12th December 2000 Archive

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Channel

• AMD-Intel ‘big willy’ boasts backfire Megahurts madness badly rebounds
• Linux lacks P4 support – nobody at all dead And be honest - were you really straining at the bit?
• More DDR chipsets coming RSN SiS goes for AMD and Intel support
• Motorola offers Palm an ARMball lifeline But will it roll here in time?
• Taiwanese axis beats AMD, Intel to .13 micron Scary Taiwanese firms kiss 'n' make up

Hardware: Data Networking

• Govt announces creation of super comms regulator Updated Winged watchdog Oftel to be put down
• The deathknell for 3G phones? Not bloody likely

Management

• Car black box privacy threat Don't upset your motor - it might see you in court
• Compaq shows off PCI-X prototype But pathway speed only 100MHz
• Computer games cripple kiddies Nippers struck down by RSI and stigmata
• Energis would prefer Dutch oven… ...ahead of advances from KPNQwest
• Nasa backs project to develop crash-proof computers This can't be in the interest of IT industry
• Palm sales to surpass expectations – Bear Stearns The PC market is down, but PDAs are on the up
• PlayStation 2 Web store owner arrested for fraud Mounties swoop as PS Two scams continue
• Sun denies accounting irregularities Rumours and analyst reports hit share price
• World's largest Linux supercomputer to sniff out oil Shell shells out on Big Blue bloodhound
• World's smallest wine glass boost for drink drivers But can you get a drop of wine small enough to fit in it?

Music and Media

• Reg to fight for Harry Potter ‘cybersquatter’ We won't have huge companies bullying young girls
• Anti-WalMart domain win claimed as sea-change But it's nothing of the sort. Sadly
• AOL spammer pleads guilty to forgery Porn and trash merchant to get comeuppance
• AOL talks to Sony about PlayStation 2 deal Wants to bundle Net access with Sony's new console
• Apple, Sun, Cisco et al to set streaming media standard But so is Microsoft... But so is RealNetworks...
• Chinese chap's cancer chronicle cheated censor But sadly he's dead
• Government drowned by Net demand Environment Agency spluttering under weight of users
• Net anonymity project piles in Virtual ski masks comin at ya
• Smackdown! Wrestling site publishes customer logs Who said e-commerce systems had to be dull?
• Vizzavi frogmarches Brit users to toe Euro line L'outfit gone barking mad

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Captain Cyborg spouts rubbish on CNN When will the mainstream media turn their brains on?
• Is this the greatest ever email hoax? Updated The tale of Claire Swire, swallowing and the new boy at Norton Rose
• Lancashire louts nick Reg stories Regional paper rips us off
• MobShop UK goes titsup.com Of its own accord, mind
• Online hack exceeds call of duty in sex report Get that man a cigarette
• Paxman vs Warwick: Radio 4 special Guess who comes off best
• Rudest words in Britain Wash your keyboard out with soap and water
• Yummy Claire gets in touch with The Reg There seems to be more than one. Gulp.

Odds and Sods: Register Links

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Personal: Hardware Roundup

• Voodoo 4 or 3 cash dilemma HWRoundup Socket A OC masterclass