4th February 2000 Archive

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System builders back Athlon 850

AMD beating Intel in MHz race

Carrera, Evesham Micros, Mesh and Time Computers will be among PC builders launching machines with AMD's 850MHz Athlon chip. Carrera is adding an 850MHz machine to its existing Octan range of Athlon machines from the chip's launch date of 14 February. Carrera's PC will have 128MB memory, 20GB hard drive, 19in monitor and will …

Business 4 Feb 2000, 09:23
Lexmark gets all lovey dovey

Faint print never won fair lady

Lexmark has taken to playing cupid in an effort to keep the paper industry alive. The printer company, obviously perturbed by the increase in email greetings cards, is offering to print and post Valentine's cards for free. Users can view the five designs on offer – ranging from a picture of a honey pot to a bowl of cherries – …

Business 4 Feb 2000, 11:46
Intel snappers up two more firms

Diversity the name of the game

Just one hour after we wrote that Intel had made a five per cent investment in Slashdot, Slashdot seemed to be bought. Surely that was enough for one day, we thought, but no. Later on in the day, Intel bought Ambient Technologies for $150 million just after it bought an Indian semiconductor firm called ThinkIt. Both companies …

Business 4 Feb 2000, 11:50
Free iMac company blames Apple for failure to ship

But Freemac shouldn't have promised the kit, if it didn't have any to offer

Freemac this week put the blame squarely on Apple for its inability to deliver on a promise to supply one million folks with a gratis iMac each. According to Freemac's president, Jonathan Strum, when interviewed by CNet, the company's plan to give away one million iMacs over a two-year period came to nothing when Apple refused …

Business 4 Feb 2000, 12:08
E-envoy issues more dire warnings

We'd better e-shape up or e-ship out

Britain's e-envoy, Alex Allan, has warned British business that adopting the Internet and electronic trading is crucial to the future health of the UK economy. Sharing a platform yesterday with Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Computer Corporation, Allan spoke to industry leaders from 200 British companies at a business …

Business 4 Feb 2000, 12:18