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  • Visa to ‘monitor’ e-commerce security

    Get it right, or else....

    Eager to dispel consumer fears over online shopping, credit card leader Visa USA announced a plan this week to accomplish by force and reason what lawless cyberpunks have failed to do through public humiliation: compel Web merchants to protect credit card numbers and customer data from hack attacks. Under the plan, the …

    Music and Media 10 Nov 2000, 00:15

  • Dell hits revised estimates

    Europe is thorn in side

    Dell Computer hit its lowered Q3 targets with a 22 per cent rise in revenues. The company warned that the weak euro continued to hamper sales growth. Laptops and sales of high-end corporate systems were the engines of growth during the quarter with the lines seeing 50 per cent and 40 per cent revenue growth respectively. These …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 07:45

  • Roger Moore's Swiss bank account details plastered on Web

    Bond star shaken and stirred

    Showbiz stars are fuming at Credit Suisse after a technical glitch revealed their secret Swiss bank account details on the Net for a week. James Bond actor Roger Moore was among those affected by the cock-up - which showed bank account numbers, private addresses and details of 675 money transfers. The problem stemmed from …

    Music and Media 10 Nov 2000, 07:45

  • Ingram Micro sues Yahoo! BB posters

    Channel smothers flannel

    Ingram Micro has filed a lawsuit against people who dissed the distie on a Yahoo! message board. The company wants the posters to stop publishing sensitive information and allegedly libellous comments about the company, Ingram Micro has subpoenaed the Yahoo! to supply the names of the posters, one of whom goes under the moniker …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 08:24

  • MS and Sagem unveil Stinger wireless Web PDA

    Ready for GPRS in Europe. Which is more than you can say for GPRS...

    Microsoft and French manufacturer Sagem have finally unveiled their joint venture PDA/mobile phone combo. The device is the first product of an alliance that was announced somewhat tersely in May 1999, since when Microsoft's 'Stinger' CE-based mobile phone platform has been largely demoware, but Sagem intends to start shipping …

    Data Networking 10 Nov 2000, 09:18

  • Casio chooses Crusoe

    Transmeta win for sub-notebook Casiopeia Fiva

    Japanese consumer electronics company Casio has confirmed it will next week unveil a new member of its Casiopeia PDA family, this time based on Transmeta's Crusoe CPU. The Casiopeia Fiva is a sub-notebook machine, running Windows ME rather than CE, the OS of previous Casiopeia's. Casio hasn't said what speed the machine will …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 10:17

  • Palm pegs CeBit for next colour PDA launch

    High-end colour PDA coming with new OS release

    Palm has confirmed that it will launch a high-end colour PDA next year, along with the next major release of the Palm OS. Interviewed by German Web site WebStandard, Palm's European head, Markus Bregler, said the new device will be shown off at CeBit, held in Hanover next March. It will ship at the same time. The PDA has been …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 10:19

  • Nvidia takes market lead from ATI

    Only in desktops, though...

    Nvidia's run of record financials continued yesterday when it reported its third quarter results for fiscal 2001. For the three months to 29 October, the 3D graphics chip company saw net income hit $28.1 million on revenues of $198.2 million, up 165 per cent and 104 per cent, respectively. For the same period last year, the …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 10:37

  • Tiny sovereign state set to open for e-business

    Threatens to undermine RIP and the British Govt

    The British Government could be about to be embroiled in a diplomatic farce that could have all the makings of a classic Ealing comedy. The citizens of the Principality of Sealand - a man-made island off the east coast of England - are set to start the commercial operation of their offshore data sanctuary in a fortnight or so …

    Music and Media 10 Nov 2000, 10:39

  • MS goes gold with DirectX 8.0

    Massively realistic multiplayer capability - who needs a life?

    Microsoft has gone gold with DirectX 8.0, the next version of its multimedia API. It'll be officially available for download from MSDN "before 12.01am" Pacific Time on Saturday, but we're informed that it has escaped to other download sites already, we know not how. New features and improvements in DirectX 8.0 include …

    Software 10 Nov 2000, 11:53

  • Lycos Europe gets excited about Q1 results

    Well, someone has to

    Lycos Europe reckons its well on the way to being Europe's leading portal after Q1 revenues to Sept 30 rose 226 per cent to E15.8 (£9.58) million (before acquisitions), compared to the same period last year, and losses fell 42 per cent on the previous quarter. While Lycos Europe is keen to stress that gross profit is up 120 per …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 12:41

  • Visa trial judge assumes authority over time and space

    How to make the legal illegal

    Judge Jones, the federal judge presiding over the government's antitrust trial against Visa and Mastercard, has attempted to push the boundaries of law by insisting anyone who downloaded confidential trial documents accidentally posted to the Justice Department either destroy or return them. Uncensored versions of 12 pieces of …

    Music and Media 10 Nov 2000, 12:46

  • Athlon sales outpace fabs, as AMD plans desktop Hammer

    Can't make 'em fast enough, says Jerry

    AMD will sell out Athlon production this quarter, Jerry Sanders told analysts yesterday. This could be taken as a good or bad thing. On one hand, having people clamouring to buy your flagchip ™ product is always nice, but what it actually means is that Chimpzilla simply doesn't have enough production capacity. And little Duron …

    Channel 10 Nov 2000, 12:59

  • IBM rolls out display 4.5 times sharper than HDTV

    200 pixels per inch

    IBM is rolling out what it describes as the world's clearest computer display. The company claims the display is 12 times sharper than current technology or 4.5 times clearer than HDTV. There is a wide range of disciplines that need high-resolution displays, IBM says, citing telemedicine, weather forecasting, publishing and …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 12:59

  • Red Hat still on course for Linux profits

    But not for another year says new CFO

    Red Hat is still on track for 100 per cent year-on-year revenue growth by the end of next fiscal year, the Linux company's newly appointed CFO said yesterday. Kevin Thompson, formerly Red Hat's VP of Operations, was pushed up the greasy pole yesterday. He's been at the company for less than a month, but has clearly proved a hit …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 13:49

  • AOL/Time Warner agree to next set of concessions

    They want this merger real bad. The FTC knows it

    AOL and Time Warner have narrowly avoided an FTC court case by agreeing to a new set of concessions before their $150 billion merger is allowed to go through. The game of bluff this time revolves around competition for Internet access. The FTC agreed to delay any action for "no more than three weeks" after the two companies …

    Music and Media 10 Nov 2000, 14:37

  • BMG attempting to merge with EMI

    Team-up would reinforce Napster alliance

    Germany media giant Bertelsmann, which wants to buy Napster, also has its eye on EMI, the British music company said today. The two companies are in early talks, EMI told the London Stock Exchange, with the plan centring on a merger between EMI and Bertelsmann subsidiary Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG). EMI and BMG are two of …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 15:02

  • Linux works its way into business

    Servers becoming increasingly Linux-based, but desktops aren't

    Linux is spreading further into the business computing world, but Microsoft need not worry about its effect on Windows just yet. That's one conclusion from market researcher Zona Research's latest study of US IT professionals. The open source operating system is certainly forming the basis of some major roll-outs, the study, …

    Software 10 Nov 2000, 15:07

  • Management buys CHS Europe for peanuts

    ...and a lot of hard work

    A new distributor is born in Europe - and it starts on day one as Europe's fourth biggest. Called Europa.IT, it has sprung into life with the takeover of the former subsidiaries of CHS in Europe. Headquartered in London, Europa.IT has bought the subsidiaries from CHS Electronics, the Miami company which is in liquidation under …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 15:07

  • BT makes concessions on LLU

    Yeah right, no more foot-dragging please, you're making the carpet threadbare

    BT has published a new plan to aid what it calls the "rapid progress in local loop unbundling" (LLU). The idea was made public this morning at an Oftel meeting of UK telcos. It plans to introduce an interim order process and provisioning system ahead of the planned full strategic operational support system. This system, claims …

    Data Networking 10 Nov 2000, 15:30

  • Palm erodes Handspring marketshare

    Continues to retake consumer PDA market

    Palm continued to eat into the marketshare of PalmOS-licensee Handspring during September thanks to its increased focus on the mainstream consumer market. According to US retail and mail order market watcher NPD Intelect, Palm had a 68.8 per cent share of PDA sales in that arena during September, down a smidge on August's …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 15:54

  • Fixed wireless auction is go! go! go!

    About bloody time

    The auction for fixed wireless broadband connection finally kicked off today, having been delayed twice: once in the summer and then again before the October start date. The spectrum up for grabs will give you fast, always-on Net access without cable or phone links. Basically 3G without the mobile aspect. Of course, it won't …

    Data Networking 10 Nov 2000, 16:17

  • Gateway shows off shiny silver AOL Net appliance

    It's bitchin' for kitchens

    Gateway today unveils a shiny silver Net appliance along the lines of 3Com's Audrey or Amstrad's em@iler. Called the Connected Touch Pad, Gateway seems to have cocked-up on the snappy-name front, but the machine looks space age enough and offers up the usual easy online access carrot to home users. The sleek machine, which …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 16:25

  • Legal action is scaring Web content copiers

    Where does this leave The Reg, and our parasites

    Dotcoms who routinely collate and display information from other sites could find themselves on the wrong side of the law. The legal status of collated material is still hotly disputed, as recent cases which people had hoped would test of existing law in the virtual space, have been settled out of court. Currently online …

    Music and Media 10 Nov 2000, 16:40

  • NTL announces double losses in Q3

    And check out those debt interest payments

    Cable company NTL has released its third-quarter results and lost nearly two per cent of its share price as the extent of its losses became clear. NTL is a company that could only exist in the crazy post-Web world of financing. Q3 earnings rose $27.5 million (£19.3 million) to $91.9 million (£64.6 million). But then it managed …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 16:46

  • Boo.com could face legal action

    The charge? Trying to be trendy

    Boo.com could face legal action after an urban ad campaign backfired on the trendy fashion house. The US-based dotcom stuck tiny little stickers all over Camden, in London, following the etailer's relaunch last month. At the time, Lisa Marsh of Boo.com told Reg that the etailer had employed an outfit called Diabolical …

    Music and Media 10 Nov 2000, 16:48

  • Flame of the Week excreta consumption

    Welcome back mad people. We've missed you

    [We've been bemoaning the fact that by running Flame of the Week, we've prevented the crazed among you from sending in abusive emails. We can pretend we are affected by your rantings if that makes you happier. Anyway, we've got one at last after a long period of drought. The great thing is that the article had nothing to do with …

    Letters 10 Nov 2000, 17:10

  • Maxtor's 60GB drive ships in volume

    7,200rpm is comin at ya

    Maxtor's DiamondMax Plus 60 hard-drive is now shipping in volume worldwide. Samples of the new drive are with Maxtor's OEM partners and testing is underway. The Plus 60 runs at 7200 rpm and has 20GB per platter capacity. Maxtor says it is the only company shipping a 60GB hard-drive on three disks at the moment. IDC says that …

    Business 10 Nov 2000, 17:16

  • Why mobiles may fade but cigarettes are here forever

    Academics make up silly cart-before-horse assumptions

    Kids give up fags for mobiles I love it. A man after my own heart. Why does everybody think an effect only has one cause. WWI was caused by the killing of King Ferdinand. Does everybody think that all of Europe and North America went to war over one royal from a little piss-pot country. In the same way if smoking is done there …

    Letters 10 Nov 2000, 17:19

  • Poll-rigging: we get in on the Yankee action

    Bush? Gore? Who gives a shit anymore?

    Fraud at the polls! Gore wins! I just checked the site in question. As you weren't on the list I typed in theregister.co.uk. If you check the results there are three 'register' sites listed in all, and if you add them all up you have about 38% of the vote. A far more likely share IMHO. Keep up the good work, love the site. …

    Letters 10 Nov 2000, 17:57

  • HWRoundup Wired for sound

    I like tall speakers, I like small speakers

    Calling all gadget fans...get yourselves over to Tom's Hardware page ASAP. He's taken a look at the Nomad Jukebox from Creative. [Take note: it is possible to name a product without millions of funny letters] A move into the consumer arena for MP3 has left us with a rather groovy looking bit of kit that you can store loads of …

    Hardware Roundup 10 Nov 2000, 18:03

  • Best of the Rest fines, text messages and a happy clappy Bill Gates

    The mad bad world of IT

    McAfee virus update freezes PCs McAfee frozen PC lowdown McAfee Products Dodgy Crap? Nah, you must be mistaken I mean even their Public Betas get glowing reviews from zzzzzdnet. Four outta five dots from the Editor. Wow. Oh wait what's this - average user rating 6 out of 10. Hmmm. Seems a tad strange. And look at all those …

    Letters 10 Nov 2000, 18:11

  • Nazi auctions, the French, the Law and some blinkered people

    Whoever told you people were rational?

    Yahoo! legally obliged to ban the French? Your recent piece on the issue of Yahoo and Nazi auctions is spot on. At jewish.co.uk, we ran a piece over the summer over this issue. The URL is: http://www.jewish.co.uk/editorial3.php3 Feel free to have a look and link to us if you feel it is relevant. The more people realise it is …

    Letters 10 Nov 2000, 18:13

  • Readers' Letters Call it feedback, call it interactivity

    Ooh, we've some got some prissy ones this week

    [We've some fine fine letters to share with you this week. Dip in. Kick back. Enjoy yourself.] Why mobiles may fade but cigarettes are here forever Academics make up silly cart-before-horse assumptions Nazi auctions, the French, the Law and some blinkered people Whoever told you people were rational? Poll-rigging: we get in …

    Letters 10 Nov 2000, 18:14

  • Intel victim of pesky pre-Chrimbo computer virus

    Chip giant's staff 'give in to temptation'

    Intel has fallen victim to a pesky new computer virus believed to be from South America. The "Navidad" virus is not particularly dangerous, just annoying, say security experts. It affects computers using Windows operating system, and arrives as a reply message when a user sends an email to an infected computer. The email comes …

    Music and Media 10 Nov 2000, 21:31

  • Germany powerless to investigate hate emails

    American(?) Nazis bombard German Jews

    German police say they are powerless to investigate a barrage of anti-Semitic emails sent via the US. More than 17,000 identical messages were sent to the email address of a group of Jewish students on Tuesday, threatening to repeat the Holocaust. The assault paralysed the server of German ISP Strato for two hours. The sender( …

    Music and Media 10 Nov 2000, 21:36