19th July 2004 Archive

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Channel

• AMD ships faster Mobile Athlon 64 Speedier low-power XP-M, too
• Intel 'delays' Centrino 2 chipset to Q1 2005 Alviso 'held back'- again
• Intel debuts speedier low-voltage Centrinos Plus assorted Pentium M, Pentium 4 price cuts
• Nvidia NV43 spied on web Even as ATI Radeon X800 GT details are posted

Comms: Mobile

• 'System failure' downs Vodafone network 500,000 punters hit this morning
• Neonode smart phone to ship minus key features Web, email, GPRS to come via software update
• Next-gen iPod details emerge Update Newsweek leak
• Orange 3G is go Green light for 3G services

Comms: Networks

• BT signs up VoIP with Yahoo! ...and Live Meeting with Microsoft
• Wanadoo unveils wireless broadband gizmo Box of tricks

Management: Financial News

• ARM Q2 profits swell Royalties and licensing revenues up
• Half of credit card problems are Web related It was five years ago today... 19 July 1999
• Macrovision and SunnComm court Apple for a seachange in CDs Where does it leave the others?
• Microsoft settles L-----s dispute Linux upstart pockets $20m
• Motorola takes a hit on Freescale IPO price Shares to offered at a third off
• VirginMobile float price may sink Rough waters ahead/stormy seas etc...

Management: IT Director

• Parity touts pay-as-you-go training No more licenses

Management: Public Sector

• Brits unimpressed by e-Gov Cost billions, but totally invisible

Music and Media

• 419ers morph into Murder Incorporated Pay up or die
• Beijing stamps down on Net porn 'Rampant'
• Chip fraud quartet jailed for VAT scam 'Missing traders' get nine years
• ICANN crunch meeting begins Budget battle to define future of Net body
• More universities agree to RIAA/Napster 'protection' Baby Face Sherman shows his guns

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH gets an RFID he can't refuse Episode 23 Playing tag in Mission Control

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Home Office offers online help for thugs Sorry, 'anti-social behaviour practitioners'
• Microsoft developer hoax backfires Boa constricted

Personal: PCs

• Europe boosts global PC sales in Q2 Desktops rebound

Science

• Ariane 5 powers satellite into orbit All goes well at fourth lift off attempt
• Mission to map the Aurorae launches 26 July Sino-European co-operative
• Satellites to benefit from exploding eggshells No, really

Security

• Intel joins Liberty Alliance Liberté, Securité, Interoperabilité

Security: Anti-Virus

• First PocketPC virus found Proof of concept

Security: Enterprise Security

• Blue Coat buys URL filtering firm In brief Censorware technology
• Hacker charged with US gov attack Other half of the Deceptive Duo

Security: Spam

• Phoney Net contest 'winner' sued by bank $9k shopping spree gone wrong
• US junk fax war hots up Fax.com gets litigious with stroppy faxees

Software: Operating Systems

• Novell and its $600m war chest Who's it gonna buy next?
• RISC OS rivals reach rapprochement RISCOS will work with Castle