1st July 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• easyMobile puts up prices Promo ends at discount cellco
• Exec + PDA = security alert Reg Reader Studies Smart handheld, dumb user
• Kids blow £1bn on mobiles Diddle-ee

Comms: Networks

• Easynet commits to more LLU investment Which is nice
• LLU to take-off despite 'painful year' Watchdog rubs crystal ball
• New LLU ISP to offer 24meg broadband Be for broadband
• Ofcom shames BT 'Suspects BT may have restricted competition'

Management: Financial News

• BPI sues MCPS in music biz blue-on-blue Mechanical reproduction charge punch-up
• Red Hat milks corporate Linux sales for strong Q1 Subscriptions look solid
• WhenU wins pop-up adware case 'Broad ramifications for search engines'

Management: IT Director

• IBM UK mainframe workers train their South African replacements Exclusive Do high-profile users know they went South?

Management: Small Biz

• TechScape: On marketing and mobile phones Column Buy! Buy! Buy! Cell! Cell! Cell!

Music and Media

• BBC culls Cult website 'Who's the bozo who made this decision?'
• Bush administration annexes internet Extraordinary statement
• Dynamic IP address litigant got it right, for now German court rules data storage 'perfectly legal'
• Feds deploy massive anti-piracy dragnet Operation Site Down
• FX rip-off dotcom wound-up Bad deal at any rate
• Online casino tattoos woman's face The unacceptable face of capitalism

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• ET turns nasty Film review War of the Worlds
• Nude eBayer flashes 19in monitor Possibly NSFW: No reserve? You said it

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Crispy vulture beats bald eagle Letters Priorities get sorted, Reg stylie

Odds and Sods: Site News

• Cisco Security Agent laid bare Site offer Save 30% on Cisco Press guides

Science

• Rosetta gets in on the Deep Impact story Dodgiest picture ever
• Shuttle to fly 13 July Safety concerns set aside?

Security

• Judge bans company's deceptive anti-spyware claims Did not do what it said on the tin
• Malware authors up the ante As half life of unprotected Windows PC drops to 12 minutes
• Reverse engineering patches making disclosure a moot choice? Darned if you do. Darned if you don't

Security: Enterprise Security

• Rats in the security world Let's start with email

Security: ID

• Biometrics won't deter passport fraudsters, chief admits ...burglars not afraid of locks, police, dogs

Security: Spyware

• Microsoft mulls buying Claria Just don't mention Gator

Software

• Microsoft uses $850m to kiss and make up with IBM Well puckered
• Why is Oracle really buying TimesTen? Comment Standing in the way of Progress