a 1GHz processor. My runes show, unquestionably, that Advanced Micro Devices, headed up by that nice Jerry Sanders III, will definitely be the …

Business 31 Dec 1999, 11:07
Gateway sells Amiga to ex-Amiga employee

Former marketing boss Bill McEwen snaps up brand, hardware, OS

Gateway has finally rid itself of the legacy of its acquisition of Amiga with a close-of-year sale of the Amiga hardware spec., system software and brandname to Amino on undisclosed terms. And who do we find runs Amino? Step forward, Bill McEwen, the former Amiga, Inc. marketing chief who quit the company earlier this year just …

Business 31 Dec 1999, 20:23