24th January 2005 Archive

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Channel

• PalmOne chief quits Colligan to bridge the gap

Comms: Mobile

• Orb offers media on the go Streaming joy from PC to PDA

Comms: Networks

• BT warns of broadband divide ahead of Ofcom review Getting retaliation in first
• Google mulls VoIP move Skinny story has the skinny

Comms: Wireless

• Hotspot paranoia: try to stay calm Opinion No-one's actually interested in your data

Hardware: Servers

• HP France plans February Opteron server party Two-way, blades and baguettes

Hardware: Storage

• Western Digital hops on 1in HDD bandwagon Wants share of MP3 player action

Lifecycle: Manage

• Poland blocks software patents again Dangerous precedent?
• Spaniards develop chart-topping program Hit or miss? HitSongScience has the answer

Management: Financial News

• 'Integrity of eBay markeplace' at risk - sellers' group Trust me, I'm an online auctioneer
• Napster readies German music service Latest funding may drive game, video subscriptions too.
• Nokia settles GSM patent clash Cross-licenses technology with Vitelcom
• US hints at IBM-Lenovo deal spy fears Ex-IBM US PC plants might host Chinese spooks

Management: IT Director

• Globus Consortium takes grid computing to the office Commercial exploitation

Music and Media

• Brit jailed for tsunami emails Six months in chokey
• CE giants open DRM to the community 'Community Source Program'

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Is Microsoft preparing a flying car? Norwegian HoverBot a challenge for embedded CE
• Need an African slave? Try eBay Low Priced! Big selection!
• Tabloid fires 'Yahoo baby' reporter Made the whole thing up

Personal

• Dozen claim MS codec patents Number likely to rise

Personal: Consoles

• Transmeta licences low-power tech to Sony LongRun 2 to limit leakage from Cell?

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple iTunes sales tally hits 250m Billion tracks sold by year's end?

Personal: PCs

• AMD's 2006 roadmap - details emerge Roadmap More codenames, more DDR 2 support suggestions
• Averatec sets up shop in UK US cheap notebook specialist flies over
• Intel 'Smithfield' dual-core to debut as 8xx series Prices set too, say sources

Personal: System Builder

• AOpen preps second-gen Centrino desktop mobo Pentium M for low-noise machines
• Simply Computers suffers big redundancies Abandons PC assembly

Science

• Bush bins Hubble fix Not on the 2006 budget sheet
• US stem cell research in jeopardy Existing stocks contaminated

Security

• German police bust porn invoice scammers Bogus bills with menaces

Software: Applications

• HP's PC biz braced for SAP hell Exclusive Server fiasco redux?

Software: Operating Systems

• Microsoft preps WMP-less Windows Won't appeal