15th January 2000 Archive

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Compaq apologises for Presario freezes

Resource problems the big issue

A problem that causes a number of Presario 5800/5900 systems to lock up has forced Compaq to apologise to its customers. According to the firm, Compaq found that "a limited number of computers shipped to the field" experienced random lockups or low system resources. This is a software issue, Compaq confirmed. The company …

Business 15 Jan 2000, 09:56
Investor snaps up eight million AMD shares

AMD share price breaks $40 barrier

A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing earlier this week showed that AMD stock has become hotter than fire, as yesterday its share price broke the $40 barrier. The filing, on a form SC13G, showed that on the 12th of January last, Friess Associates Inc, based in Jackson, Wyoming, bought 7,969,000 shares in the chip …

Business 15 Jan 2000, 10:31
World Wrestling Federation wins domain-name skirmish

First test of ICANN policy looks promising

The World Wrestling Federation emerged from court the undisputed champion in the first cybersquatting case pursued under a new policy developed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The court appears to have performed as intended, reaching a decision swiftly and relatively cheaply. The Geneva-based …

Business 15 Jan 2000, 19:01
Hollywood big-guns take aim at three Webmasters

Even this kind of intimidation may fail to protect on-line copyrights

Three New York men are being sued in federal court for allegedly distributing software which decodes the copyright protection of DVD disks, and allows their contents to be downloaded onto a computer's hard disk. This would enable virtually anyone with an online computer to distribute a DVD's content worldwide via the Internet. …

Business 15 Jan 2000, 19:06