21st August 2003 Archive

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Channel

• DRAM contract prices still rising But not as much as in July
• PowerHouse axes 813 jobs More at risk as receivers called in

Comms: Mobile

• Symbian smart phone sales soar 1000% Company's coffers swell nicely too
• Texting blamed for movie flops And not dodgy plots, characters, etc.

Comms: Networks

• Yorkshire chucks money at broadband 'Hits all the right buttons'

Comms: Wireless

• Public Wi-Fi must learn to roam, claims Broadreach A fine technology but a pretty shabby business model

Management

• IBM lays off 15,000, HP 1300 This time, we're coming for you (middle class) kids

Management: Small Biz

• More kids want to be hackers than rockers What do you want to be when you grow up?

Music and Media

• Bloggers on wheels Segway globs unite
• RIAA legal threat cuts P2P downloads by 23% So the latest market stats suggest

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Brummies goes brand barmy LogoWatch Black country gains visual identity
• Oi, you! Don't be a 'tosser'! Bank Holiday warning

Personal

• Fuji unveils 0.8in hard disk HDDs for cellphones in three to four years?
• PCFX ships AMD Opteron gaming PC Reg Kit Watch Plus: Verbatim ships USB 2.0 Flash drive

Security

• Forget California, it's time to recall Microsoft Opinion Enough already with the patching...
• MS releases unholy trinity of security fixes IE flaws du jour - and more
• Net anonymity service back-doored Fed-up Feds get court order

Security: Anti-Virus

• Sobig-F is fastest growing virus ever – official Outlook grim

Software

• Protesters to march against EU software law 1-2-3-4, we don't want no patent law!
• XML machine the successor to von Neumann? Really bring data and programs together