7th January 2001 Archive

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Intel P4 bandwagon starts to roll

PC World punts the range

Big UK superstore PC World today backed Intel's megapush to make the Pentium 4 this year's processor of choice with a series of large advertisements in the national press promoting the platform. As well as selling the 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz Pentium 4s, launched last November, PC World is also pushing the 1.3GHz version of the chip, …

Channel 7 Jan 2001, 11:33
AMD ups ante with 850MHz Duron

No truce in bloody chip wars

In the endless game of tit-for-tat between AMD and Intel, the former company will intro a Duron tomorrow at 850MHz, which is set to again lower prices on entry level machines. The Duron will cost $149, according to Tech Web today, although it is listed on Pricewatch at $107, according to other sources. Whatever, that will mean …

Channel 7 Jan 2001, 19:14
Microsoft hacker fired

Dimitri sacked after court case

The hacker who made Microsoft look foolish in November by breaking into its servers through a known security hole has been fired by his company Getronics. He was fired yesterday after a court case. Getronics terminated Dimitri Van de Glessen's one-year contract but there is no Netherlands law that allows a company to fire …

Music and Media 7 Jan 2001, 23:56
The Internet Villain Awards

Shortlist of three

The former head of AltaVista UK - the ISP that never was - has been honoured by his peers. Andy Mitchell, who now heads search engine Webtop, has been shortlisted for Britain's self-styled "Internet Oscars" alongside David Edmonds, head of telecoms regulator Oftel, and Home Secretary Jack Straw. All three are running for the …

Music and Media 7 Jan 2001, 23:56