9th March 2001 Archive

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Channel

• DRAM drama: cheaper than beer Prices at 'rock bottom'?
• Intel deems SiS worthy of P4 chipset licence Chipset developer joins Acer, ATI
• Intel puts dicks in legal vice Ouch! Great Satan won't stop squeezing
• VIA to get 0.13 micron Cyrix III out ahead of Intel Tualatin TSMC wins fab contract

Comms: Networks

• AOL UK and BT slug it out on telly Broadband row goes public

Management

• Captain Cyborg: I'm embarrassed to speak Not as embarrassed as we are to hear you, Kev
• Cisco to reduce headcount Updated: Between 5,500 and 8,000 jobs to go
• Handspring Edge to launch Monday Supports 'Springboard 2.0' - or the end of the add-in format?
• HP hacks rack and stack server prices In Europe
• IR35 High Court date set Should prove interesting
• Memory Plus MBO £800,000 cash
• Software download sites vulnerable to fraudsters Buyonet claims
• Time rolls out a £379 PC inc VAT Ex-demo though
• WorldCom to axe 1000 European jobs Sigh...

Music and Media

• AOL dodges child porn lawsuit Accused of being a 'home shopping network for paedophiles'
• Biometric spy CEO claims privacy enhanced Hahahahaha......
• Brightmail shifts spam/e-mail virus battle to ISPs No new free accounts, but you can lobby for it
• BT becomes ninth UK ICANN-accredited registrar Behind the times? It doesn't know who ICANN is
• Cyber Patrol unblocks The Register Thanks to you
• Cyberpunk webcam Net lit Short Story 'Icy You...Juicy Me' by Pat Cadigan
• Icy You…Juicy Me – page 2 by Pat Cadigan
• Icy You…Juicy Me – page 3 by Pat Cadigan
• Icy You…Juicy Me – page 4 by Pat Cadigan

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Acer turns green at the gills More corporate makeover malarkey
• Calling letsbuydope.com Clean and sober former marijuana smuggler seeks honest employment
• Lovely Lucy leaves The Reg Couldn't keep her hands off the boffins
• Peace breaks out among BT and rival operators All in the name of Comic Relief

Odds and Sods: Letters

• FOTW Flames part I and II A classic double-header of brain-boiling insanity
• Readers' Letters Praise the Lord! But not the gaming arm of his operation
• AMD and Intel – who said what? Magee mans customer service desk
• Catechumen thrown to lions Readers thumbs down for Christian game
• MS eBay auction hypocrisy? Guilty until proven innocent
• Orlowski ‘deserves Pulitzer prize’ Reg hack elevated to pantheon of journo deities
• Putin not bombed on magic mushrooms Reg ignorance of Russian culture exposed
• The Cyber Patrol saga: you have your say Readers do us proud
• Visually challenged throw down gauntlet Speccy geek offers McCarthy outside

Personal: Hardware Roundup

• AMD Athlon 1.33/1.3GHzs arrive HWRoundup And other hard nibbles from the Wibbly Web

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple event to sell MacOS X midnight 23/24 March It's party time
• Apple patents desktop themes Watch out, Whistler...

Security

• Different approach to intrusion detection touted No need to update attack signatures?
• EU denies rumours NSA has broken its encryption system The spy who didn't give up the codes
• IBM e-commerce platforms vulnerable to password cracker Danish hackers teach Big Blue to SUQ.DIQ
• Russian Mafia uses NT flaws to raid Internet banks FBI investigation reveals 40 firms hit, 1m credit cards stolen

Software

• More WinXP code leaks onto Web, with pix Chipset dummies said to have left it lying around on server...
• MS co-opts Stardock for WinXP skins Button it