5th September 2005 Archive

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Comms: Mobile

• Germans to get iTunes phone for Christmas In brief IFA hears lots of noise on music phones
• No Jobs keynote at Apple Expo Paris Attention turns to 7 September announcement
• Russian phone retailers bypass distributors Crackdown on smugglers

Comms: Networks

• Telewest duets with Virgin Digital Rock 'n' roll ain't noise pollution apparently

Comms: VoIP

• Skype signs VoIP JV in China Global empire grows

Lifecycle: Execute

• Rules of Thumb (sometimes) considered harmful Comment On software testing

Management: Financial News

• Fire disrupts UK DVD rental service No man is a Video Island
• Napster UK touts subscriber numbers As major music retailers launch rival services
• Sportingbet in acquisition talks Building its 'Empire'
• World chip sales flat in July Shipments up, prices down

Management: Public Sector

• Councils face huge workflow challenge Deadline looms

Music and Media

• British spooks hit AQ bulletin boards Are you sure about this jihad thing chaps?
• Kazaa owners, users infringe copyright - judge Orders use of 'non-optional' filtering technology

Odds and Sods: Bootnotes

• Drone aircraft to search for Big Easy survivors Unmanned seek, locate and rescue initiative
• Enraged Brit trashes Bulgarian karaoke Locals murder Queen classic, get slapped
• Gamers give it up for Katrina comrades Donate via Everquest II
• Steve Ballmer: the ultimate online poll Poll What is this beast they call the Ballmer? You must decide

Personal: Peripherals

• DVD-RAM backers promote rival format Analysis DVD+RW explicitly named on drives, not DVD-RAM
• iPod Mini to 'drop hard drive, gain colour display' Flash storage instead, and plenty of it
• Sony pulls the curtains at IFA 2005 Digital TV, musical phones abound

Personal: Reviews

• DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-D mobo Review Good for gamers and overclockers?

Personal: System Builder

• ATI to mass-produce R520 'by late Q3' Launch sooner?
• Intel's 65nm Pentium Extreme Edition to get '1066MHz FSB' Presler + HyperThreading = PEE 955, apparently

Science

• Computer crash threatens Martian photo-op Reboot! Reboot!
• Scientists tout civilian laser-fusion plans Asking the EU for funds
• Stem cell hype could trigger backlash A warning from Professor Winston

Security: Anti-Virus

• 'Islamic Trojan' disrupts smut surfing Enough to put you off your stroke

Security: ID

• Hi-tech no panacea for ID theft woes Look elsewhere for silver bullet, says boffin

Software

• Microsoft's Ballmer: chair-tossing potty-mouth From monkey dancing to chair chucking...