24th January 2000 Archive

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• 60,000 Virgin.net ‘users’ fail to change passwords National Apathy League out in force
• Accused pedo Naughton gets a breather But an encore in the dock is looming
• AMD gives Athlon Tyrannazilla epithet No more Chimpzilla any more
• AMD takes legal action against Athlon overclockers First reports appear on Web
• AMD wins further round in fierce Intel desktop price war Updated Chips away at prices, still big shortages
• Bids roll in for domain hype auctions cinema.com, loans.com and taxes.com etc; etc;
• Compaq could be affected by Intel-Via action FIC part of Intel ITC tariff attack...oops
• December dreary for US PC sales, but 1999 was better HP sales up 87 per cent during year, Apple up 55 per cent. industry average 23.7 per cent
• DeCSS temporarily banned from the Net But 'reverse engineering' angle may keep the jury out for a while
• FBI phone-snoop regs challenged by Net privacy groups FCC dictates technical specs at DoJ's bidding, critics charge
• ISP denies security flaw in publishing user names ...but removes file, anyway
• Kingston, Gateway to educate us on W2k memory needs Listen very carefully, you know it makes sense
• Liquid Audio to dance to Microsoft's digital music tune MS Audio licensing deal marks major shift away from Liquid Audio's own technology
• MS cancels Neptune, consumer version of Win2k Incredible rotating roadmap merges twin-track Win2k development back into one
• Novell goes for MS jugular over ‘Win2k FUD’ But the company has a way to go before it masters attack marketing
• Out come the gadget freaks for Cellnet WAP service Not for the price-conscious
• Procter & Gamble grabs Net teenagers for life Get consumers while they're young
• Rousou retires from Elcom Full-time gardening leave
• STMicro puts all chips on allocation 'Explosive demand'
• TDL InfoSpace makes news with The Register Site News UK technology news service on TDL Infospace network
• This DVD will self-destruct in three minutes Good news for software firms...
• US music industry sues MP3.com over ‘virtual CD player’ Service lets you play your CDs on any PC -- provided MP3.com has a copy, of course...
• Win2K pains Pete Sherriff Review He can't find anything wrong with it