7th October 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Intel preaches gospel of mobile diversity Analysis Standardised phones? Pah!

Comms: Networks

• Demon does entry-level DSL 'Me too' broadband
• Lycos cleaner bins thousands of emails Dutch inboxes junked, employee canned

Comms: Wireless

• T-Mobile brings Wi-Fi to Borders' UK stores Thumb through the book - then buy a clean copy from Amazon

Hardware: Storage

• CE giants 'readying Blu-ray camcorders' HD-oriented handhelds to use new, 8cm disc
• EMC adds triple-threat to replication software Virtual long distance

Lifecycle: Manage

• Sun settles Java spat with Kodak for $92m Doesn't admit or deny patent problems
• Sun: MS truce clears way to open source Solaris LinuxWorld If that's selling out, we want to sell out more often

Management: Financial News

• AMD turns profit on strong 64-bit chip sales Flash disappoints
• Google founder ponders Irish R&D unit Google Ireland launched
• Peregrine execs charged by FBI 'Multi-billion dollar securities fraud'
• Unisys to shed 1,400 workers Got a tax refund too

Management: IT Director

• Broadband could ease traffic congestion It's good, but that good?
• Swansea IT workers return to work More strikes planned as dispute grows

Music and Media

• Email privacy strikeout suspended Wiretapping on demand
• Republicans put $1.5m behind internet push Attacking Kerry's Mormon love is not cheap
• UK record industry sues 28 file-sharers 'Major filesharers and large-scale uploaders'

Personal: Peripherals

• 34 tech firms sued for alleged LCD patent theft Honeywell demands 'directional diffuser' dues

Personal: Reviews

• Dell Axim X30 Wi-Fi PocketPC Review Consumer IR and Bluetooth, too

Reseller

• Fraud warning for UK resellers Watch out, watch out there's a scammer about...

Science

• Quarky theory wins Nobel Prize That's asymptotic freedom, to you and me
• X-ray fireworks could signal supernovae Trio of flashes fuel gamma ray debate

Science: Rise of the Machines

• Man in satanic Renault terror ordeal The Rise of the Machines™ - on wheels

Software

• Love DRM or my family starves: why Steve Ballmer doesn't Get It Ballmer digs pit, inserts whole MS strategy, keeps digging

Software: Applications

• Customer views from PeopleSoft Connect Do they want the takeover?
• OK, so Ellison is not a sociopath... More like Genghis Khan
• Oracle vs Peoplesoft Round-up time

Software: Operating Systems

• Monti: Courts must rule on MS anti-trust Europe moves to block DRM ambitions