27th April 2004 Archive

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Channel

• ATI kicks off Radeon X800 promo plan R420 offers 'xtreme' gaming, apparently
• Intel's deskbook CPU platform merger plan Jonah? Merom?
• Novell channel man speaks "We've taken a battering, but we're bouncing back"
• VAT man claims five fraud scalps Prison sentences total 28 years...

Comms: Mobile

• Brits are text maniacs 2.1bn messages sent in March
• Navman preps PocketPC with GPS Reg Kit Watch Mitac's Mio 168 finds another supporter

Comms: Networks

• BT joins WiMAX standards group Telco gives wireless tech the thumbs-up
• BT moves to 'universal availability' of broadband Pre-registration scrapped
• Freeserve morphs into Wanadoo Confirms £17.99 a month broadband offer
• Korean Air gives nod to Boeing's in-flight broadband Surf the friendly skies

Lifecycle: Manage

• Sun rallies J2EE faithful All friends again

Management: Financial News

• EDS cuts losses Navy deal still costing it money...
• IBM makes late DRM bid xCP system backed by Intel, Matsushita and Toshiba
• Japanese CE firms launch Any Music Music download alliance

Management: IT Director

• IBM workers call for shareholders to 'Offshore the CEO' Big Blues

Management: Small Biz

• Small.biz fails to tackle spam UK firms vulnerable to attack

Music and Media

• Spanish judge rules X-Box mods 'legal' Intellectual property loophole
• US music swappers change their tune Switch to paid providers

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: The enemy at the gate Episode 13 Semper vigilo

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Patriots praise Bush's 'Null Provider' plan Letters The first to nothing

Odds and Sods: Site News

• £1 USB memory watch offer extended Cash'n'Carrion Buy one, get one almost free
• Tcl programmers' Bible at 30% off Site Offer But that's not all...

Personal

• HP touts blade PC Computing in the cage

Personal: Consoles

• Xbox 2 innards laid bare on web All there: three-core 3.5GHz PowerPC CPU, everything

Science

• IBM and Stanford's spintronics revolution Electron spin is cool

Security: Spam

• Europe drags heels in war on spam Infosecurity Europe 2004 Legal review

Software: Applications

• Say 'Yes' after the tone Where are we at with speech recognition?