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  • Transmeta does the Boardroom Shuffle

    Ditzel steps down as CEO

    Dave Ditzel, Transmeta co-founder, is resigning as CEO of the fabless CPU firm. He's staying on at the company as vice chairman and CTO, in which capacity he will "increase (his) focus on our future product strategy and technology development". His replacement is Mark Allen, currently Transmeta's president and chief operating …

    Business 2 Mar 2001, 07:52

  • ATI blames PC industry woes for profit collapse

    Cash balance 'strong'

    ATI, graphics card OEM to the World+Dog, has revised its Q2 sales and profits estimates sharply downwards. The company says that it will post sales of $230m - below guidance estimates published on January 11. The shortfall is blamed on "weaker personal computer sales worldwide". It also expects to post a loss of between 10 and …

    Business 2 Mar 2001, 08:24

  • IDF Roundup – P2P, Serial ATA and fast boots

    Satan Clara over and out

    Serial ATA swapshop Prototype Serial ATA PCs were on show, demonstrating hot pluggable hard disks. But only for Linux users. The Windows drivers doesn't have the functionality at the moment. Right now the Linux demo makes the physical connection, creates a mount point, mounts the file system, and drops a new icon onto the …

    Business 2 Mar 2001, 10:01

  • Compaq AlphaServer wins TPC Bragging Rights

    ES40 6/833 bangs more per buck

    The initial benchmark results materialised on the www.spec.org Web site in June 2000, then mysteriously disappeared shortly after Labor Day only to make a second coming two months later. On February 12, Compaq finally announced the AlphaServer ES40 6/833 quadprocessor server. Powered by what the firm called the industry's most …

    Business 2 Mar 2001, 10:22

  • Hot McKinley pics

    Would you like them in a plain brown wrapper

    Prepare to have your glasses steamed up. The Japanese site PC Watch has posted a pic of Intel's McKinley. At the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose this week CEO Craig Barrett showed McKinley live for the first time, running on prototype 64bit Whistler, Linux IA-64 and HP-UX. The company gave the clearest signal yet that …

    Channel 2 Mar 2001, 10:59

  • NVIDIA boxes clever with Intel and AMD

    Optimise this. And that

    NVIDIA yesterday pumped out two press releases to highlight the steps it's taken to optimise driver set for the Pentium 4 and Athlon processors. Generally speaking, GPU driver sets are geared toward a united goal, to improve the performance of each feature on a graphics card under a certain operating system, such as Windows Me …

    Channel 2 Mar 2001, 11:28

  • Oracle hurt by IT spending cuts

    Drops profit forecasts

    Oracle has cut its profit forecasts for the first time in three years. The company has blamed cuts in corporate IT spending with senior management not signing off software purchases agreed by their juniors. The slowing US economy was the root of all this, but the company said sales in Europe and Asia Pacific remained strong " …

    Business 2 Mar 2001, 11:39

  • When the hell is ‘press time’

    Reg hack ticked off over clocking off

    We are obliged to Cody J. Reeder for pointing out a sloppy bit of journalism by Tim Richardson in his recent piece Cube8 fledgling dies: Look, I tend to be pretty laid back, and I realize that you all are under a lot of pressure to produce, and I can forgive the occasional typo, and so on. However, I just cannot take it …

    Letters 2 Mar 2001, 11:43

  • Canada – we love you

    Reg gets all syrupy over maple leaf

    Regular Reg readers will be aware of our commitment to the dissemination of international peace and love through the ethical application of information technology. They also know that, being British, we will occasionally lay down our love standard and take up the sword of sarcasm. Especially if it involves having a go at the …

    Letters 2 Mar 2001, 11:44

  • Flame of the Week: BarrysWorld fan in hormonal rage

    Kids of today, they've got no respect...

    Barrysworld goes titsup.com Electronics Boutique eyes BarrysWorld BarrysWorld saved by EB This week's flame is a cautionary tale. It's an insight into what happens when young people spend too long in a darkened room in front of a monitor surrounded by Lara Croft and Seven of Nine posters, soiled tissues and discarded pizza …

    Letters 2 Mar 2001, 12:05

  • Register purists get the blues

    All our base are belong to Intel

    It's evident that some of our regulars don't much like our new Broadband and e-business sections. Why? We've sold out, that's why. Regular contributor Johnny Honk had this to say: WTF? Normally I see you biting the hand that feeds IT, today I see you kissing the arse! It now seems that "All YOUR base are belong to Intel" …

    Letters 2 Mar 2001, 12:08

  • LibertySurf UK MD steps down

    The curse of Tiscali continues

    Paul Shalet has stepped down as LibertySurf UK MD. His departure is effective immediately and at this stage it's not known if he'll be replaced. El Reg understands that a number of other senior people at LibertySurf UK - including Jonathan Smyth, its Business Development Director - have also departed in recent weeks, …

    Media 2 Mar 2001, 12:18

  • IBM software bill frustrates Holocaust payout

    Big Blue in more Nazi-era controversy

    IBM, which only two weeks ago was accused of providing technology that facilitated the final solution, now stands charged with delaying insurance payments to Holocaust survivors by demanding $1 million in software costs. The wrangle concerns database software used by the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance …

    Business 2 Mar 2001, 12:22

  • Fury at ICANN/ VeriSign over .org domains

    Existing holders may have to hand 'em over

    Furious .org domain name holders have swamped a public forum set up by ICANN yesterday, angry at proposals that will force them to hand back their domains unless they register as non-profit organisations. The proposals come in a suggested new deal with ICANN from domain monopolist VeriSign. In our story yesterday, we expressed …

    Media 2 Mar 2001, 13:05

  • Fujitsu cuts profit targets for the year

    PC sales slump blamed again

    Fujitsu has joined its IT rivals and cut profit targets for the year, citing the slowdown in the US economy and falling growth in PC sales. The Japanese chip giant reduced its net income forecast by around 78 per cent to ten billion yen ($85 million) for the year ending March 31 2001. Sales are now expected to hit 5.53 …

    Business 2 Mar 2001, 13:08

  • Eleven o'clock indeed!

    Yank incredulity at UK licencing laws

    Lastorders.com downs pint and leaves pub Poor old CrazyCurt (the self-proclaimed 'King of Curtopia') is having a bit of trouble swallowing our pub licencing laws. He's right, of course, but it pains us to be reminded of this outrage: Re: "For our American readers, "Last orders" is what barmen call over this side of the …

    Letters 2 Mar 2001, 13:11

  • MPs concerned about British broadband

    Well, who isn't?

    An influential group of MPs is expected to voice its concerns about the future of broadband in Britain when it publishes its report on the Communications White Paper. El Reg has learnt that MPs will highlight problems with the roll-out of broadband, it's apparent lack of availability across the country, the high price of the …

    Broadband 2 Mar 2001, 13:15

  • Australia goes stark raving mad over Net censorship

    And you thought RIP was bad

    The South Australia Parliament is pushing an Internet censorship bill that will make it an offence for anyone to post any information deemed offensive to children anywhere on the Internet. And it's the police that get to decide what is and isn't offensive. In what is clearly politicians gone barking mad, fines of up to $10,000 …

    Media 2 Mar 2001, 13:26

  • Dell adsell hell

    Bloke blows gasket

    Dell ships Precision boxes with 3DLabs card Apparently now all our base are belong to Dell, as well as Intel, Blueyonder, etc., etc. Honestly, there's no pleasing some people, especially Maarten Bodewes: I am seriously getting enough of you posting Dell commercials on your website. Anybody can buy this fucking card in the …

    Business 2 Mar 2001, 13:28

  • SEC in Internet fraud crackdown

    Investors' money used for lap dancing, gambling and flash cars

    The founder of an "online eyeware" company used money from investors to finance trips to casinos and topless bars, according to a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Chidwhite Enterprises, founded by Jerry Chidster, is one of 23 companies and individuals charged by the SEC of using the Internet to …

    e-Business 2 Mar 2001, 14:53

  • Network Associates settles shareholder lawsuit

    $30m payment to stock holders hit by accounting changes

    Network Associates has settled a lawsuit with shareholders who alleged that the security giant pushed up its share price by not accounting for acquisitions properly. According to Associated Press, the settlement means that 80,000 to 100,000 shareholders who felt they were financially hurt by the practice will receive a …

    Business 2 Mar 2001, 15:09

  • Daily Mail apologies for nicking Reg content

    All a big misunderstanding apparently

    Well, following the rip-off of one of our stories by the Keeper of Middle England's Morals, the Daily Mail, we've received a letter from the paper's managing editor Robin Esser apologising and offering to send us a cheque for £250. The story - regarding the Labour party's Internet dirty tricks campaign in Wales - was written on …

    Bootnotes 2 Mar 2001, 15:38

  • Oftel crows about LLU progress

    Want ADSL? Go to Cyprus

    Oftel has published an update on local loop unbundling (LLU) providing a snapshot of the strides made over the last month or so. The overview claims that BT has handed over the four trial sites to the operators (Battersea, Belfast, Leeds and Edinburgh)...says that 700 out of the 741 exchanges identified so far have been …

    Broadband 2 Mar 2001, 15:40

  • Uh hu hu – I'm all shook up

    I love the smell of brick dust in the morning

    Gates: the earth moved for me It's been a while since the earth moved for dear old Kieren McCarthy, bless 'im. Tim Gerchmez reckons he should try it out: Your story was cute, but as a person living in WA. State who experienced the quake firsthand, it doesn't seem quite so funny. I don't know if you've ever been through an …

    Letters 2 Mar 2001, 15:46

  • Readers' Letters Canadians very, very upset

    That's right - both of them

    Proud Canadian slams Reg We knew we were asking for trouble with our recent poke at the Canadians. The thing is, we knew we were going to cop some grief, but we just couldn't stop ourselves. You know how it is. Unsurprisingly, the Vulture Central mailbag is bulging with correspondence on this subject. This item tickled our …

    Letters 2 Mar 2001, 15:48

  • Bull flogs Irish reseller to management

    Channel flannel

    Bull has sold its Irish reseller subsidiary, Cara, to a management team backed by Hibernia Capital Partners. Once upon a time, Cara was Ireland's biggest corporate reseller. Then it got bought by Bull, and now it's and "IT solutions company which, in the Irish market specialises in securely transforming an organisation’s IT …

    Business 2 Mar 2001, 16:33

  • Porno blonde wins tribunal

    MD made very inappropriate use of email

    Female computer consultant Tao Ball has won her two tribunal claims against former boss Marc Garcia. She took Marc and his IT consultancy Kelros to the tribunal for unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination and won both unanimously. Mr Garcia claimed Tao had resigned and denied any discrimination but was faced with several …

    Business 2 Mar 2001, 16:47

  • Intergraph weighs up how much it wants for each Pentium sold

    And considers dragging AMD into patent dispute

    Intergraph is to drag Intel to court again next week, just a few days after its patent infringement win over the chip giant. On Monday, March 5, it will make its arguments to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuits in Washington regarding its antitrust case against Intel. Intergraph alleges Intel used its monopoly …

    Channel 2 Mar 2001, 17:11

  • Crackers lift space command and control source code

    GPS in peril?

    Computer crackers have obtained access to computer systems codes used in America's space program. According to a report by Reuters, investigators who raided the office of an information technology firm in Sweden last month found the source code for a sensitive program called OS/Comet, which was developed by US firm Exigent …

    Security 2 Mar 2001, 17:25

  • Official: Microsoft is the Net's biggest bugger

    It leads in using privacy-stealing Web bugs

    Microsoft is the biggest bugger in the IT industry. Or to be more precise, its small business portal linkexchange.com (now called bCentral)is the biggest user of Web bugs, according to a survey by Securityspace.com, and available here. Web bugs, objects such as frames or images, are embedded on a Web site and cause part of the …

    Security 2 Mar 2001, 17:57

  • World chipmaking equipment sales double

    Almost $50 billion in revenue

    Worldwide sales of chip making equipment grew 90 per cent last year, according to a report by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). The total revenue, taken from 21 chip product categories and six regions, was $48.4 billion, compared to $25.5 billion in 1999. North America still made the most …

    Channel 2 Mar 2001, 18:11

  • Incubator Cube8 battens down hatches

    No more new investments for six to twelve months

    Incubation company Cube8.com announced an operating loss of £4.9 million on revenue of £1.6 million in 2000 in its annual results today. Over the course of last year, it invested in 16 companies, two of which have been sucked into the dotcom downturn (Web Street and TaoTalk), taking £1.3 million of Cube8's money with it. The …

    e-Business 2 Mar 2001, 18:25

  • Privacy rights assaulted on Capitol Hill

    The Constitution is no help

    A number of academicians argued that consumer expectations of on-line privacy are unrealistic, speaking before the 107th Congress Thursday during hearings by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Indeed, the good professors were so pessimistic about privacy …

    Media 2 Mar 2001, 19:38

  • Napster to filter its network starting this weekend

    Last-ditch effort to forestall closure

    Napster will implement a content filtering system this weekend which will prevent users from trading pirated music through its Web site, company lawyer David Boies told federal District Judge Marilyn Patel in San Francisco Friday, in a last-ditch effort to keep the company in operation until it can face charges of copyright …

    Media 2 Mar 2001, 22:10