22nd March 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Kill the Crackberry! MS licenses sync to former arch-rival Symbian
• O2 to axe 500 jobs... ...and create 2,000 new ones

Comms: Networks

• MCI UK settles three-year-old billing snafu Finally...
• NTL hits copper trail to ADSL2+ UK twisted pair play
• Tiscali 'flogs French ISP' Telecom Italia new owner, apparently

Hardware: Storage

• U3 signs first USB Flash drive makers More support for 'truly portable apps' technology

Management: Financial News

• Apple plugs PyMusique iTunes 'hole' DRM-less downloads blocked
• Bono to buy Eidos Under a blood red income statement
• HP hooks Snapfish.com Reels in online photo firm
• MCI/Verizon/Qwest slanging match continues Histrionics and straw men
• Plucky, aged online British store sold World's oldest online store sold to Amerikey
• SCi launches bid for Eidos Offers shares as alternative to Bono's cash
• Time Warner settles AOL SEC fraud investigation Coughs up $300m
• UMC to take stake in Hejian Nothing to do with investment probe, apparently

Music and Media

• eBayer seeks to exorcise voodoo cuddly toy Night of the Satanic Stitch Teddy
• Utah enacts net porn law Stop this tide of filth

Odds and Sods: Letters

• French firms rampage through Reg letters bag Letters All very Gallic

Personal: System Builder

• Elpida samples 256Mb 800MHz DDR 2 chips Volume production in two months' time
• Intel to cut chipset prices 3 April - report Just as next-gen Pentium system logic ships

Science

• Quadriplegic controls PC by mind power alone BrainGate
• Scientists lighten up on dark energy 'Einstein was right when he said he was wrong'
• Sweaty palms? You're nicked, chummy Trace elements can now reveal fingerprints

Security: Enterprise Security

• Business school 'hack' raises ethical questions Trespass or plain curiosity?
• Duo charged over DDoS for hire scam Man allegedly hired teen to wipe out online rival

Security: Spam

• Desperate housewives spam used to spread spyware Only the lonely

Software

• Firms paying too much for software, says anti-piracy group Shocking lack of dodgy licences...

Software: Applications

• Novell gets suite on SMEs Server to desktop Linux package unveiled at Brainshare
• Oracle wins Retek bidding war Biggest apps vendor just got bigger...