8th December 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• O2 unveils compact PocketPC phone Sports Bluetooth 1.2 but no Wi-Fi
• Sprint spends $3bn on 3G Contracts all round
• Virgin Mobile goes to China Seeks JV partner

Comms: Networks

• 'Pukka celeb' to front Madasafish ad Funny man
• AOL confirms 750 job cuts Merry Christmas
• Flashing Xmas lights down DSL connection It works! It's down! It works! It's down! It works... etc
• Tough-talking Ofcom boss slaps BT You can't wriggle out of this one...

Comms: Wireless

• Singapore Airlines plans in-flight live TV via Wi-Fi Wireless Net access goes live Q1 05

Hardware: Storage

• Toshiba touts DVD/HD DVD hybrid Dual-layer disc to smooth hi-def format adoption

Lifecycle: Manage

• Google News' chief robot speaks out Bleep - it's not my fault - bleep

Management

• IBM sells PC biz to China Notebooks, PCs in five-year franchise

Management: Financial News

• Cisco charts course for sustained growth San Jose Bulls
• HP discussed divorce "It's not you, it's me..."
• IBM CEO's memo clarifies PC biz sell-off Exclusive The Palmisano email to the troops in full
• IBM gives up on Schlumberger Ireland buyout Competition Authority intervenes
• Intel 'firing on all cylinders' - CEO But chip production costs won't fall as much as planned
• Nortel finally readies accounts Light at the end of the tunnel - let's hope it's not a train...
• Supremes evaluate Internet booze shopping For the love of God, think of the middlemen

Music and Media

• Amazon's 'morning nightmare' lasts 11 days, and counting Peak-time woes bedevil merchants, customers
• FTC punishes porn dialler firm $17m in disputed bills
• Meet Frank Fowlie, ICANN Ombudsman Interview Canadian mountie, Olympics organiser and now the internet's physician
• One in four Brits on net for Porn Sod blogs - take us to the filth!
• Think tank survey claims 81% support UK ID cards 'Nothing to hide' lobby still strong
• Wippit to gain over 1m major-label tracks Gets content from last-two-to-licence 'big four' recording firms

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Offshoring letters keep coming in Letters: Roundup of Reg readers' writings

Personal: System Builder

• Nvidia to unveil 'nForce for Intel' Q1 05 'Crush 19' sampling now, sources suggest

Science

• GM cocaine 'grown in Colombia' But it could just be the compost...
• UK failing CO₂ targets Gassing about greenhouses

Security: Enterprise Security

• Sprint sued over alleged vice hacks Adult services operator seeks $30m in damages

Software

• London Bridge Software fined for using unlicensed software Debt recovery software outfit pays out £39,500

Software: Applications

• Dutch govt Microsoft desktop deal riles MPs Love me Tender
• PeopleSoft customers learning to love Oracle Says Oracle man...

Software: Operating Systems

• Dell turns on too pricey Red Hat Novell has what we need
• PalmSource to build Palm OS on Linux Update Buys Chinese phone software firm to speed release
• Update for Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 secures new beta status May result in unexpected behavior