And also today (23-Jan-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. What's in a name? Borland Software Corporation has finally and officially completed its name change back from Inprise Corporation. The Company's Nasdaq market symbol will now be "BORL" and not "INPR". ...more

The Linux year in brief

Things augured well for the adoption of the Linux operating system even before the year had begun, with Red Hat moving into profit for the first time, fuelled by strong demand from the enterprise. But while the corporate world was beginning to rally round the platform, MandrakeSoft, vendor of one of the most user-friendly distributions, filed for the French equivalent of Chapter 11-style bankruptcy protection. Even worse followed shortly, when speculation that a company called SCO had hired a high profile lawyer to look into revenue opportunities from its Unix IP turned out to be entirely true. ...more

Exclusive: Pentium 4 2GHz UPDATE

Very reliable sources confirmed to us this afternoon that Intel will be supplying 2GHz Pentium 4 processors in volume next month. Scary stuff for AMD? Possibly, but the real shocker is the news that AMD intends to introduce and distribute 1.8GHz Athlons in September too. ...more

EMI rejects Warner takeover proposal

EMI has rejected an 'inadequate' ?2 billion takeover proposal from Warner Music. The company's board said that the proposed offer is not in the best interest of EMI shareholders, given the 'prolonged regulatory uncertainty' that would ensue, not to mention 'unacceptable operational risk at a critical time'. It also believes that Warner has undervalued EMI, both in terms of the value of EMI itself and in terms of the synergies available from a combination' with Warner. ...more

American Express to reduce online fraud

American Express is set to launch a disposable credit card number scheme for shopping on the Internet. The system will allow existing cardholders to access a secure Web site and obtain a card number that can be used only once. It is hoped that this plan will alleviate customers' fears of their details being stolen through their use on the Internet. ...more