2nd August 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Intel cans XScale line PXA26x series scheduled for termination
• Linux Bluetooth hackers hijack car audio 'Snoopy here: go faster, you plonker'
• Private signs XXX mobile content deal Porn on the move

Comms: Networks

• Wanadoo UK kicks off Leeds LLU trial Said it would

Distribution

• WestCoast buckles up Orion deal Consummated

Hardware: Servers

• Elpida samples 4GB FB-DIMMs Next-gen memory for servers

Hardware: Storage

• Logicalis snuggles up to HP with Hawke deal Storage-tastic
• Quantum makes tape cheap and easy on the little guy In Brief Backup Exec bundle

Lifecycle: Plan

• Black Duck and Palamida plug-in to Eclipse Know your code

Management: Financial News

• World chip sales slide Industry looks to better H2

Management: IT Director

• BT axes 250 IT contractors Denies jobs being exported overseas
• Novell axes European staff In Brief Pay now, save later
• UK IT workers in demand Job vacancies continue to grow

Music and Media

• UK music biz sues five 'illegal file-sharers' P2Pers who refused to cough up a settlement

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• BOFH 2005: All you can eat 36 courses of meaty goodness

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Gross-out headlines, spurious sci-fi and hotel smut Letters Plus MOD agency clarifies position of wind farms

Personal: Mac Channel

• Apple hauls mouse technology into 1990s Three-buttoned beastie unleashed

Personal: PCs

• AMD Q2 market share slips Big Xbox chip order to blame, apparently

Personal: Reviews

• Fujifilm FinePix Z1 Review Slim, sexy, yes - but is it any good?

Science

• China's pig disease baffles health experts Human-to-human transmission mooted
• Space-walk no. 3 to fix Shuttle Something of a first

Security

• Spear phishers launch targeted attacks Criminals oust mischief makers as malware goes mafia

Security: Enterprise Security

• Exploit writers team up to target Cisco routers Not taken down
• Infrared exploits open the door to hotel hacking Free smut - do not disturb

Software

• IBM takes D-W-L for undisclosed sum Wheel of acquisition

Software: Applications

• Bank on us Oracle tells I-flex customers IBM still welcome

Software: Operating Systems

• Novell moves for sudden death in SCO case Copyright KO?