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23rd December 2000 Archive

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  • Copy protection hard drive plan nixes free software – RMS

    Marginalised or compromised

    Richard Stallman says that plans to put content control into industry standard hardware pose a threat to the adoption of free software. Proposals have been made to add CPRM (Content Protection for Removable Media) into the ATA hard disk specification, we reported on Wednesday. CPRM originates from the the 4C Entity and …

    Software 23 Dec 2000, 01:07

  • Intel's 1.3GHz P4 a candidate for wax

    It's not long for this world

    The Pentium 4 at 1.30GHz which Intel will introduce in January will have a very short shelf life, we can reveal. The microprocessor, which will be introduced on the 28th of January at $268, a quarter after the 1.5GHz and 1.4GHz Pentium 4 launches, will only last for a quarter, according to Intel itself. When Intel reprices …

    Channel 23 Dec 2000, 09:30