29th March 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Toshiba preps minute-charge 'miracle' battery Very short charge time, very long lifespan - and green, too

Hardware

• HP bets on the Hurd mentality for CEO Cash register stud to the rescue

Hardware: Servers

• IBM server breaks time - marketing continuum to tie Dell to market Reg ordered to fix the past

Hardware: Storage

• IBM plans storage blitz on EMC's turf New GM's sales pep

Management: Financial News

• 200 IT workers face O2 axe Best get yer coat
• BT tells industry to 'get on with life' Verwaayen speaks
• Hynix ring-fences $342m against antitrust fines Under the mattress for a rainy day
• Qwest sets MCI April 5 deadline Get on with it
• Verizon finds $1bn more for MCI Still can't match Qwest

Management: IT Director

• Barclays ATM network takes Sunday off No Bank Holiday beer for Barclays customers...
• ISPs share hacker info Big name backing for security network
• Mitnick sequel fails to hack it Book review The Art of Intrusion
• Never Hurd of the new HP boss? Profile Don't worry! We've read him for you
• Sungard goes private Crumbs! - biggest deal since Nabisco
• What value your security certification? Comment Pundit laments GIAC shake-up

Management: Public Sector

• Passenger screening gimmick stuck at the gate 'CAPPS-3' not ready for takeoff

Market News

• HP sues printer-cartridge refillers Stink over ink

Music and Media

• Cop 'downloaded nude snaps' from suspect's mobile phone Body of evidence resurfaces on PDA
• Cops warn of internet fraud Let's be careful out there etc
• iTunes.co.uk owner fights on against Apple Takes fight, and Nominet, to High Court
• Silent tech majority invites Mickey Mouse to poison P2P Comment The killer app that killed innovation
• Supremes leery of P2P ban Hollywood vs P2P Scalia, Breyer weigh chilling effects
• VeriSign wins back .net registry Of course it never doubted it in the first place

Personal: Consoles

• Sony ordered to pay $90.7m in PS2 patent dispute US judge suspends death sentence

Personal: Reviews

• Creative MuVo V200 Review More than a me-too iPod?

Personal: System Builder

• First players based on Taiwan's FVD HD disc to ship next month Why wait for blue-laser discs?

Science

• EC sees tiny increase in women in science jobs But not in its own projects
• Oz boffins grow stem cells from nose Catholic Church-funded research
• Space-walkers launch 'Nanosatellite' While the ISS goes a bit wobbly
• Whiskery stem cells grow skin, muscles and neurons Fairly bristling with ideas

Security: Enterprise Security

• Quantum crypto comes to Blighty Yay!

Software

• Oracle snaps up security firm Larry's shopping spree continues

Software: Applications

• A case for software benchmarking Comment Wheat and chaff