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  • AMD's Sledgehammer gets first OS pledge

    LinuxWorld SuSE floats the iceberg #1 at Itanic

    AMD's Sledgehammer chip looks like it has hit the ground running. Only five days after publishing the instruction set for the new 64-bit processor, SuSE has announced that it has the GNU gcc compiler and some basic parts of the toolchain ready for x86-64, and similar announcements are expected from the other Linux distros at …

    Software 15 Aug 2000, 03:49

  • StarOffice creator on the GNOME pact

    LinuxWorld Sun told me to do it

    Seeing as how we'd scooped the news of the creation of the Gnome Foundation without the benefit of embargoed press releases, Sun Microsystems was kind enough to let its kimono drop earlier than it had planned yesterday... and brought forth Marco Boerries, creator of StarOffice. Boerries says he's been working on StarOffice …

    Software 15 Aug 2000, 08:15

  • KDE responds: we're not scared

    LinuxWorld Puts faith in binaries, not spin

    KDE might lack the PR attack dogs, spin teams or budgets of the rival Gnome project, but maybe it doesn't need them. "It's more talk than substance," says KDE developer Richard Moore of the new Gnome Foundation, backed by Sun and friends. "But maybe the substance will come later at LinuxWorldExpo," he told The Register. He …

    Software 15 Aug 2000, 08:15

  • AMD confuses world+dog with prices

    Official price far above real price

    Late yesterday evening, UK time, The Reg received a little e-missive from AMD talking about their faster Athlon and also confirming price cuts they made yesterday on their microprocessors. Look - as our PM Tony Blair might say - we pointed out that you've got to be very, very careful when you buy microprocessors. The prices in …

    Channel 15 Aug 2000, 09:13

  • Boffins unveil world's most powerful quantum computer

    Based on... er... just five atoms

    Researchers from Stanford University, the University of Calgary and IBM have built what they claim is the most advanced quantum computer to date - a staggeringly powerful beast that uses all of five atoms to store and process data. The team of boffins used the computer to find the period of a mathematical function, one of the …

    Business 15 Aug 2000, 10:11

  • Brits flock to the Net

    Triffik traffic news

    More than a quarter of all households in Britain now have access to the Internet, according to Web watcher MMXI Europe. In its latest batch of number crunching, MMXI claims that more than seven million households (out of a nationwide total of 25 million) are now online. The number of households online has risen by more than …

    Media 15 Aug 2000, 10:42

  • HP revamps CD RW drives

    But will they work with Windows 2000?

    HP is to revamp its range of CD rewritable drives next month and offer up to 12X write and 8X rewrite speeds on the top models. The drives will come with what HP describes as an easy to use software bundle aimed at helping users to convert MP3 files to WAV files and from audio CDs to MP3s. The drives include the 8230e/8220e …

    Business 15 Aug 2000, 10:54

  • Jungle man has 80's pop star for best man

    Steve Bennett likes a Tight Fit

    Steve Bennett has drafted in some celebrity status for his wedding next month. The e-entrepreneur will have top pop star Paul Da Vinci - he of 80's Tight Fit fame - as best man when he finally ties the knot with his beloved. Bennett first came across Da Vinci when he was looking to re-release The Lion Sleeps Tonight for the …

    Business 15 Aug 2000, 10:55

  • Anand and Dr Tom check out Nvidia's latest

    HW Roundup GeForce 2 Ultra and Detonator 3 drivers in the lab

    Iamnotageek.com has finished reviewing the ATI Radeon 64MB DDR. The fruits of their labours can be found here. This review concludes it is worth considering, if you have the cash to spend. Anand has had a bit of a Nvidia fest on his site, with two reviews appearing yesterday. If you missed them, the GeForce 2 Ultra gets the …

    Hardware Roundup 15 Aug 2000, 11:28

  • Gossip links IBM and Novell

    Who could start such rumours?

    No one at IBM or Novell was available to comment on speculation that Big Blur has set its sights on gobbling up the software company. Rumours of a possible acquisition helped fuel a 20 per cent increase in Novell's share price yesterday, according to the FT. However, this is not the first time the two companies have been …

    Business 15 Aug 2000, 11:30

  • Cheaper notebooks by Christmas

    TFT-LCD screen shortages over and prices coming down

    British shoppers can look forward to cheaper notebooks this autumn thanks to falling TFT-LCD screen prices. The global supply of the panels needed to make the screens is starting to overtake demand following a couple of years of shortages. This is largely thanks to new capacity - in the mid-1980s monitor manufacture was …

    Business 15 Aug 2000, 11:42

  • Dotcom share buying falls from British favour

    Orders drop by 30 per cent

    Investors in Britain appear to have lost their appetite for buying and selling shares online, according to the latest research. Figures produced by ComPeer and published in today's Guardian showed that 648,000 trading orders were placed in Q2, compared to 930,000 in Q1. The fall has been blamed on the slide in hi-tech shares …

    Business 15 Aug 2000, 11:52

  • Mobile phone scare over, or is it a Wind-Up?

    Updated We look into gadget that claims to reduce radiation by 90 per cent

    Despite the constantly conflicting arguments over whether mobile phones are damaging, most people must surely have the opinion that there is a real risk of radiation for users. With the release of governmental research that says mobiles are safe again have come reports of a mobile gadget that reduces the radiation from the …

    Data Networking 15 Aug 2000, 13:01

  • Totalise offers unmetered Net access

    Who said free access was dead?

    While Britain's ISPs appear to be climbing over themselves to ditch unmetered access, there's one, at least, which appears to think it's still a good idea. Totalise wants to give users 100 hours a month of free Net time. In return, it wants punters to hand over £200 plus VAT. In case that sound a bit steep it's sweetening the …

    Media 15 Aug 2000, 13:15

  • Agenda to take on PalmOS with Linux

    Unveils open source OS-based consumer handheld

    US-based Agenda Computing today launched a scheme to take on handheld computing giants Palm and Handspring with the introduction of a consumer-oriented palmtop device based on Linux. The Agenda VR3 looks like a cross between Palm's new m100 and Handspring's Visor, with a translucent white case, stylus, flip up cover and 160 x …

    Business 15 Aug 2000, 14:11

  • Tombola.com goes titsup.com in scratch card cock-up

    Not a lotto flutter fun

    Scores of Net users are counting the cost of a software glitch at online gaming outfit, Tombola.com, after they thought they had scratched their way to a cash prize. Net gamblers logging on this morning between 8.00am and 10.00am to play Tombola.com's virtual scratch cards must have thought Christmas had come early as they all …

    Media 15 Aug 2000, 14:25

  • Umax scans straight to the Net

    Get the picture? Yes we see.

    The latest scanners from Umax will scan images straight onto the Internet, bypassing the hard drive for those who want to post photo's on their web sites. The AstraNet e3420 comes with free Internet service from NetZero and one year's membership to ImageOL.com. This includes 50MB of web storage, a free Web page and Web builder …

    Business 15 Aug 2000, 14:27

  • The sick world of knowledge behind cybersquatting

    Dyslexic Yahoo, porn-monger Irish PM, Dell's new push

    Cybersquatting is getting more and more interesting by the minute. Apart from the legitimate claims (which seem fewer and fewer these days), following the cases currently running through the WIPO tell you not only the sites where you can find criticism of big corporates but also where the self-same corporations are planning to …

    Media 15 Aug 2000, 14:49

  • VA Linux launches open source answer to M$N

    OSDN.com to channel Slashdot, Freshmeat et al through a single portal

    So farewell then, Andover.net... Andover.net owner VA Linux Systems today announced what it's calling the Open Source Development Network (OSDN) - essentially a content syndication service that integrates all the Web sites bought by Andover.net and later snapped up by VA along with other VA acquisitions. The plan is that OSDN …

    Media 15 Aug 2000, 14:54

  • Intel makes nice mobo – shock!

    Review See? They can do it if they really try

    After the horror that was the Cape Cod 820 mobo fiasco, the launch a few weeks back of Chipzilla's first mobo using the new i815E chipset must have caused a few nervous twinges at Satan Clara. The snappily-named D815EEA was codenamed Easton, no doubt after the hard-rocking Sheena, and supports Socket 370 Pentium III processors …

    Business 15 Aug 2000, 15:01

  • Bloomberg involved in Net sting

    Founder helped apprehend two suspected hackers

    Two men from Kazakhstan face extradition to the US after allegedly attempting to extort $200,000 from the Bloomberg financial news service. Oleg Zezev, 29, and Igor Yarimika, 36, were arrested last week in London as part of a sting operation involving Bloomberg founder Michael Bloomberg. The men allegedly attempted to obtain …

    Media 15 Aug 2000, 15:19

  • PC companies to get louder voice in Brussels

    Trade group expands into Europe

    Keith Warburton has unleashed his European extension of UK PC builder trade group the Personal Computer Association (PCA). The European Federation of the IT Industry (EFITI) aims to represent system builders, resellers, component vendors and distributors and give them a collective voice in Brussels. It's a tough job - Warburton …

    Business 15 Aug 2000, 15:26

  • Sega ISP to launch 7 September

    Focus shifts to PC as well as Dreamcast - so that's it for the console then?

    Sega is putting its full weight behind online gaming, when it launches its SegaNet ISP on 7 September, part of a major attempt to keep its head above the marketing tsunami that will mark the launch of Sony's PlayStation 2 in the US and Europe. And, in a major shift of strategy that de-emphasises console gaming, Sega will push …

    Media 15 Aug 2000, 15:36

  • Achtung! Another 3G cash cow

    More shenanigans, more money

    There was much excitement today when the bids for the German 3G mobile phone auctions topped the ludicrous £22.5 billion paid by UK operators. It currently stands at just under £25 billion (DM80 billion) and is expected to increase further to £33 billion. It's not really that surprising - considering the fact that the German …

    Data Networking 15 Aug 2000, 16:35

  • Red Hat loves IBM (true)

    Still at kissing stage

    IBM has authorised Red Hat to bundle IBM's Linux-based software worldwide. The computer giant said that it would also distribute more than 100 printer drivers to the open source community as part of its drive to get the Linux operating system onto its entire product line. IBM is still pushing to get Linux onto the desktop …

    Software 15 Aug 2000, 21:54