21st February 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Apple resists mobile MP3 ambush iPod v phones in UI war
• Moto exec drops AirPod hint An iPod, with added Bluetooth?
• Nokia enters the data dispenser biz Beaming in to M2M
• Orange sues Stelios for 'passing off' Lawyer-happy man faces lawyers
• Who needs 3G? 'Son of DAB' unleashes TV for phones 3GSM For the broadcast model, use broadcast, check?

Comms: Networks

• Telstra ticked off over broadband competition ruck AUS$6.5m rebate is enough says regulator

Hardware: Storage

• IBM does grand dance for bland drives ILM facade

Management: Financial News

• Customs loses VAT weapon Legal decision goes against 'em...
• Lastminute asks FSA for fax-checking probe Duty to its shareholders
• Toshiba turns up heat at flash chip plant NAND demand outstripping capacity

Management: IT Director

• Business managers and IT managers: together at last Starting to agree at least

Management: Reg Technology Panel

• UK channel chaps required for reader survey Reg Reader Studies Give forth and win Reg goodies

Music and Media

• Anti-Blair site sparks real-world row Angry councillors, censorious ISPs and boycotts
• Digital memories: we can forget them for you wholesale! Analysis Who'll mind your photos?
• Hundreds face tax bills for online ciggies Michigan smokes out scammers
• Ladbrokes barred from net games in Netherlands Dutch bookies only please

Odds and Sods: Site News

• BOFH books back at Cash'n'Carrion Cash'n'Carrion Hurrah!

Personal: PCs

• Intel brings 64-bit to desktop Throws its cache around

Science

• NASA bumps return to flight Is it me, or am I badly lit?
• Scientists scan for nukes with space rays Like Superman, only better
• UN committee backs human cloning ban Stem cell advocates blast 'political' vote

Security

• Paris Hilton's Sidekick hacked No, not Nicole Richie

Security: ID

• I'll show you mine if you show me, er, mine New crypto for Wi-Fi

Software

• Microsoft v EC: peace unlikely So says the judge...

Software: Operating Systems

• Open Source catches download stats fever Comment Big figures, but what do they mean?