10th February 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Group Sense preps Euro smart phone Exclusive Full M68 specs revealed
• T-Mobile and Voda face monopoly abuse rap German roaming costs 'unfair', says EU commission

Comms: Networks

• Broadband growth buoys Wanadoo Bon
• BT retail DSL market share slips some more 'Disappointed'

Hardware: Servers

• Intel 65nm desktop, server CPUs 'up and running' In the labs, a year ahead of launch
• Sun shuns Intel It's Opteron, or bust

Lifecycle: Manage

• European software patent law hangs in the balance Poland changes its mind, but all is not lost

Management: Financial News

• BT net income rises 70% Hurrah
• Napster does the maths And it isn't pretty
• Yahoo! betas! toolbar! for! Firefox! Exclamation mark

Management: IT Director

• Ebbers failed to tell of book fiddling Didn't stop fraud happening

Management: Small Biz

• BT in 2Mb broadband giveaway 'About giving value for money'
• Small.biz gets the virus jitters Concern at threat, but little action
• UK.biz fined £1.8m for illegal software - BSA Five year enforcement plan

Music and Media

• Hackers sued for tinkering with Xbox games Skinned alive
• MPAA closes Loki Hollywood hijacks rebel Torrent trader
• MS seeks patent experts - no patent experience necessary Offshoring incompetence
• No DRM in Mr. Robertson's neighborhood Desktop Summit Child's play at MP3tunes
• Sniffer dog threatens online privacy Comment Implications of US Supreme Court ruling

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple releases Mac OS X 10.3.8 update Panther patching time again

Personal: System Builder

• Intel pushes out low end Grantsdales No fanfare for new 915 chipsets

Science

• EU to scrap greenhouse gas targets Seeks new global agreement after 2012
• UK scientists want £100m stem cell foundation Cash to keep Britain at cutting edge

Security

• Beware the unexpected attack vector Threats from all sides

Security: Anti-Virus

• Symantec anti-virus flaw hits 30 products Updates issued for critical bug, calamity averted

Security: Spam

• Pfizer and MS sue Viagra spam gangs Big stick
• Users choke on mobile spam Customer churn risk

Software: Operating Systems

• SCO dodges bullet Still a case of smoke 'em if you got 'em
• South America warms to Open Source Comment An awful lot of Linux in Brazil