29th March 2004 Archive

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Channel

• ATI preps Radeon 9550, 9550 SE Low-end DirectX 9.0 performers
• China agrees to US chip tax talks Chance to settled differences before WTO wades in
• Goodmans touts home PC line-up Alba Group brings Net to consumers - again
• Intel, Dell sued over SSE, HyperThreading Infringes our patents, claims plaintiff
• LGA775 Pentium 4 slips ‘to ship June’ Delayed a month, sources claim
• Logicalis flogs ANZ ops to IBM 'Fertile ground'

Comms: Mobile

• Indian ‘Simputer’ to bridge digital divide Basic PDA will bring computing to masses
• Mobe-deprived teen attacks mother with knife Ma confiscates phone, girl goes ballistic
• MS readies WinCE 5.0 preview Download in April, get the final release this summer
• Operators tout FreeMove ‘easy roaming’ alliance All roads lead to roam
• Symbian falters in battle with Microsoft LG licences both OSes as Nokia, Ericsson and Sony slug it out
• Virgin Mobile 'preps £1.3bn float' Fallback option

Comms: Networks

• Bush promises universal broadband access An election year, perchance?
• Telstra faces court over broadband price cuts Watchdog briefs lawyers as tensions escalate

Comms: Wireless

• Can AMD's Alchemy turn Wi-Fi into gold? Half-baked response to Centrino world domination

Hardware

• MYOB swoops on Solution 6 Friendly takeover
• Oracle pitches EC over Peoplesoft Mario Monti expected to go for the Double
• The integration market: survival of the fittest Too many firms fighting for slice of the pie?

Hardware: Data Networking

• BT cable fire causes ‘extensive damage’ in Manchester 130k homes and businesses without phone services
• BT fire disrupts emergency services Update on Manchester cable fire
• Newport Networks set for float Voice over IP: The new black
• Thus looks to profit in 2005 Game of two halves

Management

• BA prepares to flee opodo oh no, it's all woe for opodo
• Centrica mulls legal action over BT tariffs Maybe, maybe not
• Expedia buys Egencia Base for European corporates
• Glasgow hands THUS £42m comms deal Out with the old, in with the new
• MCI appeals ancient EC decision Old battles, open wounds
• MCI to axe 4,000 US jobs Fingers crossed for UK

Management: Small Biz

• UK small.biz is lousy at virus protection Hang your heads in shame

Music and Media

• Betfair and FA deal on dodgy bets Bookies call in the ref...
• South Korea slaps cuffs on Web satrist You're nicked, sonny
• UK, Oz album sales rise despite ‘Kazaa crisis’ Analysis BPI, Aria economic with the actualité?

Personal: Consoles

• Infinium Labs countersues HardOCP Nuclear weapons just a matter of time
• US Xbox price cut to $149 North America first: rest of world next?

Personal: Reviews

• AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 Review Fastest desktop CPU yet?

Science

• Maths boffins secure $750,000 Abel prize Norwegians reward Index Theorem
• Nanotech buckyballs kill fish The grey goo cometh
• NASA scramjet hits Mach 7 First successful flight of 'airframe integrated' device

Security

• Campaigners fight biometric passports The face doesn't fit
• Facial ID as plain as the smile on your face Capture those laughter lines
• Former security czar morphs into Rasputin Opinion Messianic Mad Monk vs Bushies in the 9/11 three-ring circus
• How to hack a network in nine easy steps Proof of concept
• Powergen vs whistle-blower case adjourned All set for June

Security: Anti-Virus

• NetSky-Q worm targets Kazaa and eDonkey Virus du jour has DDoS payload