26th July 2001 Archive

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Channel

• GUS online sales grow threefold Not including Jungle.com business
• Infineon ponders makes 5000 job cuts Updated DRAM division safe, apparently
• Italian Appeal Court rejects Rambus' request for Micron plant shutdown SDRAM production to continue
• nForce to generate 10% of Nvidia's 2002 sales Won't be doing much for 2001's numbers, though
• Self-proclaimed hero of the people takes on Dixons 'I'm not a cybersquatter,' he says
• TSMC profits plunge 98% Sales down 17%
• US boffin enables high speed, non-volatile CPUs Easy-to-apply 'high dieletric constant' material found
• VIA to take C3 into Tualatin territory Pin-compatible version coming

Comms: Networks

• NTL raises profit predictions for next 2 years Broadband customers grew 74% last quarter
• Oftel to become independent and impartial! That's what it says

Hardware: Data Networking

• Merde! Alcatel posts massive loss 20,000 workers face la guillotine

Management

• 7200RPM are the platters that matter for Western Digital Losses, sales are down
• BT profits slump 71 per cent Monster telco hits the trough
• Compaq gets clobbered Q2 profits down 81%
• France Telecom posts rum revenues Up 33 per cent, shares up 3.2 per cent
• Hewlett-Packard to can an extra 6000 jobs 80,000 staffers have agreed to unpaid leave
• Sony chops yearly profit forecast Electronics bad, PS2 sales ramping up

Management: Games Industry

• PS2 Linux Kit heading for the US? Express yourself

Management: e-Business

• Cisco cajoles small biz into using the Internet Buy networking kit to make yourself rich plea

Music and Media

• More great search engines you should check out Who are AltaVista, Ask Jeeves and Excite again?
• Topless tart gets fiesty over Net download record Worried about Nora Batty no doubt

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Blowjob-assisted hack defies logic RSA hack scene in Swordfish sticks in our throat
• The Reg guide to hackers in film Bond, blow jobs and billion-dollar computer conspiracies

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Reg cancer busters and alien trackers going strong Here's an update

Personal

• Hitachi to ditch CRT monitors Updated Everyone wants flats
• Novatel punts out wireless CDPD Palm modem US packet data price war looms
• Pioneer DVR-A03 Review DVD-RW drive

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple cuts old Power Mac G4 prices But not enough, say resellers

Security

• Gibson/Greene debate ‘good parts’ t'script Reg reader chucks out the dry bits