4th October 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Mitac's Mio preps next-gen GPS PocketPC Pictures leak out
• PalmOne preps Bluetooth GPS bundle Sat Nav market explodes
• PalmOne unveils 256MB Flash drive T5 PDA Update Organiser and file-store in one
• Sproqit readies real-time PC-to-PDA remote access Even when the connection drops

Comms: Networks

• BT cuts Basic broadband by £2 Bows to competition
• Business Serve snaps up Vital Online Kon solly day shun

Comms: Wireless

• Patent landrush threatens Wi-Fi standards Tim Berners-Lee demands royalty-free fix
• ZigBee in danger of falling apart 802.15.4 standard faces fragmentation

Distribution

• Sun signs Interface for Opteron dealer push Takes aim at HP

Hardware: Data Networking

• AT&T and Vonage do battle VoIP price war

Hardware: Storage

• Time to RAID PVRs, says Silicon Image Not so dumb consumer PVRs

Lifecycle: Manage

• Kodak wins Sun Java patents case, wants $1bn Sun to appeal

Management: Financial News

• eBay UK is five We wander down memory lane
• Lastminute seeks £13m savings Trading update
• Web to get dose of plain English Simple as that

Management: IT Director

• When IT departments go bad Opinion It can only end in tears

Market News

• Sage loses small business head Brief It's musical chairs at the top...

Music and Media

• Lessig launches Creative Commons for the UK Licences available 1 November
• Most songs on iPods 'stolen' - Microsoft CEO And Windows DRM will cure cancer, end war, eliminate famine
• UK gov ads warn kids of net perils It's a jungle out there

Odds and Sods: About Us

• Working for El Reg We're hiring

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH tests the law of redundant supply Episode 33 P45s at the ready

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Sex toy creates Oz airport pandemonium 'Adult novelty device' sparks security alert

Personal: Mac Channel

• Alleged Apple Flash iPod 'partner' signs with Rio SigmaTel's chips claimed to have won Apple's support

Personal: Reviews

• PalmOne Wi-Fi SD Card Review Wireless networking for your Zire 72, Tungsten T3 or T5

Personal: System Builder

• Intel ships 'execute disable' Pentium 4s Socket T Celerons arrive, too

Science

• SpaceShipOne claims X-Prize Triumph for private space vehicle
• SpaceShipOne goes for X-Prize glory Second flight today

Security

• US cybersecurity czar quits Spending more time with his family

Security: Enterprise Security

• WorldPay struggles under DDoS attack (again) Systems safe but running at a crawl

Software: Applications

• Oracle asks court to remove PeopleSoft poison pills Another day, another battle