19th October 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Apple preps 'black iPod' U2 limited edition promo None more black
• Finland can't live without Nokia But can Nokia live without Finland?
• German claims mobile phone chucking record Diddle eeeeeeeeee
• Motorola MPx220 to hit UK in December US official debut this past weekend
• PalmOne Treo 650 details confirmed Company exec's post-launch spiel published too soon, it seems
• Robbie Williams: crooning soon on a phone near you Mobe and PDA-friendly memory card format
• Sharp pulls Linux Wi-Fi PDA out of US Withdrawing to retrench in Japanese market

Comms: Networks

• Ofcom conjures up idea of public IP TV broadcaster Digital TV over broadband

Hardware: Data Networking

• Amsterdam Internet Exchange goes photonic Tripping the light fantastic

Hardware: Servers

• Microsoft mocks software rivals with dual-core chip embrace Ahead of its time

Hardware: Storage

• Software gains plump EMC's Q3 Buying spree pays off

Lifecycle: Manage

• Let's Parlay over Open APIs Telecoms standards group seeks developers
• The problem with Informix Opinion Little Orphan Annie

Management: Financial News

• ARM rise bucks Q3 trend Makes solid gains in 'seasonally weaker quarter'
• Egg losses soar on France debacle UK 'satisfactory'
• Microsoft moves in on music downloads Analysis No Apple turnover, this time
• Old-timers leave IBM flat in Q3 Seniors stall income rise
• PeopleSoft boss gets $18m to walk away Just go...
• UK Gov unwraps Gambling Bill Regulation of online betting on the cards

Management: IT Director

• IT contractors dream of fat futures Get the deposit down for your TVR
• Sainsbury's, Accenture and the £3bn IT flop Call in 3,000 shelf stackers. Quick!

Management: Small Biz

• UK preps major security awareness campaign For Hoi Polloi

Market News

• Weak US drags down PC sales growth Dell and HP continue to dominate

Music and Media

• UK watchdog blocks 11 rogue dialler operators Others face the chop too

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• ID scheme? 'Nah, it'll never fly', says UK eGov head Former Accenture chief lays IT on the slab
• Toshiba TV cries for help Feds come knocking

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Talented flunkeys unite against phishing Letters Featuring rare praise for Reg hack

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Hefty savings on the Inova X1 Cash'n'Carrion Lots of torch for not much cash
• Hefty savings on the Inova X1 Cash'n'Carrion Lots of torch for not much cash
• The .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security Site Offer £10 off the hands-on guide

Personal

• Digital Retro goes coffee table Book Review A flip down memory lane...

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple updates iBook laptops And re-introduces the single-CPU Power Mac G5

Personal: Reviews

• Creative Sound Blaster Wireless Music Review From PC to hi-fi via Wi-Fi

Personal: System Builder

• AMD heralds PCI Express chipsets Chipset vendors line up with products
• AMD slashes prices, ships Athlon 64 4000+ Up to 50 per cent off
• Nvidia details nForce 4 Longhorn TCP offloading, Serial ATA 3Gbps - but no post-AC97 sound

Science

• Boffins moot chilled light for optical comms Faster isn't always better
• HP Labs demos plastic LCDs Bendy
• NEC to show laptop with built-in fuel cell Big leap forward with smaller power unit
• Peruvians develop super-tasty guinea pig Scuttling soon to a plate near you
• Scot develops dust-busting hovercraft Another British scientific first

Security: Spam

• 419ers take Aussie financial advisor for AU$1m Greed + stupidity = jail

Software

• UK tech specialist school pioneers open source switch Thin client, app servers make the grade

Software: Applications

• Microsoft spruces up Navision Now we are 4.0