2nd February 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• How to stay in touch - even when you're dead Mobile phone for the deceased
• Mobile telcos pressure fixed-line rivals Subscriber numbers on the up-and-up
• Mobile-using drivers 'age 50 years' Terrifying effect of yakking on the move
• Symbian updates OS, toolchain Banging the DRM

Comms: Networks

• BT clobbered in Ofcom probe Pro-Energis ruling could result in payout
• UK Online unveils 2Mb service Need for speed

Distribution

• Midwich signs up Elonex Home entertainment play

Hardware

• Sun product discovered away from product launch Faster workstations

Hardware: Storage

• EMC whistleblower says Symmetrix coverup caused nervous breakdown 'Cat is out of the bag'

Management: Financial News

• Bumper Q4 takes Borland into profit Nice
• Google tops $1bn In the money
• UMC Q4 income plummets on inventory adjustments Capex to be cut in 2005

Management: IT Director

• Ebbers fortune at risk as share prices slid Bank's threat
• SBC to axe 13,000 jobs in AT&T merger Please hang up now

Management: Small Biz

• Revenue waives late filing penalty, for some Tax was still due by 31st Jan
• Small.biz demands scam protection Under attack

Music and Media

• MS licenses analog anti-rip technology Macrovision helps Redmond lock down... everything
• SunnComm fixes 'Shift Key' embarrassment Take that, nerd boy

Personal: PCs

• Dell ships (almost) unleaded desktop OptiPlex line-up also goes BTX
• Dell touts smart card disk crypto for laptops Keep others' mitts off your corporate data

Reseller

• Simply Computers changes name Misco Consumer
• TSG buys Leeds reseller Logical Solutions

Science

• Swift observatory sends back stunning test shot Gamma-Ray hunters ready for action

Security

• Adware-infected PCs net slimeware firms $3 a pop Is the market really that big?

Security: Enterprise Security

• Heise.de under DDoS attack €10,000 reward for information
• MS downplays SP2 vuln risk NX protection concern
• Police cuff US student keystroke logger Swiped exams from teacher's PC
• Root kit surfaces after Jabber attack Open source code jockeys urged to check code

Security: ID

• US hit for $548m in fraud losses ID theft tops league

Software

• Windows authentication: reasonable and gentle Analysis Redmond's 'velvet glove'