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6th January 2001 Archive

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  • Why the hell does Michael Dell get share options?

    Fat Cat creams $200m

    What on earth does multi-billionaire Michael Dell need share options for? And why should Dell's compensation board award him such an incentive? Well? Earlier this month, Dell bought almost 12 million shares, trousering almost $200 million in the process, in his direct PC company. The Dell chairman and CEO exercised stock …

    Business 6 Jan 2001, 00:32

  • MSN plays the numbers game – again

    The maths don't work - again

    When Microsoft sent out its latest bragging about MSN figures, alarm bells started ringing. "MSN Reaches $3.6 billion in Online Holiday Shopping and Tops 4 Million Subscribers", trumpeted the press release. "MSN Internet access saw unparalleled success as its US subscriber base topped the four million mark this past quarter. …

    Media 6 Jan 2001, 00:40

  • Microsoft has eyes on ball

    A security expert speaks

    Microsoft goes ton up for security bugs You're not considered a fully-fledged Reg hack until somebody calls you a moron. It's now official that new boy John 'Lips' Leyden can wear the Vulture Central pin and employ the secret handshake. All he had to do was wind up Brian Uecker who believes that the fact that Microsoft was …

    Letters 6 Jan 2001, 17:30

  • Dell, P4s and then some

    Chips out for the lads

    Always good for a bit of reader feedback, Mike Magee hits the new year running: P4 Mihocka has attacks on him shocka re: programs with a working set of 8k or less run much faster (And this is probably a s***load of programs.) Then why do the otherwise identical Celereon A and P3 chips have such differing performance on real …

    Letters 6 Jan 2001, 17:30

  • Where's my flying car?

    One dissatisfied customer

    Heard the one about the Cyber-pub? Psychic robots, your kidding right, they didnt actually write about that seriously did they. What is this 1950 again. I was promised a flying car by the year 2000, I WANT MY FLYING CAR!!!!!!!!! I predict in twenty years print journalists will just repeat verbatim what any wacko says (not …

    Letters 6 Jan 2001, 17:31

  • We can't write for toffee

    Reg goes down the pan

    Journalistic standards are declining down here at Vulture Central. According to James MM Rolevink at least: I peruse your web site most every day, as I am wont to do, but do you? Many times I just grimace and bear it, but publishing a string of almost incomprehensible words such as these in the guise of a news story warrants …

    Letters 6 Jan 2001, 17:47

  • Tandy canned

    Readers lament decline

    Poor old Tandy has disappeared from our high streets forever, as Kieren McCarthy reported in Tandy is dead, long live Tandy. This caused some - but not much - unhappiness among our readers, Paul Reeves included: It is a shame that Tandy is on its way out, but it has been replaced by a far better chain of stores. (No, I'm not …

    Letters 6 Jan 2001, 17:47

  • Harry Potter: Cybersquatter

    This one will run and run

    Warner Brothers bullies girl over Harry Potter site Reg to fight for Harry Potter 'cybersquatter' Warner Bros backs down on Harry Potter Web site Warner Bros/Harry Potter dispute kicks off again Warner Brothers bullying ruins Field family Xmas There was plenty of mileage in the old Harry Potter cybersquatter story, as the …

    Letters 6 Jan 2001, 17:47

  • Readers' Letters We have little peckers

    And we live on a third world island

    Our readers' fertile minds have clearly benefitted from a couple of weeks of turkey and stuffing. We have a fine selection of letters to celebrate the new millennium. First up is an anonymous and well-reasoned assault on the Reg: You guys wouldn't know how to report unbiased news if your little 3rd world Island depended on it …

    Letters 6 Jan 2001, 17:48

  • Cold wind blows through Games Web sites

    Ad networks cry tough

    Life is tough nowadays for gaming web sites, and the signs are that it's only going to get tougher, Andrew Smith writes. When CNET announced last week that it was to pull the plug on its Gamecenter Alliance, owners of gaming sites sat up and paid attention. The one network that was expected to survive beyond all others will, at …

    Media 6 Jan 2001, 20:19