18th April 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Mobile email consolidation kicks off RIM faces squeeze
• Our phones don't work - Verizon boss Deal with it

Comms: Networks

• Resellers get double-barrelled DSL When two is better than one
• Who should buy Colt? TDC, Vodafone or Clearwire?

Comms: VoIP

• Skype scores 100 millionth customer Two services added too...

Comms: Wireless

• Intel launches WiMAX chip Interoperable kit by the end of the year, says WiMAX Forum

Hardware

• EMC wags new NAS giant at rivals NetApp and IBM Look at the size of it

Hardware: Servers

• Azul puts 384-way Java rocket up for sale Process much?

Lifecycle: Manage

• Will Microsoft offer EII? Comment And what about Oracle?

Management: Financial News

• Centerprise rescues CFL Computer Systems from liquidation Phoenix from ashes
• Internet is killing mail order catalogues Uh huh
• Philips Q1 income takes €433m nosedive That's gotta hurt
• TDC target for take-over - report Rumour mill keeps on turning

Music and Media

• IT industry told to 'cough up' by child campaigners Need to protect kids
• Texas moves against public Wi-Fi porn Rest stop prudery will hit truckers hard
• UK gov seeks rocket-launching cigarette expert Now pay attention, 007

Odds and Sods: Site News

• MySQL at 30% off Site offer Books galore at discount prices

Personal: PCs

• Consumers and laps boost euro PC sales Going up or down... depending who you ask...
• Intel launches dual-core Pentium Extreme Edition But who's shipping systems?
• Seagate unveils 120GB notebook HDD Storage on the move

Personal: Peripherals

• Movie industry settles DVD chips case Victory for MPAA

Science

• EU angers US with GM maize 'ban' Imports face test for 'illegal GM organism'
• Proof by self-checking software: the four colour problem Colouring in maps
• SMART-1 finds possible moon-base Eternal sunshine of the Lunar kind

Security: Spam

• Save us from spam UK consumers cry out to ISPs for protection

Software

• Eight convicted in Denmark's biggest piracy case Porridge for pirates
• MS marketing Starts Something You see your passion, we see ongoing revenue streams
• OSS gains business ground in Europe Analysts surprised by findings

Software: Applications

• Macromedia to merge with Adobe Flash + PDF = ?

Software: Operating Systems

• Apple posts Mac OS X 10.3.9 Pre-Tiger patch
• Linux on desktop needs better sales people If you build it will they come?