16th December 2004 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Nokia hologram to expose fake, unsafe batteries Power pack market... er... booming
• US FCC to rethink in-flight mobile phone rules New ground to air data links coming too

Comms: Networks

• BT appoints phone Czar 'Arranging deckchairs'
• Ofcom orders BT price cuts for broadband rivals 'Significant operational problems' hamper LLU

Comms: Wireless

• US broadband blimp test flight planned next month Georgia Stratellites

Hardware: Data Networking

• Websites strain under net traffic load I can't stand up for falling down

Hardware: Servers

• French hand Bull Itanium supercomputer survival package 4,000 chip lifeline
• HP confirms that Itanium is Intel's responsibility You deal with it

Lifecycle: Manage

• No more debate on EU patents directive draft Last barrier falls
• You can't move for desktop searches out there Ask Jeeves and Microsoft squeeze onto bandwagon

Management: Financial News

• Google hails adwords victory Judge dismisses bulk of trademark case
• Serco splashes £235m on ITNet Eyes outsourced IT
• Time Warner squares AOL fraud claims with $510m settlement Fends off SEC and DoJ

Music and Media

• Clarke takes charge of Blunkett's Fear Agenda Analysis Horizontal drinkers rejoice

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Laptops cause infertility: official Attack of the ‘nad-roasting killer PCs
• Toshiba trumpets world's fastest lift Taipei 101 enters the record books

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Revolting customers slam dunk Dell Reasons to be cheerful

Odds and Sods: Site News

• The Reg launches downloads site Site offer Vulture Central overcome by spirit of Xmas

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple iTunes sells 200m songs Sales growth continuing to rise
• Apple ships Mac OS X update 10.3.7 fixes bugs, fills security holes

Personal: Peripherals

• Samsung shows 2.5m monster monitor Where would you put yours?

Personal: System Builder

• PCI Express 2.0 to double bandwidth Overseers back 5Gbps spec

Science: Rise of the Machines

• The rise of the rat-brain controlled android Be afraid

Security

• Aussie police get spyware powers Trojan offensive

Security: Enterprise Security

• Michigan Wi-Fi hacker jailed for nine years Abortive attack 'could have cost $2.5m'
• Microsoft buys anti-spyware firm Giant Gimme shelter

Software: Applications

• MS and Autodesk compare patenting notes Share and share alike
• Symantec buys Veritas for $13.5bn stock Security and storage mega-merger

Software: Operating Systems

• Students find 44 Unix flaws as homework Bug hunters still flunk exacting task