26th August 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• 3 counting on outsourcing IT Siemens in frame?
• Mobile operators face unexpected rivals VoIP undermines revenue assumptions
• Nokia, Moto lead strong mobile growth But 3G isn't compelling

Comms: Networks

• Cut-off customer threatens PlusNet with DPA Says provider breached own Ts & Cs
• PlusNet disconnects dissident subscribers Stirs hornets' nest of aggro

Hardware: Servers

• High-end Unix servers resilient in Q2 IBM holds, Dell grows

Management: Financial News

• Novell profits vanish in Q3 Linux biz plods along
• Seagate shares dive on iPod flash rumor In Brief Platter matter

Management: IT Director

• State won't get on its Cantonese to keep Lenovo's jobs Officials decry 'pay to stay' demand

Management: Public Sector

• Cheshire hands IBM £800k to join up health services Three-year deal

Music and Media

• File swapping MSPs - the future of digital music? We talk to the pioneer
• Google - the new Microsoft? Analysis The March of Progress (pt.94)
• How Napster and DRM arrived at University of Washington Opinion Cautious experimentation
• OFT shuts down matrix scheme website Unlawful lottery

Odds and Sods

• NRA probes Japanese sex android Black ops team confronts Osaka cyberminx

Odds and Sods: BOFH

• Ye Bastarde Operatore frome Helle Episode 25 A Tragedie in two Actes

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Dutch TV hits sperm-spattered low Donor sought for live insemination
• Unions order workers to sit on their arses Employee welfare, UK style

Odds and Sods: Letters

• Fat is a technologist issue Letters As are plagues, currency and triffids

Personal: System Builder

• Cell chip mysteries revealed It's all about helping the Fire Brigade...

Science

• Shooting stars suspected of climate meddling Have you seen this asteroid?
• US preps airborne laser weapon Handy, fridge-sized fun

Security

• Are women safer surfers than men? Or are online polls all meaningless?