23rd June 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• World is safe from mobile viruses for a few more years Stash tin-foil hats, Gartner advises

Comms: Networks

• BT bows to Ofcom pressure Operational separation prevents full break-up
• BT escapes threat of immediate break-up Deal thrashed out between BT and Ofcom
• BT still needs to be policed, says industry Something about old dogs and new tricks

Comms: Wireless

• Airgo cuts MIMO Wi-Fi chipset prices Higher speeds over greater distances for less money

Hardware

• AMD sets Q3 release for workstation-happy, dual-core Opterons 100 Series prepares for liftoff
• Analysts circle HP with CEO's hammer expected to come down Easy on the pink or blood red?
• Microsoft rolls out SP1 blocker for shy Windows 2003 servers Download another day
• North Carolina residents sue Dell to keep their $270m Want roads, tuition and land back too

Hardware: Servers

• HP dresses up ProLiants with dual-core Opterons Wants to sell 10m more boxes
• IBM does the application shuffle and catches Meiosys Unix and Linux get funky

Lifecycle: Manage

• Lobby groups go all out as EU patent deadline looms Patents are good / bad. You choose
• Opera boss swings at Firefox's Sugar Daddies Bored rich kids?

Management: Financial News

• Apple Euro iTunes stores sell 50m songs year one Far behind US sales, though
• ATI posts Q3 loss Revenues down as demand shifts away from high-end chips
• E-commerce now a turn-off - official Online scams blight outlook
• Fujitsu Siemens opens UK web store Indirect advances
• ISIS backs Bolden James MBO Targeting private sector
• Sage buys Spanish biz for £55m Muy bien
• StreamCast updates Morpheus P2P with BitTorrent Hollywood not expected to be impressed
• UK open source email firm bags VC funding Logicalware secures £300,000 for development
• UMC chairman to quit over China investment case Sooner or later, depending on trial outcome

Management: IT Director

• Internal security attacks affecting banks Fastest growing problem

Music and Media

• BitTorrent inventor lambasts Avalanche 'vaporware' Not a product you can use or test
• For every DRM download, 16 P2P swaps An underestimate, we reckon
• Make music industry poverty history Cartels just ain't what they used to be
• Pentagon recruiting kids with mass data mining scheme Total pigeon awareness

PC Builder

• Microsoft bolsters support for PC makers in IP lawsuits Drops financial caps

Personal: Reviews

• Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX Review More evolution the revolution?

Personal: System Builder

• AMD extends Turion mobile chip line Top and bottom
• Asustek cans dual GeForce 6800 graphics card Planning a 7800 GTX version instead?
• Nvidia unveils GeForce 7800 GTX Pushes SLi into the mainstream, too

Science

• MARSIS is ready to go digging on Mars Hunting for H₂O
• MIT boffins make hot superfluid For a specified value of 'hot'
• Pre-teen in airport safety breakthrough Good gadgeting, son

Security: ID

• The Sun exposes UK ID theft racket at Indian call centre Update My bank details went to Bangalore