11th August 2004 Archive

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Channel

• AMD to overtake Intel in 2017... ...but only if you read too much into the market share stats
• Nvidia GeForce 6600GT pics pop up on Web Mid-range PCI Express-native parts
• Tablet PCs gain ground But many resellers still think the format will fail

Comms: Mobile

• Mosquitos smartphone 'Trojan' there by design An urban myth is born
• Vodafone seeks punters for UK consumer 3G trial Register your interest in faster ringtone downloads

Comms: Networks

• Punters to enjoy Olympics online A veritable Netathlon
• Wanadoo comes a cropper for 'full speed' broadband ad Slapped by watchdog

Hardware: Data Networking

• You can lose a job by buying Cisco SAP in the dog house too

Lifecycle: Manage

• The case for open source Java Evolution, innovation

Management: Financial News

• Datatec buys Analysys for £12.8m Brace for 'synergistic accretive business'
• eBay UK goes mobile Anytime, Anyplace, eBay Anywhere
• Napster offers cut-price grooves to grunts US armed forces get legal digital music service

Management: Small Biz

• 70 UK ISPs in anti-BT uprising ADSL prices threaten small operators
• Apple UK launches business Mac trade-in deal Up to £540 for your old machine, apparently
• Bosses warned on employment 'myths' Check first, fire later
• Small.biz loves online banking Gagging for it, apparently

Music and Media

• 321 Studios gives movie makers going away payout Thanks for the memories
• Al-Qaeda computer geek nearly overthrew US Update A close shave, the Bushies claim
• Bush gets soverized on the Web Words are words and people are people

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: Tripping the mangelfreuzer switch Episode 25 Crash, bang, wallop

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Ashlee Vance: The Mother of all Polls Poll Hero or Zero? The readers must decide

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Enraged readers pile into Reg hacks Letters Regarding what? Take your pick...

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Get your Blunkett-bashing NO2ID shirt here Cash'n'Carrion Campaigning apparel back in stock

Personal: PCs

• Dell nabs HP notebook exec HP counters with Gateway ex

Personal: Peripherals

• Sharp launches '3D' LCD screen With a price tag so big it has its own stand

Science

• Armadillo rocket spread over Texas X-Prize coated in diller droppins
• Brazilians to brew supercoffee Genome cracked, kettle on
• NASA green lights robotic Hubble fix $1bn rescue mission in three years

Security

• AOL AIMs to fix security flaw Buffer the IM Slayer

Security: Enterprise Security

• MS plugs 'moderate' Exchange vuln DEFCON 0.02 or thereabouts

Security: Spam

• London schoolkids drown in spam tsunami Drugs, smut and viruses on the curriculum

Software: Operating Systems

• Windows pricing begins to buckle Cheapo, crippled XP for Asia
• WinXP Starter Edition - MS spins an ecosystem from crippleware Takes you back to Dos, doesn't it?