31st July 2001 Archive

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• Red Hat pitches open source mobile phone OS

  Not Linux for 3G

  Red Hat is to pitch an open source operating system at smartphones manufacturers - but it won't be Linux. In partnership with 3G Lab, it'll tweak the embedded Cygnus OS (eCos) for use in 3G devices under the name eCos/M3. Red Hat acquired Cygnus, the veteran software libre tools specialist, eighteen months ago. The Cambridge, …

  Software 31 Jul 2001, 10:24

• Tiny suffers bitch site

  Sign of the times

  Tiny Computers has managed to bag itself the latest fashion accessory for the 21st Century - a gang of cyber-protestors. The unhappy ex-customers collect on Web pages that outline the story of "Mr Watkinson", who bought a Pentium 166 system from Tiny in 1996. He has since been desperate to get his gripes with the high street …

  Channel 31 Jul 2001, 10:35

• Security fears are barrier for P2P networking take-off

  Firewall flummox on the Net

  Peer to peer networking is entering the corporate mainstream but users will need convincing that security concerns can be addressed. That's one of the main conclusions of a study by industry analysts Frost & Sullivan, US Enterprise Peer-to-Peer Networking Markets, which estimated that 61,400 enterprise users have access to peer …

  Data Networking 31 Jul 2001, 10:54

• ICL expense fiddler gets 14 months

  Programmer made 330 fake claims

  An ICL programmer has been jailed for 14 months for fiddling his expenses. Christian Ignat claimed £65,000 over two years. He said he had made 330 fake expense claims. Ignat, aged 32, from Mitcham in Surrey, appeared in Reading Crown Court facing 30 charges relating to 10 false expense claims. He asked for a further 320 claims …

  Business 31 Jul 2001, 10:56

• Tualatin cored 1.2GHz PIII gets scoped

  HWRoundup Late and overpriced

  Intel has punted out the 0.13 micron PIII processor, based on the Tualatin core, at 1.2GHz. And the hardware sites have had a good look. All mention the balls up that was the arrival and withdrawal of the 1.13GHz PIII more than a year ago Anandtech remarks on the tardiness of its arrival. It's too late, and it's overpriced. ." …

  Channel 31 Jul 2001, 11:41

• BTopenwoe launches broadband satellite service

  And the heavens opened...

  BTopenworld has brought forward plans to offer a two-way broadband satellite service providing coverage for more than half the population currently outside the reach of BT's copper-wire DSL service. In April BTopenworld CEO, Andy Green, told The Register that he was holding talks with a number of providers concerning the …

  Telecoms 31 Jul 2001, 11:51

• NEC to axe 600 Scottish jobs

  4,000 worldwide

  NEC is to axe 600 jobs at its Scottish chip plant due to the flaccid DRAM market. The layoffs, due to take effect by the end of the year, affect around 40 per cent of NEC's workforce at the facility in West Lothian. NEC also plans to chop monthly production capacity at the plant in half - to 15,000 eight-inch wafers per month …

  Business 31 Jul 2001, 11:57

• Adobe DMCA protests spread to UK

  Why is Dmitry still in jail?

  Protests against the arrest of jailed Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov have spread oversees. The US Embassy lobby in London will be the focus of a demonstration this coming Friday August 3. As Stanford's Lawrence Lessig pointed out in yesterday's New York Times, Sklyarov broke no copyright laws, nor did he steal any ' …

  Music and Media 31 Jul 2001, 12:51

• Who's doing what with enhanced Intel PIIIs

  The usual suspects

  The usual suspects have announced they're building notebooks containing Intel's enhanced mobile PIIIs which arrived yesterday. The roll of honour Intel is giving out features Acer, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, NEC, Sony, and Toshiba. Here's what's been announced so far: IBM has kicked in with the …

  Personal 31 Jul 2001, 13:29

• JVC GR-DVP3E

  Review Camcorder

  Small may well be beautiful, but in DV (digital video) camera circles it also tends to mean a trade-off in quality. This preconception may be challenged with the release of JVC's new pocket-sized GR-DVP3E, a tiny yet powerful mini-DV model that has made remarkably few compromises to maintain its Lilliputian dimensions. The …

  Personal 31 Jul 2001, 13:48

• Maxtor brings out 133MBps hard drive interface

  Hello Ultra ATA/133

  Maxtor has announced the release of the Ultra ATA/133 - the next generation of its hard drive interface. Maxtor is calling the technology Fast Drives and says it boosts data transfer rates between the computer and the hard drive up to 133MBps - one-third faster than its Ultra ATA/100 technology. Ultra ATA/133 is backward …

  Personal 31 Jul 2001, 14:27

• UMC to sell off chip kit after Q2 loss

  And decides to sue journalists

  United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) has posted net losses of NT$1.9 billion ($46.1 million) for Q2 and warned of choppier waters ahead. Losses at the Taiwanese chipmaker compared to a NT$12.1 billion profit for the same period in 2000. Sales dropped 39 per cent to NT$15 billion. UMC also said it would sell chip-making equipment …

  Channel 31 Jul 2001, 15:03

• Freeserve threatens to move operation to Algeria

  AOL UK VAT exemption gets the goat

  Freeserve is prepared to move its Internet operation to North Africa unless a tax loophole that saves AOL UK £30 million a year is closed. The boss of Britain's biggest ISP told The Register that he is due to meet with Customs and Excise officials next week to discuss VAT eligibility. And unless John Pluthero is convinced that …

  e-Business 31 Jul 2001, 15:10

• Crucial calcs system builder memory needs

  Optimise this

  Crucial.com, Micron's online retail subsidiary, has launched an online memory calculator for system builders. This is designed to help PC makers work out how much memory their systems need to optimise performance. Crucial bases its recommendations upon the results of tests carried out in its performance labs on 120+ system …

  Channel 31 Jul 2001, 15:41

• Microsoft attaches strings to XP desktop real estate giveaway

  MSN not negotiable

  Microsoft has backtracked on its concessions to free OEMs of restrictions, reopening one of the sores exposed in the AntiTrust case. The Appeals Court upheld the prosecution's case that Microsoft had acted anti-competitively in restricting ISPs choice of browser. This time, Microsoft has reimposed conditions on OEMs who want …

  Software 31 Jul 2001, 16:54

• RSA takes a long-term risk on safety

  Updated Security firm buys authorisation vendor for $136.5m cash

  RSA Security, which is best known for its key-token products, has announced a deal to acquire authorisation vendor, Securant Technologies. The $136.5 million cash purchase by RSA comes at a time when Securant's main competitors, many of which specialise in providing public key infrastructure (PKI) products and services, are …

  Security 31 Jul 2001, 16:58

• World's first Bavarian cyber beer garden opens

  Compaq gets trolleyed

  The Germans have come up with what they claim is the world's first Bavarian cyber beer garden. Starting today, regulars of the Waldwirtschaft Grosshesselohe pub in Munich will be able to log on for free while downing their pints in the open air. Two Internet-connected Compaq Armada E500 notebooks will be fixed to a trolley, …

  Music and Media 31 Jul 2001, 17:01

• Tiny culls US stores

  Number unconfirmed, but some survive

  Tiny Computer US closed a large number of showrooms this weekend, effectively reducing the business to a mail order operation. Although the company still lists 36 stores on its website in Washington, Oregon and California states, a number of these, including Alderwood in Washington, have already closed in recent weeks. Tiny …

  Channel 31 Jul 2001, 20:15

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