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  • MS to blow imaginary $1bn on hyping WinXP to stardom

    Sane voices to be drowned in four month carpet bombing

    Whenever Redmond marketing says "$1 billion" you just know it's not going to be true. And this week's bid by Microsoft president and COO (didn't he do well?) Rick Belluzzo to kick-start the WinXP feeding frenzy is no exception. Speaking at a Microsoft partner marketing day in Las Vegas yesterday Belluzzo shared (it says here) " …

    Software 27 Jun 2001, 08:32

  • Alldas defaced!

    Occupational Hazard

    Alldas.de, the defacement archive, was... defaced yesterday. "Around 15:44 the database for the News section had a new topic, simply stating that "Alldas.de got cracked". After ~1 min. the database was cleaned and nothing else on the page was affected. How could this have happened?," The site said on its news page. Alldas …

    Music and Media 27 Jun 2001, 08:48

  • Palm looks to profitability as Q4 losses, sales beat expectations

    Still has a lot of unsold kit to shift, though

    Palm reckons it will be back in the black by the end of the year but having just announced an operating loss of $153.6 million, it may have a tough time achieving its goal. For the three months to 1 June - Palm's fourth quarter - the company recognised revenues of $165.3 million, just above the $140-160 million range it …

    Business 27 Jun 2001, 09:23

  • Intel plans second 300mm development fab

    D1D in Hillsboro to pilot 0.10 micron production

    Intel plans to expand its Hillsboro, Oregon facility with a new development fab, according a planning permission application the chip giant filed with local authorities late last week. The new operation, do be called D1D, is believed to be destined to host Intel's efforts to produced 0.10 micron process technology on 300mm …

    Channel 27 Jun 2001, 10:25

  • Tiscali to launch European broadband service in Autumn

    Mass market satellite service not pie in the sky

    Tiscali is to offer hi-speed Internet services in Europe via satellite from the autumn in a move that could help ease the broadband bottleneck in parts of Europe. Trials are currently underway in Italy, Germany and the UK and a full service in all three countries and France is expected to be launched within a couple of months …

    Telecoms 27 Jun 2001, 10:37

  • BT man injured as Networks Telecom stand collapses

    Shocked and concussed

    A BT staffer was hurt yesterday when a partition from the telecom giant's stand at the Networks Telecom show collapsed. Mark Heaton needed treatment for shock and minor concussion after a plastic fitting about six feet long dealt him a glancing blow to head. He was able to return to work after staff in the medical centre of …

    Bootnotes 27 Jun 2001, 10:46

  • 3Com loses $518m in Q4

    Might be profitable in Q4 next year, but it's 'risky'

    3Com recorded a net loss of $518 million for its Q4; well up on the $147 million it lost in Q4 last year. Sales dropped to $468 million from $764 million a year earlier. On an operating basis the loss was $206 million. But chief exec Bruce Claflin restated he still expects 3Com to achieve positive cash flow from operations in …

    Business 27 Jun 2001, 10:50

  • Scoot.com shares halve as it runs out of cash

    CEO gone, CFO going

    Shares in Scoot.com - the UK online directory - have halved this morning following an announcement that the company is almost out of money (it won't last the next 12 months). As part of a "strategic review", Scoot will cut 285 jobs, stop any expansion, "change" the way it charges customers ie. charge more, and sacked its CEO …

    e-Business 27 Jun 2001, 11:13

  • Easy now: Stelios calls to explain his company's behaviour

    Billionaire is master of his domain

    We obviously struck a nerve on Tuesday when we reported Easy Group has made an out-of-court settlement with the owner of Easycar.com and Easyprotest.com. We drew attention to the previous cases Easy Group has initiated involving domain names beginning with "easy" and suggested it was a Napoleonic crusade. Yesterday the group's …

    Music and Media 27 Jun 2001, 11:43

  • Reg sinks claws into OS X paperbacks

    Learning to live with Mac OS X What's worth reading - and what isn't

    Browsing through my favourite bookstore t'other day, I noticed that the once empty Macintosh section was now filled with shiny new titles offering to help anyone and everyone make the most of Mac OS X. Now that IT companies have pretty much abandoned the good old-fashioned manual, the gap has been filled by IT publishers keen …

    Mac Channel 27 Jun 2001, 12:21

  • Easynet in broadband marriage with Ipsaris

    Love at first site

    Easynet has increased its standing as a European broadband player following the agreed merger with Marconi's high capacity optical network business, Ipsaris. The new operation - which will focus on providing broadband services to business users - will trade under the Easynet brand valuing the enlarged UK plc at around £475 …

    Telecoms 27 Jun 2001, 13:01

  • Oftel finally gets to grips with local loop

    Pulls finger out, wipes egg off face

    Oftel, in a face-saving exercise, has unveiled "four further measures" to promote local loop unbundling. It is a hearty but pathetic attempt to deflect criticism of the telecoms watchdog's role in opening the market up to competition. The failure to do so is a national embarrassment. Not only was Britain one of the last …

    Telecoms 27 Jun 2001, 13:14

  • LDAP flap as passwords put at risk

    MS fails to RTFM on security, again

    A flaw with the way Microsoft allows access to LDAP directories over the Internet could permit crackers to gain passwords and hack into database servers. The vulnerable function is only available if a server has been configured to support LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) over SSL sessions, which security experts …

    Security 27 Jun 2001, 13:26

  • Alcatel ditches its fabs

    Needs to save money

    Alcatel has said it will sell 108 of its 120 manufacturing plants in order to save on costs. The chairman of the French telecoms manufacturer Serge Tchuruk told the Wall Street Journal he expects the company to ditch the remaining fabs in the near future. Earlier in the day, Tchruruk had espoused the virtues of outsourcing, …

    Business 27 Jun 2001, 13:33

  • Telewest clogs connections to promote benefits of broadband

    Leaves El Reg choked

    Cable outfit Telewest has been sending a megabyte sized file puffing the merits of broadband to hacks with slow speed connections. Telewest regularly sends out releases that stress the bandwidth challenge, and El Reg has asked them in the past to stop the irksome practice of sending press releases including hi-res images of its …

    Bootnotes 27 Jun 2001, 14:44

  • Agnostics and Phantoms blamed for ecommerce failure

    More mumbo-jumbo from people with too much time on their hands

    More than $16 billion worth of online sales in Europe are generated by just 14 per cent of its population, according to a survey by Datamonitor. The third annual interactive survey, IMPACT 2001, reveals that it is businesses - not consumers - that have failed to understand the new economy. Consumers, it says, are " …

    e-Business 27 Jun 2001, 14:48

  • Intel invests in plastic memory – again

    Doubles its stake in 'Flash killer' Polymer RAM producer

    Intel has renewed its investment in Norway-based Opticom ASA's programme to develop a possible successor to Flash memory made out of... er... plastic. Intel already owns a six per cent stake in Opticom's Thin Film Electronics operation. This week it increased that stake to 13 per cent in exchange for $7.85 million. Intel is …

    Channel 27 Jun 2001, 15:04

  • Trading Standards stomp on pirates

    Seize software worth £141,220

    Trading Standards have been stomping on software pirates across the UK. The guys have seized suspect hooky software which would have a value of £141,220 if it was legit. Here's a selection of recent collar feeling action: Eleven traders are under suspicion of being software pirates following a multi-agency investigation …

    Channel 27 Jun 2001, 15:07

  • Captain Cyborg infects Ireland

    Same old crap

    Captain Cyborg, fresh from filling the Swiss' ears with garbage has popped over to the emerald isle, our spies tell us, in order to prop up his existence as a visionary and academic. The sad thing is that the Irish Times, rather than simply throw Kevin Warwick (for that is his real-world name) out of the building and put him on …

    Bootnotes 27 Jun 2001, 15:17

  • Caldera defends pay-to-play license

    We've gotta make a dime

    Caldera gave a robust defence of its decision to adopt per-system licensing for its new Workstation Linux distribution today, adding that it placed the company midway between Red Hat and Microsoft in the ideological debate about free software. "It was absolutely deliberate and on purpose," Eric Hughes, Caldera's director of …

    Software 27 Jun 2001, 16:26

  • We really do love Doubleclick because…

    Competition result Outpourings of affection win dartboards

    Our Doubleclick competition has now closed, and we are pleased to announce the lucky four readers who will soon be enjoying a dartboard courtesy of the lads and ladettes at Hotbot. But before we name our quartet of Eric Bristows, let's enjoy some of the other noteworthy entries. To recap, all you had to do was complete the …

    Bootnotes 27 Jun 2001, 16:28

  • Intel confirms July for 1.8GHz Pentium 4 launch

    1.6GHz part coming soon too

    Intel has confirmed the arrival of 1.6GHz and 1.8GHz Pentium 4 processors next month. Speaking at TechX in New York, Intel sales and marketing chief Mike Splinter said the company would introduce the parts in July. On 2 July, to be precise, sources claim. As expected, Intel has been demonstrating its 0.13 micron Mobile …

    Channel 27 Jun 2001, 16:47

  • ATI loss improves – but not enough

    Sales ditto

    ATI posted a Q3 loss of $4.2 million (two cents a share) on sales of $255.9 million today and admitted there is "more work to be done" to bring the company back to profitability. This past quarter's sales were ten per cent up on the previous quarter, suggesting business is picking up. If it is, don't necessarily expect ATI to …

    Business 27 Jun 2001, 17:12