9th August 2004 Archive

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• Intel cans 3.2GHz P4 Extreme Edition Scheduled for termination
• Intel readies 3.73GHz P4 Extreme Edition for Q4 1066MHz FSB for first 90nm P4EE
• Nvidia unveils Quadro FX 4400 Workstation-class
• When the customer is always wrong Who's to blame for IT project crash and burn?

Comms: Mobile

• Nokia moves to counter Apple-Moto music alliance Partners with Loudeye/OD2
• Ofcom unshackles radio spectrum Trading to begin by end 2004
• Samsung preps 2.6in VGA LCD Will enable high-def video for smart phones, apparently
• Stelios preps launch of easyMobile 'Cheap, efficient mobile telephony' apparently
• To talk or not to talk - that is the question What's the future of in-flight mobile comms?

Comms: Networks

• Pipex swallows Nildram Gulp!

Hardware: Storage

• IBM SVC - real-world storage virtualisation Happy punters, despite the hype

Management: Financial News

• Google IPO 'hangs in the balance' States launch stock goof enquiries
• HP offers $300m for UK's Synstar Services play
• Online ad spend on the up $16bn by 2009
• Tough times for BEA Management musical chairs

Management: IT Director

• 14 admin jobs go at Microsoft UK "Strategic business decision" apparently
• Silicon Valley staff 'gloomiest' in US Offshore anxieties

Management: Small Biz

• Brace your IT budget for green impact Waste Added Tax
• Late payments are putting your wages at risk Small.biz frets over tardy debtors

Music and Media

• DualDisc roll out challenged by Euro patent holder Hybrid DVD/CD is our technology, claims DVD Plus
• Google! Licenses! Yahoo's! Secret! Sauce! Caves in, pays up for Overture patents
• Penguin backs down on Katie.com Book renamed, order restored

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Daleks to sprout legs Stair challenge solved at a stroke
• Introducing the Kalashnikov MP3 player An absolute must-have for street-hip insurgents
• Japanese boffins build Dalek-style robot guards Be afraid. Be very afraid

Science

• Cheap rocket crumbles in hunt for $10m space prize Three dummies wounded
• Four dead in Japanese nuclear plant accident But no leaked rads, say officials
• Hubble loses an eye Analysis points to power supply problems
• Perseid meteors promise free firework show Comet dust to light up the skies

Software: Applications

• A fright at the Opera Cross-platform flaw creates minor drama

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft drops WinXP SP2 surprise onto Beta site But first, here are some error messages