Jobs Unveils G4 Cubes, New Power Macs, IMacs
The story, "Jobs Unveils G4 Cubes, New Power Macs, iMacs," posted June 19, due to a reporting error incorrectly listed some specifications. The story has been corrected in the database.
Stories by IDG News Service staff
.EU Creation Moves Ahead
NEW YORK (07/07/2000) - Due to an editing error, the story, ".EU Creation Moves
Ahead," posted July 5, incorrectly stated what the status of the existing
European Union domain names would be once the .eu domain is approved. The .eu
and the current country domain names -- such as .fr for France -- will coexist.
The .eu domain would not eliminate current country domain names.The error, in
the last paragraph, has been corrected in the story in the database.
Swedish Gov't Privatizes 30 Percent of Telia
Due to a reporting error, the amount of money the Swedish
government hoped to raise by selling stock in state-owned telecommunications
giant Telia AB was described inaccurately in a story that ran on the wire
earlier Tuesday. The IPO (initial public offering) was expected to raise 76.6
billion krona (US$8.8 billion). The story has been corrected on the wire.
BULLETIN: MS Remedy Ruling Will Be Released Today
In the bulletin, "Microsoft Remedy Ruling Will Be
Released Today," the URL for the court site that will publish the ruling online
was incorrect. The correct URL is http://usvms.gpo.gov/. The bulletin has been
corrected on the wire.
Compaq Lays Off 450 Staff in Restructuring
Due to a reporting error, the story published
April 20, entitled "Compaq Lays Off 450 Staff in Ongoing Restructuring,"
incorrectly reported the name of the division from which Compaq Computer Corp.
cut jobs. The correct name of the Compaq division is the Commercial PC Group,
not the Consumer PC Group as originally reported. The error has been corrected
on the wire.
Correction: Sybase Posts Sharply Higher Q1 Profit
Due to a reporting error, the story titled "Sybase Posts Sharply Higher Q1 Profit" on today's wire mistakenly stated that the company's net income had failed to meet analysts' expectations. In fact, Sybase's earnings excluding one-time items surpassed predictions.
Correction: Motorola Invests $15M in Web Retailer
Due to a reporting error, the story titled "Motorola to Invest $15M in Online Phone Retailer" on today's wire incorrectly described Motorola Inc. as the world's third largest mobile phone handset supplier. The story should have stated that the company is the world's second largest vendor.
Interest Grows in Compaq's Zero Latency Data Store
Due to a reporting error, the wrong date for when
Compaq Computer Corp. first began showing its Zero Latency Enterprise
architecture was listed in the lead sentence in the article entitled "Interest
Grows in Compaq's Zero Latency Data Store," posted yesterday. The correct date
is 1999. The error has been corrected on the wire.
Intel Plans Timna Release This Year
Due to a reporting error, incorrect speeds were
listed for two Intel Corp. chips in the story "Intel Plans Timna Release This
Year" posted April 10. Intel has not announced a clock speed for its
forthcoming Timna chip and the company's upcoming Willamette chip will run at
clock speeds greater than 1 GHz, not at 1GHz as previously reported. The story
has been corrected on the wire.
Finnish ISP Plans European Acquisitions
Due to an editing error, the story "Finnish ISP Plans European Acquisitions," posted March 24, should have quoted NIC Director of the Board Jukka Peltola as saying, "We wanted to take part in the international market and found that cooperating with Saunalahti is a faster and easier way than, for example, having an IPO (initial public offering) of our own."
SuSE, SGI to Bring Clustering Software to Linux
Due to a reporting error in the story "SuSE, SGI to Bring
Clustering Software to Linux," posted on the wire Feb. 26, Silicon Graphics
Inc.'s Unix operating system was misnamed. The correct name of the OS is Irix,
not Iris. The story has been corrected on the wire.
Via Enters Low-Cost PC Market with Cyrix III Chip
Due to a reporting error in the story "Via Enters
Low-Cost PC Market with Cyrix III Chip," posted on today's wire, the clock
speeds quoted for the Cyrix III chip were misstated. The correct clock speeds
are 400MHz and 433MHz, respectively, not 500MHz and 533MHz as previously
reported. The story has been corrected on the wire.
CORRECTION: Nortel Continues Expansion with $260M
Due to a reporting error, the number of new jobs created
by Nortel's latest investment was misstated in a story on yesterday's wire,
"Nortel Continues Expansion with Additional $260M." The error has been
corrected on the wire.
Vivendi, Vodafone Hinges on Mannesmann
Due to a reporting error, the name of analyst Olivier
Beauvillain was misspelled in the article on today's wire, "UPDATE: Vivendi,
Vodafone Hinges on Mannesmann." The error has been corrected on the wire.
Correction: Hong Kong Awards Broadband Licenses
Due to a reporting error, an article that ran on
today's wire, "Hong Kong Awards Six Broadband Licenses," misstated the name of
Hong Kong's incumbent pay-TV provider. The company is called i-Cable
Communications Ltd. The story has been corrected on the wire.