17th May 2004 Archive

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Channel

• How to make your PC quiet Run silent, run deep
• Intel renames power tech for desktop world Leverages Intel SpeedStep not AMD's Cool'n'Quiet
• Transmeta pledges 'no execute' security support Efficeon to handle WinXP SP2 security system

Comms: Mobile

• BT and Voda to 'tie mobile knot' Musical beds
• Mobile phones are a pain in the neck It was five years ago today... 17 May 1999
• Resellers shun smart phones We'll stick to PDAs, thanks
• Up-skirt law to destroy mobile phone biz? Black picture

Comms: Networks

• BT loses 150,000 customers a month - report It's good to walk
• BT's olive branch to Ofcom Prices cut, loops unbundled
• eAccess buys AOL Japan BT bod takes non-exec job at eAccess

Comms: Wireless

• Opera festival tunes into Wi-Fi 802.11b-flat

Hardware: Storage

• CommVault codes its way onto Dell storage Ride the GalaxyExpress

Lifecycle: Manage

• EU software patent debate continues Directive faces further scrutiny

Management: Financial News

• Avaya settles Y2K case Millennium Bug still feeding lawyers
• Oracle slashes PeopleSoft offer 20 per cent off...
• SEC to fine Lucent $25m Civil fraud lawsuit

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• Email survey: punters win prizes Reg Reader Studies Lucky five

Music and Media

• FBI arrest 65 in P2P child porn raids Feds hit file sharing paedophiles
• Google's Ethics Committee revealed There are men behind the machines - shock!

Personal: Consoles

• Nintendo DS to ship 29 November for $200? Online retailers begin forecasting
• Start-up touts x86, Wi-Fi as mobile gaming future All about Eve

Personal: PCs

• Nvidia rolls out mobile graphics add-in card format MXM to make notebooks as easy to upgrade as desktops

Science

• A380 Airbus suffers Virgin knock-back Carrier delays delivery
• DARPA doubles cash payout for second robot race Grander Challenge
• ESA commissions super spacesuit PCB, LCD, ECG, GPS and machine washable

Security

• Softbank customers sue over data leak Compensation offer inadequate

Security: Anti-Virus

• Phatbot suspect released on bail Don't leave town
• Sasser suspect fanclub launches appeal Wallets opened

Security: Enterprise Security

• Cisco probes source code theft Networking crown jewels aired in public

Software

• Alien puppet Linus swiped Linux from SCO, says balanced study Well, almost...
• Mandrake 'charges' $13k for $132 membership Software glitch x 100

Software: Applications

• IBM gets hot and spicy Introducing DB2 'Masala'