Archive for ‘2000’

Aldi: Graphics Suite 3 for 29.90 Mark

Aldi: Graphics Suite 3 for 29.90 Mark

The series of computer discounter does not stop: Starting this Thursday, 21 December is, at the Aldi South Micrografx Graphics Suite 3 is available at a price of 29.90 marks. The package will include the programs 8 Picture Publisher, Simply 3D 3, Media Manager 8 and Windows Draw 6 contain. In addition, the manufacturer 40 [...]

ICANN’s site hacked

ICANN’s site hacked

had to believe this time the ICANN site turn: Mista_DNS has taken over the site briefly, as Attrition.org documented, yet so subtly, that innocent players will hardly notice it. Only the title has Mista_DNS | ph34r be “Owned by” left. ICANN uses an Apache 1.3.6 server, on a machine running Red Hat Linux is running.

Speed-Link wins against Symicron

Speed-Link wins against Symicron

The Berlin Regional Court on 12 December in the case against Speedlink Symicron the purposes of the company decided to speed link. The company had sought a negative declaration because of his links to the “FTP Explorer”. The presiding judge said, according to information from Speed ​​Link, “Explorer,” ask a very strong brand, weak labeling [...]

Compaq lose twelve percent after poor numbers

Compaq lose twelve percent after poor numbers

shares of Compaq’s (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: CPQ) collapsed in yesterday’s trading on the Nasdaq by more than twelve percent. The company had corrected yesterday after the market close its sales and profit figures for the fourth quarter of fiscal year downward. The stock fell $ 18.10 to a new annual low. The computer manufacturer expects [...]

Cabinet agrees to the case of the discount law

Cabinet agrees to the case of the discount law

The federal government has decided to abolish the law on discounts and the addition of regulation and thus paved the way for more discounts and gimmicks in the German free trade. The cabinet voted on Wednesday for the complete elimination of both provisions from the prewar period. So far, only discounts of up to three [...]

Palm can now play MP3

Palm can now play MP3

The Palm Manager Michael Mace said at the PalmSource Developer Conference in Santa Clara, California, next year will be the Palm handheld will be offered various

Palm OS 4 presented

Palm OS 4 presented

Palm has unveiled at the PalmSource Developer Conference in Santa Clara, California, the latest version of its Palm OS. Palm CEO Carl Yankowski, presented the new features of version 4.0: You will support, among other things, 16-bit Color, USB and Bluetooth. The chief technology officer of Palm, Bill Maggs, presented on stage via Bluetooth, connect [...]

Creative Jukebox D.A.P cheaper by 300 Mark

Creative Jukebox D.A.P cheaper by 300 Mark

Creative has lowered the price just before Christmas for his Jukebox. It now costs 1199 instead of 1499 Mark Marks. Since early November, the company offers to the jukebox in Germany: This is the device is a digital audio player in the order of a portable CD player. The onboard 6-gigabyte hard drive can store [...]

Sun Microsystems buys Cobalt Networks

Sun Microsystems buys Cobalt Networks

Sun Microsystems (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: SSY) has completed its acquisition of Mountain View, Calif.-based company Cobalt Networks. Cobalt server appliances provides for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Application Service Providers (ASPs) and small and medium enterprises. Cobalt Networks’ products are intended to supplement specifically the Sun Netra product line in the low-end range. Cobalt is now [...]

Wapme: Minus less than expected

Wapme: Minus less than expected

With total revenues of € 2.4 million has Wapme Systems (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: WPM) completed his first six months after the IPO. This represents an increase compared to the same period by 72 percent. Responsible for the thrust according to the company, sales of licenses of the software for the ASP Waparameter area and the [...]

Further controversy over Internet pharmacies

Further controversy over Internet pharmacies

Since November, the Germans denied the purchase of drugs via the Internet. While consumer advocates demanded at a meeting in Bonn on Wednesday to lift the current ban in Germany on-line trading of drugs, pharmacists associations called the ban “indispensable” for obtaining the highest possible safety standards in drug supply. Wanted to federal Health Minister [...]

SP2 for Win2000 ready soon

SP2 for Win2000 ready soon

Microsoft (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MSF) is currently working on the second service pack for Windows 2000. Earlier this week, the company has shipped a beta version of the software repair of hand-picked testers. Spokesman confirmed the operation against ZDNet, however, would not comment on the information contained in the SP2 fixes and patches. ZDNet testers [...]

Discount law falls, rises Letsbuyit.com

Discount law falls, rises Letsbuyit.com

The case of the discount law will void the stock of Letsbuyit.com (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: LBC) have been stopped: The paper won yesterday until late afternoon, nearly 200 percent, making his status as the first and only of the new penny stock market again going on. On Tuesday, the paper was at a record low [...]

Telecom industry is sitting on debt

Telecom industry is sitting on debt

telecom companies have taken in Germany because of the high cost of UMTS licenses, as many loans as any other industry. As the business magazine “Focus Money” on Wednesday, citing a study by investment bank UBS Warburg reported that flowed in the current year 35 percent of all large exposures of German banks in the [...]

Report: Viag Interkom before splitting

Report: Viag Interkom before splitting

Viag Interkom to be split according to information from the “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”. Allegedly planned the majority owner British Telecom (BT) to share the Munich-based telecommunications company into a mobile and a landline division. The mobile communications will be integrated into BT Wireless, and then brought to the stock exchange. The fixed network, BT will reportedly [...]