5th November 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Gizmondo creator touts smart phone scheme Acquires enterprise app firm to tackle RIM
• Treo 650 delayed till February Won't have Cobalt even next year?

Comms: Networks

• BT's broadband share slides below key target Squeezed by competition
• ISPA bigwig resigns over support for UKIF Trade group rift claims casualty

Lifecycle: Manage

• Dell sued for alleged global sales patent abuse Tiny firm claims ownership of international ecommerce

Management

• World's cleverest woman needs a job An IQ of 200 is a sorry thing to waste

Management: Financial News

• Graphics patent holder sues Sony, MS, Nintendo Initiatiator of mass IP lawsuit filing revealed
• MCI upbeat despite $3.4bn loss Which is nice
• Nvidia beats Street with Q3 sales hike Best quarter in (almost) two years

Management: IT Director

• The case for women in the technology business Interview IBM's Rebecca George fights her corner

Management: Public Sector

• Did electronic voting pass the test? Paper trails, anyone?

Management: Small Biz

• UK.biz in the dark over broadband jargon More than half of businesses baffled

Market News

• Intel's Barrett looks for chip sales growth in '05 So does market watcher iSuppli
• LG, Matsushita trade lawsuits in PDP patent clash You infringe our IP! No, you infringe ours!

Music and Media

• 37 arrested in net gun swoop More than 100 weapons seized
• eBay paper Vulcan hits £1m Aviation bidding madness
• How organized religion, not net religion, won it for Bush Election 2004 Not even a gay, blogging Jesus could help
• Microsoft extends MSN music sales into Europe Stores for eight more nations added
• Nerd party needed to replace 'left-wing' Democrats, says area man Election 2004 Point and click
• Oslo cops shut down 'Kill Bush' website Rap trio get knuckles rapped

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: A little Ray of sunshine Episode 38 Happy thoughts in the comms room

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• 419ers recruit asylum-seeking mortician Liz Toon's citzenship woes
• Canada offers refuge to distraught Democrats Gay, pot-loving, gun-free singles take the oath
• F-16 strafes New Jersey school Shock and Awe

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Australia blamed for bin Laden panto appearance FoTW Inability to follow a story by reason of anger, part 73
• Readers embrace Welsh language tool Letters Courting controversy with every word

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Blunkett-bashing t-shirt remans the barricades Cash'n'Carrion NO2ID restock coincides with e-Petition

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple kit rated five out of five by... er... Apple AppleStore buyers' ratings scheme limited to non-Apple products

Personal: System Builder

• Intel readies 'East Fork' digital home PC platform Think Centrino for the living room

Security

• Counting the cost of security training To invest or not to invest

Security: Anti-Virus

• Email worm poses as Osama videogram Famus for 15 minutes

Security: Enterprise Security

• cahoot fixes customer security cock-up Upgrade snafu
• MS debuts 'forthcoming attractions' pre-alert alert Alert Thursday joins patch Tuesday in BoFH calendars

Security: Spam

• Hard times for London bulk email outfit £10 off 4.6m email addresses, while stocks last

Software: Applications

• BSA raises grass ceiling to £20K That's Christmas sorted, then

Software: Operating Systems

• Novell fires counterblast at Ballmer Linux summary This is my truth, tell me yours
• Windows for Warships safe for Royal Navy, says MoD Getting your blue on blue in early...