9th September 2004 Archive

This is the archive for The Register. You can browse articles by publication date, or enter a query into the search box.

< 8th September 2004 | September 2004 | 10th September 2004 >

Comms: Mobile

• Corporates get a case of the wireless jitters Analysis Too many systems, too many operators
• Nokia sees sunnier earnings in Q3 Thermometer rising
• O2 unveils XDA IIs, IIi Wi-Fi Pocket PCs Blackberry support coming next year
• Qualcomm discovers sense of Iridigm Snaps up next-gen display company
• T-Mobile: UK will get Windows Mobile smart phone Smart Digital Assistant on its way

Comms: Networks

• Easynet trims losses Rapid return on DSL unbundling
• Four in ten US surfers have broadband We ♥ the internet
• Systems failure hits BT broadband upgrades 'Thousands' moving to 1Mb service left unplugged
• Third of Irish phone lines fail broadband test Lobby group 'stunned'

Hardware: Servers

• IBM strikes out at Intel with new Opteron box IDF Fall '04 Still behind HP and Sun

Lifecycle: Manage

• Oracle rebuilds Warehouse New OWB merits serious consideration

Management: Financial News

• Burger King cooks up music deal with AOL Chart toppers with Whoppers
• Potential buyers sniff Ebookers Net travel outfit confirms talks
• Tech bubble banker goes to jail Quattrone gets 18 months

Music and Media

• Delete records, or profile the whole UK, says DNA print pioneer Something of a curate's egg of a lash out, this...
• German jailed for email bomb hoax Thai-flavoured extortion
• Intel partners 'lab on a chip' firm Deal masks interest in controversial digital distribution patents?
• Kazaa colleague sues RIAA Anti-piracy teams use our tech without permission, claims Altnet
• P2P jail bill moves forward Rip, Mix, Clink
• Real '49c a song' promo pushes downloads to 3m But weekly average still well below Apple's
• Retro thinking will save the net IDF Fall '04 Vint Cerf reminisces

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• You lookin at mah website, pal? The web as your auld grannie might have wished it

Personal: System Builder

• AMD grabs Intel market share in desktop arena US retail sales turn away from chip giant

Science

• Brits design fly-eating autobot Uses human excrement to attract lunch

Security: Anti-Virus

• McAfee app raids Mac users' inboxes Virex 7.5 pulled following email deletion

Security: Enterprise Security

• Mitnick movie comes to the US 'Doing things that are not real'
• Telenor takes down 'massive' botnet Clients are still zombies

Security: Spam

• Savvis outed as big-time spam host Sorry. We won't do it again

Software: Operating Systems

• 'Independent' report used MS-sourced data to trash OSS 'Microsoft gave us this stuff, but we haven't checked it'