18th June 2000 Archive

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• Rambus rambushes DDR camp

  Column Weekly peregrinations from a Vulture's Nest

  Surely the prayer of every Rambus suit as she or he rises in the morning must be "give us this day your daily bread"? As the sun set over Mountain View last Friday, local residents must have been startled to hear hallelujahs and praise the lords from the usually silent Rambus campus as the suits changed into their cashual gear …

  Channel 18 Jun 2000, 07:22

• MS not confident of final victory after all, says SEC filing

  MS on Trial Not quite what Steve Ballmer's been telling us

  Since the judge delivered his verdict, Microsoft's top executives have stoutly maintained that the company is innocent, will be vindicated, and will not change its business practices. There is no plan B, official. As we've pointed out here several times, if this is a true statement of Microsoft's policy, it's positively …

  Software 18 Jun 2000, 14:21

• DoJ's top gun from MS trial joins Napster defence

  The RIAA could be in for a rough ride...

  Nemesis surely looms for the unlovely Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with the news that David Boies, the Wyatt Earp of antitrust law, has signed up for the Napster defence team. Boies, special counsel for the US government in its antitrust action against Microsoft, has spent much of the last two years reducing …

  Media 18 Jun 2000, 14:21

• T-Online plays poker over Freeserve tax bill

  And other tales from the Bubble Economy

  Here's a very plausible explanation for that very public bucket of cold water poured by T-Online on reports that it would buy Freeserve. And it comes from the Sharewatch column of the Sunday Times which points to a capital gains tax liability of up to £1bn faced by Freeserve owner Dixons. "It is thought," the ST says, "that …

  Business 18 Jun 2000, 22:26

• The ‘Which Dotcom Is Going To Die Next’ Game

  Fun for all the family, anyone can play

  Need To Now (NTK), "*the* weekly high-tech sarcastic update for the uk",has been at it for ages, the-which-dotcom- company-is-going-to-die-next game. It even has a spoof award, the Falco (named after the crap dead Austrian musician of Rock me Amadeus fame), doled out to people who correctly forecast the demise of companies. In …

  Business 18 Jun 2000, 22:26