5th October 2001 Archive

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Comms: Networks

• Energis exits local loop debacle Blames BT
• Irish punters call for Net boycott Just for one day

Hardware: Data Networking

• Zero-Knowledge bags anonymity service So long and thanks for all the quips

Management

• Atlantic Telecom shares suspended Uh oh...
• Dell keeps the faith Clings onto profits
• Gateway US sales fall September 11 blamed
• Price war exacts AMD toll Sales down. Losses up
• Sun Micro Cuts 3,800 Jobs Historic layoffs

Management: e-Business

• Beenz.com sold in multi-million dollar deal Bless

Music and Media

• Digital right lobbyists picket UK record stores Saturday swap shop
• Government cock-up over online PIN numbers Code for access to tax returns sent to wrong address
• MSN UK offers flat-fee service We can't work this one out
• NatWest replies to browser banking debacle Old versions of Netscape are OK

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Did Captain Cyborg implant a dog tracking chip? Photographic evidence

Odds and Sods: Site News

• http:// theregister… For wwwisk averse readers

Personal

• Compaq recalls fiery laptop adapters All 1.4m of them
• Uninterruptible power to the PC Radical new research

Software

• Finnish city plans switch from Windows to Linux Cites cost of new licensing regime...
• Microsoft plans Java counterpunch for .NET How many Beans make five?
• Palm, Symbian postpone developer shows Fear of Flying
• WinXP activation harmless, cuddly, says MS chief. Again. Tell the call centre the dog ate your Dell and they'll believe you. No, really...