18th November 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Creative declares 'war' on Apple's iPod MP3 player firm commits $100m to out-spend rivals' ad campaigns
• Nokia demos mobile IPv6 call It's for you
• People want to pay by phone But m-commerce 'inadequate'
• PowerVR MBX gains OpenGL ES Linux support HI Corp ports over its 3D engine, too
• RIM takes active-user total to 2m Doubles subscriber tally in nine months
• Virgin Mobile ups customers, drops profits Float costs bite

Comms: Networks

• Ofcom review 'misses golden opportunity' Reactions mixed on regulator's big day
• Ofcom tells BT: shape up, or split up Telecoms review published today
• Telecoms review? What telecoms review? UK.biz in the dark

Comms: Wireless

• UWB approved, standard imminent And if you believe that...

Hardware: Servers

• IBM benchmark leaves server rivals breathless Power5 crushes Itanium for record score

Hardware: Storage

• Maxtor ups desktop, enterprise HDD warranty periods Same cover in whatever territory you buy
• Sun's finishing of the year with a storage run Five spot of new kit

Lifecycle: Manage

• Poland scuppers EU software patent directive Support withdrawn

Management: Financial News

• Google shares fall on less-than-stellar growth fears More competition
• MSN signs up Overture for another year And then what?
• Petco settles with FTC over cyber security gaffe Sentenced to 20 years' maximum security
• Salesforce sales up But outlook disappoints

Management: IT Director

• CSA boss falls on sword over £456m IT system fiasco EDS: 'badly designed, badly developed, badly tested, badly implemented'

Market News

• DiData back in profit 'Substantial progress in the last year'

Music and Media

• Home Office stalls on weapons scanner health risks 'Er, dunno', says trustworthy Home Secretary
• Sony talks to Grokster Can legit P2P be far away?
• TiVo loses its MoJo Pop-up ads, DRM lock-down coming soon
• Website blamed for student suicide 22-year-old found hanged in room

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Rucksacks: an evaluation and comparison Are freebies reliable?

Personal: Reviews

• HTC 'Blue Angel' Wi-Fi PocketPC phone Reg review Aka i-mate PDA 2k, O2 XDA IIs, Orange M2000 etc, etc

Personal: System Builder

• Seagate ships 'world first' 400GB PC HDDs A 7200rpm unit that's as fast as a 10,000rpm job, apparently

Science

• MoD forms electronic warfare 'Tower of Excellence' Aka 'collaborative research group'

Security

• AOL goes a bundle on consumer security AOL 9.0 Security Edition
• IE in fresh security drama Three bugs, two critical

Security: Anti-Virus

• Russian fined for virus-writing exploits 29A's Whale gets harpooned

Software: Applications

• PeopleSoft threatens to sue Oracle Oracle threatens to buy PeopleSoft

Software: Operating Systems

• Use Linux and you will be sued, Ballmer tells governments Lawsuit doom over 228 'stolen' patents predicted