16th November 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Force phonecam voyeurs to flash, says PI Barking, repressive, unworkable ideas are clearly catching
• Motorola 'recalls' MPx220 smart phone Handsets pulled to apply audio glitch fix, reports suggest
• Vodafone dividend doubled, shares up We're talking telephone numbers

Comms: Networks

• Ofcom's review of telecoms due this week Analysis That'll be the circus in town, then
• PlusNet gets tough with broadband hogs Punters revolting
• Telewest upgrades network North West gets the nod
• UK Online unveils unbundled 8Mb broadband Gee whiz

Comms: Wireless

• British Library tunes into Wi-Fi Public WLAN for readers
• Pulse~Link wants partners in radio revolution Looking beyond wireless USB
• Sweden's rail stations to roll out Wi-Fi UK WISP The Cloud floats into Scandinavia

Hardware

• It's do or die time for Sun and Solaris x86 Analysis The two year question

Hardware: Data Networking

• Skype hits the charts in China Punts pop song to promote 'phones

Hardware: Servers

• Grizzled blade server vet shows 64-bit kit Six generations for battling RLX
• Microsoft goes after Netware It's like Mods v Rockers...

Hardware: Storage

• ADIC pools disk and tape Says Pathlight v2 will shine for fast and cheap backup

Lifecycle: Manage

• Novell's MS complaint: we wuz robbed Analysis That antitrust filing in full - with added chocolate

Management: Financial News

• US Navy blows $375m hole in EDS accounts Write off agreed

Management: IT Director

• Symbian and Entrust score civil servants Sir Humphreys go private
• Tektrol's worst case scenario How the judgment may thwart attempts to recover

Music and Media

• Blunkett explains your terror nightmares - be very afraid Fearmonger in chief denies responsibility
• First deadline passes for Supreme Court Grokster case First round of comments from friends of the court
• How scammers run rings round eBay Buyers fleeced, eBay practically powerless
• Patriotic bloggers finish Segway across America trek Sanity rejoices
• Selling surveillance - has Blunkett got a deal for you Analysis Fiddling the price to get you to pay for the pass laws

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Xmas comes early for phone ad girl Pure 3G filth

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Indymedia seizure ok by us, say readers Letters Are you all feeling OK?

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Reg hack in daring Gambia charity dash Tackles Plymouth-Banjul rally in £20 Citroen
• Programming experience up for grabs Site Offer 12 great guides, 12 great prices

Personal

• Half Life 2 released But activation dodgy

Personal: Mac Channel

• Dual-core IBM PowerPC 'to ship in single-core form' Standalone part - or a dualie with one dud core?

Personal: PCs

• Consumers shun PCs for gizmos Business drives market growth
• IBM, Lenovo ponder world desktop PC JV Economies of scale

Personal: Reviews

• Evesham Axis Xcelsior Athlon 64 4000+ PC Review FX-55 optional

Reseller

• Comtec goes titsup Who gets what, now?

Science

• Home PCs sought in hunt for cancer cure Co-operative computing
• SMART-1 makes lunar orbit Europe has reached the moon

Security

• Security incidents and cybercrime on the up Spam showers with squalls of exploits predicted

Security: Enterprise Security

• Cisco fixes 'decoy attack' in security software CSA pop-up bug

Security: Spam

• Confusion reigns after FTC spam summit Holding pattern
• Grieving Arafat widow seeks business partner Lads from Lagos pop up in Palestine

Software: Applications

• Peruvians to enjoy Windows in Quechua Language of the Incas