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.
TALKBACK:
