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17th February 2001 Archive

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  • HP wins UK inkjet patent suit

    France and Germany next

    Hewlett-Packard has shut down imports by Teco Europe of clone inkjet cartridges, following an out-of-court settlement. Teco Europe, part of the Taiwanese Teco group, is also to pay compensation to Hewlett-Packard to cover legal costs and past sales of the product. HP reckons that TTeco Europe "did not seek independent legal …

    Business 17 Feb 2001, 09:32

  • Intel awards ALi P4 chipset licence

    Gene pool deepens

    Intel has extended Acer Labs'(ALi)chipset licensing rights to the Pentium 4. ALi, part of the Acer Group of Taiwan, already has rights to make chipsets for Pentiums II and III, so the agreement, confirmed yesterday, is not entirely unexpected. The company joins Canadian graphics chip maker ATi as an Intel P4 chipset licencee. …

    Channel 17 Feb 2001, 09:58

  • Rambus, the paper trail and the ‘secret global DRAM takeover plan’

    Electronic News scoop

    At times, the US judicial system can be a wonderful thing, especially if you are a resourceful journalist like Steven Fyffe, of Electronic News. His newspaper went to the US District Court of San Jose to obtain the release of sealed documents lodged with the court by Rambus and Hyundai in advance of their patent infringement …

    Channel 17 Feb 2001, 10:47

  • There's no going back after CPRM, warns Schneier

    Hardware copyright control under the 'scope

    CPRM copy control poses "a serious threat to civil liberties", writes cryptography expert Bruce Schneier. In an analysis of the CPRM specs that the 4C Entity has proposed for inclusion in the ATA hard drive specification in his latest Cryptogram newsletter, Schneier warns of their social cost. He also comprehensively debunks …

    Business 17 Feb 2001, 10:52

  • Motorola threatens UK job cuts

    Swindon staff sent home

    Motorola sent 1600 workers home from its Swindon plant on Thursday. The semiconductor giant has announced plans to axe 4000 jobs worldwide and the Swindon move has prompted fears that the UK is going to suffer the major brunt of the job casualties. The Swindon staff were working the late shift when asked to leave the plant. …

    Channel 17 Feb 2001, 12:04

  • Blueyonder in disarray as thieves nick 23 servers

    Hit region should be back up by Monday

    Blueyonder customers in the south east face severe disruption to their broadband service this weekend, following the theft of 23 servers early Friday morning from parent company Telewest's network centre in Basildon. Other "important equipment" was vandalised by the robbers, Telewest said in a statement obtained by ISP Review …

    Music and Media 17 Feb 2001, 12:33