16th May 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• 60 companies want to wire up the Tube LU overwhelmed by interest
• easyMobile.com takes aim at easymobile Brand wars
• Name your SMS heroes and zeroes Nominations invited for txt hall of shame/fame

Comms: VoIP

• AOL UK offers phone service Simple as that

Distribution

• Irish distie DCC cheers, a bit Profits hit by IT division...

Hardware

• SMT vulnerability 'not critical' - Intel Got to 'own' a machine to make use of it

Hardware: Data Networking

• Canada says oui to VoIP Meaning yes

Hardware: Storage

• EMC finally finds its virtual voice Invista: switch friendly and not cheap

Lifecycle: Manage

• So, you want to be a computer scientist... Brain Academy 2005 is go

Management

• Oracle settles whistleblower suit for $8m Done and dusted

Management: Financial News

• Brocade to restate four years of financials as DoJ and SEC look on Option issues linger
• Online ticket touts fleece punters Massive mark-ups from dodgy dealers
• Transmeta narrows loss on cost cuts Improves loss-limitation lookout
• UK search market growing fast SMEs getting on board

Management: IT Director

• HP confirms jobs to India move No longer 'rumour and speculation'

Management: Public Sector

• Dutch military defies MS Enterprise ban Open standards govt sidestepped
• Local authorities offered outsourcing benchmarks Performance monitoring

Music and Media

• EU disgorges internet stats Fascinating
• Fortinet disputes Trend Micro patent ruling Anti-virus vendors in legal bun fight
• GoogleNet - the ultimate embrace and extend? End of the web nigh - again?

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH: You can't outbastard the bastard Episode 15 Career-limiting strategy

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• HP can only afford 3,000 Gwen Stefani cameras Longing for the BonoPod

PC Builder

• Yahoo! hires Phoenix to recruit system builders Boxmakers to include Yahoo's start page

Personal: Consoles

• Nintendo makes Revolution revelation Some beans spilled, but not all
• UK games industry must adapt or die Beancounter speaks

Personal: Mac Channel

• Judge rejects Mac OS X 'Tiger' ban demand Apple operating system and PC reseller 'distinctly different'

Personal: System Builder

• Crytek: new ATI chip will support Shader 3.0 R520 not far off?

Science

• EU puts squeeze on animal testing Seeking alternatives
• Where's my robotic maid? Softly softly, catchee monkey

Security

• UK workers in IM flirt, gossip, bitchfest And a bit of work, too

Security: Anti-Virus

• Sober infected PCs spew right-wing 'hate spam' Neo-botnet