20th May 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• We see no mobile data killer app: IDC Don't believe the hype

Comms: Networks

• BT confirms customer exodus 'New wave' compensates for core revenue shortfall
• Nildram to offer PAYG broadband ISP round-up
• The Number & BT in DQ supremacy spat Both claim directory top dog status
• Wanadoo UK offshore threatens 200 jobs Tech support off to Mumbai

Hardware: Data Networking

• BT signs global network deal with Manpower Just the job

Hardware: Servers

• Can Sun mature from Xeon boy to x86 man? Fowler struts his stuff

Hardware: Storage

• EMC goes low with new NAS head Cheap path to Windows

Management: Financial News

• Rivals 'welcome' Napster to UK Worried? Us? Oh no... er...

Music and Media

• 'Spot the terrorist' system was pitched to Cheney by Jeb Bush Is MATRIX really deloaded?
• Italy approves 'jail for P2P users' law Download songs and spend up to three years in prison
• Jail terms for tourists buying pirate CDs in Greece? Crackdown on the low tech stuff
• Napster UK goes live Launches well ahead of key rivals
• OD2 halves music download prices But only if you buy in bulk
• US airport fake ID study 'was found in al-Qaida cave' Mica wants biometrics, fast

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• USAF in secret garage door jamming trials Motorola RF madness
• Where'd we put 'em? US to buy Stealth bomber detecting radar Stymies sale to China

Odds and Sods: Site News

• I Know You Have Porn on your PC Cash'n'Carrion The return of ITMugs

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple creates separate iPod business unit Expects big things from little player
• MS ships Mac Office 2004 A few good mendings

Personal: PCs

• Buy my digital nervous systems, Gates tells CEOs It was five years ago today... 20 May 1999

Science

• Patriot missile: friend or foe? RAF Tornado downed, questions unanswered
• Ultimate geek challenge at IPSC Do you have what it takes?
• Universe very big: official 78bn light years and growing
• US boffins charged with parity violations Seeking lost bosons

Security: Enterprise Security

• 'Deceptive duo' hacker pleads guilty Benjamin Stark in plea bargain deal
• Finance houses struggling against hackers Defences inadequate, says Deloitte

Security: ID

• US lubes passports with RFID snake oil Opinion Mark of the Beast

Security: Spam

• Symantec acquires Brightmail for $370m Hybrid defences, market dominance play

Software: Operating Systems

• 'Not the sharpest of knives' - praise heaped on Linux study author Tanenbaum speaks