14th February 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• 3G has arrived: Official Comment Oh no it hasn't...
• CW will text you your voicemails Cunning mobile plan...
• Motorola wins 'sub-$40' handset contract Trade body develops third world mobile
• MS, Nokia in Valentine's Day headline bid 3GSM Or suicide pact, depending on how you look at it
• Nokia bends to operators 3GSM New phones, new voice services, and a lock down OS.
• Nvidia updates GoForce phone chip Higher resoutions but where's the anti-aliasing?
• Orange shuts out adult content No more porn for you, sunshine
• WiMAX turns the screw on 3G Cheaper networks a real possibility

Comms: Networks

• BT 2 meg punters hacked off Getting 'half as much twice as fast'

Comms: Wireless

• Wi-Fi Alliance to beef up security Key issue for users

Hardware: Servers

• AMD unveils next-gen 90nm Opterons Shipping soon
• Intel ships 2MB cache 64-bit Xeon EM64T-equipped desktop P4s this week, too

Lifecycle: Manage

• Paradigms for Paranoids Codecon 2005 Off-the-record messaging

Management: Financial News

• Tech industry puts phish on diet Anti-ID theft initiative
• Verizon and MCI to tie the knot $6.7bn marriage - and on Valentine's Day too

Management: IT Director

• UK firms avoid outsourcing tech support Roses are red...

Management: Public Sector

• FaxYourMP.com gets a makeover Now you can badger other politicians too
• FCC lets cablecos off multicast hook Washington Roundup A blow for digital broadcasting
• Gov.uk delves into EDS finances Four investigations in three years
• Poor left stranded by digital divide Still, they've got women and old people for company

Management: Small Biz

• BT glitch severs 70k broadband users It's grim up North
• SMEs play IT fast and loose Neglect basic housekeeping

Market News

• Ex-Intel sales chief joins TSMC Jason Chen back to work in April

Music and Media

• Buyers said to favour a la carte music in 2005 Don't understand or don't like subscription services
• China shuts 12,500 'illegal' cybercafes More of the same
• French consumer group sues Apple, Sony Alleges iTunes-iPod tie-in is anti-competitive
• How Blair high tech 'security' pledge will fix the wrong problem Analysis Placebo facilitates issue-ducking
• Spanish cuff 19 in net paedo ring bust Nationwide dragnet

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Desperate PR outfit seeks Valentine's news hook Love is in the air

Odds and Sods: Site News

• TechnoDepot Binary t-shirt back on the shelves Cash'n'Carrion There are 10 types of people in the world...

Personal: PCs

• AMD slashes processor prices Cheaper chips

Personal: Reviews

• How to win friends and influence people Review We go networking with Plaxo and LinkedIn

Security: Enterprise Security

• How to isolate DNA with salad-spinner CodeCon 2005 With hackerly DNS exuberance

Software: Operating Systems

• Desktop Linux cracks Freak Mainstream More love needed
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.4 hits the streets Open sorcery...