4th November 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• iPod-crazed youths invade London station Welcome to the world of 'Mobile Clubbing'
• Nokia to bring digital TV to mobile phones Mobile with digital TV receiver in 2006
• Sharp drops plan to drop Linux PDA from US Zaurus SL-6000 will still be offered to corporates

Comms: Networks

• BT crows about broadband numbers But why?
• Wanadoo UK poised for 500,000th broadband customer Bubbly on ice

Hardware: Data Networking

• VoIP heads for the big time European land grab

Hardware: Servers

• Java server startup nabs former Sun HPC boss 24 cores and a new CMO

Management

• Kent gets UK's first WiMAX network Town and country

Management: Financial News

• MP takes aim at eBay over gun sales Blunkett alerted
• Nokia accuses rivals of ripping off designs, patents Lawsuits target Sagem, Vitelcom
• US Navy contract knocks back EDS Q3 (again) Let the new probe begin

Management: IT Director

• 500 call centre jobs bound for UK Europe gets a look-in too
• Corporate governance goals impossible - RSA IT managers tied up in red tape

Management: Public Sector

• Bush wins as Reps add seats in Congress Kerry concedes - Florida re-play averted

Management: Small Biz

• Tiscali targets SMEs with 'affordable' broadband Bit of a trend going on

Market News

• Chip trade body revises 2004 sales downward Anticipated market decline happened sooner than expected

Music and Media

• Indymedia server grab - Home Office knew, but isn't telling Search for culprits moves on by millimetres
• Movie biz to sue P2P film-sharers MPAA follows RIAA
• Music biz in unauthorised downloads shock Should EMI sue itself?
• Napster beams songs to Windows smart phones All thanks to Windows Media 10

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Netscape/CNN site calls Bush an a--hole! Angry techie gets revenge
• Panto bin Laden in New York, New York outrage Musical kerfuffle

Personal: PCs

• 3D patent suit extended to Dell, HP, IBM, Sony, others PC makers targeted as list of allegedly infringed patents grows

Personal: Reviews

• PalmOne Tungsten T5 Reg review The best Palm yet?

Personal: System Builder

• ATI to launch AMD PCI-E chipset 'next week' Radeon Xpress steams in on Monday

Science

• Boffins issue stealth comet apocalypse alert We're all going to die, part 347
• California backs stem cell research Props to Prop 71
• Take us to Mars, Beagle team says Next-generation craft unveiled

Security: Enterprise Security

• Watch out there's an IE bug about You've been iFramed

Security: ID

• Phishers develop sophisticated lure Covert scripting exploit

Security: Spam

• Sibling spammers convicted Bogus products flogged from bogus email addies