Tomb Rider developer continues winning ways Richard Wilson PC games software developer Eidos has seen profits in the last three months leap by 64 per cent. The west London-based firm, which made its name with the Tomb Rider game, reported third quarter revenues 50 per cent higher at ?121m. Pre-tax profits for the same period were ?46m.

Premier Farnell names new US catalogue boss Richard Wilson Premier Farnell has appointed Mike Ruprich as chief executive officer of its Newark Electronics catalogue distribution business which is based in the US. Ruprich, who becomes a member of the Premier Farnell senior executive team, was most recently president and chief executive of JLK Direct Distribution, a US catalogue-based industrial supplies ...

Pentium III capabilities demonstrated at the Intel Developer Conference Tom Foremski Intel showed a Pentium III microprocessor running at more than 1000MHz as it tried to focus on the chip’s capabilities rather than its controversial electronic ID feature. The demonstration was made at the Intel Developer Conference in California as Intel discussed new technologies. But the Pentium III demonstration involved ...

Cisco Systems strikes Swedish telecomms deal Richard Wilson Cisco Systems has made a foray into the European telecommunications equipment market with the signing of a network building deal with the Swedish telephone operator, Telia. The deal for a national network to support Internet traffic in Sweden is one of the most significant examples to date of how networking companies like ...

Siemens ‘not’ playing waiting game on fab Siemens denies turning down offers for Tyneside; Government has cash aid for buyers. David Manners Siemens denies that it is turning down offers for its Tyneside wafer fab because it is waiting for an upturn in the chip market, while the government says it will give a “substantial” proportion of the North’s regional ...

Business card plays in CD-ROM Melanie Reynolds WA business card that can sing your company’s praises has been launched by MCB Digital Media, a London-based software publishing company. The Business ROMcard is the same size and shape as traditional business cards but adds four nodules to centre it for playing in a CD-ROM drive. Duncan McIvor, managing director of MCB, ...

Oftel attacked over phone numbers Roy Rubenstein The telecoms regulator Oftel has been accused of doing too little to protect the “scarce national resource” of telephone numbers. The Commons Trade and Industry Committee has told it that it “must not be unduly swayed from putting consumers’ interests first by operators’ claims that improving the efficiency of number use poses significant ...

Mitel arm bought out by NeoMagic Richard Wilson Mitel Semiconductor’s UK-based optical drive development group has been acquired by US notebook graphics chip supplier NeoMagic. The group is based in Manchester and includes 16 engineers with experience in mixed-signal analogue design and a DVD optical storage read-channel product lines. NeoMagic said that the Mitel team will help it in its ...

Motorola confirms semiconductor split Richard Ball Motorola has confirmed to Electronics Weekly that it is separating its Semiconductor Components Group (SCG) from the rest of its semiconductor operations. SCG, headquartered in Geneva, will have its own fab plants for the linear and discrete components it manufactures. “This will allow the group to be much more focused on improving costs and ...

‘Hands free’ mobile users watch out Roy Rubenstein Motorists who use specially installed “hands free” mobile phones while driving may face prosecution in future. Tougher controls on the use of mobile phones will be unveiled on Friday in the latest edition of the Highway Code. It will describe the act of using a mobile phone while driving as “very dangerous” ...