12th January 2004 Archive

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Channel

• What's the score on Dixons stores? Up to half will shut, says analyst

Comms: Mobile

• Text junkies seek SMS detox Clinics battle to save mobe-crazed addicts
• Virgin and T-Mobile to co-habit after divorce Thrashing out terms

Comms: Networks

• BT denies ‘sinister’ role in broadband delay No dirty tricks in West Norfolk
• Cheaper broadband for Ireland Eircom slashes wholesale and retail prices
• Easynet to unbundle 80 exchanges in '04 Predicts strong revenue growth
• Virgin.net still not accepting new broadband punters Slippage

Comms: Wireless

• Radio hackers hurl drive by abuse at Burger King customers 'No Whoppers for you, fatty'

Hardware: Data Networking

• CES plays home to HomePlug at 100 Mbps Empowerment lobby

Hardware: Servers

• SGI sees gravy coating midrange Linux on Itanium servers Altix 350 unveiled

Hardware: Storage

• Veritas ships Bare Metal boost for Linux, AIX and Windows Need to go dissimilar?

Management: Small Biz

• UK and Ireland has bumper e-Xmas Sales up 40 per cent

Music and Media

• Macrovision patent claims over Intertrust sound like wishful thinking Peas in the pod
• Net blamed for massive increase in child porn Not our fault, ISPs say
• Vivendi spinoff takes MP3.com archive private Reborn as piped muzak

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• 419ers reduced to Welsh penury End of the line for the Boys from Lagos?
• Stob: Interview with a bulk emailer Stob Don’t say the S word

Odds and Sods: Letters

• You wrote this from India, right? Letters The Register stands up for overseas jobs

Personal

• Microsoft pushes for a million Xbox Live users While Sony has new tricks up its sleeve

Security

• ‘Serial ID thieves’ banned from auction sites Bonnie and Clyde.com
• Business continuity planning: will it save you? Policy wonks

Security: Anti-Virus

• Bring me the head of trojan Xombe Dead and dangerous

Software

• The world shudders as Win98 gets support reprieve Not dead yet after all...
• Torvalds' employer starts Linux users' defense fund OSDL sets $10m target