26th December 2000 Archive
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W2K for Alpha lurks in MS cubicles
It will never see the light of day
Compaq and Microsoft have once more gone out of their way to deny that they will launch a version of Windows 2000 Pro for the Alpha chip platform, but the software does exist. Although there is absolutely no doubt, according to our source, that this software will ever become a product, boffins in the US have seen Windows 2000 …
Software 26 Dec 2000, 11:39
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China slashes telecoms costs
Season of goodwill and all that
China is to cut the cost of using telecoms services by 50 per cent, according to reports from the country's capital. Although the cost of using the Net and phone are to come down, commentators have acknowledged that tariffs still remain comparatively high. The State Development Planning Commission, the Ministry of Information …
Data Networking 26 Dec 2000, 12:35
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Egghead.com hacked
Shell ripped off and soldiers dipped into runny yolk
Seattle-based technology etailer, Egghead.com, has had a miserable Christmas after admitting it was hacked late last week. The scale of the problem is not known but it's feared that the hackers could have accessed the credit card details of the Egghead's customers. This festive breach of security is despite the outfit spending …
Music and Media 26 Dec 2000, 12:38
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UK Govt to investigate BT
Have the turkeys finally come home to roost?
The British Government is to investigate BT amid concerns the monster telco has failed to respond sufficiently to moves to open up its network to competition. According to the Times, Lord Haskins - affectionately called the 'red tape czar' - will lead an investigation next month which will, no doubt, focus on the telco's bid to …
Music and Media 26 Dec 2000, 12:38
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PC Vendor Bender
Crap year all round for Top Five
The year 2000 will not be remembered as a golden year for the PC industry. Manufacturers struggled to get over Y2K order slumps at the start of the year, only to be greeted at the end of it with another sales slowdown - in the quarter when they expected to do the briskest business. In 1999 PC shipments grew 23.3 per cent, but …
Business 26 Dec 2000, 20:08
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The insane domain name game
Harry Potter, Cybersquatter
Madonna, Sting, Microsoft, William Hague - they've all had brushes with "cybersquatters" this year and survived. Wacky WIPO kicked off the new year with its first ruling, and has hardly taken time to draw breath since - dishing out domain name decisions willy nilly, and normally not in favour of the little guy. In January it …
Music and Media 26 Dec 2000, 20:19
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Dotcom worker's rampage leaves 7 dead
Updated Garnished wages may have been the trigger
An employee of Internet consulting outfit Edgewater Technology went berserk in the Boston-area office on Boxing Day and shot dead seven of his co-workers. Forty-two year old Michael McDermott was taken into custody by local police minutes after they responded to emergency calls by distraught witnesses. McDermott was seated in a …
Music and Media 26 Dec 2000, 21:00
