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  • Intel to push Rambus hard in 2001

    Roadmap Has to cos of P4 ramp

    The introduction of the 1.3GHz Pentium 4 at an attractive price point is part of Intel's overall strategy for this to be the mainstream microprocessor by the end of next year. That means a big ramboost for Rambus Inc, with SDRAM support unready until Q2 of next year, and DDR promised for the following year, 2002. And to that …

    Channel 21 Dec 2000, 09:35

  • Intel's notebook prices, strategy for 2001

    Roadmap 1.20GHz Tualatins to arrive Q4 2001

    In Q4 of next year, Intel aims to introduce two Tualatin (.13 micron) notebook chips at 1.20GHz, and a slightly lesser speed. The chip giant will also introduce 1GHz and 900MHz notebook processors in March of next year which will use its SpeedStep technology. And in other news from a week 51 confidential Intel roadmap we saw …

    Channel 21 Dec 2000, 09:59

  • Toshiba, Infineon form FRAM fraternity

    $60m plan to produce commercial chips by 2002

    Toshiba is to team up with Infineon to fund the development and production of Ferroelectric RAM - FRAM - chips for next-generation cellphones. Both companies will together pump $60 million and contribute 50 engineers to the programme, which is expected to result in shipping product by the end of 2002, initially 32Mb chips, with …

    Channel 21 Dec 2000, 10:44

  • Cisco IPv6 kit to ship next February

    Will pave way for zillion new Net addresses

    Cisco will begin shipping routers capable of supporting version six of the Internet Protocol (IP) late February 2001 - around six months later than planned. Speaking at the Global IPv6 Summit conference held in Osaka, Japan, Stephen Deering, a Fellow with Cisco's Advanced Internet, Architectures Group, said the company has …

    Data Networking 21 Dec 2000, 10:48

  • More chip vendor woe

    CSM warns of semiconductor glut

    Chartered Semiconductor, the custom chip manufacturer, warned yesterday that next year's sales and profits would not meet expectations. The company blamed falling demand in the PC and cellular phone market for its revised forecasts. It had expected sales to rise by 40 per cent over the next year and, despite issuing the warning …

    Channel 21 Dec 2000, 11:04

  • QXL shares going going gone

    How low can you go

    Shares in online auctioneer QXL Ricardo hit an all time low yesterday, making it the first British member of an elite gang of dotcoms which have seen their stock lose 99 per cent of their value. If you'd bought £1,000 worth of QXL shares at their peak they now be worth £7.50. The stock slumped by 24 per cent yesterday to 6.5p …

    Business 21 Dec 2000, 11:28

  • Salon.com ‘eliminates’ 25 jobs

    Blood on the floor

    US media outfit Salon.com has axed 25 jobs - around 20 per cent of its workforce - in a bid to cut costs and steer the outfit to profitability. Actually, that's not strictly true. In a statement, Salon.com said it had "eliminated" 25 jobs. Which takes the euphemisms of dotcom sackings to new, macabre depth. What next? Those …

    Business 21 Dec 2000, 11:57

  • UK cop shops to be checked for pirated software

    Top brass to stamp down on computer crime

    The UK's police forces are going to be audited see if they're running pirated or unlicensed software. This is because at least one force has been caught running counterfeit copies of MS Office. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is to audit a sample of police IT equipment to see how widespread the problem is. The …

    Business 21 Dec 2000, 11:57

  • Mac Rumour Roundup PowerBook G4 goes Nvidia

    Next-gen pro laptop to sport GeForce 2 graphics

    Apple's next PowerBook release, codenamed Mercury, will ship with an Nvidia graphics system and not a part from the company's long-time graphics partner, ATI. That at least is what Apple sources have told Go2Mac.com. Nvidia first touted Mac compatibility when it announced its GeForce 2 MX processor last summer. Nvidia's VP of …

    Mac Channel 21 Dec 2000, 12:11

  • Lucent to restate sales and cut 10,000 jobs

    CEO Schacht schichts on staff

    Telecoms equipment manufacturer Lucent plans to restate its fourth quarter sales for a second time and embark on a swingeing $1bn programme of job cuts, according to a report by Bloomberg this morning. Bloomberg cites people "familiar with the situation" who said Lucent will disclose the charge for the job-cuts and restate …

    Data Networking 21 Dec 2000, 12:37

  • AOL UK inks major distribution deal with Kingfisher

    You won't be able to move for CDs

    AOL UK has signed a major distribution deal with Kingfisher that will see the ISP's 24/7 unmetered software CDs available in 2061 stores throughout the country. The deal is part of a co-branding exercise and closer ecommerce ties between the two companies. Under the agreement, specially co-branded CDs for AOL Flat Rate will be …

    Music and Media 21 Dec 2000, 12:38

  • Intel releases USB 2.0 host interface spec.

    Golly...

    Intel has published a single, unified spec. that will allow Microsoft, Apple, Red Hat, Sun and other OS makers to support USB 2.0 host controllers. The specification, available on a royalty-free basis, essentially defines the way a host operating system talks to a computer's USB controller, and thus to any peripheral devices …

    Business 21 Dec 2000, 13:59

  • Have Net and have not divide grows

    No surprise - young proff men online the most

    The digital divide has grown, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics, despite an overall swelling of the online population in the last 18 months. Overall, 45 per cent of the adult population has accessed the net at some point, with 80 per cent of these having done so in the last month. However, the …

    Music and Media 21 Dec 2000, 15:06

  • Lawyer who launched Claire Swire email keeps job

    Disciplined but not dismissed

    The man that sparked off the whole Claire Swire email debacle (and whose ejaculate is yum), Bradley Chait, has been formally disciplined but not fired. His company, City law firm Norton Rose, started disciplinary proceedings against Chait and four other employees soon after the extent of the email became clear. Norton Rose …

    Music and Media 21 Dec 2000, 15:15

  • US wireless auction: what a palaver

    The election saga relived on the airwaves

    It would seem that Xmas panto culture has crossed the Atlantic and set up shop in the mobile market. "US wireless auction a failure", "Oh no it's not", "Oh yes it is". The frenzied coverage of what is a pretty unexciting auction for much-needed bandwidth has seen media companies contradicting themselves before they've even …

    Data Networking 21 Dec 2000, 15:18

  • Dell chops US laptop prices

    Up to 20 per cent cheaper

    Dell has chopped up to 20 per cent off laptop prices in the US. The PC giant claimed the last minute Christmas move, which affects models in its Latitude corporate range, was the result of falling notebook component prices. But it comes in the midst of a retail slump which has seen many of Dell's rivals cutting prices or …

    Business 21 Dec 2000, 15:32

  • MPs discover the fun of cyberpranks

    But the Speaker was not amused

    Politicians have been told to stop using the Net to conduct "dirty tricks" campaigns against one another. Yesterday the Speaker of the House, Michael Martin, said that he did not expect officers or employees of political parties to "seek to or register on the Internet names of members of other parties with a view to misleading …

    Music and Media 21 Dec 2000, 16:16

  • Nasty hybrid virus gift unwraps on Xmas day

    Kriz virus/ bymer worm party bundle

    A mutation of a dangerous virus could render the computers of infected users inoperable this Christmas. The hybrid virus has the capacity to wipe hard drives and attempt to wipe a computer's BIOS chip on its trigger date - Christmas Day. On 25 December, the virus will attempt to flash the BIOS of a computer, preventing boot up …

    Software 21 Dec 2000, 17:24

  • Warner Brothers bullying ruins Field family Xmas

    Father takes a few days off work; daughter in tears

    Warner Brothers' lawy firm Theodore Goddard, and The Reg are all pretty hard, cynical bastards but we all need to be reminded once in a while that most people aren't. Les Field, father of www.harrypotterguide.co.uk owner Claire, called up The Reg to explain his despair and hurt over Warner Brothers heavy-handed approach to …

    Music and Media 21 Dec 2000, 17:28

  • BT jumps gun on i-mode trademark

    Registers a dozen versions of Japanese brand in UK

    BT has been busy squirreling away trademarks in preparation for Japanese telecoms giant NTT DoCoMo's debut in Europe next year. According to Silicon.com, the cheeky telco has registered 12 versions of the trademark i-mode - which is the brand of NTT DoCoMo's Net-enabled mobile phone system - with the UK patent office. This is …

    Music and Media 21 Dec 2000, 17:31

  • Mobile phone user found in contempt of court

    Woman feels ring sting

    Magistrates who took exception to a woman whose mobile phone rang during a court session have fined her £10. Linda Osbourne, who was sat in the public gallery of Exeter magistrates court waiting for her son to appear, was found in contempt of court after her phone rang and interrupted proceedings. It was the third time that …

    Data Networking 21 Dec 2000, 17:36

  • T'bird kicks Coppermine butt

    HWRoundup Custom DVD players and mobo action

    HardwareOC takes the one-gig offerings from both of the big chip players and takes them both out for a spin, along with a handful of their less speedy friends. First place goes to the Thunderbird in this instance. Click here to find out why. Maximum3D plays host to the ultimate hardware pissing contest. Just about everyone …

    Hardware Roundup 21 Dec 2000, 17:40