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Archive - 22 Dec 1999

Bill is picking up penguins

Comment Anybody tells you that Bill Gates is recruiting Linux programmers in order to launch MS Linux on the new Intel Itanium chip in the year 2000, can be safely sent away with a scornful flea in their ear.

Nuggets: Big screen junkies apply here

News Why leave home when you've got a cinema in your sitting room?

Nuggets: Epson keeps those printers coming

News Out-of-box printer experienceAnother day, another printer from Epson. It just loves cranking those things out.

Nuggets: Bad typists with oddly shaped heads wanted

News Voice recognition for the headset-impaired

Nuggets: Nokia blackens its vision

News Small and dark, with a surprisingly big screen...

Mobile meltdown predicted for New Year's Eve

News Networks could buckle under pressure from widespread phone calls at midnight

British publisher sues Amazon.com

News Says online book-selling giant potentially harmed sales by listing books as out of print

Global online lotteries to hit jackpot

News Government-sponsored lotteries moving online, and possible cross-national draws, will create huge new e-gambling category

Not Y2K yet: Glitchy cash machine spews money

News Automatic teller malfunctions, gives out two twenty-pound notes whenever a customer requests single withdrawal of twenty pounds

3Com sneaks past Q2 estimates but revenue slips

News Gross margins to fall from second quarter as 3Com increases spending related to Palm Pilot division, ahead of unit's IPO

A Year Ago: NEC speakers double up as photo frames...

News First published: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 17:15:52 GMT

Broadcast.com exec buys $40m present - online

News Mark Cuban buys a Gulfstream business jet with the click of a mouse - experts say it's the largest purchase ever made on the Web

Government expert backs open source

News A British security agent's endorsement of Linux and the open-source model highlights Windows concerns