30th March 2004 Archive

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Channel

• AMD sneaks out Athlon 64 2800+ As anticipated
• Intel 'spends $500-700m' on first 65nm kit Wants to be first to offer process
• Intel denies LGA775 P4 delay 'Will ship on time'
• Intel Dothan to offer 533MHz FSB at launch? Hynix implies Alviso chipset will arrive early

Comms: Mobile

• Apple seeks iPod UI, scroll patents Mouse work
• Hutchison parcels up little telcos for debt relief 3G bills need paying
• iPod: this season's must-have for muggers Ne'er-do-wells target white headphones
• Overture searches for WAP gold Voda and Orange to deploy Overture ad listings
• Philips licenses PowerVR MBX core ARM sub-licensing deal pays off - again
• TeliaSonera chairman ousted 'Swedish political games'

Comms: Networks

• BT wins NI blanket broadband deal Time to snuggle down with DSL
• Freeserve offers punter £19.99 ADSL carrot Reduced monthly tariff is 'standard retention technique'
• Freeserve to sell capped, cut-price broadband Big Push

Hardware

• US IT spending on the up and so is CIO confidence...

Hardware: Data Networking

• BT denies cable fire was in A-bomb exchange Ssshhh! You ain't seen nuffin, alright?
• BT struggles to repair Manchester fire damage 'Poor' conditions hamper progress
• Level 3 launches residential VoIP Broadband killer app gets closer

Hardware: Servers

• Intel to pay $225m to settle Itanic patent clash Deal with Intergraph lets Dell of the hook, too

Management: Financial News

• Email filter patent puts industry on edge But is it robust?
• This Googlebomb cost $44.75 (or three weblogs) Low-cost gaming experience
• US silver surfers hit the Web Old timers going at it like pros
• Wal-Mart download service goes live Late arrival to challenge Apple, Roxio et al

Management: IT Director

• OpenOffice spring cleans with 1.1.1 Bug fix

Management: Small Biz

• Ecommerce patent speculator drops suit PanIP's patent still valid

Music and Media

• Kazaa and co ‘not cause of music biz woes’, say Profs Statistical analysis supports file-sharers
• Music biz takes P2P jihad to Europe and Canada Legal letters to 250 named people
• Net surrogate mum fleeced couples for £2,500 Offered unborn baby on Web, pocketed cash

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Outsourced US outfit rattles eBay begging bowl Bid now for bargain graphics, animation, and rendering services

Science

• Andromeda galaxy home to ten black holes Massive neutron stars could be sun-sucking monsters
• US space tourist set for blast-off Third private individual to visit ISS

Security

• SecureWave revamps alternative to desktop AV Gimme Sanctuary in that behaviour-blocking technology

Security: Spam

• AOL raffles spammer's seized Porsche The wages of sin offered to US punters

Software

• VC-9 essential patent holders, come on down MPEG Licensing Authority invites royalty land rush

Software: Applications

• Google promotes Froogle This one's got a few bugs, too