23rd March 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• CWU 'shocked and dismayed' at O2 job losses Uh huh
• Intel invests in E Ink Cash to fund next-gen e-paper technology
• Mayor Ken touts mobile phone plan for the Tube Mind the gap
• O2 gets protective over 'bubbles' Another telco faces legal threat
• Sendo reports Ericsson to EC, Ericsson sues Sendo.... Handset spat attack...

Comms: Networks

• Vonage expands UK service But gets into hot water with the state of Texas
• Watch out, there be scammers about, warns watchdog If it's too good to be true...

Hardware: Data Networking

• Japanese enable Human Area Network Your body as data-transfer conduit

Lifecycle: Manage

• The rise of the appliance Comment Well-trodden path

Management: Financial News

• Broadband gods smile on Telewest Whatever
• Peoplesoft eats at Oracle profits Sales surge
• Tiscali France sale to be inked next week Maybe, maybe not

Management: IT Director

• EDS signs MoD contract Head for the hills

Management: Public Sector

• DoH broadens technology choice for GPs Lays out hoops for jumping suppliers
• NPfIT boss prepares to cut failing suppliers And renames the whole shebang for good measure

Management: Small Biz

• EMC: making storage simple for Small.biz Opinion That's the claim

Market News

• World chip glut 'over early Q2' Inventory stockpiles shrink

Music and Media

• Beauty queen sues 59 over net sex romp Websites punting fake porn vid
• iTunes store 'hole' open again Apple block breached in a day
• South Korean swingers in net porn bust Illegal wife-sharing clampdown
• True stories from under the bar table - the Kazaa case concludes Eye Witness Alex Malik was there

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• iVoice files patent on bouncing grannies From speech recognition to airbags...

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Xbox safety: the cable and the damage done Letters Bad engineering - worse explanation

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Maximizing ASP.NET Site offer Go for it at 30% off

Personal

• Inspector Gadget hits Gizmoville Tech Digest Fab bloggers invade The Reg
• Irish cinemas go all-digital World first etc.

Personal: Consoles

• 'Recalled' Xbox goes bang in Sweden Situation normal, says MS

Personal: PCs

• IDC crimps PC forecasts, cites US outlook 'Host of risk factors'

Personal: Peripherals

• Amstrad slashes cost of E3 e-mailer 2 - 4 - 1

Science

• NASA catches light from another planet Heralds new era in planet watching
• NASA gives thumbs up to new Shuttle missions Hubble still out in the cold
• Scientists complain of industrial meddling in research Hands off our results!
• US admits GM crop cock-up Sold 'several hundred tonnes' of non-approved maize

Security

• Apple issues nine bug fixes... As Symantec talks up Mac OS X security threat

Security: Anti-Virus

• Drive-by Trojans exploit browser flaws Analysis Is Firefox really more secure than IE?
• Symbian Trojan attacks anti-virus protection Low risk malware adopts Windows attack strategy

Security: ID

• ID theft is inescapable A new fact of life in a wired world

Security: Spam

• Yahoo! does a Google Email storage goes to a Gig

Software: Applications

• BMC snags OpenNetwork for $18m Access management play
• IBM pays off Compuware Case closed...
• Novell buys Tally Systems Bolt-on for Zenworks