17th November 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• 3 offers 'smallest, lightest' 3G handset NEC 338 goes on sale
• Chinese 3G may follow Europe European standard preferred...
• mmO2 looks set for first ever dividend Earlier than expected
• Motorola buys MeshNetworks Connecting up the dots
• Motorola: 3G handsets selling like hot cakes Boom times ahead for WCDMA phones
• UK 3G rollout targets 'too tough' Give us room for manoeuvre, says O2

Comms: Networks

• Brits, broadband and smut We're the dirty old men of Europe

Hardware: Storage

• Maxtor's revolving door brings in new Prez and COO They come, they go

Lifecycle: Manage

• Pulp Fiction writer sues Microsoft over virtual yoga 'Everyone be cool, this is a robbery'

Management

• HP redeems pride with strong Q4 Billion dollar printer profit steadies the ship

Management: Financial News

• Iomart posts maiden profit Congrats

Management: IT Director

• UK data protection laws are 'chaotic' DPA terms 'must be tightened'

Management: Public Sector

• UK.gov launches technology five-year plan 'Creating wealth from knowledge'

Management: Small Biz

• Online Xmas shopping puts business 'at risk' Trojans, spam and viruses all in Santa's sack

Music and Media

• Register backs Blunkett drive for trust in government Bye then, David...
• eBayer punts Virgin Mary in grilled cheese sandwich Toasted simulacrum madness
• ID card doubts - Blunkett blames dead German philosopher I think, therefore who am I?
• MPAA takes filesharers to court Seeking injunctions, and fines of $150k
• MPAA wants parents, teachers to rat on their kids Doing the dirty work
• Piracy funds terror, Guardian lesson tells schools Balanced discussion of copyright issues begins
• Trigger-happy surfers pop a cap in Bambi's ass Virtual white hunter, black heart

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Are you a mobe-hating foot fetishist? Yes? Click here

Odds and Sods: Letters

• China's IT: an inside outsider's view Letter Insight into piracy rates

Personal: PCs

• Computers make you blind: official Add glaucoma to the threat list
• Don't hit the computer, it won't change channels! It makes me so angry!

Science

• Bulgarian seeks redress over gay pig Porker batting for the wrong side
• Dutch snap world's largest digital photo Images fused into 2.5bn px monster
• NASA scramjet nudges Mach 10 But does it have a future?

Security

• US company fined for UK rogue dialler scam Watchdog growls

Security: Anti-Virus

• Arafat worm exploits new MS vuln Novel infection technique

Security: Enterprise Security

• Deny All plots European expansion Application firewall push

Software: Applications

• Bristol Council ditches MS for Star Office Poster child public sector contract for open source
• MS CRM wins hearts, minds, wallets Business is key, not technology
• PeopleSoft battle enters last lap Shareholders split on what to do