14th January 2004 Archive

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Channel

• Dixons records Christmas cracker Sales up
• Falling prices hit Computacenter revenues US dollar is double dipper
• Intel rethinking RFID? New bar-code standard

Comms: Mobile

• Cingular eyes AT&T Wireless for mobile mega merger But good for who, exactly?
• Mobile phones safe – report Even so, just be careful, OK?

Comms: Networks

• BT works broadband miracle West Norfolk gets wireless broadband after all
• New: ADSL per minute Back to the old days

Comms: Wireless

• US players to shake up Europe's pricey WiFi scene Hurry up, then!

Hardware

• SCO targets Novell, steps into new legal trouble Updated World awaits Utah revelations

Hardware: Servers

• Big Blue tempts Big Pharma with massive Opteron server sale Taste 32-bits for free
• CA and Linux Filling in the gaps

Hardware: Storage

• Police given power to lock up your data But only if there's a 'catastrophic incident'

Management

• Intel sets revenue record in Q4 Server chips drive growth
• Lastminute.com reports ‘strong’ trading Acquires First Option for £12m
• MP probes British tech ‘sweat shop’ death No inquest for Chinese immigrant

Management: Small Biz

• UK firms give online recruitment the boot HR managers stay away from Internet in droves
• US Supreme Court refuses to hear Fax.com appeal Fax of life

Music and Media

• Haiti kisses ICANN ring, rewarded with control over own domain .ht redelegation reveals rot at heart of Internet
• Net activism and the future of domains Opinion What’s the Beef.com?

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Larry Ellison marries romantic novelist He had a head for business and an eye for beauty, but it was his heart he never trusted and no one could ever breach...
• Stob: Why men buy blue pills They’re for a friend

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Get connected abroad with NetAway Site offer Big surfing savings

Personal

• Booming CES marks death of Comdex CES Roundup Michael Dell's pantiliners, Darl McBride goes shopping and more
• EU recycles Lexmark ink cartridge probe Unfair rebates, rival claims

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple quality control mars bullish results iPod, G5s boom

Security

• ISS buys Cobion for €26m Anti-spam play
• Multimedia vulns pose severe risk This could get messy
• No relief from Microsoft phishing bug Avoid the hyperlinks!

Software

• Anonymous TCP/IP to debut at CodeCon The DIY conference is back
• IBM releases C++, Fortran for Mac OS X Beta code