11th May 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• HTC unveils 3G PocketPC phone Windows Mobile 5.0 on board
• Microsoft releases Windows Mobile 5.0 More Windows in more places
• Mobile operators fight DRM corner Challenge MPEG LA proposals
• O2 creates 1,500 Glasgow jobs Flushed with success
• Orange snuffs out Wildfire €148m up in smoke

Comms: VoIP

• Canada mulls VoIP regs Big telcos get prices fixed

Distribution

• Ingram Micro gets closer to AMD Expands global agreement

Hardware: Servers

• DiData triples profits Revenues up too...

Hardware: Storage

• IBM thinks ahead with speedy midrange storage dynamo Cracks 4Gbps barrier. Rivals scoff
• Toshiba unveils 45GB HD DVD Layer cake

Management: Financial News

• Google goes to China Try searching for 'company ethics'
• Lastminute.com rocks following bid approach Time to dust off those share certificates
• Michael Dell slips $100m into Red Hat Personal endorsement?
• Strong Euro sales lift Cisco profits Steady growth
• Sybase buys UK company Search firm
• Symbian revenues soar on smartphone sales surge Royalty boost
• Yahoo! declares! digital! music! price! war! Subscriptions a third of the price of Napster's
• Yahoo! fudges video search From Russia with lots of unwanted results

Management: IT Director

• Fiorina regrets nothing Carly talks stereotypes
• IWF cracks down on illegal porn at work 'Shocking' results of survey
• Kodak lets Carp loose, hooks new CEO HP vet rising

Management: Small Biz

• Google launches mini search-in-a-box One for the smaller businesses

Market News

• Weak consumer spending hits Dixons Oh dear, oh my

Music and Media

• Apple settles Eminem lawsuit 'Out-a-court'
• Congress passes Gestapo ID legislation Comment Papers, please!
• Dutch academics declare research free-for-all Open access
• Nominet appoints new chairman Lawyer Bob Gilbert joins after long search
• Oz iPod users denied access to quality pop Comment No download of No.1 hit

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Readers retell their squirrel pest stories Ugly, real ugly
• Squirrels blamed for gnawing through BT phone line Maybe, maybe not

Odds and Sods: Site News

• SQLite - destined for PHP glory Site offer Read all about it at 30% off

Personal

• Gadget express rolls into Gizmoville Tech Digest Tasty kit

Personal: Consoles

• Travis Bickle makes gaming debut Shoot-'em-up? More than likely

Personal: PCs

• Dell to launch 19in widescreen notebook 'next year' Apple to get there first?
• Macintoshes are 'hot' amid slow April PC sales Lack of AMD kit drags down HP

Personal: Peripherals

• VESA readies next-gen display interface Handy connector and not-so-handy copy-protection

Personal: Reviews

• Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 gaming notebook Review Phew, what a scorcher!

Science

• EC wants €70bn for science Double the budget over 10 years
• Swift catches birth of black hole on camera Living up to its name

Security: Anti-Virus

• No 'sorry' from Love Bug author Five years on, Spyder keeps schtum
• VXers make a monkey out of gullible surfers Gorillas in the malware

Security: Enterprise Security

• DoD hacker jailed for 21 months TK worm suspect taken down
• Microsoft issues solitary patch All quiet on the security front
• Poachers turn over Microsoft Gatekeeper security test All in jest

Security: Spam

• Telewest punters 'unaffected' by spam blacklist For now anyway

Software

• IBM moves onto JBoss turf with Gluecode buy JBoss relishes challenge