6th February 2000 Archive

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• Willamette is Intel's favourite petzilla

  Cat will pop its whiskers out of the bag at IDF

  "A year is as a day in the mind of Chipzilla" -- Book of Remembrances It is nearly a year since Dr Albert Yu, a senior VP at the Intel Corporation, showed an assembly of hacks a machine running a chip at 1GHz at its bi-annual Developer Forum. What a difference a year makes. When we attend the Intel Developer Forum next week, we …

  Business 6 Feb 2000, 10:48

• Psion and UK .gov – plot thickens

  There's neither a denial nor a confirmation

  Life has its moments of Serendipity, here at The Reg. After a rather long day listening to Compaq's biggest and best telling us about the future strategy of the company, a couple of tired old hacks semi-retired to the Clachan, a hostelry near Vulture Central, to chew over the cud. In the midst of a conversation, the other hack …

  Business 6 Feb 2000, 11:23

• First .18µ Athlons hit Japanese high street

  Via Apollo KX-133 makes debut too

  Japanese correspondent Battlax, who regularly sends us a report of what is news in technology area Akihabara, in Tokyo, is reporting that the Akiba PC hotline has spotted .18µ (micron) Athlon 550MHz parts being sold in the area. At the same time, a motherboard using Via's Apollo KX-133 motherboard, designed for Athlons, is …

  Business 6 Feb 2000, 11:45

• Mobile phones are akin to cyanide, says academic

  Opinion Oh no they're not, says Register hack

  Giving a child a mobile phone is no different from handing out cyanide pills, according to a leading UK academic. This was one of the bizarre claims made in an article on whether or not schoolchildren should be given lessons on mobile phone safety, featured in the Kingston Borough Guardian. The remark was made by Prof Gerald …

  Business 6 Feb 2000, 14:55