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  • HWRoundup Duron v Celeron slugfest

    And some other dust-up stuff

    Duron vs. Celeron and a homage to the virtues of overclocking. Sharky's homepage. Need I say more? This is a fairly decisive look at the potential of both pieces of hardware. If you want the full story, click here Armageddon is just around the corner and it is all down to dust bunnies in your computer. To avoid this …

    Hardware Roundup 6 Oct 2000, 15:18

  • We saw Apple's troubles all along – market researcher

    Allegedly

    US-based market research agency OneChannel.net is claiming to have spotted the downward sales trend that last week forced Apple to admit that its profits will be 30 per cent off predicted targets. OneChannel claimed today that its numbers - derived from its online retail partners' sales figures - showed a "general downward …

    Mac Channel 6 Oct 2000, 15:56

  • Flame of the Week true delusion

    We give Oftel and BT an easy time. Eh? What?

    [This bloke must be living in a parallel universe. One where The Reg loves corporates and is afraid to say what it thinks. BT and Oftel are probably top of the list in companies that we have consistently lambasted. We despair of you Arvind - unles you've mistaken us for ft.com] Just WHO are you people accountable to??? I've …

    Flame of the Week 6 Oct 2000, 16:20

  • Pedants of the world unite

    Here we go again

    [Grammar bods just can't resist. Fortunately we found one with a sense of humour] Roar! I am a vengeful grammarak! With your Rijndael headline you have angered me! I will not rest until my mission of subjecting the whole of humanity to www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif is complete! Also, I must exterminate the verminous Mariah …

    Letters 6 Oct 2000, 17:11

  • It's ferret madness!

    An email conversation - with pics!

    [Ain't email a wonderful, intangible thing? Well here we have a weird conversation struck up by our Andrew and two ferret lovers in California. We've had to remove their names because apparently ferrets are illegal in California. Read on for details and pics] Re: Piii 850 Engineering sample Dear Andrew, love your site. Is …

    Letters 6 Oct 2000, 17:13

  • Readers' Letters We're back on form

    Looks like the nutters are back from holiday

    [Hey, good to have you all back. We thought that since hits were staying the same that we'd embarrassed you all into keeping quiet. But, no. This week it appears that the letter-writing nuts have come back. We have more hits and, more importantly, some class letters. God bless you all] Women, sex and the Internet This is a …

    Letters 6 Oct 2000, 17:47