10th December 2000 Archive

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US Supremes stop Florida re-counts

Oyez, oyez, oy vey....

The smart money was on George "Dubya" Bush all last week, and that bit of conventional wisdom crystallised Friday after two Florida judges shot down two separate Democrat requests to throw out absentee ballot applications which were said to have been altered by Republican zealots. By entering voter registration numbers after the …

Music and Media 10 Dec 2000, 07:03
Distie sacks ‘rollercoaster’ Nintendo

Prefers aircraft services

John Menzies is ditching Nintendo, after six "rollercoaster" years as its exclusive British wholesaler. The Edinburgh-based firm said it was exiting "before three or four untested products come on to the market and the in a situation where the volatility will be even greater". Menzies' Nintendo contract finishes at the end of …

Business 10 Dec 2000, 22:42
breathe gasps for survival

Scraps Net access for life

breathe.com, Britain's ISP for trendy people, is seeking a rescue buyer, in a 'last ditch effort to find fresh funds'. And if it fails, it could be in receivership within two weeks, the Sunday Telegraph reports. Surprising? Not exactly. Today, breathe shuts down its flat rate access for life service- a decision that would have …

Business 10 Dec 2000, 22:55
Jobserve ‘abuses market dominance’ – Silicon.com

High Court injunction

Silicon.com won an injunction last week against Jobserve.com, the UK's dominant IT jobs board, after claiming that it was abusing its market position, The Sunday Telegraph reports. The company claims that Jobserve has threatened to bar recruitment agencies from using its service, if they signed up for a rival operation run by …

Business 10 Dec 2000, 23:00
BOFH: Who Put the Mug in Smug?

Episode 41 This Boss has to go

BOFH 2000: Episode 41 The Boss is wandering around Mission Control with his brand spanking new Madonna digital phone headset on like an extra from a sci-fi movie (and unfortunately, not one of the extras they send down to the hold to investigate that strange clanking noise...) and it's really starting to get on my tits. "What …

BOFH 10 Dec 2000, 23:34