4th August 2005 Archive

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Code: Scripting

• Is the web's love affair with PHP over? LAMP going limp
• PHP, Perl and Python on the wane? Done scripting

Comms: Mobile

• 2m mobiles on the blink last year Says Which? survey
• easyMobile 'pleased' with 15k users Okey-dokey
• Mobile phone picture agency goes live Make £££s in your spare time

Management: Financial News

• AOL continues to lose punters Revs dip too
• Apple launches iTunes Japan Puts iPod into Japanese cars too
• EDS delivers Q2 jam, much more to come Contract signings slip
• Hynix, Infineon winners as Q2 DRAM sales slide Rising megabit shipments, tumbling prices
• Investors bury Brocade on dismal Q3 4Gbit hell
• Napster pays plenty for modest growth in Q1 Kitty eyes Japan

Management: IT Director

• Marketing dept to blame for website crashes: official Nice to be proven right, eh?
• Microsoft shops for new COO at Wal-Mart Sam's Club to Bill's Club

Music and Media

• Government admits overselling ID cards But won't back down
• Skip the border guard, fast-track the IT - security, UK style Analysis Hold the terror crisis while we design our response

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Developing alien technology? MS can help Black helicopter alert Secrecy is paramount. Prepare to redact
• Microsoft develops new 'Super' language Acronyms made easy
• US firm to market breast milk Making money from mammaries

Personal: Peripherals

• Creative unveils portable video Vision Update Don't mention the war with Apple...

Personal: Reviews

• Apple Mighty Mouse First UK review Re-inventing the wheel... er... ball

Science

• Hurricanes thriving on global warming Bigger, faster, more powerful
• South Koreans clone dog Tasty

Security: Anti-Virus

• Hasta la Vista, baby Austrian VXer tears through Microsoft script

Security: Spam

• CAN SPAM case upholds email filtering rights UT can block online dating spam

Software

• Merged Symantec takes time out to harmonise licensing Twin track strategy