2nd January 2000 Archive
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Lloyds of London (twice), Met Office follow Railtrack UK in hack attack
Updated Concerted hack of sites worldwide underway
The latest site to be attacked by hackers bent on leaving their mark on the 21st century was Lloyds of London, which was hit earlier on today. The site was fixed, but then was hacked anew only a few hours later. The hackers posted the following message in their original hack: "Greets to #hackuk, #rootworm, TYRANT MY MAN, flame, …
Business 2 Jan 2000, 10:20
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Compaq AMD 7xxx Presarios to have Firewire support
The Q fix to glacial problems is new machines
This is not going to necessarily be of very good cheer to those people who have 5800 series which freeze up, as exclusively revealed here early last week, but we now have obtained further details of the 7000 Presario series which will replace the systems. Compaq had been deluged by individuals who bought Presario 5800s and …
Business 2 Jan 2000, 13:16
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Cap Gemini cautions against Y2K over-optimism
Rollover not end-game, or even beginning of the end game
It will be weeks and months before IT directors and businesses can say the Y2K problem is over and done with, a senior executive at major consultancy Cap Gemini warned today. Harry Blakey, UK divisional director of Cap Gemini's Y2K unit, said that his company had expected few problems at the point when the 20th century became …
Business 2 Jan 2000, 14:22
