22nd May 2000 Archive

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Compaq guy crowned Queen of the night

Freddie Mercury spotted selling Big Q kit

Compaq used to have a reputation for being big, boring and detached. Not any more. On Saturday night Compaq call centre employee Gary Mullen won the final of ITV's Stars In Their Eyes show, appearing as Queen frontman the late Freddie Mercury. Boasting about the high quality of Compaq kit, one of the manufacturer's UK exec's …

Business 22 May 2000, 14:37
Well done, Baby Blair cybersquatter

Teacher gets rare chance to shaft politician

The Register tips its beak to Diana George for her barefaced cheek and outright opportunism for being the first to register the domain of Britain's most famous newborn. The Norfolk-based primary school teacher registered leoblair.com and leoblair.co.uk as soon as she heard the news of the little chap's new name. Apparently, …

Business 22 May 2000, 14:38
Boo: gloaters outnumber creditors

Nah, nah, nah

The vultures are gathering around the corpse of failed e-tailer boo.com - and it's not just the creditors looking to pick at the bones. Jobsite - which claims it's the "UK's leading internet recruitment company" - believes the demise of Boo.com highlights both the danger of gold rush spending in the Internet community and the …

Business 22 May 2000, 14:38
Show Babes get Hardwire Review site sweaty

Where's the IT angle?

A policy of strong abuse to those who email The Reg publicising their own site has dissuaded most from wasting our time. However, there is the odd gem and GA-Hardware is one of these. The editor of the site, which launched at the start of April, sent a suitably understated email. "I decided to start my E3 coverage with …

Business 22 May 2000, 14:38
VC pumps $15m into Napster

Takes seat on board, provides new CEO

Controversial software developer Napster is being taken over - indirectly - by US venture capital firm Hummer Winblad, it seems. HW is pumping $15 million into the legally-challenged developer, and has installed co-founder John Hummer on Napster's board and declared a partner, one Hank Barry, as interim CEO to replace departing …

Business 22 May 2000, 14:38
eNormicom sweeps VultureTelligent™ Awards

Market-test this...

Behold the single greatest contribution to e-commerce yet developed: a latch-key, synergistic, soup-to-nuts, interactive, step-by-step, on-line development consultancy called eNormicom, capable of transforming any honest bumpkin into a free-wheeling, BMW-driving, nineteen-year-old eNtrepreneur qualified to lead the unwashed …

Business 22 May 2000, 14:47
IBM launches shipping silicon-on-insulator CPUs

Built for AS/400s, yes, but it's a start...

IBM today launched a line of new servers based on processors built using the company's silicon-on-insulator technology. OK, so the servers are just an extension to Big Blue's AS/400 line - the AS/400e 800, to be specific - but today's announcement marks the first step in getting the performance-boosting technology into more …

Business 22 May 2000, 16:39
MS sends in lawyers to stop ‘open’ SOAP info getting out

Admit it - we're embracing and extending again, aren't we?

A phone call from a Microsoft lawyer earlier this month provided some more signposts as to how Microsoft intends to implement/embrace 'open' industry standards. Jason Bishop, who'd been involved in development of SOAP in his previous job as a contractor at Microsoft, was due to give a talk to the Seattle area Java-XML SIG, but …

Business 22 May 2000, 16:40
Gov't tries to make IT projects run on time

Plans so radical, it will be years before ordinary business catches up

The Government has published a report outlining 30 ways it can ensure major public sector IT projects go to plan - and to budget. Among them, the report recommends that: civil servants view IT projects as part of a "whole process of business change" and not just a separate "add-on". one person is made responsible for the …

Business 22 May 2000, 16:40