17th May 2000 Archive
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Leak! Human rights in China? Pah, says Intel
Ultimately, Marketzilla will dictate...
Mighty global corporation Intel is fervently behind the normalisation of trade with Red China, and is putting its considerable muscle behind a lobbying group which wants the US Congress to just say 'yes' on 22 May 22. As part of our continuing efforts to allow journalists to ask the right questions, we print below an internal …
Business 17 May 2000, 10:03
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Helen Thomas resigns as Moonies buy UPI
Breaking News God is a greedy Korean huckster
White House press corps Dean and permanent fixture Helen Thomas resigned her post with the United Press International (UPI) wire service, for which she worked for 57 years, on news that a Unification Church affiliate - which also owns the transparently Right-Wing Washington Times newspaper - has bought UPI. In the past, UPI has …
Business 17 May 2000, 10:04
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So how much is Boo.com worth?
What price the URL?
Boo.com is facing collapse, following the failure to complete a $30 million refinancing round, the FT reports. This could force the online sportswear retailer to call in the receivers within 48 hours, according to "people close to the company," cited by the paper. So what price the URL, if Boo.com (the firm) folds? The domain …
Business 17 May 2000, 10:04
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AOL, IBM team up to sell electricity and gas
So is this AOL's broadband partner of choice?
AOL and IBM are jumping into the deregulated US utility market. The pair are both allies in what they've called - with more than a nod to Prince - The New Power Company, created today with Enron, an energy wholesaler and broadband comms provider based in Houston Texas. Enron is building a national fibre optic network stateside …
Business 17 May 2000, 10:05
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Women, mainstream feed Brit Net boom
Access, not money
A third of adults in Britain now use the Net - compared to a quarter just three months ago - according to the latest survey from Continental Research. The surge in new usage is due partly to a rise in the number of women coming online, plus a greater interest in the Net from mainstream users. Although 14 million adults now …
Business 17 May 2000, 11:01
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BT expels ADSL triallist
Free speech or Ts&Cs breach?
BT has defended its decision to expel one of its ADSL users after it claimed the triallist flouted the service's terms and conditions. MR Toker (aka Alp) - who has been on the BTinteractive ADSL trial in North London since 1998 - claimed BT's actions were heavy handed. "They [BT] are clearly breaching a triallist's freedom of …
Business 17 May 2000, 11:01
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Terra buys Lycos in $12.5bn stock deal
Will CMGI let this one go through?
Terra, Spain's biggest Internet business, is taking a huge leap onto the world stage with the $12.5 billion agreed takeover of Lycos. The deal has the backing of Telefonica, the Spanish PTT and majority owner of Terra, which is underwriting the issuance of $2 billion of new Terra stock. Based on yesterday's closing price for …
Business 17 May 2000, 11:01
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Man killed as quake hits Taiwan
A reminder of the island's precarious position
A minor earthquake hit Taiwan last night, killing one man and rekindling memories of last year's quake which brought the island to its knees and left almost 2500 people dead. Last night's quake struck at 04:25 BST and measured 5.3 on the Richter scale, according to a report from Reuters. The focal point of the quake was around …
Business 17 May 2000, 11:01
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Asus under fire over Intel recall
No swap, just cash. Oh, and Intel under fire too...
Major Taiwanese mobo manufacturer Asus has clarified its position on the i820 recall forced on it because of Intel's little problem with the memory translator hub on synchronous memory boards. But Asus, rather than replace their i820-based motherboards with spanking new Rambus-based solutions, is only offering a refund to …
Business 17 May 2000, 11:01
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MacOS X ship date driven back to 2001
Analysis Good
Apple's decision to put back the final release of MacOS X to January 2001 is a product slip, like it or not, but in this day and age, does that really matter all that much? Arguably not. The current release pattern for a major commercial operating system was set by Microsoft, with the long - and frequently extended - gestation …
Business 17 May 2000, 11:07
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PlayStation emulator creator defeats Sony – almost
Judge dismisses seven of nine Sony infringement claims
Connectix has nearly won its battle with Sony over its PlayStation emulator, Virtual GameStation (VGS). Yesterday, the San Francisco District Court threw out almost all aspects of Sony's attempt to block the sale of VGS on the grounds of copyright and trademark infringement. The verdict follows last February's appeal win by …
Business 17 May 2000, 11:33
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What a bunch of anchors
Mercnant bankers
A rather pompous half page ad in ZD's UK flagship, IT Week, puffs the excruciating ZDNet UK's AnchorDesk, billing it as "a wealth of free expertise just a click away". You will not be surprised to read that AnchorDesk UK is "informed, insider analysis" or that it is "written by the UK's most knowledgeable correspondents". We …
Business 17 May 2000, 11:42
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Dell flogs PCs for day trade believers
How much? Mind you, considering how much traders know about computers
Dell has launched a new line of PCs aimed at stealing the growing number of online share traders. The computers will come with trading software and "investor-specific features" - whatever the hell that means. One feature is the use of two screens - one for the market, one for your transaction (didn't Microsoft think of this …
Business 17 May 2000, 12:40
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Transmeta Crusoe shrinks to 0.15 micron
According to its Taiwan fab, anyway
Transmeta's Taiwanese fab partner, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TMSC), has begun sampling 0.15 micron Crusoe CPUs, according to Taiwan business paper the Commercial Times. If accurate, that's an impressive leap over the 0.18 micron process Transmeta originally specified at Crusoe's launch, and should allow the …
Business 17 May 2000, 12:40
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Gov't site crashes under weight of public opinion
Democracy in inaction
The Government's e-soapbox on its flagship Web site has collapsed under the weight of punters voicing their opinions on how the country is being run. The people's talking shops on the Number 10 Downing Street Web site crashed recently under the strain of 32,767 postings. A notice on the site reads: "Over the last three days a …
Business 17 May 2000, 12:43
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Bruised Novell plans one Net bounce back
Brainshare report We're going to improve our marketing. No, really...
"It's a new tactic of Microsoft to try to stop us," cried Novell's COO Stewart Nelson as the power for the whole city of Nice failed just before the start of Novell's Brainshare meeting. But it's not Microsoft that's Novell's problem right now; it's Novell's own failure to sell enough that is plaguing the company, as the recent …
Business 17 May 2000, 13:53
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'Hi,thanks for calling NTL – we suck'
Opinion Oi, get your act together you shower
They say that moving house is one of the most stressful events in your life and if - like me - you're in the middle of this ghastly process you'll know just how stressful it can become. But in an attempt to be organised I decided I'd arrange to get hooked up to a cable phone and TV supplier in the area I'm moving to, so that …
Business 17 May 2000, 13:57
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Page3 Girl Zooms into Internet World
All in the best possible taste
MGI Software is to parade a top 'Page 3' girl at next week's Internet World 2000 show in a bid to make its products look more alluring. The Canadian outfit reckons that employing Jodie's not inconsiderably assets will really make a difference. "Page3.com and MGI Software to reveal all at Internet World!" the company teased in …
Business 17 May 2000, 15:13
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Near-naked walking women action live on Net!
Victoria tells her catwalk secrets tomorrow
Victoria's Secret - the saucy but classy US lingerie maker - will be having a fun-filled fashion show in Cannes tomorrow. It's not much to get excited about - just hordes of beautiful women wearing nothing but the latest range of sexy lingerie walking up and down a catwalk one after the other. But before you start booking that …
Business 17 May 2000, 15:13
