28th June 2000 Archive

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Channel

• AMD blows Intel into the mobile weeds PowerNow streets ahead of SpeedStep
• Infineon predicts Q3 profit surge Dramurai rakes it in thanks to massive memory demend
• Sacked Intel geek wreaks terrible revenge Chip shortages all down to one disaffected geezer?
• Transmeta grows Crusoe line-up Updated Three more low-power, x86-compatible CPUs coming soon
• Transmeta signs stack of notebook suppliers Big Crusoe design wins reveal Taiwanese connection
• Via gives DDR ringing endorsement Hey, Rambus, are you listening?
• Willamette goes to market as Pentium 4 Branding. It's what you do to a cow

Hardware: Data Networking

• Cisco routers vulnerable to easy attack Infrastructure protection begins at home
• Lucent Avaya ‘formed of letters that fit together and enhance one another’ Made-up name for Enterprise Networking division
• Nokia licenses RealPlayer for video-capable cellphones More great daft ideas of our time...

Management

• 3Com restructure zaps Q4 profits, sales And it won't be back in the black before this time next year
• Kids shun Martha Lane Fox They don't know what they're missing
• Palm to bring wireless Net to its PDAs Well, sort of... you'll still need cables, etc.
• Sony Palm-based PDA debuts on Web French site scoops pics
• Yell pell mell for IPO Yah boo sucks to dotcom moaning minnies, shouts relaunched e-commerce portal

Music and Media

• AltaVista begins 48-hour countdown to ISP launch 'All-you-can-eat' Net access service to go live Friday
• AOL instant message block is for ‘security reasons’ We love IM interoperability, but not yet, says Pinocchio...
• BT delays ADSL yet again, again Guess who else's fault it is this time?
• Cybersquatting, the Procter & Gamble way There be one rule for the rich and one for t' poor, I tell yer
• Dell signs up for .NET with MSN-Dellnet deal This is how we integrate our hardware friends, folks...
• DoubleClick, referral URLs and why The Reg is wrong Company exercises right to reply
• Give us your poor, your huddled masses… And we'll get them set up with the Post Office
• Judge refuses to rule on Mitnick's probation status Catch-22: Probation officer had asked for guidance
• Microsoft low-cost MSN appliance out in Q3 CE-based, and built by eMachines
• NSA memos suggest ECHELON exists Not quite a smoking gun, but close enough
• ZDNet hack-contest server disabled Some kids just can't play nice

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• PR flunkeys make hacks look like monkeys Miller Freeman puts foot in mouth

Odds and Sods: Letters

• BBC, Slashdot mashed by spud pranksters P-p-p-p-potato power... NOT!

Software

• Spying on MS – yes, it's the Man from Oracle Company bravely admits funding Trashgate nonsense