INTEL RACING
PAST AMD?
Intel may catch up to and speed past AMD on Monday
by announcing both the 750 MHz
and 800 MHz Pentium III chips. Sources close to the chip giant
say Intel will accelerate the roll-out of the high-end Pentium III.
If they do make that announcement, Intel's 750 MHz PIII is expected
to be available by the end of the year. No date yet for the 800 MHz
PIII. Intel's move would give consumers access to faster computers
sooner, and should further reduce the price of existing chips.
Already Intel dropped prices on its high-end Pentium III chips 2% to
7%. Click
for more. This follows what we've told you before: Intel will
only drop prices when forced to. Click
for more.
ETOYS RAISES DOMAIN QUANDARY
A protest group called
RTMark is enlisting the help of hackers to "destroy" online toy
seller eToys. RTMark (Art-mark) wants to cripple eToys in response
to a recent trademark-infringement suit filed against a European
conceptual artist group called "etoy." In dispute is the artists'
registration of the domain name "etoy." A Los Angeles judge issued a
preliminary injunction ordering the group to stop using the domain
name or face fines up to $10,000 per day. RTMark is upset because
"etoy" registered its domain name in October 1995 -- two years
before eToys registered its domain name in the U.S. They regard the
eToys maneuver as corporate bullying. Jesse's take: This is a
real quandary. Should domain name registering be first come, first
served? Whatever the finding, it was stupid for etoys to be so
heavy-handed, and equally stupid for protesters to be even more
heavy handed. Click
for more. Who do you think has the right to the "etoy" domain
name? Hit the TalkBack button below and I'll post your responses.
PALM TIGHTENS GRIP ON HANDHELD MARKET
Palm Inc., maker
of the wildly popular Palm Pilot handheld computer, filed to go
public yesterday. AOL, Motorola and Nokia will all make minority
investments in Palm, further cementing its lead in the wireless
handheld market. And leaving WinCE further behind. Click
for more.
YAHOO BLUELIGHTS FREE ISP
The Wall Street
Journal reports Internet portal Yahoo is teaming with retail
giant Kmart to deliver co-branded Internet access. The free service
will be available to users of Kmart's ecommerce site Bluelight.com.
The deal gives Yahoo the benefits of a full-online service, without
having to run and maintain it. And it follows a recent trend of
online/offline partnerships including MSN and Radio Shack, and AOL
and Wal-Mart. Jesse's take: This move could take us further
down the road to useful free Internet access. Click
for more.
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