12th June 2000 Archive
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Luminaries tip up in Taipei for Congress
WCIT 2000 Will Bill spill bile on Taiwan's soil?
The twelfth 2000 World Congress on Info Technology will officially open for business in one hour's time, with a cast of top luminaries preaching their views on IT, the internet and e-commerce. Speakers today winclude winsome Carly Fiorina, CEO of HP; Stan Shih of Acer; John Rockefeller IV; Ericsson's president Kurt Hellstrom …
Business 12 Jun 2000, 00:03
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HP's Fiorina calls for governments to change policies
WCIT 2000 Describes a new renaissance caused by IT
Carly Fiorina, CEO of Hewlett Packard, today described changes caused by the Internet as creating a new renaissance, but said that world governments needed to change their policies to create "boundary-less and "border-less" states. Fiorina said, quoting Charles Darwin, that survivors in this new renaissance would not …
Business 12 Jun 2000, 04:53
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Napster use survey takes heat off college students
What's wrong with these damn adults nowadays?
In spite of the recording-industry hype decrying the legions of spoilt college students rapaciously downloading MP3 content and thereby contriving to take food from the mouths of starving artists like Metallica and Dr. Dre, a recent survey funded by the Pew Charitable Trust finds that the majority of those illegally downloading …
Music and Media 12 Jun 2000, 06:33
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MS should keep browser with OS, says Netscape founder
MS on Trial They mount a two year trial, then he changes his mind?
Netscape co-founder Jim Clark is at it again; in an interview with CNET over the weekend he said that Microsoft should be allowed to keep the browser with the operating system. This isn't the first time Clark has made what the government might describe as an unhelpful contribution to the trial - a begging "let's make a deal" …
Software 12 Jun 2000, 07:21
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IBM plans Linux ThinkPads for Q3 – Transmeta?
Good news - syncs with Transmeta ThinkPads. Bad news - no drivers for current range?
IBM is due to put some muscle behind its oft-professed support for Linux and actually do something about it later today. The company is to announce that it will offer Caldera OpenLinux 2.4 on ThinkPads... from Q3. Clearly we have here another sign of how exceeding slow the mills grind round at Big Blue. It's been possible to …
Software 12 Jun 2000, 07:21
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Ericsson's Stromhell seeks Taiwan band aid
WCIT 2000 Shipping something of a problem
Although Kurt Stromhell's keynote speech wasn't exactly riveting here in Taipei this afternoon, things got a little racier during a Q&A session held soon afterwards. During his speech to something like 1700 delegates, Stromhell repeated the mantra that by 2003, mobile users of the Internet will exceed fixed users, but conceded …
Data Networking 12 Jun 2000, 09:35
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Dear Bill: Time to lay down your jobs for MSFT
Throw it all in, cut a deal and concentrate on Good Deeds
Dear Bill, I'd like to explain why I think that the smartest thing you could do would be to settle the case with the government and resign from Microsoft. If you did that, it would be a win-win. I have been following your career since you and others developed a version of Basic, through your first big break when IBM selected …
Software 12 Jun 2000, 09:41
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Telia gets wired with new flat-fee ISP
But it ain't cheap
British Web outfit, 24/7 Freecall, has teamed up with Telia to offer unlimited flat-fee Net access in the UK. The British VISP will offer the service for £24.70 a month. 24/7 FreeCall makes no apologies for the cost of the service and claims that if people want a reliable service they must be prepared to pay for it. Gary …
Music and Media 12 Jun 2000, 11:19
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Apple UK marketshare up 46 per cent
But only has 3.5 per cent of the market...
Apple's success in the US is being replicated in the UK, according to the latest figures from IDC. Well, sort of. The growth numbers sound impressive, but the result isn't perhaps as spectacular as the percentage increase at first sounds. So, while Apple's share of the UK PC market grew 46 per cent during Q1 over the same …
Business 12 Jun 2000, 11:46
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FBI wiretaps increased on Y2K pretext
The other Millennium 'Bug'
The US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), which restricts some government surveillance related to terrorist investigations, was massaged during the Y2K Millennium rollover to enable quick wiretaps of US residents who would otherwise have been beyond the FBI's authority, National Commission on Terrorism …
Music and Media 12 Jun 2000, 11:52
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World Congress on Information Technology
Full coverage from Mike Magee in Taipei
13 June Microsoft software 'like heroin addiction' - Red Hat Bill Gates says nothing... at great length Watch out cyberkids... the Feds will get you 12 June HP's Fiorina calls for governments to change policies Ericsson's Stromhell seeks Taiwan band aid Luminaries tip up in Taipei for congress ®
Register Full Coverage 12 Jun 2000, 11:54
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Scoot nabs Loot
And other e-greedy snippets
Scoot.com said today it had agreed to buy Loot, the UK consumer ad newspaper. Oxford-based Scoot will pay £178 million cash and give five million shares to Loot, as well as taking over two million pounds of its debts. The Loot brand name will be kept, with Scoot saying it expected the newspaper and Loot's online service to add £ …
Business 12 Jun 2000, 12:39
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Jungle launches SME site
Bennett hires 20 more staff
Etailer Jungle.com has launched a sister site aimed at SME customers. Junglebusiness.com is selling computer software, hardware, peripherals and consumables to the mid-sized business sector. The site has only IT-related goods, and will avoid consumer products such as music and videos to distinguish it from the Jungle site. …
Business 12 Jun 2000, 13:41
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BOFH skills test: How are you with Marketing Blurb?
Episode 20 Trick questions. Lots of them
BOFH2000: Episode 20 We've all seen it, and, some of us have even read it. Sadly, though, with the advent of gas-fired barbecues not many of us get to use it any more.. But today The Bastard would like ask some questions about your interpretation of their propaganda. 1.Reading the Advertising blurb for a product which may suit …
BOFH 12 Jun 2000, 15:27
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Egg flotation doesn't stink
But online trading trouble stalls customer get rich quick plans.
Shares in internet bank Egg soared on its first day of trading but online private investors couldn't make a quick buck due to technical hitches. Trading began at 177.5p and reached a high of 190p and has since settled down to around 176p. Egg customers were emailed shares last night with accompanying customer numbers and a …
Music and Media 12 Jun 2000, 15:36
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BOFH meets the Bitch Operator – match made in Hell
Episode 16 She steals his heart - and wallet too
BOFH 2000: Episode 16 So I'm working on a piece of kit when my nose picks up a smell that can only mean one thing - the PFY's been cranking up the supply current to some of our more sensitive equipment. Only the PFY's on holiday for a week, - I'm genuinely mystified. It can't be a fault?! Not in my kit. But it appears to be so …
BOFH 12 Jun 2000, 15:46
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The BOFH interpretation skills test – try it if you DARE
Episode 13 Operator or Management - which are you, boy?
BOFH 2000: Chapter 13 (THAT's unlucky...) The Bastard wants to know: how're your interpretation skills? Interpret the following: 1. You get called by the most recent in a looooong line of saleswomen for a large software company. Judging from past experience, she'll be absolutely gorgeous and know as much about computing as …
BOFH 12 Jun 2000, 15:47
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BOFH specs the Quake Box From Heaven
Episode 5 Games Bastard Operators play
BOFH 2000: Episode 5 So I'm trialling Quake III on my new (i.e. The Boss's hand-me-down) machine and the lag on it's so bad I'm in serious danger of getting refresh fatigue. Or disconnecting the CPU fan and letting it die as nature intended. Of course, it is a fairly reasonable desktop machine (a couple of months old, but an …
BOFH 12 Jun 2000, 15:48
