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Archive - 04 Jan 2000

The Dome: disaster or debutante

Comment What are the two biggest symbols on our entry to a new millennium? First, that Dome in Greenwich. We've read about it, wondered where all the money went, marvelled at the documentary, and shortly...

PC bugs: Is the bill coming due?

News Toshiba's recent £1.5bn settlement of a suit over a floppy-disk controller bug has the PC industry sweating. Why? Because computer products are riddled with glitches, flaws and imperfections

Nuggets: Epson keeps those printers coming

News Colourful new siblingsHaving expanded its laser printer family, Epson is also boosting its inkjet range.

Millennium virus threat isn't over yet

News Virus damage possible this week, as people return from holiday and switch on

Chips look chipper

News Kulicke & Soffa sees strong 1Q; chip sales spike

Y2K information site hit by Y2K bug

News Ironically, site says pages updated in 1900

Lloyds TSB to launch European Internet bank

News Will compete with Egg, Smile other standalone online banks

Software bug causes prison release glitch

News But it's not the millennium bug, says Italian court

Uri Geller sues Pokemon

News £60m lawsuit against Nintendo alleges that the company used his likeness without permission

Sounding off -- 21st Century style

Comment In many ways, the sound card is the classic computer component. Far more powerful than its silicon acreage might suggest, hidden from sight, used nearly every day (anyone who doesn't have the...

Y2K bug blamed for £4m banking blunder

News Y2K temporarily benefits German customer with phantom millions

Where are the Windows 2000 apps?

News Corporate computer departments are getting a bit uneasy. So far, only five applications are certified for the upcoming Windows 2000

Internet, hardware stocks lift Nasdaq to another record

News But Dow pulls back 140 points on interest rate concern

Amazon takes the festive prize

News The big surprise of the hottest selling season was the success of traditional retailers in the electronic marketplace

Free DSL no April Fools' joke

News Broadband Digital Group says it aims to roll out free broadband access to consumers on April 1 -- but question marks remain over deployment issues

Filtering spam with notes

News The important thing to remember about programming Notes to zap junk mail is to think database

A Year Ago: Day 1 - 'euro going smoothly'

News First published: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 16:12:21 GMT

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