17th July 2000 Archive
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Intel price drops confirmed
Firm lays ground for other intros
Intel has reduced prices on its Xeon and Pentium III microprocessors, as revealed here some time back. The reductions on the Pentium III family, at least, are intended to pave the way for the introduction first of the 1.13GHz Pentium III at the end of this month, and later for more swingeing price cuts as the firm increases …
Channel 17 Jul 2000, 06:49
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Hollywood vs 2600.com in court today
DVD cracking status put to the test
A New York court will today begin hearing the DVD copyright case between Hollywood and the Hacker community, in the shape of 2600.com. Eight studios, members of the Motion Picture Assoiciation of America (MPAA), are suing 2600.com - The Hacker Quarterly for distributing, via the Net, DecSS - software which enables users to …
Software 17 Jul 2000, 07:15
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Sun sets spark to Wildfire
Smoke gushes over mirrors
M'learned friends who sent us a letter some time back moaning about us using the word Wildfire when we should have been referring to the Compaq server formerly known as Wildfire, might care to have a look at Sun's implementation of the said word. Wildfire is or was a Sun codename for a prototype memory multiprocessor which will …
Bootnotes 17 Jul 2000, 08:15
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Caminogate recall fiasco rolls on
Slings, arrows of outrageous misfortune
Distributors and motherboard manufacturers struggling to cope with the recall of SDRAM boards with Rambus-compliant 820 parts have hit out at frustrations in obtaining replacements. Under fire, in particular, is Tech Data and Asus. One vendor hit by problems with the memory translator hub (MTH) told The Register today that he …
Business 17 Jul 2000, 09:47
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Sun making StarOffice GPL, dumping SCSL?
Collapse of intricate web of 'nearly' licences looms...
Sun is to announce that it will be releasing StarOffice under GPL later this week, according to a ZDNet report. Such a move certainly wouldn't be entirely out of the ball park, but it would represent a pretty spectacvular volte face for both Sun and StarOffice creator Marco Boerries, who is now Sun general manager for Webtop and …
Software 17 Jul 2000, 10:24
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Rockin' T'bird overclockin'
Opinions are divided
Trainwrecker has posted the chronicle of their efforts to overclock the Thunderbird on the Abit KA7. They conclude that the whole is actually less than the sum of its parts, resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. AMDZone has also linked to the story, and seem surprised that they hordes at Trainwrecker had so much trouble: " …
Hardware Roundup 17 Jul 2000, 10:30
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E-bookers sees sales up 839 per cent
While losses hit $10 million for Q2
E-bookers.com said second quarter sales rose 839 per cent to $30 million for the second quarter. Pre-tax losses before stock compensation increased to $10 million from $1 million. The online travel company said passenger numbers increased 1900 percent in the first half to 184,000 from 9600 a year earlier. Online booze …
Business 17 Jul 2000, 10:59
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ICANN adds domains names, stores up troubles
Analysis More TLDs will mean more problems, more money for lawyers
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the administrator of the domain-name addressing system, has decided to increase the number of top-level domains (TLDs), but has not decided on how many there should be. At present there are just seven (.com, .edu, .gov, .int, .mil, .net, .org), apart from the two-letter …
Music and Media 17 Jul 2000, 11:19
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MI5 seeks snappers on the Net
Fat agoraphobics need not apply
MI5 has taken to recruiting undercover photographers over the Web. Ideal candidates must be physically fit, have no fear of heights or enclosed spaces, and a clean driving licence. And presumably a knack for getting drunk in South London and losing laptops would also help. The online ads are a move away from traditional …
Music and Media 17 Jul 2000, 11:29
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Post me to the moon…
The Royal Mail will quote for the job
Have you ever wanted to visit the moon? To go climbing on Olympus Mons or brave the sulphurous hell that is our sister planet Venus? Well, if Mohammed will not go to the mountain, then the mountain must come to Mohammed. Provided you can find enough brown paper and string, you can post the Moon anywhere in the UK, first class, …
Music and Media 17 Jul 2000, 11:51
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BBC online news ‘monopoly’ faces OFT scrutiny
...if ITN gets its way
The BBC faces an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) inquiry into its practice of giving away news to commercially-operated Web sites for free, following a complaint from ITN, a rival news organisation. Writing in today's Media Guardian, Stuart Purvis, ITN chief executive, claimed the BBC could, through this distribution strategy, " …
Business 17 Jul 2000, 13:16
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LineOne ditches free Net access
Can't count, won't count
LineOne is to ditch unmetered Net access because the British Net company is losing money. The ISP and content provider told customers over the weekend that its unmetered 24/7 Net access service would end on September 30. It will be replaced by a flat-fee off-peak package based on BT SurfTime. The toll-free service was …
Music and Media 17 Jul 2000, 13:16
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Clubbin' culture to destroy holiday postcard business
'Avin' it LARGE
Clubbers largin' it in Ibiza can now email their wildest moments to their friends direct from the dancefloor. Trendy lifestyle brand Spaced plans to get a series of 15 Internet pods lurking in the corners of the coolest nightspots on the Mediterranean island by the end of the summer. They will allow clubbers to "get spaced" – …
Music and Media 17 Jul 2000, 15:22
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64-bit Intel Itanic still on course
Firm denies chip even later...
A report on a Web site that Intel is having difficulty clocking its 64-bit microprocessor -- the Itanium -- at the speeds it would like, were rebutted by the chip company today. According to a report which you can find here, Intel's production of the Itanium has slipped from Q3 to Q4 this year. But that claim was denied by an …
Channel 17 Jul 2000, 15:39
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Reno DoJ pressures journalist to nail hackers
She stoops to conquer
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has taken its hacker witch-hunt to new lows by ordering Forbes Magazine reporter Adam Penenberg to testify before a federal grand jury in connection with a 1998 article he wrote on computer enthusiasts 'Slut Puppy' and 'Master Pimp', who allegedly broke into the New York Times Web site and …
Music and Media 17 Jul 2000, 16:58
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Customers bash LineOne
And smash Quip! phone diallers
LineOne and its telco sidekick Quip! have stoked a vicious response from customers who feel they've been cheated by the service provider's decision to dump 24/7 unmetered Net access. The Register has been flooded with e-mails from angry users. One reader wrote: "What a joke. They advertise this for months as '24/7 unmetered' …
Music and Media 17 Jul 2000, 17:07
