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Blog Thursday 9/8/2001 Amid thunderstorms, torrential rain and lightning, Gateway announces that it will probably close its Irish and British subsidiaries. For the watchers of signs and the scryers of...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Here's my roundup of this weeks news...
Priceline Asia to launch by year end
News Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan are tipped as the most probable sites for the 'name your own price' services due to launch this year in Asia
Intel threatens new round of chipset lawsuits
News Via Technologies, the No. 2 chipset maker, appears to be headed for another legal confrontation with Intel
UK music-swapping service bites at Napster's heels
News Wippit, the UK's legal alternative to Napster, insists it is all set to launch by this autumn
Storm brewing over new domain names
News The World Intellectual Property Organisation is preparing itself for a possible flood of complaints over the new .biz and .info domain names
Handheld chiefs look to new markets for growth
News Growth in Europe and other markets may be key to the future of handhelds, say industry chiefs
Intel keeps the heat on Itanium
News As OEMs demand server processors that produce less heat, Intel says that a low-power Itanium chip is still years away
Microsoft needs a change in attitude
Comment Microsoft is growing more desperate by the minute.
Courts' IT systems in the dock
News Magistrates' staff will for the next 18 months have to use two PCs where one would do, relying on 10-year-old models to access the casework system
Goldman analysts to disclose holdings
News To avoid conflicts of interest, Goldman Sachs makes moves to ensure analysts disclose relevant stock ownership
HP takeover bolsters its OpenView tool
News Hewlett-Packard is to buy Trinagy, whose network software will become part of HP's OpenView management software
Gateway plans a new direction
News Being the biggest is not necessarily the key to success, says Gateway's founder after announcments of potential factory closures
Privacy watchdogs mull Engage's future
News Owner of the world's 'most valuable' database of consumer profiles may be selling off its media business
US to build supercomputer grid
News Linux and Intel's McKinley processor will power four new supercomputer clusters, with IBM reaping millions in revenues
PC sales outlook grows gloomier
News Market research company IDC takes a more pessimistic view of PC market growth after seeing worse-than-expected figures for second-quarter shipments. IDC's forecast? No turnaround until 2003
New Passport privacy tied to IE 6
News Microsoft's Passport authentication service will include P3P privacy features that will work only if consumers have installed Internet Explorer 6.0 - shutting out people who use rival browsers, for...
The overworked workplace hits home
News More people are wearing feelings of being overworked like a red badge. Call it technology's double-edged sword
Five years ago: Iiyama cuts 21-inch monitors to sub-£1K
News Prices for 21-inch monitors are crashing through to three figures.
