28th September 2004 Archive

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Channel

• ATI readies 'Radeon Xpress' Athlon 64 chipset Coming next month, apparently
• IDC ups '04 PC sales forecast Businesses buying more as consumer growth slows

Comms: Mobile

• 10.48pm is best time to pull women: official XXX insights from mobile Q&A outfit
• Orange network wobbles after planned upgrade You taking the pith?
• PalmOne to launch 'big RAM' Tungsten next week Cutting PDA prices, too
• Pregnant mobile user arrested for talking too loudly Knocked to the ground for good measure

Comms: Networks

• Homechoice wakes up and smells the coffee IP TV operator's big plans
• NTL takes control of Virgin.net Buys out Virgin Group
• Ofcom provokes unbundling battle Let slip the Bulldogs of war

Distribution

• Cost cuts bear fruit for Northamber Profits up
• GE Access changes name Image makeover

Hardware: Data Networking

• The end of the internet is nigh Repent of your public networks, says web guru

Hardware: Storage

• Boffins boost DVD capacity tenfold Multiplex those pits

Management: Financial News

• Claranet buys VIA NET.WORKS UK Consolidation
• RIAA hunts for Leader of the Pack Claim your royalties - or we'll keep them
• The CD is king But you knew that already

Management: IT Director

• Get ready for biometrics at work It's coming soon, IT directors says
• Motorola sends 1,000 drones packing 'Goodbye, Moto!'

Music and Media

• Labour fingered for cyber 'dirty tricks campaign' 'Cyberhypocrites!'

Odds and Sods

• Reg Readers hail NTL abusive message Letters Not so keen on 'spam-free' email plans

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Michael Stipe demands ringtones for electric cars If you believe, they put a tune into vroom

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Memo to Carly - HP customers need help! Letters I ordered ProLiant servers, but all I got was this lousy fan
• Red Hat hates money, which makes it better than Sun Letters Reg shill disgusts free software fans

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Learn how to Integrate Cisco and UNIX Network Architectures Site offer Save 30% on thousands of other great titles

Personal: Consoles

• Infinium Phantom delayed PC-based console misses '04 target

Personal: Mac Channel

• Freescale to launch 90nm PowerPC G4 today MPC7448 to take Apple notebooks to next level?

Personal: Reviews

• Sony Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1L digital music player Reg review Does colour screen + touch-sensitive control pad = iPod killer?
• Xonix 256MB MP3 Watch Review An iPod on your wrist?

Personal: System Builder

• Dell jumps on UK recycling bandwagon Retirement planning
• Microsoft offers cut-price cut-down Windows to Russians Almost as cheap as a pirated copy

Science

• Stinky socks get nanotech makeover A practical application, at last

Security: Enterprise Security

• Nuke watchdog issues cybergeddon alert Plants at risk from hack attack

Security: ID

• Lexar device puts passwords at your fingertips Get friendly and secure with your USB port

Security: Spam

• Amazon, Microsoft set legal dogs on phishers, spammers See you in court, chummy
• Microsoft ends free Hotmail access from Outlook Script-happy spammers to blame
• Terrorists grow fat on email scams Black helicopters scrambled

Software: Applications

• Progress pockets Persistence ObjectStore suitably EdgeXtended by acquisition
• UK firm fined £30K for dodgy software Car repairer lacks licenses...

Software: Operating Systems

• EC 'supports special interests of rivals' - Microsoft Degrading experience