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9th December 2000 Archive

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  • Sailors to use Iridium

    Space junk redeemed

    A few more titbits have emerged on the Pentagon's deal to rescue Iridium. The two-year agreement, signed on Wednesday between Iridium Satellite and the US Department of Defence (DoD), is worth $72 million. It will enable US government organisations such as the Navy and Drug Enforcement Administration to use the company's space- …

    Business 9 Dec 2000, 03:57

  • IBM sets Itanium record straight

    Intel March launch date confirmed

    IBM started shipping pilot systems of its Itanium workstations, codenamed Rattler, this week. Around 40 of the Z-Pro workstations have gone out to two IBM customers in what is Big Blue's first rollout of the 64-bit technology. Later than some of the other vendors -- but IBM said it wanted to wait for at least a few of the bugs …

    Business 9 Dec 2000, 04:04

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