25th September 2000 Archive
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Intel unleashes 850Mhz mobile Pentium III
A tad more expensive than expected
As we predicted last week here, three new flavours of Intel mobile processors duly arrived today. Both the Pentium IIIs use SpeedStep and run at 1.65V in maximum performance mode and 1.35V and a slower clock speed in battery-optimised mode. The only surprise was the pricing: $722 for the 850/700MHz PIII and $508 for its 800/ …
Channel 25 Sep 2000, 08:19
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First Palm virus isolated
Anti-virus guys sniff out new market
The Palm platform has been hit with its first true virus. Dubbed Phage, after a germ-ridden bunch of aliens in Star Trek: Voyager, the virus infects Palm-based applications. Time to panic? Probably not. True, it's only a couple of weeks since the first Palm infection emerged - a Trojan Horse data-killer released onto the Net …
Software 25 Sep 2000, 08:34
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Hector Ruiz is the new Jerry Sanders
Minus the Beverly Hills lifestyle
Jerry Sanders, AMD founder and head honcho, has anointed Hector de Ruiz to replace him as chief executive. But he's not ready to step down just yet - Ruiz will get the keys to the company "sometime in the second half of 2002", according the San Jose Mercury. Ruiz, 54, joined the chip maker from Motorola this year as president …
Channel 25 Sep 2000, 08:59
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Colleges defy Napster ban demand
We don't monitor or ban Net access, US universities say
US universities have told Metallica lawyer Howard King to take a hike - they will not block the use of Napster on their networks as he has requested. Their reason? Banning Napster would amount to a limitation on access to the Internet, and that's a more important consideration than potential copyright infringement. "As an …
Music and Media 25 Sep 2000, 09:00
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Evesham battles for business award
Updated Tough competition ahead
PC makers are terribly keen on awards - they look good in ads, don't you know - and so they go in for as many as possible, sending out truckloads of systems for review in the hope of winning Editor's Choice from some two-bit PC monthly, or even a prestigious Register Golden Vulture™ award. And Evesham.com (nee Micros) is no …
Bootnotes 25 Sep 2000, 09:14
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Analyst talks up Handspring
But PalmOS licensees' marketshare fell in June
Analyst Thomas Sepenzis of CIBC Oppenheimer got his name in the papers this weekend by generating a 22 per cent hike in PalmOS licensee Handspring's share price on Friday. Demand for Handspring stock burgeoned after Sepenzis said he expects the stock to outperform Palm's own, and that Handspring will show higher revenue and …
Business 25 Sep 2000, 09:58
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Egg fraud suspects charged
Among them a fitness instructor, estate agent and secretary
The three men arrested at the end of August for trying to defraud online bank Egg, plus another man and a woman, have been charged with conspiracy to defraud. Initial reports suggested that hundreds of thousands of pounds had been stolen from Egg by an organised crime syndicate. However, Egg denied any money had been lost and, …
Music and Media 25 Sep 2000, 10:37
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Palm, Motorola to build PDA-equipped cellphone
Is there a Symbian connection?
Palm and Motorola are to merge the cellphone and the PDA and jointly market a co-branded phone-cum-organiser the year after next, the two companies will announce today. Motorola isn't the first phone company to build the PalmOS into a cellphone - that honour surely goes to Qualcomm and its pdQ handset. Qualcomm sold its phone …
Data Networking 25 Sep 2000, 10:40
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Adobe gives it away
Philanthropists 'R' Us
Adobe is expanding its corporate philanthropy concept to donate software to schools and other worthy causes in France, Germany, the UK and Japan. Previously only operating in the US and Canada, the scheme is part funded by cash raised from the company's Robin Hood anti-piracy scheme which has so far recovered pirated software …
Software 25 Sep 2000, 10:50
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GUS goes for a Green Shield stamp style reward scheme
Cheap wine glasses and a fondue set, anyone?
Great Universal Stores is launching the online equivalent of the Green Shield stamps gift programme. Internet users will be rewarded for reading and responding to email offers, completing surveys, or buying something. GUS is allying with US group MyPoints, in which it has a 10 per cent stake, to run the scheme. GUS bought online …
Business 25 Sep 2000, 11:33
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IBM thinks WAP phones are small potatoes
Digs those Palms though
WAP phones are never going to be a big thing according to IBM executives speaking at a briefing at the company's offices in Austin, Texas. While the IBM crew spoke about the future of wireless computing and online communication they predicted that WAP would survive as a standard, but said that once devices like the Palm were …
Music and Media 25 Sep 2000, 11:53
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Britain safe in Oftel's hands
Trust me, I'm a watchdog
Britain will have solved its telecoms problems by this time next year according to David Edmonds, top dog at British telecoms regulator, Oftel. This optimistic and bullish view of Britain's telecoms industry concludes a terse letter to the FT in which Edmonds defends himself against mounting criticism of his handling of Local …
Data Networking 25 Sep 2000, 12:25
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Mobiles have a rough ride of it
Fraud, overspend, poor reception. Is the love affair ending?
It was perhaps inevitable - mobiles have become so ubiquitous that the initial joy and optimism has turned sour and even the industry's previously unshakeable confidence is slipping. The story about mobiles being sneaked out the country has been recycled, 3G continues to take flack and WAP is still crap. We ran a story back in …
Data Networking 25 Sep 2000, 12:49
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Fujitsu unveils Transmeta notebooks
Wireless Net access machines due November
Fujitsu will release its first Transmeta-based notebooks next month - the second PC company to announce officially product based on the chip company's Crusoe CPU. That announcement will take place later today. The Japanese company will offer two Crusoe-powered notebooks: the Biblio Loox S and the Biblio Loox T, both aimed …
Business 25 Sep 2000, 12:57
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Creative puts Aureal out of its misery
Richer sounds wins the day
Litigation is business by other means, as Creative Technology's $32 million takeover of moribund rival Aureal Semiconductor proves. Creative is buying all the intellectual property owned by sound chip designer Aureal, and is settling outstanding litigation between the two firms. "Since Creative would not be able to recover …
Business 25 Sep 2000, 13:15
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Porn Queen Danni fights to hold record breaker crown
Interview Why she deserves world's 'Most Downloaded Woman' title
A catscrap is raging in the US between two females claiming the title of the world's Most Downloaded Woman. Danni Ashe, famed owner of adult site Danni's Hard Drive and one of the blondes involved in the battle, gives The Register her side of the story as well as an insight into the lucrative world of cyberporn. Danni Ashe …
Music and Media 25 Sep 2000, 14:14
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Sunday Times savages BT
Minces BT, but not words
Reg tips its beak to the Sunday Times - and to David Hewson in particular - for his assassination of BT in yesterday's bumper edition of the weekend read. For sheer vitriolic, no-holds-barred entertainment, Mr Hewson's attack on BT - or "Big Thief" as he calls it - was just exemplary. Observations like "the progress of BT from …
Data Networking 25 Sep 2000, 14:17
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AMD acts over reliability concerns
Gigabyte, Micro-Star first to pass tough new quality tests
AMD today announced a new worldwide scheme to allay fears about the reliability of Athlon and Duron PCs. The AMD Assured Program, announced at the Fall System Builder Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, is intended to help builders of Athlon and Duron based systems identify motherboards which have passed AMD's testing criteria. Mobos …
Business 25 Sep 2000, 14:49
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Barclays beats Egg for top online bank crown
641,000 punters laugh in the face of online bank security breaches
Barclays today beat Egg to become Britain's most visited online bank. According to research by MMXI Europe, 641,000 punters logged on to Barclays.co.uk in August, up on July's 460,000, making Barclays the top financial site for the first time this year. Lloyd's TSB hung onto second place with 583,000 visitors. While Egg, the …
Music and Media 25 Sep 2000, 15:13
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Iomega relaunches failed Clik disk as PocketZip
HipZip music player heralds Windscale/Sellafield-style name-change
Iomega has finally launched its anticipated digital music player - dubbed HipZip - it's attempt not only to break into a new market but to boost sales of its ailing Clik disk format. Or PocketZip as we should now call it, Iomega having changed the name to capitalise on what is its strongest brand - Zip - and to reintroduce a …
Business 25 Sep 2000, 15:16
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AMD wins Micron for first time
From little acorns
The Intel dominoes continue to fall with Micron Electronics succumbing for the first time to AMD's charms. As deals go, it's a minnow: Micron is to flog Duron-powered PCs in Best Buy electronic retail outlets only. But it is the symbolism that counts - Micron is, after all, America's third biggest direct PC vendor behind Dell …
Channel 25 Sep 2000, 15:56
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Reg hack in PR defection shocker
Dawn exchange in public toilet
The Register offices were today reduced to pandemonium by the revelation that one of our most trusted operatives has defected to the dark side. Associate editor Sean Fleming, 34, admitted under torture that he has for years harboured unnatural yearnings to work in Public Relations. When shown the hot pliers he 'sang like a …
Bootnotes 25 Sep 2000, 15:58
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Local loop unbundling farce continues
Oftel fails to do the obvious and essential
David Edmonds - the head of Oftel - is taking full responsibility for Local Loop Unbundling (LLU). "The decision to force unbundling of BT's local loop was mine," he crowed in a letter published in today's FT. So, obviously, being the one to force through LLU Edmonds must have thought long and hard about how to make it happen …
Data Networking 25 Sep 2000, 16:12
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Chart fixers enter the online world
Life gets harder for Spice Girl solo careers
Getting talentless tarts to the number one slot has just got harder with the announcement that from 1 October online sales of albums will be included in the UK charts. Those deemed important enough to be included are Boxman, BOL, Jungle and Audiostreet. It's not a new thing - Sweden and Finland have accounted for the e-consumer …
Music and Media 25 Sep 2000, 16:13
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HWRoundup Which chip champ caters best for MPEG-4
Anand checks out an in-car MP3 player
One of the lads over at Tom's Hardware has done another AMD v Intel type comparison, but not just for speed or oomph this time. Today's foray into the competitive realm is looking for specifics. Which manufacturer caters best for MPEG-4? Click here for answers. If you like your technology on the move, then this could be one …
Hardware Roundup 25 Sep 2000, 16:32
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Bertelsmann goes Net crazy
Content deals and staff get PCs for £1
Bertelsmann, which describes itself as "the most international media company", has gone mad for the Internet (probably because it has a big stake in every other kind of media). Not only has it started up a new venture with iSyndicate to get in the content provision market but it is also offering employees dirt cheap PCs/laptops …
Music and Media 25 Sep 2000, 16:44
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US Euro rescue shores up Intel, US PC vendors
Whew... Holiday season sales saved?
According to an unnamed German Finance Ministry official quoted by the WSJ, it Intel's profit warning on Thursday - which resulted in a general sharp intake of stock - may have been the catalyst that finalised the US decision to support the Euro on Friday. But exploratory talks had started earlier in the week between the …
Business 25 Sep 2000, 17:19
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MS ‘componentized’ OS to be follow-up to Win2k Whistler?
An unpromising blurt maybe telegraphs the real big push...
Signs that the goalposts are moving again were - appropriately enough - embedded in the spin surrounding Microsoft's push for CE and NT Embedded at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose today. The company came up with quite a lot of not very obviously interesting stuff designed to put some oomph back into the somewhat …
Software 25 Sep 2000, 18:43
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MS reimaging sting will cost business $11bn – Gartner
Fat cat revolt leaves SMEs footing the bill
The Gartner Group issued a scalding advisory this morning claiming that Microsoft's amended policy on reimaging Windows CDs will net Redmond an extra $11billion in revenue. Gartner says that despite further amendments relieving its biggest enterprise customers of the burden since it first raised the issue in August, the new …
Software 25 Sep 2000, 18:45
